2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWisconsin's Largest Newspaper slams Clinton in the Sunday edition before the primary
Clinton's abysmal record on open governmentAs we noted Tuesday, Republican front-runner Donald Trump is not one of those candidates. But neither is Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Her horrible track record on transparency raises serious concerns for open government under a Clinton administration so serious we believe they may disqualify her from public office. We hope Wisconsin voters give this issue the consideration it deserves when they go to the polls on Tuesday.
The issue immediately at hand and under investigation by the FBI is Clinton's use of a private email server for State Department communications. Clinton may have violated national security laws by making top secret documents vulnerable to hackers and available to people without proper security clearance. Violating those laws rightly ended the public service career of Gen. David Petraeus when he was President Barack Obama's CIA director. The FBI and Justice Department must be free to fully investigate and, if warranted, prosecute Clinton in this matter without any political interference from the Obama administration.
In 1992, during Bill Clinton's first run for office, the Clintons declined to release all of their tax returns because, it turned out, a few of the returns showed Hillary Clinton's incredible success in commodities trading when Bill Clinton was attorney general and then governor of Arkansas. She made almost $100,000 from an initial investment of $1,000 in a matter of months a return of 10,000% under the guidance of a lawyer who was also outside counsel to Tyson Foods Inc., Arkansas' largest employer. The returns weren't made public until 1994.
(Okay -so know we know why all of the sudden there is such an outcry about Bernie releasing his tax returns - which he did...)
Public officials keep secrets because they have something to hide something they don't want the people they are supposed to be serving to know anything about.
These off-the-record speeches were delivered after Clinton left the State Department and was preparing for her second bid for the White House. Clinton has refused to release transcripts of the speeches, saying she would do so only if other politicians released transcripts of their speeches. But that, as The New York Times noted in a February editorial, is a child's excuse.
Believe it or not - There is More! at the link
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/clintons-absymal-record-on-open-government-b99696012z1-374014501.html
biting my tongue as I post.....
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Segami
(14,923 posts)Sen. Bernie Sanders has used the fees she was paid for the speeches by the most powerful firms on Wall Street against Clinton in their race for the nomination. Of equal concern is the secrecy involved and Clinton's continuing refusal to release the transcripts of what she told the investment bankers..."
Multiply her level of secrecy to the power of 100 - cubed....if she makes it into the WH.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)They have a long history of strongly supporting Scott Walker. The only ones frothing of the mouth over this hit piece is right wingers.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/105358553.html
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/we-recommend-walker-his-removal-isnt-justified-l55ecb6-152111305.html
The GOP here is terrified of Clinton. All the ads we're bombarded with from Cruz, Kasich and the PACs are doom and gloom about how we can't have Clinton win. It's a lot like DU in a way. This piece is another call to arms for the GOP to do what they can to beat Clinton.
LiberalFighter
(51,009 posts)dsc
(52,166 posts)and a falsehood from you, to boot. Sanders didn't release his tax returns, he released one partial return which had the Clintons released just that in 1992 wouldn't have had the futures trade on it. I don't know what they did or didn't release back in 1992 but we have literally decades of their returns now.
sorechasm
(631 posts)This particular messenger can't possibly telling any truths:
Nothing matters more to leadership in a democracy than support for an open, honest government in which citizens are informed and in charge...And any candidate vying for the votes of the American people needs to have demonstrated a firm commitment not only to the ideal but to the reality of open government.
Hillary's reputation for secrecy is not confined to the right wing. The question is why didn't this 'rag' wait until after Hillary became the Democratic nominee before they released this piece.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)brooklynite
(94,667 posts)jonestonesusa
(880 posts)being a liberal suffering through Walker's governorship. Which makes it even more intriguing that the MSM's clear favorite (Clinton) couldn't win an endorsement from a natural ally (a la Wapo, NYT, etc.).
A win in the Badger State would be big for Sanders, and the state is in play!! 48 hours to win this, Bernie Nation!!
jillan
(39,451 posts)TheDormouse
(1,168 posts)TheDormouse
(1,168 posts)What were you doing up at 4:55am EST?