Thursday, August 15, 2013

New York Times Dissects the Clinton’s World of Money, Ambition, and Politics

The NY Times article being discussed below:
Unease at Clinton Foundation Over Finances and Ambitions  "Soon after the 10th anniversary of the foundation bearing his name, Bill Clinton met with a small group of aides and two lawyers from Simpson Thacher and Bartlett. Two weeks of interviews with Clinton Foundation executives and former employees had led the lawyers to some unsettling conclusions."

The Left Turns on Hillary Clinton  I'm not too sure about this because this would have come out anyway eventually. By revealing all this so far ahead of the 2016 election, the story will have peaked in time to be called "old news" when it really counts. Perhaps the Times did Clinton a favor.
"In the first sign that Hillary Clinton’s march to the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination is no cinch, the New York Times has done the unthinkable – take a close look at the Clinton family’s complex world of money, ambition, and politics."
Once upon a time, a man started a foundation to promote himself and....
"The Clinton Foundation found itself on the front page of The New York Times. I just don't think that too many "Clinton-istas" expected an article like this:"....
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"I always thought that this foundation was a gigantic ego-trip and this article confirms it.  It was a way for President Clinton to spend his retirement as the central figure on the world stage." 

Will claims about her foundation's financial problems hurt Hillary's presidential hopes?   "A scathing article in The New York Times tells how the 'rotating board of old Clinton hands' posed problems for the financial future of the charity because they moved in and out of the chain of command fluidly and made connections to their for-profit business that caused poorly defined divisions."

From James Taranto in the Wall Street Journal: Queen Hillary? Political rent-seeking and her expected coronation.   "But what intrigues us is the way in which laws restricting political speech--in the areas of both campaign finance and taxation--are vital to, as Firestone puts it, "Ms. Clinton's political future.' " In other words, beware her crocodile tears and righteous anger over voter I.D.

Where was this sign about San Diego Mayor Filner displayed?

Some stick-fetching dog!

 One tough pup.

Hillary's race card

By Rich Lowry at Politico
"Anyone who doubts that Hillary Clinton is already in fine fighting trim for a presidential run should consider her speech this week to the American Bar Association in San Francisco.
"She assailed an alleged “assault on voting rights.” She took aim at the Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down a portion of the Voting Rights Act and excoriated states that have recently tightened their voting laws. She declared that “anyone who says that racial discrimination is no longer a problem in American elections must not be paying attention.' ”
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"Perspective and reason are the natural enemies of a politics of hysteria. So Hillary won’t let herself be deterred by them. She is evidently fired up and ready to go." More

On this Democrat presidency

Political Cartoons by Lisa Benson
Obama Totally 100% Not a Crook  "President Obama’s increasingly grandiose claims for presidential power are inversely proportional to his shriveling presidency. Desperation fuels arrogance as, barely 200 days into the 1,462 days of his second term, his pantry of excuses for failure is bare, his domestic agenda is nonexistent and his foreign policy of empty rhetorical deadlines and red lines is floundering."
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The 'Great Divider' likes political speech only when it likes him  "Obama came of age in the Chicago school of politics in which using official agencies to bully the opposition is a commonplace. So it will hardly be a surprise if and when concrete evidence turns up of White House involvement in the IRS targeting scandal. After all, Democrats like Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have been attacking freedom in the economic realm for decades, so going after political speech likely comes just as easily for them."

The Great Divider  "As president, Obama has not only discarded this core commitment; he has turned it on its head. Republicans aren’t simply people with whom he has philosophical disagreements; they are members of the “Flat Earth Society” and have embraced a budget that demonstrates their “Social Darwinism.”.... PETER WEHNER, April 2012


"Man of the people" dines, golfs with Comcast/ NBC Universal exec

The Obamassiah – More Demon Than Deity   "So…
"I keep saying that America is going down the proverbial toilet with the Dictator, Obama, at the helm and I continue to be roundly criticized by socialists for stating the clearly obvious."  Craig Andresenh
 
  Video: Yes, he actually prayed…TO…Obama…Thanking him for everything he has done for “us.”  The National Patriot


WSJ: Lawless regulators and the White House earn a judicial rebuke. "The professors and pundits who fret about the Imperial Presidency go into hibernation when the President is a Democrat, so it is crucial that the courts reject Mr. Obama's increasing contempt for constitutional limits."

Explosive new book sets out case for impeaching Barack Obama over Benghazi, health care reform, immigration and spying scandals  The demagogues and the rioters will convene in three...two...one...

Racism everywhere: Mark Steyn and Chip Bok on Al Sharpton

Bokbluster   "When I think of Al Sharpton I think of two words – Tawana Brawley. Now I think of two more – Personal Stylist."
...."The civil-rights establishment’s mistake was to get ahead of itself, to be seduced by its own poetic truth even when there was no evidence to support it. And even now its leaders call for a Justice Department investigation, and they long for civil lawsuits to be filed—hoping against hope that some leaf of actual racial victimization will be turned over for all to see. This is how a once-great social movement looks when it becomes infested with obsolescence.' ”   Quoting Shelby Steele
Mark Steyn;  Racism as a Second Language;  "....Oprah’s account of her racist treatment by a totally racist high-end handbag saleswoman in Switzerland, the lady apparently conversed with Oprah in her own language – English. How many racists in American handbag stores would be considerate enough to insult non-American people of color in their own tongue? Or would even be capable of it?

Liberal Reaction to the Missouri Rodeo Clown is Akin to the Radical Muslim Response to a Mohammed Cartoon

Voltaire: "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”
Political Cartoons by Eric Allie
Rush Limbaugh   ...."This is no different than those countries reacting freakishly when there were cartoons of the prophet Mohammed.  That is exactly what this is.  It is as though President Obama is a messiah or is a god and this little thing that happened at the Missouri State Fair is a defamation, a denunciation, almost a religious sacrilege that took place."

....  "If I were Obama, you know, I'd be bigger than this.  I would pardon the clown, and I would turn it around, and if you want to make it look like something silly and ridiculous and childish, Obama could do that, put this thing in its place, and humiliate everybody involved and be done with it and make it a positive event, instead of the way this is all happening."
However Major Nidal Hasan is being kept financially solvent by the government.

America 2013: Rodeo Clown more politically mature than politicians and media   "Tuffy (Facebook support page here) has been fired and banned for life from the Missouri State Fair, the announcer has resigned, the rodeo association is requiring sensitivity training, and politicians like Claire McCaskill are trying to cash in politically.
"A little history is in order. The vitriol and mockery unleashed at George W. Bush is well documented, and George H.W. Bush received precisely the same rodeo treatment (even down to the broom up the rear end)."....