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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWAPO: Op-Ed: Deceipt and Power Work in Hillary Clinton's Favor:
In politics, it is said that you can fool some of the people all of the time and you can fool all of the people some of the time. In other words, liars have pretty good odds. The smoking guns keep piling up at Hillary Clintons feet, but nothing seems to trip her. Yesterday, Judicial Watch released a batch of documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, that it says reveals blatant coordination between then-Secretary of State Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. Stunningly, the internal State Department emails expose Clintons eagerness to thank [Clinton Foundation] supporters for their commitments. Of course, these commitments must mean money. Its incredible.
And, Clintons State Department was apparently coordinating meetings for Bill Clinton with foreign heads of state. If any other employee at the State Department had arranged such meetings for their spouse and actively thanked contributors to their spouses foundation, they would likely go to jail. No lawyer would even let it go to trial, because the sentencing guidelines would guarantee years behind bars. Another way to think about what was going on is to imagine that another countrys foreign ministers spouse or family ran a foundation that American companies were caught giving to. Those American companies would certainly be vulnerable to prosecution by the Justice Department under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
Its only because Hillarys last name is Clinton and because she is the Democratic front-runner for president that she isnt already being prosecuted for something or another. For anyone else at the State Department, their conviction and sentencing would produce only a matter-of-fact, back-page reference in The Washington Post.
And, Clintons State Department was apparently coordinating meetings for Bill Clinton with foreign heads of state. If any other employee at the State Department had arranged such meetings for their spouse and actively thanked contributors to their spouses foundation, they would likely go to jail. No lawyer would even let it go to trial, because the sentencing guidelines would guarantee years behind bars. Another way to think about what was going on is to imagine that another countrys foreign ministers spouse or family ran a foundation that American companies were caught giving to. Those American companies would certainly be vulnerable to prosecution by the Justice Department under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
Its only because Hillarys last name is Clinton and because she is the Democratic front-runner for president that she isnt already being prosecuted for something or another. For anyone else at the State Department, their conviction and sentencing would produce only a matter-of-fact, back-page reference in The Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/03/23/deceit-and-power-work-in-hillary-clintons-favor/
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WAPO: Op-Ed: Deceipt and Power Work in Hillary Clinton's Favor: (Original Post)
amborin
Apr 2016
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daleanime
(17,796 posts)1. K&R....
DanTex
(20,709 posts)2. Ed Rogers is a right-winger. You should self-delete. RW smears don't belong on DU.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)5. "10 years in the Bush and Reagan White Houses," Atwater deputy
Prior to co-founding BGR Group in 1991, Ed served in the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff. Ed also served as Senior Deputy to Bush-Quayle Campaign Manager Lee Atwater from 1987 through the general election in 1988.
http://www.bgrdc.com/x-bios/bgr-rogers.html
http://www.bgrdc.com/x-bios/bgr-rogers.html
What's not to like?
DanTex
(20,709 posts)6. It's becoming nearly impossible to tell Bernie fans apart from Republicans.
amborin
(16,631 posts)8. that can be said of a certain candidate
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)9. Where is the smear? What has he written in this piece that is a lie?
Octafish
(55,745 posts)4. Take Social Security.
From DU2 in 2010:
Monica Lewinsky saved Social Security during the Clinton years. Who will save it now?
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)7. There is a 276 page document with Clinton email correspondence
I just downloaded it and am going to go through it as I have time.
If you are interested in looking through it, click on the link to the WaPo Op-Ed. There is a link in there that takes you to the Judicial Watch website and a summary. You will see a link there to the 276 page PDF file that can be downloaded.
I prefer reading the source documents rather than letting somebody else interpret them for me.