Library withheld papers on Clinton pardons

KTKA/AP ^ | 3-7-08

[glock rocks]

so’d the bent one.

[glock rocks]

excellent timing!

[TommyDale]

I personally broke a story about Clinton granting North Carolina Auto Dealer and NASCAR Team owner Rick Hendrick a pardon shortly after Hendrick’s friend Hugh McColl, Jr. shortly after McColl made a huge contribution to Bill Clinton’s library. Hendrick served on the Board of Directors for friend and then CEO Hugh McColl at NationsBank — now Bank of America.

This was then investigated by Congressman Dan Burton’s House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. I turned over all my evidence to the investigators.

The story was picked up from here within minutes by Rita Cosby, then at Fox News.

[mc5cents]

What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
My health, I came to Casablanca for the waters.
The waters? What waters, we're in the desert.
I was misinformed.

[STARWISE]

Thank you for your efforts.

The Clinton White House was mostly a payoff
turnstile, and we’ll be paying for it for
decades yet to come.

Here’s the FReeper article about that
particular greasy deal.

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a99b62033ef.htm

I was always under the impression that Hugh
McColl was a man of high character. How wrong
I was. Imagine how many stories there are.

[STARWISE]

I know .. I’m a blooming optimist, but
for the last couple of months, I’ve been
saying that the whole election scenario
could change .. there’s too much time.

And, who would’ve predicted the mess the
Rats have now .. too cute by half they
thought, huh? Now ..it’s scorched earth
for THEM. woohoo!

I’m still sayin’: there’s too much time
left .. too many things will yet happen,
and I know and have faith that God is in
charge.

I just know it’s not gonna be boring. ;)

[Chode]

misinformed alright... 8^)

[mc5cents]

Imagine how many stories there are.

Indeed.

[what's up]

Ugh...these stories about withheld and secret documents are starting to crop up again in the news.

Makes me nauseous. This is how I used to feel in the 90's.

[lainie]

I hear ya. But if she wants to inflict herself upon us, which she obviously does, and it forces Slick to pay a different price than other former presidents? I’m fine with that. That’s all I’m saying.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

More than a thousand pages covering pardons granted by former president Bill Clinton during his final days in office have been withheld from the public.

Well, there's a shocker!

I wonder if FOI lawsuit could get this out soon. Paging Mark Levin, Judicial Watch, et al.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Ask Web about his pardon, oh yea, he didn’t get one.

IIRC, Clinton's "good friend and partner" McDougall received the old "Withheld Medication Dixie Pardon", while Clinton was boinking McDougall's wife.

[Wil H]

Hillary did not pardon anyone, Bill did.

True.

But he pardoned four Hasidic swindlers in return for votes for his wife (New Square.

So she benefited from his malfeasance.

[fight_truth_decay]

But he pardoned four Hasidic swindlers in return for votes for his wife

Maybe he should not do her any favors, as it has hurt her 100 fold over, definitely more than helped. It's like saying: With Friends (of Bill's) Like These, Who Needs Enemies?

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[STARWISE]

The saga has no end ...

[Wil H]

With Friends (of Bill's) Like These, Who Needs Enemies?

The clintons are like a tornado, everyone's lives who are touched by them are left in a trail of devastation behind them, both friend and foe.

[lowbridge]

A spokeswoman for the National Archives, which runs the library, now says they may have misinterpreted a 2002 letter from the former president in which he left instructions on which pardon documents should be made public.

How does a former President get to dictate to the National Library on what docments may and may not be made public? Who appointed him to write their policies?

[bluedressman]

Have faith my friend.

Everyone will be judged some day.

[purpleraine]

I know, but sometimes I entertain thoughts of earthly justice.