Posted on 04/22/2015 3:41:15 PM PDT by Kaslin
WASHINGTON - Nearly four months into the two-year presidential election cycle, Hillary Clinton is running into deep trouble on several major political fronts.
As the clear front-runner for her party's nomination, she is hampered by President Obama's unpopularity and a sour mood among a large majority of Americans about the direction of the country.
Getting elected president is hard enough, but following an inept administration, in which she was a central figure with her own set of scandals, is a high hurdle indeed.
Clinton's role in the administration, and questions about what if anything she accomplished in that job, are already being raised by Republican contenders in preparation for the 2016 campaign.
A preview of the GOP's attack strategy came Sunday when Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who has announced his candidacy, told CBS's Face the Nation:
"I believe a Clinton presidency would basically be another four years of Barack Obama," adding that "We cannot ignore that she was secretary of state during the first four years of the Obama presidency and has virtually no meaningful achievements to show for it."
For a long time now, Obama's job approval polls have been stuck in the mid 40 percent range, with 51 percent of Americans disapproving of the job he is doing, according to the Gallup Poll.
Equally challenging for Clinton is the voters' sour mood about the country's direction under Obama's policies.
This week, based on nearly half a dozen major polls, Real Clear Politics reported that more than 60 percent of Americans say America was on the wrong track. Just 30 percent say it is moving in the right direction.
Clinton faces further challenges on yet another pivotal measurement: the deep financial hardships Americans are experiencing under Obama's presidency.
"Americans' Money Worries Unchanged From 2014," said the headline over a Gallup story Monday, reporting that, "Half of Americans have substantial financial anxiety," and "Lacking money for retirement remains top financial worry."
In an uneven, below-par, still-anemic economy where incomes remained flat, it's not surprising that "60 percent of Americans say they are 'very' or 'moderately' worried about" having enough to live on when they can no longer work.
"Not being able to afford medical costs associated with a serious illness or accident also ranks high at 55 percent," Gallup said.
Nearly half "worry about maintaining their standard of living or paying for normal healthcare," the survey found.
Close to "four in 10 U.S. adults worry about not having enough to pay their normal monthly bills, or being able to pay their rent or mortgage."
While, 46 percent of Americans polled described their finances as "excellent" or "good," Gallup said that figure "falls below the 51 percent to 57 percent range" during the pre-recession years under President George W. Bush.
As for all the apologists we see on the network news shows who say the president has pulled the economy out of the recession, the survey reveals that many Americans have been left way behind.
"Americans' current levels of worry about seven fundamental indicators of financial health suggest they have still not fully recovered from the recession," Gallup said.
Its latest survey shows that "Americans remain more worried than they were in the years preceding" the Great Recession.
What are Clinton's solutions to the economic troubles that worry many millions of Americans? So far she hasn't given us a clue.
Poll show the economy and jobs remain the biggest concerns among many Americans. But this past weekend Clinton was in Iowa talking about campaign finance which she called a "dysfunctional political system."
She also talked vaguely about dealing with regulations that stand in the way of new small business creation. But that is a problem caused by excessive taxation and weak capital investment, issues that she refuses to touch.
Meantime, a new book that's coming out next month suggests there could be yet another scandal lurking in Bill and Hillary Clinton's global foundation.
The salacious details are contained in "Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich," by Peter Schweizer.
The New York Times, which obtained an advance copy, reported Sunday that the book "asserts that foreign entities who made payments to the Clinton Foundation and to Mr. Clinton through high speaking fees received favors from Mrs. Clinton's State Department in return."
"We will see a pattern of financial transactions involving the Clintons that occurred contemporaneous with favorable U.S. policy decisions benefiting those providing the funds." Schweizer writes.
Its many disclosures include "more than $1 million in payments to Mr. Clinton by a Canadian bank and major shareholder in the Keystone XL oil pipeline around the time the project was being debated in the State Department," the Times reported.
Mrs. Clinton said that when they left the White House, the couple was "dead broke," but Schweizer writes, "From 2001 to 2012, the Clintons' income was at least $136.5 million," the Times reported.
The Clinton gang hopes to dismiss this book as another trashy "hit job." But it is being issued by a respected New York publisher, HarperCollins, and will be "potentially more unsettling, both because of its focused reporting" and because major news organizations have agreements "to pursue the story lines found in the book," the Times said.
Is this the political scandal that will bring down Hillary Clinton? Stay tuned.
Life is good in the Clintons' world of white collar crime.
True evil walks the earth...
An oath is a promise to God.
To piss on that is joining hands with the devil.
Just my opinion.
Enter Jon Corzine.
Although "dead broke," Bill and Hillary Clinton bought the $5.95 million mansion in Chappaqua, Westchester County, New York in 1999, after they left the WH. The house was built in 1889, has 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, and is 5,232 square feet. The house is now estimated to be worth $6.84 million.
The Clintons paid $2.85 million for this Washington DC house in the Observatory Circle neighborhood. The Georgian Colonial is 5,152 square feet, has four bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, and is a half mile away from the Vice Presidential residence at the Naval Observatory.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/23-homes-of-american-presidents-2012-9?op=1#ixzz3X6SvSUrt
So Obama "didn't know" about all these radical changes in foreign policy?
Obama was on the golf course when foreign policy decisions were being made by his WH?
Maybe Valerie "forgot" to tell him?
Looks like the deal was Obama pleading abject stupidity about US foreign policy being jerked around by the Clintons.......as long as he got his cut of the Clintons' foreign policy finagling.
And the money kept rolling in from every side
Hillary's pretty hands reached out and they reached wide
Now you may feel it should have been a voluntary cause
But that's not the point my friends
When the money keeps rolling in, you don't ask how
Think of all the people guaranteed a good time now
Hillary's called the hungry to her, open up the doors
Never been a fund like the foundation Hillary Clinton
Chorus:
Rollin' rollin' rollin', rollin' rollin' rollin'
Rollin' rollin' rollin', rollin' rollin' rollin'
Rollin' rollin' rollin', rollin' rollin' rollin'
Rollin' rollin' rollin', rollin' rollin' rollin'
Rollin' on in, rollin' on in
Rollin' on in, rollin' on in
On in
Would you like to try a college education?
Own your landlord's house, take the family on vacation?
Hillary and her blessed fund can make your dreams come true
Here's all you have to do my friends
Write your name and your dream on a card or a pad or a ticket
Throw it high in the air and should our lady pick it
She will change your way of life for a week or even two
Name me anyone who cares as much as Hillary Clinton
(chorus)
Rollin' on out, rollin' on out
Rollin' on out, rollin' on out
On out
And the money kept rolling out in all directions
To the poor, to the weak, to the destitute of all complexions
Now cynics claim a little of the cash has gone astray
But that's not the point my friends
When the money keeps rolling out you don't keep books
You can tell you've done well by the happy grateful looks
Accountants only slow things down, figures get in the way
Never been a lady loved as much as Hillary Clinton
(chorus)
Rollin' on out, rollin' on out
Rollin' on out, rollin' on out
On out
Hillary!!!
When the money keeps rolling out you don't keep books
You can tell you've done well by the happy grateful looks
Accountants only slow things down, figures get in the way
Never been a lady loved as much as Hillary Clinton
(chorus)
Rollin' on out, rollin' on out
Rollin' on out, rollin' on out
Rollin' on out, rollin' on out
On out
Then-US Sens Clinton and Corzine.
Dec 05, 2011---Fox News Report: Bill Clinton Reaped Big Bucks from Corzine Firm Before Collapse--- MF Global Employee Links Clinton to the Bankrupt Firm
A former MF Global employee accused former president Bill Clinton of collecting $50,000 per month through his Teneo advisory firm in the months before the brokerage careened towards its Halloween filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reports Human Events.
Teneo was hired by MF Global’s former CEO Jon S. Corzine to improve his image and to enhance his connections with Clinton’s political family, said the employee, who asked that his name be withheld because he feared retribution, according to Hum/Events.
The Teneo contract with MF Global lasted at least five months, the souce said. “The board cancelled it after Corzine resigned.” The source, who is no longer associated with MF Global, said Teneo is a dual-track company with one side devoted to merchant and investment banking and the other side set up to provide image and strategy consulting services.
Clinton is the chairman of the company’s advisory board, reports Hum/Events.
SOURCE http://nation.foxnews.com/mf-global/2011/12/05/report-bill-clinton-reaped-big-bucks-corzine-firm-collapse#ixzz1fhH3pHHH
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Then-Secy of State Hillary gave her close aide, Huma Abedin, “State Dept special status".....Abedin was working for Hillary at State....... AND simultaneously working for Bill Clinton, as a private contractor for his company, Teneo Holdings.
Abedin, reportedly had private email addresses on the Clinton email server system (underlining Democrats' greatest fear: the intersection of undisclosed foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clinton’s secret email address. Huma Abedin's sweetheart deal: (1) an outside private six-figure consultant at the State Department, and, (2) “special government employee” status, and worked a sideline---as a private contractor.
One of Huma's clients was Bill Clinton's Company----Teneo Holdings----self-described as a dual-track political/banking consulting firm that calls itself the “next chapter in strategic advisory.”
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An earlier NYT's expose tarred Bill Clinton w/ Teneo's sub rosa dealings. Teneo is run by Clinton aide---Doug Band. Prosecutors found Band and Clinton listed in pedophile's Jeffry Epsteiin's records as having a shocking 21 email addresses and tele nos.
Can you say money laundering? L/E recognizes multiple phone nos and email as the classic MO for money-laundering and tax evasion.
Recall that a half-billion dollars went missing from MF when it crashed. IIRC it was reported after 6 months or a year that is was "found".
I liked Eva Peron SO much better.
The Clintons are among the “floaters” that make it to the top. It’s time for a royal flush.
Hillary Clinton as Effie Trinket: we need it photo shopped.
I thought my image was funny. I posted it here, on Facebook and Tweeter and nobody even “liked” it... dang
Well, garsh, that li’l ole Hillary just pulled herself up by her bootstraps and made sumthin of herself after bein’ kicked out of the White House dead broke, didn’t she? No wonder she’s plumb tarred.
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