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Parody ASBURY PARK PRESS Haunted by Dark Moments from His tost, Torricelli Recounts Tragic Episode By Marc Johnson Special To The Press In a desperate effort to quash a growmg fund-raising...
...I'll live with the shame until I die...
...You find yourself going to prominent leaders in the New Jersey parking lot industry and listening to their legitimate concerns, especially about the way the Federal Bureau of Investigation prosecutes upstanding families who have never done anything wrong...
...You come back a different man...
...ft was a dark and moonless night...
...We did what the Democratic National Committee manual instructed us to do...
...Torricelli's voice trailed oft before he passed into a coma...
...You find yourself confronting the abyss...
...In an emotional interview at his home, Torricelli recalled one of the early episodes that led to the current investigation: "It was years ago," he began...
...Suddenly from the parlor we started receiving incoming gifts: Rolexes, envelopes of cash, keys to Mercedes C-Class automobiles...
...It was dark...
...At this point, Torricelli broke down weeping...
...We responded with a massive display of access...
...Me and my group of aides were up river—the Hudson River...
...There were caterers blocking my view...
...The emotions...
...The soft money, the hard money...
...Does it help to know that the Mercedes wasn't actually in my color and I returned it...
...Unless you've walked arounc the block in his Pradas, you can't understand...
...We'd penetrated into a six bedr°°m condo on Riverside Drive, and we were cutting our way through some prominent donors...
...I thought I saw some Korean businessmen, but I couldn't be sure...
...Read Conrad...
...I don't know if you can ever understand it if you haven't been a fund-raiser, haven't ever been in the maelstrom...
...Parody ASBURY PARK PRESS Haunted by Dark Moments from His tost, Torricelli Recounts Tragic Episode By Marc Johnson Special To The Press In a desperate effort to quash a growmg fund-raising scandal, New Jersey Senator Robert Torricelli has given the New York Times Magazine a dramatic account of his early fund-raismg efforts...
...The federal caps...
...When he was revived, after a long dream involving Bianca Jagger he continued with his account...
...I'll think about that night every day of my life...
...At this point Torricelli began hyperventilating and passed out...
...We have to be careful about judging a man such as this," said fellow fund-raise Chris Dodd...
...Does it help to know that I was following the orders I had been given...
Vol. 6 • May 2001 • No. 32
