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Hillary may have to hide her brothers
Michael M Bates ^ | 08/24/2006 | Mike Bates

Posted on 08/24/2006 9:12:04 AM PDT by BJClinton

Billy Carter, registered foreign agent of the Libyan government and brother of President Jimmy, urinated in public at the Atlanta airport. Sam Houston Johnson, alcoholic and brother of President Lyndon, claimed he was virtually a hostage in the White House and was followed by the Secret Service when he went out. Donald Nixon, budding entrepreneur and brother of President Richard, used his fraternal connection in the late 1950s to secure a business loan.

You can choose your friends, but not your family. A number of politicians have found the axiom all too true.

Mrs. Clinton’s brothers may yet play a role in her pursuit of the presidency. And she is indeed already in pursuit, if Time magazine’s cover article this week is to be believed.

Mrs. Clinton is putting the machinery in place. Her husband is ‘"thinking about (her presidential prospects) all the time,’ says one of Hillary’s advisers. ‘He’s thinking about it and talking to a lot of people, promoting Hillary. This is something he is very focused on.’"

Time magazine wants to help. This is the tenth Time cover she’s been on. Even Princess Diana didn’t receive such royal treatment.

Moreover, the article makes no mention of her two brothers, Anthony and Hugh Rodham, both remarkable men. Anthony made the news only weeks ago.

The Washington Times reported that a bankruptcy judge has frozen Tony Rodham’s bank account. A court-appointed trustee is demanding Mrs. Clinton’s brother repay more than $100,000 in loans he obtained from a carnival company, United Shows of America, Inc.

How did Tony, who has described himself as a consultant – Gee, could he be a little vaguer? – get his mitts on carnival cash?

This is just a guess, but it may possibly have had something to do with two presidential pardons granted by Rodham’s brother-in-law. These weren’t part of Bill’s last minute specials; he approved them months before he left office.

In 2001, the New York Times described what happened:

"Former President Bill Clinton's brother-in- law Tony Rodham helped obtain a presidential pardon for a Tennessee couple last March over the objections of the Justice Department, Mr. Rodham and lawyers involved in the pardon said today.

"Mr. Clinton pardoned Edgar Allen Gregory Jr. and his wife, Vonna Jo. The Gregorys, who live outside Nashville and own United Shows of America, a carnival company based in Smyrna, Tenn., were convicted of bank fraud in 1982, accused of using the assets of a bank they owned to give loans to friends."

The article went on to say that neither Rodham nor the Gregorys would disclose their financial relationship. Justice Department officials strongly objected, but Tony wasn’t clowning around. The carnies received their pardons.

Now he’s in the news again, which may not be good for Sister Hillary’s ambitions. It might remind voters how her brother Hugh Rodham had taken $400,000 in exchange for getting other people pardoned. One ran a cocaine ring. The other was convicted of business fraud and three years after his pardon from Clinton was sentenced to 18 months in prison for not paying millions in taxes.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Clinton denied any knowledge of Hugh’s enterprise. They insisted he return the money, which he did. Or at least said he did.

Then there was Hugh and Tony’s excellent Russian adventure. They wanted to grow and export hazelnuts from Georgia. Not Billy Carter’s Georgia, Joe Stalin’s Georgia. The scheme ran into trouble when the boys involved themselves in some tangled Soviet intrigue and brother-in-law Bill’s administration nixed it.

Whenever trouble surfaced, Hillary and Bill routinely denied they knew what the Rodham boys were up to. That’s not easy to accept. After all, Hugh and Tony were close enough to go on the Clintons’ honeymoon with them. For a time, Hugh listed the White House as his home address.

I began this by citing a few siblings who’ve embarrassed their presidential brothers. That’s nothing new and the Republic survives.

What’s different about Mrs. Clinton’s brothers is that they’ve almost certainly affected presidential decisions. Will they do that again if Hillary gets elected president?

It’s a reasonable question. She may have to keep them under wraps until after her White House run so she doesn’t have to answer it.

Surely she’d have her hand full with the Rodham rascals, emboldened by Sis’s success. Add to the mix her brother-in-law, Roger Clinton of the Ne’er Do Well Finishing and Pardon Peddling School, and you have a recipe for scandals that would make her husband’s administration look respectable. Well, almost.

August 24, 2006


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: New York
KEYWORDS: clinton; derschlick; derschlickmeister; hildebeast; hillary; pardon; pardons; slickwillie
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Once again Mr. Bates hits one out of the park. IMHO, of course.

http://www.michaelmbates.com/

1 posted on 08/24/2006 9:12:05 AM PDT by BJClinton
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To: Mike Bates

Well done.


2 posted on 08/24/2006 9:12:44 AM PDT by BJClinton (What happens on Free Republic, stays on Google.)
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To: BJClinton

She could just put a fake trunk and ears on Hugh and claim he's a Republican mascot.


3 posted on 08/24/2006 9:13:35 AM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: BJClinton

I'm sure they can hide behind her.........


4 posted on 08/24/2006 9:14:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is Castro dead yet?........)
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To: BJClinton; doug from upland; Mia T
Hillary may have to hide her brothers

.......... hide her face, her hamhocks, and her dark soul while she's at it.

5 posted on 08/24/2006 9:15:56 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Oh good .............. it's August 24th and we're still here. Who'd a thunk it?)
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To: BJClinton

Tell it to the moonbats.....


6 posted on 08/24/2006 9:16:23 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (http://www.therightbrothers.com)
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To: BJClinton

Excuse me .. how does she plan on hiding the elephant in the room .. BUBBA ..??


7 posted on 08/24/2006 9:18:28 AM PDT by CyberAnt (Drive-By Media: Fake news, fake documents, fake polls)
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To: BJClinton
Mrs. Clinton’s brother repay more than $100,000 in loans he obtained from a carnival company

Seems Hitlary did a stint in the carnival herself ... back in the day


8 posted on 08/24/2006 9:19:09 AM PDT by tx_eggman (The people who work for me wear the dog collars. It's good to be king. - ccmay)
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Excuse me .. how does she plan on hiding the elephant in the room .. BUBBA ..??

Oh, no. Elephant in the room? Is XXX-42 doing that trick where he pulls his pants pockets out again?

9 posted on 08/24/2006 9:21:22 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (UN Security Council resolution 1701: I believe it is ceasefire for our time.)
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To: CyberAnt

Sad thing is he's golden to the lefties.


10 posted on 08/24/2006 9:23:28 AM PDT by BJClinton (What happens on Free Republic, stays on Google.)
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To: nuconvert

There's a lot of bad people in the hazelnut business, too!

< |:)~


11 posted on 08/24/2006 9:24:22 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: BJClinton

This is freakin' HUGH!

12 posted on 08/24/2006 9:25:20 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: BJClinton

If Roger Clinton didn't hurt Bill, these mopes won't hurt her.


13 posted on 08/24/2006 9:25:22 AM PDT by Protagoras ("Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists." - Walter Williams)
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To: BJClinton

Most kind. Thanks very much.


14 posted on 08/24/2006 9:25:25 AM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: BJClinton
Once again Mr. Bates hits one out of the park. IMHO, of course.

How does an article that starts out pointing out how often this occurs in recent history claim that it would be an issue now? It seemed like Mr. Bates started out by proving it would not be a problem.

15 posted on 08/24/2006 9:25:52 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: BJClinton

..assuming the queen gets to pillage again


Doogle


16 posted on 08/24/2006 9:26:39 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF...68-73,,..."never store a threat you should have eliminated")
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I don't think this will be a problem. The Clinton's have ways of making people "go away".

It will just be "Arkanicide II - The Sequel".
17 posted on 08/24/2006 9:27:25 AM PDT by CertainInalienableRights
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To: BJClinton

Bates is awesome. The Clintons are gangsters.


18 posted on 08/24/2006 9:29:24 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: BJClinton
Mrs. Clinton is putting the machinery in place. Her husband is ‘"thinking about (her presidential prospects) all the time,’ says one of Hillary’s advisers. ‘He’s thinking about it and talking to a lot of people, promoting Hillary. This is something he is very focused on.’"

Translation: Hillary has the goods on Bubba and if he doesn't play along, he could become another victim of Arkancide.

Turning 60 may suck, but spending eternity in a box in the ground isn't a very attractive alternative. Even someone like Bubba understands that!
19 posted on 08/24/2006 9:31:23 AM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: BJClinton
Why should her heinous worry. No one will dare ask any tough questions. She is protected from the media getting too close by secret service people.

She owns the MSM. Who will dare to question her ethics.

20 posted on 08/24/2006 9:31:30 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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