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It Had to be Hsu

Or, in this case, Harry Sargeant:

The bundle of $2,300 and $4,600 checks that poured into Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign on March 12 came from an unlikely group of California donors: a mechanic from D&D Auto Repair in Whittier, the manager of Rite Aid Pharmacy No. 5727, the 30-something owners of the Twilight Hookah Lounge in Fullerton...The law forbids high-level supporters from writing huge checks, but with help from friends in the Middle East and the former chief of the CIA's bin Laden unit -- who now serves as a consultant to his company -- Sargeant has raised more than $100,000 for three presidential candidates from a collection of ordinary people, several of whom professed little interest in the outcome of the election.

First of all: Twilight Hookah Lounge? No wonder they're not that interested in the presidential race. They might also be trying to keep a lid on it to keep their customers from finding out. Does this look like a McCain supporter to you?

obama supporters?.jpgMySpace page, which is a bundle of awesomeness that I hope someone is caching somewhere for historians to study when they look back on the deciding factors in this race. Gibberish from the "profile" section preserved for all time after the jump. Still, gibberish aside, "NO CHAIRS, ALL COUCHES" would make a dandy McCain campaign slogan.

In all -- or at least some -- seriousness, this sort of sockpuppet donation scandal is the kind of thing that voters probably don't pay that much attention to, but whose media aftertaste can linger, souring further coverage.

Now, I'm hungry. Anyone got Funyuns? [Thanks, Texas!]

UPDATE: Apparently the hookah-hucksters are NOT McCain donors... So never mind. That guy is totally believeable as a Guiliani supporter.

Twilight Hookah Lounge is Located at 1335 East Chapman Ave. Fullerton, CA 92831. Our phone number is 714-446-9966. U are now previewing the profile of "THE BEST" Hookah Lounge in Orange County, Rated by many. When U come in to Twilight u will be welcomed by the Hip Owners husband and wife Shawn & Nadia...Better known as Boss Man & Boss Lady. You feel at home in this chill hookah lounge. Must see to believe..No words can describe Twilight at all....One thing I can say is, Once u try Twilight There will be no other u wanna go to. U become one of the family members as soon as u sit down on any of the couches we have in our place...No tables No chairs....ALL COUCHES....!!! So come check us out and judge for urself! Hope we have the pleasure of seeing u soon if we already haven't, Oh can't forget to tell u about the plasma screens and the big screens that play all night long, whether it be music videos or something that u ask for, Music is played with a mix of things, requests are taken and ur cd's are played if u want. We also have WiFi, so bring in ur laptop and do some homework or surf the web, do some MySpacing,Facebooking, whatever the case may be. Last but not least...Our Hookah's Muuuah...Are very very very good, we use new Hookah's and each flavor has it's own hookah, so ur grape will not taste like watermelon..Come check us out and have a fun nite with us! Twilight Hookah Lounge...The Best Hookah Lounge In Orange County!!!

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