Clinton Foundation paid Blumenthal $10K per month while he advised on Libya
Posted on 08/25/2016 8:40:46 AM PDT by Semper911
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All those who wish to argue that the Saudis donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation out of a magnanimous desire to aid its charitable causes, please raise your hand. Or take the newfound casting of the Clinton Foundation as a champion of LGBTs, and the smearing of its critics as indifferent to AIDS. Are the Saudis also on board with these benevolent missions? And the Qataris and Kuwaitis?
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The reality is that there is ample evidence uncovered by journalists suggesting that regimes donating money to the Clinton Foundation received special access to and even highly favorable treatment from the Clinton State Department. But it’s also true that nobody can dispositively prove the quid pro quo. Put another way, one cannot prove what was going on inside Hillary Clinton’s head at the time that she gave access to or otherwise acted in the interests of these donor-regimes: was she doing it as a favor in return for those donations, or simply because she has a proven affinity for Gulf State and Arab dictators, or because she was merely continuing decades of U.S. policy of propping up pro-U.S. tyrants in the region?
While this “no quid pro quo proof” may be true as far as it goes, it’s extremely ironic that Democrats have embraced it as a defense of Hillary Clinton. After all, this has long been the primary argument of Republicans who oppose campaign finance reform, and indeed, it was the primary argument of the Citizens United majority, once depicted by Democrats as the root of all evil. But now, Democrats have to line up behind a politician who, along with her husband, specializes in uniting political power with vast private wealth, in constantly exploiting the latter to gain the former, and vice-versa. So Democrats are forced to jettison all the good-government principles they previously claimed to believe, and instead are now advocating the crux of the right-wing case against campaign finance reform: that large donations from vested factions are not inherently corrupting of politics or politicians.
For all his faults, Gaddafi was a nominal ally in the WOT after he got out of the nuke development...........
Problem with charity is too much of it is wasted on poor people
I keep hearing everyone saying what great things the Clinton Foundation does but the only thing I’ve actually read is how they ripped off the people of Haiti.
Because of her and Bubba’s winning personality?
No, seriously, this is a good read. I wish more people (esp. those not political junkies like us) can/will read or watch ‘Clinton Cash’.
Afterwards, if a person still can’t vote for Trump, there is no hope for him/her.
More than half the people she saw as Secretary of State paid hundreds of thousands or more for that privilege.
Clinton Cash, a Book Review
http://hubpages.com/literature/Clinton-Cash-a-Book-Review
Clinton Foundation paid Blumenthal $10K per month while he advised on Libya
Working overseas for 35 years , we nearly always had to pay someone for access to developing country govt officials. Even when we were giving something they wanted. It is a shame that we now have the same level of corruption as corrupt banana republics.
The Saudis have an objective of keeping us energy dependent and give to those politicians who will help them achieve that goal. They have also given lots of money to universities to assist in the expansion of Islam. They are spreading the word by funding mosques and clerics who are also radicals posing as moderates. They ain’t our friends. But they only survive because of our military umbrella.
I really think as the debates start people will start to at least look into the possibility that Hillary is corrupt. It is not a stretch for most people, and they may be looking for actual evidence that it is true or not true. Clinton Cash is free online.
baksheesh
Last night on AC360 Hillary said she was proud of the Foundation’s work and that she never drew a salary from it. She neglected to mention that many, many of her pals have drawn salaries from it and that only 10 freaking percent of the money went to charity.
10 freaking percent.
But the libs are all good with that.
Instead of shutting down the foundation — something they said would “hurt people” — or scrapping the board entirely, the Clintons now plan to hand the reins over to Chelsea if Hillary wins.
http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/25/chelsea-clinton-to-stay-on-at-clinton-foundation-if-hillary-wins/
The Foundation pays for people to work for the Clintons. Those people do her bidding under the radar. Then they toss 10% to some charities.
If Hillary wins and Chelsea takes over the Foundation, all the same Clinton pals will stay on the payroll and it will be business as usual.
Remember: Chelsea was given a fake name in the Clinton email system. For good reason.
Why did George Bush after 9/11 allow all the terrorist family members to leave the United States by plane while stopping the rest of us from using the airlines?
Because the Clintons are just as corrupt as they are and all dictators have to stick together.
Anybody want to make a bet that if Hillary loses in November, she suddenly decides that she needs to move to a really warm and dry climate ‘for health’ reasons.................
Yep, someplace with no extradition treaty with the US.
And many very nasty people are going to want their money back since she will not be able to deliver their “goods”.
Do you honestly expect me to have an answer?
The Clinton Foundation will make some sudden ‘donations’ to ‘needy people’ in those countries..............
I thought maybe you would know : )
I have been waiting since 2001 for the answer.
The Clinton Foundation will make some sudden ‘donations’ to ‘needy people’ in those countries..............
BINGO!
Wouldn’t it be great if they actually did go broke. No matter because those two are not living for that much longer and when they meet their maker and answer to Him, they’ll have absolutely no materiel possessions.
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