Posted on 08/26/2016 5:10:55 AM PDT by Kaslin
Hold on; we may finally be getting some fireworks in this lackluster presidential campaign -- as the Clinton Foundation scandal seems to be gathering steam.
Could the Clintons finally have to face the music for their adult-lifetime of corruption? Is it possible that Hillary Clinton's lifelong scheme to be America's first female president could be derailed by this power couple's wanton venality?
I've watched closely through the years the Clintons' uncanny agility at hurdling real scandals and coming out almost unscathed. Yes, Bill Clinton was impeached, but what a dud that turned out to be, with Clinton rising to the figure of beloved statesman among Democrats and his accusers being painted as petty partisans.
There has been no justice, and they have made off like bandits ever since. One might argue that it's unfair to impute Bill Clinton's misdeeds to his wife, but but it's not a matter of imputation. Hillary Clinton has been integrally involved every step of the way -- from enabler to enforcer to joint participant. Don't ever forget her complicity, such as her leading role in destroying the train of women who dared to blow the whistle on him.
From the beginning, these two have stepped all over people (Travelgate) and mutually abused .and destroyed Bill's harassment victims. But do you remember the grating mantra of the Clinton-guarding media? "These are private matters that have nothing to do with his public life. Private conduct is irrelevant to one's fitness for public office."
Well, these disgraceful hacks don't have that excuse in their arsenal of dodges this time. There is no way even a journalism school valedictorian could credibly argue that the Clinton Foundation graft didn't directly involve the public interest.
The media and Democratic Party's joint alibis for the Clintons through the years have puffed the Clintons up with a sense of invincibility. The couple have to believe there is nothing they could do that would bring them down.
When I first heard about the foundation's influence peddling, I had little doubt there was truth to it, but I had no expectation that anything would come of it. In a sense, the Clintons have benefited from the plethora of charges leveled against them over the years. After a while, these allegations -- no matter how credible -- become just noise and are easily characterized as another chapter in a decades-long partisan witch hunt.
It's awfully convenient for the Clintons and their liberal hatchet men to paint every scandal as a politically motivated slander, but when the media and the Democratic Party themselves always refuse to put truth above their own ideological and political interests, it's inevitable that only Republicans would bring these charges.
But the Clinton Foundation scandal seems to be different. It is objectively true that the Clintons have become mega-millionaires since the close of Bill's second term -- and they've done it through exorbitant speaking fees, which, absent other consideration, couldn't possibly benefit the payers commensurate to their payments, and bizarre contributions to their foundation by foreign interests that had unusual access to Hillary's State Department.
Bill Clinton flippantly dismissed the suggestion of any quid pro quo, saying there is no evidence that any of the donors received anything for their donations. When asked whether there is at least an appearance of impropriety, he said, "I'm not responsible for anybody else's perception." It couldn't be more fitting that he was the first postmodern president. He lent Oval Office credence to the demonic lie that words have no meaning apart from what people choose individually to assign to them. He's unctuously transitioned from "It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is" to "I can't be held accountable for your accurate perception that my wife and I are wholly corrupt and have not only used our public positions to financially profit but also compromised and damaged the nation's interests in the process."
Just think about the charge that Crown Prince Salman of Bahrain secured a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that led to her approval of certain extremely controversial arms sales to Bahrain after his kingdom donated up to $150,000 directly to the Clinton Foundation and some $32 million to the Clinton Global Initiative. This alone would be enough to bring down a deified Roman emperor.
The Associated Press reported that more than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state donated to the Clinton Foundation either individually or through related entities. Clinton apologists are already trying to tell us there's nothing to see here, but sentient human beings know better.
No president in modern history, including Richard Nixon, has been the scandal virtuoso that both of the Clintons are in their own right. The jig just may be up.
WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange promises more email dumps that will bring Hillary Clinton down. Wouldn't it be the profoundest poetic justice if the Clintons were done in by the very emails Hillary thought she had deep-sixed months ago?
The Clintons are long overdue for a vigorous and swift application of the Ceausescu Protocol.
Crooked Clinton’s to face justice on November 8th and beyond with a Trump administration...
We can only hope this will be true.....(Hitlery will be done in by her emails.....would to God it happens).
I’m not going to hold my breath, but if there is any real justice left, Bill and Hillary should both be in prison, and maybe even Chelsea as well.
When Bill and Hellary met it was Larceny and Deceit at First Sight.
Lackluster?
The Limbaugh family must not be watching even a smidgen of Trump’s rallies or listening to his-off-the-cuff remarks or Farage’s buoyant guest appearance in the swamps of Louisiana.
I wish they’d drop their obsession with Cruz and open their eyes and ears.
If you’ll buy this I might be able to get you a good deal on a bridge.
Agree , along with a State (prison) funeral.....
Chances are the media (or at least some) knew about this all along and blacked it out. I try not to wish Ill will on anyone but if things were to go badly for this candidacy I will not lose any sleep over it either.
With everything it takes to put on a production, there is no way this woman will be able to stand on a stage for 90 minutes. Expect lights to be softened, floors to be padded and anything else that will make her majesty feel comfortable. My bet is the debate will be round table like, with Trump, her thighness and the moderator sitting around a table.
A few weeks back I was watching a documentary on Mussolini and it amazed me how a country could fall in line behind a petty thug like that. And then I look at the Clintons.
She’s had a Chipmunk Facelift it seems.
Younger voters are not deadened by decades of Clinton scandals. These new revelations — and old ones retold — do prick the consciences and outrage of those who are just now learning about the Clintons. We need to keep getting the news out, no matter the media black-out. The Clinton die-hards are going to remain oblivious and dug-in till the bitter end, but there are millions of voters out there who have to learn the truth.
The only way this will be thoroughly investigated is if Trump is elected. Period. The media won’t touch it besides giving it lip service and minimizing it (see CNN’s coverage). I don’t know that it will impact the election beyond more evidence of corruption, but people have already made up their minds.
A corruption investigation takes a long time to conclude because there are two defendants for a bribe. The FBI and Obama DOJ have already indicated that they are not interested.
Yes, it confirms what we already know - but we need to concentrate on the election and perhaps justice will have it’s day. It will be so “partisan” by then that they may just put it all behind us and the Clintons can sail off into the sunset with their millions and close down the foundation. I can hear Bill now - “gosh, I thought we were doing good and we did, but it’s become more about us than the starving children we saved.”
There are all kinds of new non-surgical procedures that use heat and radio waves to tighten skin. Collagen will be built up to take away the saggy, crepy look. I am sure she has had this done quite a bit because she does look so different in so many pictures even just day to day. They are using everything they can so that America is not reminded how old she is. When I see her mannerisms, it makes me a little sick to my stomach because the old ladies that I know that use those mannerisms are ready for rocking chairs in nursing homes, not for being head of the strongest and greatest country in the world.
I’ve tried to find some articles to help me understand why the libtards and the media go to bat so hard for these two - I can’t. Other than campaigning against Obozo, they’ve had his and her back every day for 30 years.
Even when the POTUS was banging an intern. Even when they stole the money for Haiti and gave it to their friends. Even when they pretended they had a charity and used it as a personal slush fun to keep their band together. Even when they violated all of their agreements with Obozo. Even when they trample on little people like the Travelgate and Secret Service. Big scandal, small scandal, political, money or subversive corruption, it doesn’t matter.
This has long made little sense. They’re neither kind, nor lovable. They’re not ideologically pure, they like using military. Are they the modern version of J Edgar Hoover? Do they have the goods on EVERYONE, even Obozo?
Limbaugh has totally lost it.
Because they pay well.
There is no steam. Corrupt press. Gutless Republicans. Ain’t gonna happen.
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