Leaked emails reveal Hillary Clinton’s life of deceit

What must other nations think of America?

Bill Clinton confronted by Marine DI and a lady over Benghazi
Some real drama here when Hillary accused of lying over the caskets of four dead Americans.

NY Post  . . . "When her ode to pragmatic two-facedness was called out by Donald Trump at last week’s debate, she lamely blamed it on Abe Lincoln, as portrayed in Steven Spielberg’s 2012 film. Never mind that a high-priced collection plate and the passage of the 13th Amendment have little in common. It’s all in a day’s work for a woman who claims to be for the Little Guy but spends most of her time frolicking with the political and financial elites."
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“[Qatar] would like to see WJC [William Jefferson Clinton] ‘for five minutes’ in NYC, to present $1 million check that Qatar promised for WJC’s birthday in 2011.”
— Ami Desai, director of foreign policy for the Clinton Foundation, wrote in a 2012 e-mail.

. . . "In the public eye since 1992, the Clintons have long memories, rewarding their friends and punishing their enemies, swatting away annoying flies like Bill de Blasio — “Should we care about this?” wondered Podesta privately in response to policy suggestions from the mayor — whose aid they don’t need. Like the Bourbon monarchy, they’ve learned nothing and forgotten nothing." . . .

Hillary did make sense on some points. . .

. . . but then, did she mean it? If, as president, she delivers an Oval Office address, how can we believe a word she says? We cannot.  (I'm the Tunnel Dweller and I approved this message)

Zero Hedge

"*Speaking About Financial Regulations, Clinton Said “The People That Know The Industry Better Than Anybody Are The People Who Work In The Industry.”

“There's nothing magic about regulations, too much is bad, too little is bad. How do you get to the golden key, how do we figure out what works? And the people that know the industry better than anybody are the people who work in the industry.”

. . .
" The fifth and final highlighted excerpt blames banks' unwillingness to "do what they need to do" due to fear of regulations, the same regulations which in the same speech she said should be left to Wall Street.

"*Clinton Said “Banks Are Not Doing What They Need To Do Because They're Scared Of Regulations, They're Scared Of The Other Shoe Dropping.” 

*“I mean, right now, there are so many places in our country where the banks are not doing what they need to do because they're scared of regulations, they're scared of the other shoe dropping, they're just plain scared, so credit is not flowing the way it needs to to restart economic growth. So people are, you know, a little -- they're still uncertain, and they're uncertain both because they don't know what might come next in terms of regulations, but they're also uncertain because of changes in a global economy that we're only beginning to take hold of.”

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" Addtionally(sp), as flagged by Reuters earlier, in the June 4 Goldman Sachs speech, Hillary warned Beijing it would "ring China with missile defense" unless it did more to rein in North Korea's missile program.

Because they could not only do damage to our treaty allies, namely Japan and South Korea, but they could actually reach Hawaii and the west coast theoretically, and we're going to ring China with missile defense. We're going to put more of our fleet in the area.

"Clinton told Goldman that the message to China had been, "You either control them, or we're going to have to defend against them."  According to Reuters, the State Department on Friday declined to comment on "alleged leaked documents." When asked whether such a message had been delivered to China, an official said it was not department policy to comment publicly on diplomatic discussions.Although Clinton's reported comments raised a stir in Asia, Reuters adds.

"Clinton said she also told her Chinese counterparts that the United States had as much a claim to the Pacific as China, given that U.S. forces had liberated it in World War Two.

"China had "a right to assert themselves," but the United States needed to "push back to create a balance" to prevent China taking a chokehold on sea lanes and countries bordering the South China Sea, she said."

Emphases in the original.

WikiLeaks emails show Clinton campaign collected data to discredit Bill Clinton accuser

Standard Examiner  

 "After Juanita Broaddrick, who has long accused former president Bill Clinton of raping her in 1978, repeated those allegations in a January tweet, aides to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton quickly moved to gather information that could be used to undermine her account, hacked internal campaign emails released Saturday by the group WikiLeaks show.

"There is no evidence that the campaign publicly responded to Broaddrick’s tweet. But the email exchange between Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and David Kendall, a personal attorney for Bill and Hillary Clinton, offers unusual insight into how Clinton’s aides prepared to deal with one of the most sensitive topics it would face during the campaign.

“ 'I was 35 years old when Bill Clinton, Ark. Attorney General raped me and Hillary tried to silence me. I am now 73....it never goes away,” Broaddrick had tweeted on Jan. 6, during the Democratic primary season." . . .

On the Democrat reports of Trump's assaulting women

Evidence points to political motivation behind claims
. . . “Not only did he not do so – and I was present at all times – but it was she that was the one being flirtatious,” the witness, Anthony Gilberthorpe, said. “If there’s evidence Trump’s done it, sure, hang him from the post, but I was there, I was in a position to know that what she said was wrong, wrong, wrong.” . . .

Trump Sexual Assault Accuser Sent Glowing Email To His Assistant In April . . . “That was until Summer invited Mr. Trump to her restaurant during the primary and he said no. I think Summer wishes she could still be on reality TV, and in an effort to get that back she’s saying all of these negative things about Mr. Trump.' ”. . .

WIKILEAKS: Wife of Mexican-American Judge Suing Trump Is BIG Podesta and Hillary Fan

Former Trump butler, Anthony Senecal said the so-called incident with the People magazine hack “never happened.”

I'm a Conservative Woman and I Agree With Michelle Obama about Trump  . . . "And I don't really care if Michelle likes Kanye's music, with its disgusting, sexist lyrics or that she thinks Beyonce is a good role model for girls. I'm not talking about the messenger here, I'm talking about the truth of the message. This is not something that we can ignore." . . .

Perhaps she has some sound wisdom here, if only the words had not come from a professional victim like Michelle Obama who seems to see condescension in every encounter with people she does not know.

Michelle Obama goes low in phony post-Trump tapes performance . . . "After about ten minutes of invented concern for women and girls, Michelle put on a new face, straightened up, removed the voice gyrations, and launched into how Hillary is the greatest woman in the world."

Wikileaks Reveals Clinton Camp Was Posting FAKE “Sexist Trump Job Ads” On Craigslist . . .

WSJ: ‘Nation Now Has Proof’ of Hillary Scandals, But Leftist Media ‘Devote Its Front Pages to the Trump Story’

He may be an ogre, but he's our ogre: That's the view of Trump's fanatical supporters whose hatred of Hillary means they'll forgive him anything  . . . "But, in truth, all she needs to do is to let her opponent keep generating terrible headlines. Trump, on the other hand, has been criss-crossing the marginal states of the U.S. in his personal airliner to fire up rallies like this one in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania." . . .

Wikileaks Podesta hack reveals CNBC’s John Harwood was a hack for Dems

legalinsurrection.com

Legal Insurrection  "You may remember the October 28, 2015 Republican Debate held by CNBC.

"Memory as in bad memory. The moderators were abysmal, but John Harwood stood out as the worst among them. National Review wrote at the time:

The emerging consensus from tonight’s CNBC debate is that the moderators were rude. John Harwood in particular distinguished himself by not just asking tough questions, but asking them in the most insulting possible way — interrupting candidates mid-reply, offering his own editorializing, and shouting down candidates attempting to defend themselves.

Chris Christie seemed to capture the mood of the candidates and the crowd when — angry at Harwood’s hectoring — he finally said “even in New Jersey what you’re doing is rude.”

"I wrote at the time, GOP needs to make an example of NBC News:

"I wrote at the time, GOP needs to make an example of NBC News:

The GOP has a long history of subjecting its candidates to abuse by debate moderators.

From George Stephanopolous to Candy Crowley, debates are a time for network journalists to earn their battle badges by damaging Republicans.

And the GOP just sucks it up and takes it.

So why would the CNBC moderators have thought the most recent Republican Primary debate should be any different?

CNBC did what it thought it was supposed to do — mock and snicker at Republican candidates. Belittle them. Dismiss their intelligence and portray them as kooks.'

Here Are Hillary Clinton's Three Speeches To Goldman Sachs For Which She Was Paid $675,000

Zero Hedge

. . ." The highlights Carrk refers to are the following:

"In the first excerpt Hillary Clinton (rightfully) mocks Dodd Frank as nothing but a political contrivance which was created solely for political reasons as "there was also a need to do something because for political reasons." To wit: "*Clinton Said, With Dodd-Frank, There Was “A Need To Do Something Because For Political Reasons” Because Members Of Congress “Can't Sit Idly By And Do Nothing.”

“And with political people, again, I would say the same thing, you know, there was a lot of complaining about Dodd-Frank, but there was also a need to do something because for political reasons, if you were an elected member of Congress and people in your constituency were losing jobs and shutting businesses and everybody in the press is saying it's all the fault of Wall Street, you can't sit idly by and do nothing, but what you do is really important.” [GS2, 10/24/13]

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"In the second highlighted excerpt, Tim O'Neill, Global Co-Head of the Investment Management Division, thanks Hillary for her "continued involvement in the issues (inaudible) to be courageous in some respects to associated with Wall Street and this environment" and then thanks her "very much."

"*Tim O’Neill Told Clinton “We Really Did Appreciate It” When She Had Been “Courageous In Some Respects To Associated With Wall Street And This Environment.”

. . . 

"In a third noted excerpt, Clinton pitches the idea that the best regulation of Wall Street is self-regulation because "the people that know the industry better than anybody are the people who work in the industry.”

"*Speaking About Financial Regulations, Clinton Said “The People That Know The Industry Better Than Anybody Are The People Who Work In The Industry.” . . .

. . . 

"In a fourth excerpt, Hillary admits she had "great relations and worked so close together" with Wall Street and has "a lot of respect for the work you do and the people who do it."

"*Clinton Said “I Represented All Of You For Eight Years. I Had Great Relations And Worked So Close Together After 9/11 To Rebuild Downtown.”

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Here is Hillary opining on Wikileaks and Edward Snowden:" . . .

Hillary Clinton’s Crisis Response: Ask Friendly Media To Laugh At Email Revelations

Breitbart: The Race

"Hillary Clinton’s campaign is carefully drafting jokes to minimize and soften the friendly media’s coverage of her dramatic email scandals, according to Wikileaks’ dump of emails from campaign chairman John Podesta’s inbox.

Added by TD

"Clinton speechwriter Dan Schwerin wrote to colleagues on March 20, 2015, shortly after the public first learned of Clinton’s use of a poorly protected, home-built email system while she was Secretary of State.

All, here are draft remarks for the Toner Prize event on Monday evening. We had talked about a few possible goals for this speech: 1) clear the air a bit with the press, possibly with self-deprecating humor; 2) explain the important role that serious, fact-based journalism plays in our democracy, as opposed to gotcha-style politics of personal destruction; 3) and play a little offense on health care given that Monday is the 5-year anniversary of the ACA. Of these sections, the first one is where I could really use your input. Do the jokes in here work? Do you have suggestions for punching any of them up? Robin’s husband Peter likes the idea of HRC being funny up there, and she says she is open to it as well, but we’ll have to see if she really goes for it. Thanks Dan . . .

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UPDATED: Democrats can apologize their way out of any situation they can’t squirm out of. Republicans are guilty forever.

Joe Biden, ‘Bill Clinton’s PAST Shouldn’t Matter’ (But Trump’s Should?!) 
"Straight from their playbook. Democrats can apologize their way out of any situation they can’t squirm out of. Republicans are guilty forever." . . .

CHUCK TODD: As you know, Donald Trump is bringing up everything Bill Clinton– right now. Should that matter?VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: No, it shouldn’t matter. Look, I can’t make any excuse for Bill Clinton’s conduct. I– I– I– and I wouldn’t attempt to make any excuses for the conduct. But he paid a price for it. He paid a price. He was impeached. And he was– he expressed his deep sorrow and acknowledged what he did. This guy, as I said, has acknowledged that he has been a sexual predator. He’s acknowledged that he’s abused his power. And the– as I said, the textbook definition of what constitutes sexual assault.It isn’t just Biden. If a quick search of that phrase online is any indication — even filtering out Biden’s name — this phrase is popping up everywhere.There has been a conscious decision somewhere to rehabilitate Bill. It’s their strategy.

. . . "But the same people that insist a kiss from Trump is assault are lining up to dismiss their hero.

"Hardly surprising, really. We remember them doing the same thing with [child molester] Roman Polanski.

"Whoopi, for instance:" 

Liberals want the presumption of innocence for THEIR side while operating from a presumption of GUILT for their opponents.
“ 'If there’s evidence Trump’s done it, sure, hang him from the post, but I was there, I was in a position to know that what she said was wrong, wrong, wrong,” he said."

Update:  "Why I am still voting for Trump" 

"She is also known for her hysterics, which include yelling and screaming, throwing objects, abusing underlings verbally, and using language that would make a trooper blush.  How presidential is that?"

  . . . "For the sake of argument, I would assume that the allegations were true but would still vote for him.

"Donald Trump is against political correctness, globalization, open borders, unrestricted immigration, trashing the Constitution, crony capitalism, and corruption.  Hillary Clinton, the opposite.  She wallows in the last two.

"Donald Trump wants to achieve “peace through strength” as President Reagan did.  He wants to cancel the Iran deal, support our friends and allies, stop the growing hegemony of Iran, and defeat ISIS.  Hillary Clinton, not so much.

"Donald Trump names the enemy as “radical Islam” whereas Hillary Clinton refuses to do so.  I, on the other hand, see Islam as the enemy.  The adjective “radical” adds nothing.  There is only one Islam, and it is radical.  Donald Trump wants to be free to be critical of Islam.  Hillary Clinton wants to impose a gag order on criticism of Islam and even make it a crime." . . .

Chelsea Agonistes*: Wikileaks reveals the moment a daughter starts to realize her parents are corrupt

"It looks to me as if Chelsea gave it a try and lost out to the capos in the organization. "

Thomas Lifson  "The biggest human interest story so far of the Wikileaks hack is the story of Chelsea Clinton’s discovery in 2011 that her parents’ nonprofit was full of conflicts of interest.  They had set up a charity that allowed donors to get their way.  At first, she tried reform, only to lose out to the entenched cronies.  What emerges, in the context of Chelsea’s actions in the next few years, shows us how she reconciled herself to the realities of the Clinton Organization.

"A tranche of the Wikileaks revelations released Tuesday revealed, as Richard Pollock of the Daily Caller put it:

Chelsea Clinton’s bold decision in 2011 to launch an “internal investigation” into the finances of the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative…. (snip)

Two emails — one dated Nov. 12, 2011 and another dated Jan. 4, 2012 — show Chelsea was aggressively looking into the foundation’s money flows and talking to others about it.

Sandra Rose

*Agonistes: "a person enduring an inner struggle"

Bill Clinton and Donald Trump treated differently by women's rights groups

McClatchyDC via Drudge. Video at the link.

At a Hillary Clinton campaign event in Manchester, NH, First Lady Michelle Obama delivered a blistering speech about the latest sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump. In his speech in West Palm, Fla. Trump called the accusations "outright lies." 

 . . . “ 'Feminism sort of died in that period,” New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd told Yahoo recently. “Because the feminists had to come along with Bill Clinton’s retrogressive behavior with women in order to protect the progressive policies for women that Bill Clinton had as president.”

Clinton’s female supporters stood by him, especially as he denied allegations of misconduct, as has Trump. Later, after Clinton admitted to some of the allegations of consensual sex, they did criticize him but still supported him.

 "They were called hypocrites at the time, particularly when they were among the first to blast conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and former Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore., for allegations of sexual misconduct.

"Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority, said Clinton’s situation was entirely different because it came as Republicans were attacking him and his pro-women agenda, including fighting against the Equal Rights Amendment and a law banning discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs.

“ 'For people like me, it was a totally different story and origin,” Smeal told McClatchy this week. “It was a right-wing attack. We saw it as a right-wing effort to draw out of office a president for ideological reasons.' ”

If The Trump Tape Surprised You, You Fell For The Left’s Favorite Trick

Matthew Cochran

"It astounds me that so many conservatives who made peace with the idea of voting for Donald Trump are suddenly walking the other way over the his 'Access Hollywood' tape."

. . . "It no doubt strikes most women as odd that anyone would consent to that kind of sexual aggression, but a subset of women do throw themselves at celebrities in such a manner. Back in the day, people called them “groupies,” and it makes no sense to pretend they don’t exist or that Trump was talking about women in general (especially when he gives a counter-example of an uninterested woman in the very same conversation).

"Naturally, accounts from women who claim to be on the receiving end of such treatment from Trump are subsequently beginning to emerge, and just as naturally, the details are disgusting. Unfortunately, the fact that these stories seem timed for maximum political effect rather than maximum truth-telling forces critical thinkers to ask whether the specific details that were revealed were likewise contrived.  Do we have the whole story from any of these alleged incidents?

"Unfortunately, three weeks before the election is better suited for reflexive disgust than reflective analysis of the facts, and that hardly seems coincidental." . . .

Is America Losing ‘The Iran Wars’?

The Federalist

With 'The Iran Wars,' the Wall Street Journal's Jay Solomon has produced a compelling—and alarming—book recounting America's inept attempts to contain Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

 

. . . "Despite these rare off-key moments, “The Iran Wars” is a compelling read. For those who find the labyrinthine turns of Middle Eastern politics nearly incomprehensible—which is to say, almost everyone—this book is indispensable. Solomon provides enough of an overview to get a general reader up to speed without drowning in detail, but he also provides enough of the tick-tock of detailed negotiations that specialists in foreign policy will have a plenty to consider. It is an excellent example of how journalists can report and educate at the same time, with a fluency difficult to find in books on such complex subjects.

"In the end, Solomon repeats the comments of an Israeli official whose views serve to sum up “The Iran Wars”: “The [Obama] White House has bet the farm on reaching an accommodation with the Iranians. But they never truly seemed to understand who were they were dealing with.” This could well be said of almost every American administration that has gone up against the Islamic autocrats in Tehran, and Solomon closes the book by warning that “the Iran wars could just be entering a new chapter.”

"We can only hope that it is not actually the prologue to World War III."