Posted on 12/15/2007 2:05:37 AM PST by JohnHuang2
Bill Clinton's presidential library raised more than 10 percent of the cost of its $165 million facility from foreign sources, with the most generous overseas donation coming from Saudi Arabia, according to interviews yesterday.
The royal family of Saudi Arabia gave the Clinton facility in Little Rock about $10 million, roughly the same amount it gave toward the presidential library of George H.W. Bush, according to people directly familiar with the contributions.
The presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has for months faced questions about the source of the money for her husband's presidential library. During a September debate, moderator Tim Russert asked the senator whether her husband would release a donor list. Clinton said she was sure her husband would "be happy to consider that," though the former president later declined to provide a list of donors.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has made an issue of the large yet unidentified contributors to presidential libraries, saying that he wants to avoid even the appearance of impropriety in such donations. Obama has introduced legislation that would require disclosure of all contributions to presidential libraries, including Clinton's, and Congress has actively debated such a proposal. Unlike campaign donations, money given to presidential libraries is often done with limited or no disclosure.
The Clinton library has steadfastly declined to reveal its donors, saying they were promised confidentiality. The William J. Clinton Foundation, which funds the library, is considered a charity whose contributors can remain anonymous.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Bush 41 disclosed publicly where the donations came from. And there is also a difference in that Clinton's wife is now running for the Presidency. Clinton has refused to disclose the donors to protect the privacy of the donors per some agreement he had with them. Marc Rich's wife also probably donated.
But wait...there must be some explanation. I mean haven’t the Clintons always told us that money didn’t matter to them? Haven’t they always thought of only “the children”?
But now they are taking filthy lucre from shady sheiks? Oh, Billy...say it ain’t so!!! Say it ain’t so!!
Ok - I guess I’m a dope.
It doesn’t look good, but is it illegal?
If it’s legal, what’s the big deal?
What am I missing?
If it’s legal and/or ethical, why hide it? Just askin’ :)
If anyone has any doubts...watch the Clinton Chronicles, found on You Tube. It will knock your socks off. It is all documented!!
http://youtube.com/watch?V=EJpRhuSGr7K
Yep. A friend of mine was there recently, and said it looked exactally like a ‘double wide on stilts’.
And that cost $165,000,000? And we aren’t ever going to find out where the donations came from because they are respecting the confidentiality of the donars? (Like a journalist giving breaking news from a confidential source - yeah, right!)
And, we aren’t ever going to find out exactally what happened to all that money because the bills were probably padded for every single inch of that ugly place. (And, what wasn’t padded, Sandy Berger probably stuffed in his pants!)
Clinton Foundation raised more than $135M last year, assets over $200 million
Donations to the William J. Clinton Foundation jumped by nearly 70 percent since 2005, when the nonprofit raised more than $80 million. Contributions to the library have tripled since 2003, the year before Clinton's museum and archives opened in downtown Little Rock, Ark.
I'll just bet they have...
BTTT.
The Clinton trailer park, oops I meant library, is little more that a $200 million slush fund for all manner of illegal activity.
High Volume. Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking on the Topic or Keyword Israel. or WOT [War on Terror]
----------------------------
Don’t want to minimize the significance of the Saudi-Clintons connection, but it’s highly unlikely the Saudis had anything to do with the Foster murder. Contrary to what many believe, the Foster hit was essentially “made in the USA.”
The point that the Saudi embassy was located near the park was one of the few facts in the case that really is coincidental.
The Saudi contributions to the Clinton Library are hardly “breaking news.” But they do take on even added significance in view of the recent controversy over release of the documents controlled by the library, plus the “outing” of Saudi-bred Huma Abedin as HRC’s reputed lesbian partner and “indispensable” aide.
Clinton-Saudi alert ping!
Peter Paul - $250,000....... the man Hillary doesn’t know
Jim Levin - $100,000....... the strip club owner who popularized the lap dance
So what. The Saudis gave to Republicans too. Greed crosses all party lines.
$10 mil to put into a double wide? I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn I’ll sell them, cheap!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.