Posted on 02/23/2008 1:18:11 PM PST by neverdem
Stonewalling and secrecy helped Bill and Hillary Clinton win the White House without a thorough enough vetting in 1992. Now they're trying to do it again, this time by not disclosing either their income tax returns or the donor list for the Clinton Foundation.
All of this has become the target of greater attention since Mrs. Clinton loaned her struggling campaign $5 million last month. She waited until after the crucial Super Tuesday voting to disclose this news, and initially described the loan as "my money." Campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson then clarified that the cash had come from Mrs. Clinton's 50% "share" of the couple's joint resources.
Is America a great country or what? Only seven years ago the Clintons were swimming in legal bills. They've since cashed in on their celebrity to pay off a $2 million mortgage on their Washington D.C. home, and are now able to lend $5 million to Mrs. Clinton's campaign. The Senator has had her own success, earning more than $5 million for her "Living History" memoir. But the real income source has been the former President, who has been giving $450,000 speeches, and in general parlaying his political fame into personal riches.
Mr. Clinton is now trying to unwind a business relationship with billionaire pal Ron Burkle. This deal made him a partner -- along with the ruler of Dubai -- in the Yucaipa Global Fund. How much did Mr. Clinton earn from a partnership with men whose business interests might be affected by the policy actions of a President Hillary Clinton? The Clintons and their accountant know, but the public doesn't.
Mr. Clinton has also been raising cash for the Clinton Foundation, which funds his charitable activities and Presidential library. The foundation has raised more than $500 million, but Mr. Clinton has...
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Unfortunately not enough voters pay attention to the past - and not just with the Clintons.
We both tap the morons.
We've got a real good thing!"
There should be a prohibition against former presidents cashing in their favors by making speeches after they leave office.
I thought a strict check was kept on all nonprofit entities.
Of course....I forget....this is the Clintons.
Well, Bill Clinton was the only recent President who never released his medical records, for whatever reason we can only speculate.
The Clintons will execute any IRS agent who DARES even
think about any of their ‘badges of honor’.
I suspect it is that they just like their own checking accounts. He likes cigars. She likes pant suits. Yeah. That's it.
Kinda like the rule for criminals not being able to use their "story" to make a movie or book deal. Same-Same!
Most of their money is managed by Marc Rich and Company.
He sends it to the Clintons as needed. There are zillions of $$$ stashed in corporaate accounts all over the world. The corporations do nothing, no real business, except transmit the stolen funds to the Clintons.
It is reasonable to assume that speeches are a money laundering machine.
You are so right! Especially, where the morons are concerned. Democrat Americans have swallowed every lie the Clintoons have fed them. During Mr.Clinton’s presidency, he offered nothing but left wing losers for positions in government. Why, he even appointed Hazel O’Leary, a known America-hater, as the security watchdog of the Las Alamos labs. Is it any wonder that our national security secrets slipped away during his administration? A Hillary Clinton presidency would hold more of the same - the selling out of America for money!
I have a feeling the PRC can consider themselves morons too. They sure are mad that we can shoot down a satellite with an off-the-shelf missile. Bubba wouldn’t have cheated them now would he? ;^)
This Mrs. O'Leary has quite a past.
Didn't Mrs. O'Leary's cow start the Great Chicago Fire?
It used be named Madeline (a not all that bright cow), but now it's nickname is "Cash"
lmao TE!
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