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The Clintons Lower The Bar -- Again
Townhall ^ | Apr 29, 2015 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 04/29/2015 8:34:57 AM PDT by yuffy

I once had a boss who gave me some great advice, not just for managing people but for judging politicians: You forgive mistakes; you punish patterns. Everybody screws up. But if someone won't learn from his mistakes and try to correct his behavior, then he either doesn't think it was a mistake, he just doesn't care or he thinks you're a fool. The one indisputable takeaway from Peter Schweizer's new book, "Clinton Cash," is that Bill and Hillary Clinton fit one or all of those descriptions.

Let us recall Marc Rich, a shady billionaire indicted for tax evasion and defying trade sanctions with Iran during the U.S. hostage crisis. Rich fled to Switzerland to escape prosecution.

He hired Jack Quinn, a former Clinton White House counsel, to lobby the administration for a pardon. Quinn sought help from then-Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, who advised Quinn to petition the White House directly -- advice Holder later regretted. On the last day of his presidency, Bill Clinton pardoned Rich.

The ensuing scandal was enormous -- and bipartisan. It was widely believed that Rich had bought his pardon. Denise Rich, his ex-wife, had made huge donations to the Democratic Party, including $100,000 to Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign and $450,000 to the foundation building Bill Clinton's presidential library.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; editorial

1 posted on 04/29/2015 8:34:57 AM PDT by yuffy
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To: yuffy
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil.

The original Edenites, ate the fruit of determining for themselves, "What is Good", and, "What is Evil".

"I decide."

"I did it MY way."

2 posted on 04/29/2015 8:40:54 AM PDT by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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To: yuffy

Don’t forget the blowjob that Denise gave Bill.


3 posted on 04/29/2015 8:52:26 AM PDT by safetysign
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To: yuffy

theres low priced scum...and High Priced Scum.


4 posted on 04/29/2015 9:05:19 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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5 posted on 04/29/2015 10:44:00 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: yuffy

And again, and again, and again....


6 posted on 04/29/2015 10:44:39 AM PDT by Fair Paul
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