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Time Magazine: Hillary Clinton’s Reaction to Her Foundation Scandal Is Disastrous
Time ^ | Aug. 25, 2016 | Elise Jordan @Elise_Jordan

Posted on 08/28/2016 1:57:08 PM PDT by drewh

As I watch Hillary Clinton wish away the fallout of the Clinton Foundation’s unseemly ties with the State Department during her tenure as Secretary of State, I can’t help but think that her self-inflicted wound just bleeds and bleeds and bleeds. Every day that she fails to seriously address the rotten consequences of her poor judgment, Clinton further erodes the already lacking public trust in her. By avoiding a sincere display of contrition, she risks her candidacy and the foundation her family built.

The numbers on the alleged pay-to-play are damning: as reported by the Associated Press, of 154 non-official meetings or phone calls on her schedule as Secretary of State, at least 85 of those individuals were private-sector donors who contributed up to $156 million to Clinton Foundation initiatives.

Perhaps the worst example was when investors who profited from the Clinton State Department’s approval of a deal for Russia’s atomic energy agency’s acquisition of a fifth of America’s uranium mining rights subsequently pumped money into the Clinton Foundation. The Clintons subsequently did not fulfill the Obama administration’s request for public disclosure of foreign donations.

The public deserves to hear from Clinton an honest explanation of why she felt all of this was appropriate.

When it comes to the Clintons, it’s not only about what happens, but how they react. The fact that Clinton has not given a press conference in 264 days is far more damaging than the seeming corruption itself.

It comes down to Clinton’s judgment, and the culture she and the former President create. Even if you give Clinton the benefit of the doubt that her staff acted on her behalf trading access in a way that’s technically above board, she created the culture that encouraged the behavior.

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: cfcriminalprobe; clinton; clintoncrimefamily; clintonfoundation; crookedhillary; hillary; hillary2016; secretaryofstate; statedepartment
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1 posted on 08/28/2016 1:57:08 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

A “sincere display of contrition” ain’t gonna cut it!

LOCK HER UP!


2 posted on 08/28/2016 2:00:43 PM PDT by uncitizen (Americanism NOT Globalism! - Trump)
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To: drewh

Time seems to not understand. PIAPS cannot seriously address this issue. If does she has to confess to breaking the espionage act and her campaign is over. More than that it isn’t just her. Chelsea as CEO of the foundation goes to jail as well.


3 posted on 08/28/2016 2:00:45 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: drewh

Clinton is done. I don’t care is she’s not arrested or indicted or not. No way she gets elected. Trump in a landslide.


4 posted on 08/28/2016 2:01:19 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Fai Mao

Maybe this is a trial balloon to see if an apology by Hillary would be sufficient to make it go away.


5 posted on 08/28/2016 2:02:42 PM PDT by uncitizen (Americanism NOT Globalism! - Trump)
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To: drewh

Elise, Elise, Elise — Didn’t you get the memo? All of hillary’s “problems” are spurious inventions of the right-wing conspiracy theorists!! You really need to get with the program or clean out your desk. (We’re preparing your retraction of this vicious attack.)


6 posted on 08/28/2016 2:02:47 PM PDT by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: drewh

She does a better job of covering her big fat ass than she does at covering up her blatant corruption.


7 posted on 08/28/2016 2:03:30 PM PDT by Stayfree (wherer)
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To: drewh
Oh, what a tangled web we weave.

When first we practice to deceive!

8 posted on 08/28/2016 2:03:37 PM PDT by spokeshave (In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth.)
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To: drewh
Sincere display of contrition? As if that's all that's needed? She broke numerous laws, got people killed. All they expect is a display of contrition!? I expect, no, demand justice! Display this, Clinton.
9 posted on 08/28/2016 2:05:16 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: drewh

It’s an Alt. Right Control Problem.


10 posted on 08/28/2016 2:05:24 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: spokeshave
And that's the Clinton's whole problem. Too many lies, too many scandals, too much fraud and extreme questionable behavior/activities. The totality of decades of lies and deceit have done her in. Once again, I don't care if the government is too corrupt to indict or prosecute here.

She's done regardless.☺

11 posted on 08/28/2016 2:06:53 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: drewh

Maybe some in the msm are finally getting feed up


12 posted on 08/28/2016 2:07:12 PM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: drewh

Wow, so I guess there are some folks on the Left who have their resumes ready.

If they don’t, they’re in for it.


13 posted on 08/28/2016 2:08:23 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: drewh
The public deserves to hear from Clinton an honest explanation of why she felt all of this was appropriate.

Well, that's the thing. She didn't think it was appropriate.

That's why she went to so much trouble to hide it.

14 posted on 08/28/2016 2:08:33 PM PDT by seowulf (Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum. Cogito.---Ambrose Bierce)
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To: drewh

One problem.
Democrats do not care if they are lied to.


15 posted on 08/28/2016 2:08:56 PM PDT by glasseye
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To: drewh
"I did nothing wrong, and I promise to never do it again."

-PJ

16 posted on 08/28/2016 2:09:53 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.From Foxnews, May 31,)
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To: drewh

She can explain it from prison.


17 posted on 08/28/2016 2:09:53 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Fai Mao
If does she has to confess to breaking the espionage act and her campaign is over

Nonsense.

If she made such a confession, her voters wouldn't care.

The espionage act would be changed retroactively in such a way as to make what she did legal.

18 posted on 08/28/2016 2:10:06 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: uncitizen

I bet she has never apologized in all her life!


19 posted on 08/28/2016 2:10:28 PM PDT by hsmomx3 (I voted for Kelli Ward!)
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To: drewh

As I watch Hillary in one of her controlled and infrequent NON-INTERVIEW type venues, I ask myself how in God’s name could ANY sentient, logical citizen vote for this manipulative and duplicitous criminal?

I’m a rather peaceful guy, but I keep thinking how I could easily support the new president negotiating with the current owners of what the French owners at the time called “Devil’s Island”, buying the place then PACKING ALL CLINTON VOTERS – EVEN THE DEAD ONES FROM CHICAGO – OFF TO SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES GAZING AT THEIR (OR THEIR SAME SEX PARTNER’S) NAVELS AND THE SEA. We could air drop them in (parachutes optional).

And as obozo’s maladministration winds down and HIS criminality and TREASON come under scrutiny and become more visible, I’d add HIS supporters to the list!

WHY? Because, by their failure to grasp the most fundamental concepts under which this place was created, it is a certainty that they WILL DESTROY AMERICA – THE IDEA THE FOUNDERS’ AND OTHER PAID SUCH A DEAR PRICE TO ATTEMPT TO LEAVE US – and only the most Draconian methods will halt that destruction!

All of that said, banishment is a far more merciful and humane fate than that discussed by obozo’s mentor, Bill Ayers and others, as described in the 2 minute Larry Grathwohl video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWMIwziGrAQ


20 posted on 08/28/2016 2:10:39 PM PDT by Dick Bachert ( THE 4TH ESTATE HERE HAS BECOME A 5TH COLUMN. TREASON TRIALS COMING?)
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