Hillary Rodham Crook? (Sowell gem from 1998 on Atty firings)

JWR ^ | Sept. 15, 1998 | Thomas Sowell

[bamahead]

AFTER FINISHING HIS WORK on potentially impeachable offenses growing out of the Lewinsky scandal, Kenneth Starr is still investigating......potentially impeachable offenses by the president and criminal indictments against others.

Let's go back to square one. This all started with the appointment of a special prosecutor to look into financial frauds in Arkansas, in institutions connected with Hillary and Bill Clinton.

The Clintons were partners with Jim and Susan McDougal in the Whitewater Development Corporation, whose accounts were kept in the Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan, run by Jim McDougal, with Hillary Clinton as an attorney. Federal bank examiners testified that Madison Guaranty was a "politically corrupt institution that routed millions of dollars to politically connected Arkansans."

In the more reserved language of an official report, Madison Guaranty was the scene of "embezzlement," "money laundering," "falsification of loan records and board minutes," "wire fraud" and "illegal campaign contributions" -- among other crimes.

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When both state and federal investigators first moved in, Hillary Clinton was able to stop the state officials from closing down Madison Guaranty. She was more than just another lawyer appearing before state officials. She was the wife of the governor who appointed those officials.

The Clintons could not interfere with the feds, however -- at least not until they were in the White House. By then, Madison Guaranty had been closed down and federal investigators were on the trail of the frauds. By firing all U.S. Attorneys shortly after becoming president -- something no other president had ever done before -- Bill Clinton got rid of the U.S. Attorney in Arkansas who was investigating the Whitewater-Madison Guaranty scandals and replaced him with Paula Casey, a Clinton protege and one of his political campaign workers.

[bamahead]

Surfed upon this today in my readings on the Dim's witch-hunt du-jour.

Sowell is timeless. Always good stuff.

[Gay State Conservative]

Save for later...

[IncPen]

sproing

[jazusamo]

OLDIE THOMAS SOWELL PING!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Nice work!

[Tzimisce]

saved

[Eagles6]

Dr. Sowell is well aware of arkancide and I'm sure that he is well prepared.(silver bullet weight is dependent on weapon).

[Seaplaner]

By firing all U.S. Attorneys shortly after becoming president -- something no other president had ever done before -- Bill Clinton got rid of the U.S. Attorney in Arkansas who was investigating the Whitewater-Madison Guaranty scandals and replaced him with Paula Casey, a Clinton protege and one of his political campaign workers.

I suspect that the Rodham-Clintons dared to do what they did because they knew that the media would look the other way.

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[Michael.SF.]

Hardly a week goes by that at least one letter to the editor attacks Thomas Sowell wit a vengeance. Articles like this one is an example of why the left hate him.

[bamahead]

you have freepmail!

[gov_bean_ counter]

This deal also saved Harold Ford, Sr's butt too. He was under investigation in Tennessee for bank fraud as well. The old fart should have been breaking big rocks into small ones for the past 12 years instead of running Jr's campaigns.

[Texagirl4W]

"media would look the other way"

And they still are looking in the same direction. Always have, always will.

[jazusamo]

I'm sure you're right. If they would have had a media looking for every little thing like the media does with President Bush, both Clintons would have gone to jail, IMO.

[Quix]

THANKS MUCH.

[FreeKeys]

I'm sure you're right. If they would have had a media looking for every little thing like the media does with President Bush, both Clintons would have gone to jail, IMO.

Indeed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Hillary Clinton is a crook." -- A Syndicated Talk Show Host

[tcrlaf]

Funny that NONE of this is coming up in the MSM's "Debate" about it, eh???

[doug from upland]

What a coincidence. On another thread today I mentioned Paula Casey being put in place to squash Whitewater and protect them.

[Young Werther]

And the "CONSENSUS" among Historians is that that Global Warming,

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Hillarious follows in his sludge steps!

[Young Werther]

And the "CONSENSUS" among Historians is that that Global Warming,

oops Presidential Greatness accrues to Bilk Xlintoon!

Hillarious follows in his sludge steps!

[Young Werther]

And the "CONSENSUS" among Historians is that that Global Warming,

oops Presidential Greatness accrues to Bilk Xlintoon!

Hillarious follows in his sludge steps!