Half-baked Barbara (Hillary Clinton & Mary Landrieu no-shows @ spina bifida fundraiser)

Washington Times ^ | 10/07/05 | John McCaslin

[benjaminjjones]

You know, I hadn't thought about.

It's just a habit I picked up on FR, but you're right, I hate it when the libs equate Republicans with Nazis.

Good point.

Hillary is pretty vile though, and President Bush is about as far from Nazi as you can get.

Do you have any suggestions for an alternate derogatory name for old crusty pantsuit?

[RinaseaofDs]

Your name precedes you, no doubt about it, but I have to ask: If she's been able to dodge all that she has until now so deftly, why would missing a fundraiser like this do her in?

It seems counterintuitive to me; all the rape, the theft, the treason, the arkancide, the missing law firm records, Foster, the FBI files, the guy her motorcade ran over, the three (3) clear FEC violations that haven't really been able to raise so much as an eyebrow at any media outlet.

Why would something like this do her in?

Believe me, I am hoping you have a very good answer to this, because I think she has caused more damage than any other person ever. Even the Rosenbergs or John Walker did less damage to the country than she has.

[Howlin]

Here's a list of the things that were donated to the Clintons while they were in office.

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a848e855955.htm

One year BEFORE he left office, they shipped FIFTY TONS of furniture FROM THE WHITE HOUSE (which does NOT belong to them) to the storage area in Little Rock for their library.

(Note: when they moved to the White House in 1993, they came in ONE U-Haul truck.)

Now, that does not count in the $190,000.00 worth of "gifts" they took with them in January of 2001.

Nor does that count Hillary's "bridal registry" for setting up her house in D.C. and Chappaqua.

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WASHINGTON -- Bill Clinton and his wife accepted a massive amount of gifts last year, most of it in furniture, art, rugs and flatware that could fill much of their new mansion in Washington.


A member of a previous administration called the amount of gits carted off as "absolutely unprecedented ...I've never heard anything like it."


The final financial disclosure statement of the Clinton presidency also showed the couple's legal defense fund chipped in $1.05 million for attorney fees in 2000 as a result of various federal investigations faced by the administration.


The Clintons' assets, including investments, savings and income, were listed at $1 million to $5 million in the report, which requires presidents and their families to estimate their net worth.


The release of the disclosure statement Friday night was part of a day-long document drop at the White House as Clinton wound up his second term in office.


But it was the seven pages of gifts that the Clintons received last year that broke from the norm for the Clintons. The most they had ever reported before was $23,602 in gifts, in 1999.


By comparison, $52,853 in gifts in 1992 was the most President George Bush listed in his four annual disclosure statements.


The gift issue was so sensitive that Lori Krause, director of the White House Gift Office, advised the press staff who released the disclosure form to be cautious.


"Please keep in mind that the first family has stressed to my office their desire for privacy regarding the gifts they receive," Krause said in a White House memo.


Among the biggest gifts were two sofas, an easy chair and an ottoman valued at $19,900 from Steve Mittman of New York; china worth $4,920 from movie mogul Steven Spielberg and his wife, actress Kate Capshaw; two coffee tables and two chairs estimated at $7,375 from songwriter-philanthropist Denise Rich of New York, and $4,787 in flatware from husband-and-wife actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen.


The class of '68 at Georgetown University, the former president's alma mater, gave the Clintons a $38,000 basket set by artist Dale Chihuly, and Chihuly himself chipped in a glass sculpture worth $22,000.


The Clintons also were given a travel humidor, china cabinet and a copy of President Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Union Speech worth $9,683 from insurance magnate Walter Kaye, who lobbied to get Monica Lewinsky her White House internship.


Other gifts included a $5,000 rug from Martin Evans of Chicago, a sofa valued at $2,843 from Brad Noe of North Carolina, a cashmere shawl and flatware worth $5,767 from Morris Pynoos of Beverly Hills, Calif., and a painting listed at $3,000 from Joan Tumpson of Miami.


Actor Sylvester Stallone gave the president boxing gloves valued at $300, actor Jack Nicholson gave him a golf driver worth $350 and documentary filmmaker Ken Burns (PBS' "Jazz") forked over an $800 photo of Duke Ellington.


Lamps, more flatware, antiques, a portrait of Buddy the dog, television sets, a DVD player and a leather jacket were among the remaining gifts.


"It's almost enough to furnish an entire house," said one source who reviewed the list.


Sheila Tate, Nancy Reagan's White House press secretary, called the amount and value of the gifts "absolutely unprecedented."


"Now we know why they had to have such a big house," an incredulous Tate said.


"I've never heard anything like it," she added. "These are not the kind of gifts you take with you. It's usually a silver bowl with your name on it."

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Here's another one:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A51211-2001Feb9&notFound=true

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And another:

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a822bea12f5.htm

[Howlin]

Because this is a big "insider/Ben & Sally Bradlee/Al and Judy/etc. gala; these are THE people who run D.C. She desperately needs them to open the doors and grease the skids. They are like a cabal.

It is akin to not showing up at Katherine Graham's when you're invited.

I am really floored that she blew them off. Just floored.

[Howlin]

Um.....Katharine Graham.

[Howlin]

Dare I even ask what this means?

Your name precedes you, no doubt about it,

[umgud]

Short of a vote to impeach Bush, there ain't no senate business that a senator can't get out of. I think you're right, Hillary's misjudged her priorities and this will cost her down the road.

[Txsleuth]

"Almost enough to furnish a house..." I couldn't fit all of that stuff in my house!!!

Interesting the over $7000 dollar tables and chairs from Denise Rich...

THAT name still is a lightning rod for me...because of her husband...and I am convinced that she and Bubba had something going on...

BTW...and after reading this, NO ONE should ever discount how desperately Hillary wants to get back in the White House...not just the power, but the bounty that goes with it!

[July 4th]

Nevertheless, the annual fundraising event...accomplished its goal of raising awareness of the most common permanently disabling birth defect in this country.

Liberalism?

[RinaseaofDs]

It means that when you speak, you've done your homework. A post from you is generally better than seeing it on the news 18 hours later.

[Howlin]

Oh my goodness....well, that's a nice thing to say.

Thanks for telling me that; I had no idea.

[Txsleuth]

Landrieu was all over the place that night, crying for the camera, to get more $$$$$$ from Congress for LA...

But, I didn't even see Clinton, except for a few minutes of voting....

The votes that night were not close...her vote would not/did not, make any difference one way or another..

Today, when the final Defense Spending Bill was actually voted on...there were 3 Senators not there...

[RinaseaofDs]

So, given this development, do you think she'll run? Do you think that the heat and light of a Presidential run is just going to lead to some sort of real criminal investigation?

[malia]

I (think) heard earlier that Landrieu was begging, late into the night, for $$$$$$$. And was wearing the same clothes today!!

Hey, if lying, cheating, murder, stealing, forgetting facts didn't hurt her then missing a Baba roast isn't going to do it. Besides she was doing the work the people elected her to do.

From the other room I heard yelling and screaming on TV, you know hillary type voice and came in to see what it was about and it was Pelosi - she is very ugly.

[RinaseaofDs]

Absolutely.

[Howlin]

If you all are interested, I will find you our threads where we INVESTIGATED all that stuff.

It started with two fur coats! Gosh, we had a great time doing that.

BTW, they took this picture:

right off the wall in the Oval Office!

Alberto Gonzales DEMANDED that they return it, as it belongs to the National Archives.

It now hangs just to the left of the Oval Office door -- and if you linger there long enough, a Secret Service agent will whisper in your ear "That's the one the Clintons took."

Just to the right of the door is a wonderful oil of the torch from the Statue of Liberty -- I do not know it's name -- but they took that one, too!

We thought it was SO funny that the Bushes put them right where everybody could see them!

[Txsleuth]

I know you directed your question to Howlin....but after Louis Freeh's book is out...

and I heard on Tony Snow's show today, that the report about the IRS shenanigans that went on during the Clinton Administration is going to come out....and it names names and it is really, really bad for the Clintons...

She may have SO much bad stuff come out...that she thinks about not running for a nanosecond...but then runs...because she can't NOT run...it's who she is, what she is here for...

[Proud_USA_Republican]

This is the correct answer. Wawa just isn't A-list material anymore or provides any true influence with potential voters, thus not worthy of even an photo op apperance by her royal heiness.