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The Clinton War Room Jumps the Shark
Commentary Magazine ^ | 5-12-15 | Jonathon S. Tobin

Posted on 05/12/2015 7:22:10 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

By the end of last week, the Hillary Clinton camp was acting as if they had weathered the worst of the Clinton Cash scandal and emerged unscathed. While polls showed that trust in Hillary and belief in her truthfulness was heading south, support from the overwhelming majority of Democrats remained strong. She also maintained leads in head-to-head matchups against possible Republican opponents. But in spite of these reasons for confidence that the Clinton brand can survive — as it has before — virtually anything, their bold talk about no one believing the book isn’t convincing anyone. The drip, drip, drip of scandal stories from a variety of news outlets inspired by Peter Schweitzer’s muckraking book has kept the allegations in the news rather than it fading away. As a result, the Clinton “War Room” that has been assembled to trash Schweitzer and dismiss the book is starting to show the initial signs of panic. When longtime Clinton family retainer Lanny Davis called the book and those exploring its charges an example of “McCarthyism” during an appearance on C-Span, it was clear that Hillary’s friends have officially jumped the shark in their efforts to silence the nation’s unease about the former First Family’s conduct.

The context of Davis’s rant is the fact that even after weeks of news organizations seeking new Clinton Cash angles to explore, it appears they aren’t close to running out of material. Over the weekend, Politico began to unravel the complicated ties between Bill Clinton’s speechmaking business and Hillary Clinton’s State Department. According to their reporting, State Department officials vetted some of the former president’s speeches. While that isn’t evidence of criminal conduct, it does show how closely connected Hillary’s staff was to Bill’s fundraising and speaking business affairs, something her defenders routinely deny.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: hillary; lannydavis; mcarthy

1 posted on 05/12/2015 7:22:10 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

...thanks Rush.

2 posted on 05/12/2015 7:27:52 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: afraidfortherepublic

What’s needed is a RICO investigation.


3 posted on 05/12/2015 7:28:23 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1866953/posts?page=1

the gupta thread from 2007


4 posted on 05/12/2015 7:30:49 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer



5 posted on 05/12/2015 7:39:49 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
There's one big problem: the Left loves Bill Clinton. Hillary, a lot of mixed feelings, especially since she has not aged well since her days as First Lady.
6 posted on 05/12/2015 7:42:08 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

When we see too much Lackey Davis on the tube it means the Clintonistas are acknowledging a scandal is big.


7 posted on 05/12/2015 7:43:32 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: afraidfortherepublic

If I had prophetic vision, back around 1970, during an anti-Vietnam War protest, I would have gone down on Dickson street (I was up the hill at the U of A waiting on a girl who didn’t show) in Fayetteville, Arkansas, grabbed a chert rock or brick, and knocked that naked ape out of that tree!

That naked ape was William Jefferson Clinton. Too late now.


8 posted on 05/12/2015 7:44:06 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Some times you need more than six shots. Much more.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I always wondered how much better off our country would be if that night in a back seat of a car a condom had been used in Hot Springs. Ditto for Park Ridge. And somewhere in Kenya. And in Searchlight, NV.


9 posted on 05/12/2015 7:51:36 AM PDT by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Don’t forget the firing squad.


10 posted on 05/12/2015 8:07:41 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
I don't think there are any polls showing dyed-in-the-wool Hillary supporters actually leaving the plantation and ceasing support in her direction. There is NO scandal, and NO level of criminality, and NO level of impropriety, and NO level of ethics issues that will take ANY Hillary supporter out of her column - much less move them to the R column. The movement in any diminishing support are likely from the great unwashed and highly vaunted 'undecided' voters.

And the press says:

11 posted on 05/12/2015 8:20:42 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: SERKIT

Actually for most Democrats all the scandals and the fact that the Clintons never get hurt by them is proof of the Clintons’ intelligence and effectiveness for the Cause. The scandals are all resume enhancements. The many mysterious and not so mysterious unnatural deaths associated with the Clintons makes them even more brilliant to the Democrats. That is how Totalitarians work and Total Power is the goal of the Democrats.


12 posted on 05/12/2015 8:34:36 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
If Hillary was videotaped throwing infants off a bridge Lanny Davis would defend her.

Lanny would call reporters McCarthyites if they showed the tape.

Then Lanny would scream "witch hunt".

If that didn't work he would frown and say 'everyone does it'... everybody. Then hubby Bill would come forward and say 'unstable' - the people speaking the truth are unstable.

Thugs. All Clinton 'supporters... thugs. Two bit pieces of sh*t.

13 posted on 05/12/2015 9:26:33 AM PDT by GOPJ (More blacks are aborted every week than have been lynched in the entire history of the country-Rush)
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