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Bobbie Jo

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50. Par for "this" course.

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Sat Sep 7, 2013, 09:13 PM

Sep 2013

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Saudi King lavishes Hillary Clinton with $500K worth of jewels [View all] Catherina Sep 2013 OP

Sounds so 15th century treestar Sep 2013 #1

how about these gifts! Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #6

That's something all right treestar Sep 2013 #9

lol...nt Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #10

Yikes canonfodder Sep 2013 #41

lol treestar Sep 2013 #87

How about giving them Saturn? customerserviceguy Sep 2013 #75

haha treestar Sep 2013 #86

No all they get felix_numinous Sep 2013 #94

Maybe it's 21st Century and just paste...the real still in the vault. Yet, she is beaming. libdem4life Sep 2013 #2

What "greed"? She would not keep the jewels for herself. tblue37 Sep 2013 #11

For what, exactly? More money? We print it all. More influence? Bombs on sale. libdem4life Sep 2013 #14

No slippery slope. She gives them to the GSA, which either sells them or puts them on display. pnwmom Sep 2013 #25

Where does the slope end, if it's not slippery? libdem4life Sep 2013 #35

She didn't "take" anything. She accepted a gift on behalf of the U.S. The same rules cover pnwmom Sep 2013 #36

Good lord. Of course she can't cash them in and put the cash into her account. libdem4life Sep 2013 #95

SHE CANNOT CASH IN THE GIFTS! THEY DON'T GO INTO tblue37 Sep 2013 #93

Correct canonfodder Sep 2013 #42

And did she turn them over to the General Services Administration for donation or public use? ..... Little Star Sep 2013 #3

Our government releases a huge list of gift every six months or so... Tx4obama Sep 2013 #5

Yeah, this story is what you call "innuendo." malthaussen Sep 2013 #7

I have that feeling also, since the gift giving was when Clinton was Sec. of State. lumpy Sep 2013 #13

she would not accept such a gift Whisp Sep 2013 #23

Yup Scootaloo Sep 2013 #27

Yes she turned then over to General Services Adm. That is a lot of bling ! lumpy Sep 2013 #12

Here ya go: Details WERE published by the State Department's Office of Protocol Tx4obama Sep 2013 #17

You are posting facts to some that want to bash. I just read some of the heinous comments from the Pisces Sep 2013 #24

Yep, figured that was the case. Thanks for the research. malthaussen Sep 2013 #29

Gives the term "An embarrassment of riches" a whole new meaning. libdem4life Sep 2013 #38

She is required by law to turn them over to the Federal government. bluestate10 Sep 2013 #64

she would SwampG8r Sep 2013 #71

The President, First Lady, Cabinet members, etc do not get to keep gifts... Tx4obama Sep 2013 #4

I guess he was pleased with the Libya fiasco. Now we're moving on to Syria which will make him even sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #8

Nothing new in the world of playing the game of Chess. Guess we would rather have the Saudis on lumpy Sep 2013 #15

Why would any political player take gifts...this isn't Christmas in Damascus... libdem4life Sep 2013 #16

It is NOT illegal. It is customary for POTUS, FLOTUS, Cabinet members to accept the gifts... Tx4obama Sep 2013 #18

OK. Yet it still evades the question...WHY??? What does it pay for??? libdem4life Sep 2013 #28

because refusing them is like saying fuck you dsc Sep 2013 #45

For Libya. Hillary was proud of the war crimes in Libya. She didn't react to Bishop Tutu's shocked sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #55

You're stating an opinion. nt bluestate10 Sep 2013 #67

Because it makes US politicians feel like royalty n/t leftstreet Sep 2013 #21

Then, off with their political heads, so to speak. Back to working for the public libdem4life Sep 2013 #30

It is illegal for Obama, Clinton, or any other government employee to keep such gifts. pnwmom Sep 2013 #44

We're not talking about Hillary putting the money in her bank account. Good lord. libdem4life Sep 2013 #56

They don't sell them off and put them in the treasury. They put them on display. n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #66

It's an old custom treestar Sep 2013 #91

She can't have accepted them. BainsBane Sep 2013 #19

She accepted them, reported them, and turned them over. See Comment #18 Tx4obama Sep 2013 #20

Okay, I'm happy to volunteer BainsBane Sep 2013 #22

Last year. elleng Sep 2013 #26

Chump change. Reagan got $2mill 1n 1989 from Japanese corp. GreatCaesarsGhost Sep 2013 #31

It's the difference between getting it while in office and AFTER leaving office... hughee99 Sep 2013 #62

Extremely dishonest to imply this was a personal gift Tanuki Sep 2013 #32

Par for "this" course. Bobbie Jo Sep 2013 #50

I agree with the implication. It is sad for people that insist they are "pure" bluestate10 Sep 2013 #68

Hear, hear!!! Beacool Sep 2013 #77

We're better than this or at least I thought we were/nt DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #33

You seem to be under the impression BootinUp Sep 2013 #52

?????? DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #81

Oh. BootinUp Sep 2013 #85

No problem/nt DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #88

Least he can do. Octafish Sep 2013 #34

+1000! nt. polly7 Sep 2013 #43

Exactly. Libya was on the list, and the Western Powers deliverd. The butchering of Gadaffi, who sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #57

Not just for the people of Libya. polly7 Sep 2013 #59

Gaddafi should've refused the Simón Bolívar replica. joshcryer Sep 2013 #65

Clintons used Indian IT company jets markiv Sep 2013 #37

Oh well, we do the same thing we just call it Foreign Aid. Probably how it's accounted for libdem4life Sep 2013 #39

Maybe he was proposing? nt Buns_of_Fire Sep 2013 #40

And then she turned them over to the GSA, MineralMan Sep 2013 #46

I just don't understand the point of the OP... Agschmid Sep 2013 #53

It was a ham handed attempt to cast aspersions on Hillary Clinton. The facts that all gifts have to bluestate10 Sep 2013 #61

I suppose the OP is trying to imply something MineralMan Sep 2013 #82

+1. Agschmid Sep 2013 #83

Here's my take on it ... polly7 Sep 2013 #84

Yes. We have different takes on it. MineralMan Sep 2013 #89

$500 K changed hands somehow. For a Museum? I stood for Hillary during the Rose Law Firm libdem4life Sep 2013 #47

This has all been explained to you upthread. Nine Sep 2013 #48

You obviously know zip about diplomacy. Beacool Sep 2013 #78

Regardless ... this sets an alarming precedent...who's next...and how much? libdem4life Sep 2013 #92

Well I bet he won't do that for John Kerry. undeterred Sep 2013 #49

In the seventies when I was working as a young nurse Mojorabbit Sep 2013 #51

much to do about absolutely nothing..... madrchsod Sep 2013 #54

You understand that the jewels are now Federal property. bluestate10 Sep 2013 #58

+1... Agschmid Sep 2013 #60

she can't keep them so she's not being lavished spanone Sep 2013 #63

I heard that she sold them to help fund the HAARP earthquake satellite. Orrex Sep 2013 #69

lol nt BootinUp Sep 2013 #70

He only sent me a teaset for a wedding gift. I'm deadly serious. Tom Ripley Sep 2013 #72

This is a derivative of a WSJ piece Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #73

Holy Cow gopiscrap Sep 2013 #74

hold on--is that a gilded Toclafane on the table? RUN! MisterP Sep 2013 #76

So?????????? Beacool Sep 2013 #79

Interesting that this would provoke defensiveness... David__77 Sep 2013 #80

the Spanish Riding School of Vienna gave Ronald Reagan a fully trained Lipizzaner stallion magical thyme Sep 2013 #90