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.
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Risks her candidacy and the foundation? Hot dog! More, more. Quicker, quicker.
Truth be told, the foundation was built by the contributions, not by Killary. She is a benefactor.
Yea; the most critical thing Rabinowitz could say was the “optics” weren’t good for Clinton.
Hillary may get elected, but very soon the patent bribery and influence peddling will bring her presidency crashing down. I think all but the most rabid liberals are beginning to tire of her and her very open corruption.
“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.”
I pray you are correct, but see the economy slowing/showing him a Herbert Hoover the Second...But we’ve got to have good JUDGES put in regardless of all else or the country is gone!!
“I don’t know how this author got this piece past the propagandist Time editors, but she ought to at least buy some life insurance.”
What ARE the LAS VEGAS odds these days of the OBUMSTER lasting two weeks after being out of office ???
Poor judgment? Hardly, it was total selfish greed and a feeling of being above the law and any negative consequences.
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 by selling influence to the Country’s enemies.
Traitor Bitch set us up!
Bob, you did not get the latest memo—it’s not the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy any more! Don’t you realize it’s now global, and it’s the Vast Alt-Right Conspiracy now!
Geez, get it right for Hillary’s sake! We evil conservatives need to get our mind alt-right, or else what we’ll have here will be a failure to communicate!
She doesn’t care about the little people - meaning everyone but herself and her cronies.
The book by the former secret service agent has disappeared. I’m surprised more isn’t being made about how awful she is to people, especially as first lady. She doesn’t answer questions, have press conferences. Even in this video from 2008, she doesn’t answer a reporter’s question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q3tjgaCBCU
I think that both candidates, Crooked Hillary and myself, should release detailed medical records. I have no problem in doing so! Hillary?
Hillary will win—because the ballot boxes are already stuffed and the voter cheats that vote 10 times with different names taken from cemetery records have been paid off. She will be a winner with the Florida Vote and “hanging Chads” Once in the bloodbath will start. First to go—her staff who know the truth, Second the Media Types who sat on negative stories, lastly, the Trump supporters will have “Accidents” Sean Hannity will not live a year after her election—Nor will Trump. I hope I am wrong but America has slipped so far down the rabbit hole of socialism I wonder if recovery is even possible. The IRA is corrupted, The DOJ is corrupted, even the FBI. Next will be the Supreme Court. The Government will pay the NY Times and it will be the new Pravda for the Unity Party.
TIME magazine? Really? Is it snowing in Hell yet?
Wrong. That kind of wide spread rampant fraud would easily be detectable. Get real..lol
Since there really is no good or innocent explanation for her behavior while SoS, she is handling it as well as she can - ignore it if possible. She is a crook who has been caught. She just needs to tread water till November.
They don’t and that is because, (I’m being serious) inorder for a person to believe in the damaging effects of liberalism, they have to be sociopathic or have sociopathic tendencies. They have every excuse in the book for people like Hillary, BECAUSE, that gives them the excuse for themselves. They are not defending Hillary, they are defending themselves.
The MSM is just bemoaning the fact that Hillary doesn’t lie nearly as well as Bill Clinton -something they highly respect and can work with.
That dog won’t hunt!
The media doing they’re part of the point of losing all credibility.
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