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True. But by the same token, I have little doubt these contributions were attempts to buy influence.
Yeah, those sneaky Aussies, Swedes, and ...Norwegies? Nords?
Always trying to buy US influence!
True. But by the same token, I have little doubt these contributions were attempts to buy influence.
Yeah, those sneaky Aussies, Swedes, and ...Norwegies? Nords?
Always trying to buy US influence!
I have no reason to believe that these countries (any country for that matter) transcend the concept of buying influence.Yeah, those sneaky Aussies, Swedes, and ...Norwegies? Nords?
Always trying to buy US influence!
True. But by the same token, I have little doubt these contributions were attempts to buy influence.
Connect the dots, man.
Did our invasion plans for Scandinavia even come to a vote? Quashed it in the executive branch. Bought and paid for.
Wait'll her first sixty days in office when she introduces her plan to have "Strine" made the official language of the country.
Yeah, those sneaky Aussies, Swedes, and ...Norwegies? Nords?
Always trying to buy US influence!
Connect the dots, man.
Did our invasion plans for Scandinavia even come to a vote? Quashed it in the executive branch. Bought and paid for.
Wait'll her first sixty days in office when she introduces her plan to have "Strine" made the official language of the country.
Meh, you still think that was a thing? That somehow Clinton, one of the nine members who could approve but could not stop that deal, was bought off?Clever, but I guess we are ignoring the donations from say, Russian backers of Uranium One . . . But sure, let's smokescreen the whole thing. . .
It's a good thing that Trump has no businesses in Saudi Arabia, nor does Fox news have ties to SA...Well, ...
If you are so terribly put off by money dontations that comes from places like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait, then does that mean you are no longer going to use plastics, gasoline, and several thousand other products that are made from the oil which comes from places like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait?
It's a good thing that Trump has no businesses in Saudi Arabia, nor does Fox news have ties to SA...
Meh, you still think that was a thing? That somehow Clinton, one of the nine members who could approve but could not stop that deal, was bought off?
It was a thing, the NYT broke the story. I understand that it's hard to get Clinton supporters to accept that it was a thing.
That may be one interpretation, but it is certainly not the most reasonable or likely one.It was a thing, the NYT broke the story. I understand that it's hard to get Clinton supporters to accept that it was a thing.
There is no doubt here that the ones who stood to gain the most were big donors to her Foundation. She was an influential person on that committee. One interpretation of the outcome is that Clinton lobbied hard to get a deal closed that helped her friends despite the national security implications of giving Russia such control of our uranium. That interpretation is the reason why 1)Clinton had to make a deal with Obama to disclose all donors to the Foundation -which she failed to do and 2)People in high government positions should take pains to make sure such interpretations are not possible.
In a statement, Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign, said no one “has ever produced a shred of evidence supporting the theory that Hillary Clinton ever took action as secretary of state to support the interests of donors to the Clinton Foundation.” He emphasized that multiple United States agencies, as well as the Canadian government, had signed off on the deal and that, in general, such matters were handled at a level below the secretary. “To suggest the State Department, under then-Secretary Clinton, exerted undue influence in the U.S. government’s review of the sale of Uranium One is utterly baseless,” he added.
Much of the Clinton Cash book has been discredited.
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2015/apr/26/fact-checking-april-26-shows-clinton-cash/
http://www.factcheck.org/2015/04/no-veto-power-for-clinton-on-uranium-deal/
Clinton's rebuttal, FWIW: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/the-briefing/fact-checking-clinton-cash/
From the NYT article:
I think I'll wait for better evidence. No doubt Trump and others are working diligently to cough up some evidence.
No doubt there was some back-scratching going on. The question is, how much was business, and did any of it cross the line into political corruption?
Not saying it didn't happen. But I'm wondering given the Clintons are very savvy, if they stayed just within the lines or not.
Not quite the metaphor you're looking for.
The Clintons are constantly crossing lines, erasing them, pissing on them, or, in Bill's case, even coming close to them (yuk yuk, yecch). They just leave it to their flacks to pull them back, clean up the lines, and claim the Clintons turned in early after a friendly game of scrabble.
I think i've been through about as many presidential administrations as you. I can say Bill Clinton was no worse offender in things like that then the others. The "crimes"* may not all line up neatly, but no president has been clean.Not quite the metaphor you're looking for.
The Clintons are constantly crossing lines, erasing them, pissing on them, or, in Bill's case, even coming close to them (yuk yuk, yecch). They just leave it to their flacks to pull them back, clean up the lines, and claim the Clintons turned in early after a friendly game of scrabble.
While the former President you no doubt voted for and still say, against all reason, was a good President, lied us into an extremely counterproductive war that got thousands of Americans killed and is literally a war criminal.Not quite the metaphor you're looking for.
The Clintons are constantly crossing lines, erasing them, pissing on them, or, in Bill's case, even coming close to them (yuk yuk, yecch). They just leave it to their flacks to pull them back, clean up the lines, and claim the Clintons turned in early after a friendly game of scrabble.