The Right is engaged in a full-court-press no-limits feeding frenzy over allegations that the Clintons are doing something fishy. See Charles Pierce, “The Return To Mena Airport: It Begins Again — In which we learn that rich people like the Clintons have lots of money.”
As best I can trace the lines of the conspiracy as it is taking shape, some of the countries and patrons of the Clinton Global Initiative may also have paid Bill Clinton the big money to talk to them. There’s a bit of innuendo to the effect that the Clintons may have been commingling Initiative money with their own. However, if Bill’s piling up $100 mil just for talking, and the man loves to talk, then they hardly seem to have to raid the cookie jar. But the basic thrust is that these countries and patrons one day may seek the favors of President Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The multiple avenues through which the Clintons and their causes have accepted financial support have provided a variety of ways for wealthy interests in the United States and abroad to build friendly relations with a potential future president.
You’re kidding. Wealthy interests might use their wealth to “build friendly relations” with politicians? In 2015? Has anyone told Anthony Kennedy? He might plotz.
(This, by the way, is Clinton Rule No. 2 — what is business as usual for every politician since Cato is a work of dark magic when practiced by either Clinton.)
Even the author of Clinton Cash, the book all the allegations are based on, admits he hasn’t found proof of any actual wrongdoing on the part of the Clintons. But who needs proof? All you have to say is “Oooo, a lot of money, plus Clintons.” A scandal is born.
However, it’s a wonder to me the righties are trotting this stuff out now. As I see it, turning the big guns on HRC now could be doing her, and the Democratic Party, a favor. If she survives this feeding frenzy intact and goes on to win the nomination, it’ll be old news in the fall of 2016. If, on the other hand, the screaming innuendo machine is able to plant the notion that HRC did something bad involving money and her job as Secretary of State in the public mind now, it could cost her the nomination. And then the GOP may end up running against someone they haven’t been smearing for nearly three decades.
So, bring it on.
I think if they crank up the Benghazi scandal a notch and throw in a little Lincoln bedroom they’ll manage to knock her out of the running. Maybe they should sprinkle in just a taste of her pork belly futures trading to insure a final Coup de Grâce.
Maybe someone can help me out here? I’m trying to figure out whether I’m clairvoyant or whether I’m a brilliant political analyst?. Months ago I predicted that the Benghazi investigation would be dragged out up until the 2016 Presidential election, providing that Hillary got the nomination. Well, Trey Gowdy recently announced that due to Hillary’s stonewalling the Benghazi investigation won’t be concluded until..guess when? Yep, you guessed it!
I kind of feel like Condi Rice when I find myself asking ..Who could have known? So I’m in a quandary as to whether I have super natural powers or just extremely astute political perceptions.
This is off topic, but I was noticing Trey Gowdy’s hairdo and was wondering whether it was just the way he combs his hair to form the point on his head or whether that’s the natural shape of his head.
I was trying to remember where I’d seen that style hairdo before when it occurred to me that Throckmorton (Mort) the cartoon character featured on the comics that you used to get when you purchased a 1¢ Bazooka bubble gum wore his hair in the exact same style.
I’m pretty sure that the countries who invited Clinton, would have also invited W. Bush to come and tell them how to do something – so, those countries could quickly do the exact opposite of what W recommended!
Oh, but W can’t go overseas!
He risks being handcuffed upon landing, and having to face a War Crimes tribunal at The Hague.
Maybe he could send Dick overse…
No, he can’t do that either.
Oh well, those countries might have to wait for Hillary’s 2nd term to expire, and invite her AND Bill!
When the Clintons entered the White House, they were the poorest couple to enter the White House in 20 or 30 years. You can’t say that about W nor Jeb nor Poppy Bush. Indeed, we have all seen (especially since Citizens United) that you have to be a millionaire just to think about running for President. This is why I hate the campaign season. I think I will go back to bed. Wake me up about 6 months before the election.
Well, to quote Groucho Marx from Monkey Business, “Love flies out the door when money comes innuendo.”
Bah. Even if there is something improper going on with the Clinton Foundation, I can’t see it affecting the election. Maybe in the primaries it could get some traction, but if she gets the nomination? Who exactly is going to switch their vote from Hillary Clinton to, say, Marco Rubio over the freaking Clinton Foundation?
There’s an element to this that could backfire. The Clinton foundation has done enormous good but it’s (I think) mostly been Bill’s project as his post-White House legacy. So do you really want to give Hillary a hard time about the good work the Clinton Foundation so the various projects and initiatives (mostly to Bill’s credit) can be trotted out.
The Clinton Foundation has not been a political organization. They haven’t been influencing elections or policy unless it’s incidental to the project they want to accomplish. My understanding is that it’s in the same category as the Gates Foundation. If you wanted to discredit Bill Gates and Microsoft as evil, going after the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation would not help.
I have to wonder if.. in the end… this might be golden for Clinton.
Years ago when I was walking with the Lord I used to watch Jimmy Swaggart’s TV show. During that time I would experience moments of near ecstasy while being caught up in Jimmy’s message. It wasn’t unusual for me to blurt out an ‘Amen!” or a “Speak it out, brother!” in a moment of agreement, but within another moment my view of Jimmy would flip and I would see him as nothing more than a slimy panderer who was cashing in on gullible people. I saw him as vile — all within a 60 second time span.
That experience of flip flopping and being able to see both sides of the coin in the extreme, so to speak, continues with me to this day. I experience the same thing with Hillary. At times I see her as a women to be admired who has shown great personal strength and determination. Yet at other times I question her sincerity and her trust worthiness.
One thing I am sure of is that when I see the Repugs viciously attacking her I have an inclination to defend her because I see those attacks as totally unwarranted. I know Rand Paul really pissed me off when he accused Hillary of dereliction of duty in regard to Benghazi. The whole Benghazi episode as the Repugs are trying to portray it with Hillary being culpable for its occurrence or some unknown event that has yet to be discovered doesn’t fare well with me.
It’s a sad state of affairs and I suspect that, like myself, the American public will tire of the nonsense and turn from the bullshit that the Repugs are trying to foist on the American public.
I think the Repugs are are going to do too much for too long and it will work against them.
My feelings about HRC are mixed. On the one hand, I don’t worship her and think she’s the best thing since white bread. And I don’t think we must have a woman president no matter what. On the other hand, she is not the demon portrayed by the Repugs. And I definitely would enjoy having a woman president. And it would be enjoyable to see Bill’s face if he could return to the White House. At any rate, it would make a good book. But those are just my personal opinions. Being the good citizen that I am, I will have to make a decision as to who is the best choice depending on who’s running. At this point, I can’t think of a single Repug I would like to see win the election. Actually, I have become very cynical and think the country is in such a mess that it probably doesn’t make any difference who is in the oval office. The fat cats are running everything anyway. America is on the decline as a world power and desperately trying to hang on but there have been too many mistakes made and we just may have to go the way of all world powers that have lost their place in the past.
On the other hand, the only thing we can be certain of is change.
I think Grannyeagle hits it on the head. “best choice depending on who is running”. HRC is not my first choice of everyone I like, but I have heard not a hint of sanity from the GOP candidates. If/when the choice is between HRC and any of the declared republicans, there’s no choice.
Yup!
If Hillary is the Democratic nominee, I’m all in!
The GOP candidates span the range fro psychopaths, to sociopaths.
Not much of a choice there…
Well, Mike Huckabee is looking like a serious contender. After all, he loves the Lord and he loves his donuts. What more can anyone look for in a candidate?
I have my doubts about Chris Christie though. I kinda resent the fact that he was appointed by Bush as Federal Prosecutor for New Jersey solely because he was stuffing envelopes for Bush’s election campaign.
Maybe I hold to high a standard for the requirements necessary to become a Federal prosecutor, ya think?
I wouldn’t worry too much about Chris Christie’s presidential aspirations. He’s already committed the Worst Sin Ever for a Repug: being at least halfway respectful of President Obama after Hurricane Sandy.