Posted on 04/05/2008 9:51:28 AM PDT by kingattax
Those of us old enough to recall the 1990s can remember presidential half-brother and pardon recipient Roger Clinton, as well as presidential brothers-in-law Tony and Hugh Rodham -- all of whom were caught up in the pardon-gate controversy.
None of them has been seen much (or at all) during Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, not without good reason. I don't want to be too harsh, but let's just say they all firmly seem to fall into the Bill Carter mold of presidential siblings.
The reason I bring them up is because according to Bill and Hillary's just-released tax returns from 2000-2006, the Clintons paid interest on loans to family members every year from 2001-2006. (The Clintons applied for an extension on their 2007 filing.)
Who were these loans to and how much are they for? Were Roger, Tony and Hugh among the recipients?
Clinton campaign spokesman Jay Carson politely says that's none of our bee's wax.
"The Clintons made interest-free loans to some of their family members," Carson says. "The amount reported is imputed interest on those loans. The IRS requires that an amount of interest be assigned to interest-free loans; it then taxes the loan giver as if he or she actually received that 'imputed' interest. Thus, imputed interest is not actually paid by the loan recipient nor received by the loan giver. The loans to family members are personal; the Clintons are going to respect their family members’ privacy."
Roger Clinton received a presidential pardon from his brother; Tony and Hugh were involved in that pardon controversy. Is it really none of the public's business if Sen. Hillary Clinton and her husband "loaned" any of them money?
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...
Talk about family mystery , did you notice how hot Chelsea is looking since yesterday ?
Webb would be proud.
Billy Carter was much more entertaining than Huge, Tony and Roger.
Ever notice how none of this stuff ever gets covered on the MSM?
Why is that, do you think?
Maybe they’re too busy looking for fake documents to hang around Bush’s neck?
They are probably paying their family members off so they stay out of the news. It would be a good place to be........unless you should disappear or something.
This just gets curiouser and curiouser, n'est ce pas?
There is a reason that the Rodham/Clintons are being coy about their taxes. And I'm hoping that some intrepid investigator will be able to sleuth it all out.
Ironically, isn't this the same bunch that are alleged to have sicced the IRS on political foes?
I’d be willing to bet that a lot of their money comes out of China.
Agreed. Billy Beer was better than Pardongate.
Q: What’s the difference between Billy and Jimmy Carter?
A: Billy had a foreign policy.
Er....this is an ABC report.
After a long winter's nap, the MSM is now reporting on the Clintons for one reason only: they want the Clintons gone.
This is just one more piece of evidence.
The whole bunch of ‘em are nothing more than gangsters hiding behind the former impeached presidential hands off status...I can hear ‘em now ‘we can do whatever we want and NO one can do one thing about it, we are above the law’....
you're right on the money. they sure do and have started the death knell. that's why we have been seeing all the exaggerated swooning over obama. (e.g. chrissy matthews' leg tingle)
the MSM has been performing euthanasia on the clintoons and isn't it fun as hell to watch ?
Looks like a pared down nose and a chin added.
I doubt it. Mommy dearest is erasing every shred of evidence. ‘cept DNA, that is.
Good for her.....what girl, who can afford it, would not try to improve her looks?
Makes one wonder exactly how they might rationalize (among themselves, of course) covering up for the sainted couple over the last sixteen years.
Is there any sense of guilt? Or are liberals incapable of feeling guilt for anything except America and racism?
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