Chorus grows for Clintons to shutter charitable foundation

Yahoo News ^ | 24 Aug 2016

[mandaladon]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The foundation started by Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton should shut down despite its good work, two major newspapers said in editorials on Wednesday, calling for its closure to avoid perceptions of "pay-for-play" amid the U.S. presidential campaign as critics step up their attacks over the issue.

Despite plans announced earlier this week to reorganize the foundation if Hillary Clinton wins the White House in November, USA Today said the global charity must close for the Democratic presidential candidate to avoid any appearance of unethical ties.

"The only way to eliminate the odor surrounding the foundation is to wind it down and put it in mothballs, starting today, and transfer its important charitable work to another large American charity such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation," the paper's editorial board wrote.

The Washington Post said in its editorial that the planned steps unveiled on Monday to rename the foundation, end foreign and corporate donations and have Bill Clinton resign from the board should have happened sooner - before his wife served as secretary of state - and still fall short.

[mandaladon]

"The only way to eliminate the odor surrounding the foundation is to wind it down and put it in mothballs, starting today, and transfer its important charitable work to another large American charity such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation," the paper's editorial board wrote.---------------------------The odor is from Hillary and Bill's rotten dealings and dead bodies...

[GotMojo]

in other words, the diaper is full. time for a change

[mandaladon]

Democrats hope the controversy comes too late to make a difference in the election, in which most national public opinion polls show Clinton ahead.-------------Don't bet on it!!!!

[Maverick68]

They won’t because it would be an admission of guilt and Sociopaths don’t admit guilt.

[Lurkinanloomin]

The corruption has already taken place.
This is similar to an embezzler leaving his employer after he’s already emptied the accounts.

[DoughtyOne]

Why should people have to use shame?  Shouldn't the FBI and the Justice Department do their job?


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[I want the USA back]

In other words, that will be the official signal to cease all talk about the corruption practiced by hillary with her foundation, and to give her a free pass.

[conejo99]

Horse/barn door/too late.

[LostPassword]

The foundation is not the problem. The Clintons are the problem. Calling to close the foundation is admission that they take bribes while doing nothing to stop future bribes. If this foundation is closed they’ll use another path.

[Cicero]

should shut down despite its good work

Good work? What good work? Maybe 1% of its income goes to killing babies and aiding terrorists?

[DungeonMaster]

Like Acorn, these roaches don’t die when you step on them.

[xzins]

It was also true of Enron.

If they’d just closed down, then none of their past crimes would have mattered.

/sarc

[mandaladon]

"Donald Trump and his bottom line and his networks are directly connected to all kinds of international entities ... and nobody's asking him to disclose or divest," Mook said of the New York businessman.------------------Big difference...Trump was and still is a private citizen...

[Alberta's Child]

It’s interesting that we’re seeing these calls to shut down the Clinton Foundation coming from liberal media outlets. They must know that the revelations about the obvious pay-to-play arrangements are having a devastating impact on Clinton’s credibility as a candidate.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[txrefugee]

But James “Snake Head” Car-vile screams that millions of people will die if they don’t get that dime’s worth of help out of the tax-free dollars the Clinton Foundation & Money Laundering Fund receives from foreign despots. No doubt the Democrat media has heart wrenching stories at the ready to beat Republicans with.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

perceptions of “pay-for-play”...? PERCEPTIONS???

[Rennes Templar]

“Chorus grows for Clintons to shutter charitable foundation”

Forget the Foundation, shutter Hillary.

[Steely Tom]

Honestly. How stupid do they think I am?

They change the name, get new letterhead. The money is still there, and new money will still be coming in.

And this whole thing is beyond absurd anyway. Does anyone doubt that George Shultz or Henry Kissinger would have been accused of selling their office for personal profit if they had done even once what Hillary did every day for years.

Everyone in DC and the MSM would be screaming it, and calling for them to resign immediately, and for a special prosecutor.

[sheehan]

Crooked Hillary can’t walk away from their shady 6k donors, they’ll just take this criminal, money laundering scheme underground.