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Divernan

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60. And she promotes herself as a champion of women & children, NOW, but not way back.
Sat Mar 21, 2015, 09:24 AM
Mar 2015

There's that infamous case in Arkansas where she got her client whom she believed guilty of raping a 12 year old girl off for several months "time served" after the prosecution lost a piece of evidence. Specifically the lab tested a piece of the girl's underpants and matched results to the accused, but then lost the piece of cloth. Years later Hillary laughed about the case in an interview, to the effect that her client passed a lie detector test, which forever destroyed any faith she had in lie detectors.

She squandered a free clinic's limited funds to fly from Arkansas to New York,to get a letter from a hired gun medical expert to intimidate the Arkansas local yokel DA into settling the case for lesser included charges. And I repeat, later she laughed about it.

Here's an article which thoroughly details this ugly, ugly incident:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkrauss/2014/06/26/hillary-rodham-clinton-and-the-ethics-of-a-rape-defense/

A few excerpts:

The victim, then a twelve year old girl, was raped by two adult men. She had had no sexual experience before the assault. She spent five days in a coma, months recovering from the beating that accompanied the rape, and over ten years in therapy. At first, she failed a polygraph test administered to her by police, because she didn’t understand a sex-related question posed to her. Once that question was explained, she passed the test. The victim then positively identified her two attackers through one-way glass, and they were arrested. A medical examination was consistent with rape, and police recovered a pair of men’s undershorts containing biological evidence at the scene of the crime.

Arkansas reporter Roy Reed, while researching an article on the Clintons for Esquire years ago (the article was never published), taped an interview with Mrs. Clinton. The Daily Beast obtained a copy. On the tapes Mrs. Clinton, who interestingly speaks with a Southern drawl, appears to acknowledge that she was aware of her client’s guilt, brags about successfully getting the only piece of physical evidence (the undershorts) ruled inadmissible, and laughs about it all whimsically. To wit:

“He [the rapist] took a lie detector test. I had him take a polygraph, which he passed, which forever destroyed my faith in polygraphs,” Clinton says on the recording, while chuckling;

Unions initially endorsed Rahm, too. Then they wisely reversed course. RufusTFirefly Mar 2015 #1
Wall Street and banksters have unions? L0oniX Mar 2015 #2
Heh! blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #24
Good one! peacebird Mar 2015 #30
Heyyy, bankers work hard for the money & hafta put food on the table. Who better than Hillary to represent their interests. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #51
maybe police unions Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #76
Talking to the only two unions whose members HoosierCowboy Mar 2015 #3
How about meeting with USW and OCAW who are on strike for Health and Safety issues in Dustlawyer Mar 2015 #12
For all the comedy, the one thing I remember from the '92 election was a quote by Ross Perot Big_Mike Mar 2015 #44
+1. candelista Mar 2015 #71
+ a gazillion amandabeech Mar 2015 #72
Because NAFTA works so well? Geronimoe Mar 2015 #4
W/ Clintons, it's always:"2 for the price of 1" & that's no bargain. Divernan Mar 2015 #59
HRC: "Outsourcing will continue..." antigop Mar 2015 #5
Important addition to thread. freshwest Mar 2015 #20
Outsourcing & H1B visas are crushing the wages of IT workers here in America, but making the CEOs peacebird Mar 2015 #31
Well Union's Have Saw First Hand How Republicans Feel About Them... Corey_Baker08 Mar 2015 #37
Hillary is no friend to union workers. Do not be deceived. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #52
HRC...supporting an increase in h-1b visas, selling out engineers and IT workers antigop Mar 2015 #6
Are they unionizing now? My impression is that they don't want to be in unions. Educate me. freshwest Mar 2015 #21
Only workers in unions deserve jobs? Fumesucker Mar 2015 #45
The other 88.7 % can reap the benefits of unionization by the mere fact of their presence ... Trajan Mar 2015 #47
Odd, I have no idea who you are or what you think.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #50
HRC..leading part in drafting the TPP antigop Mar 2015 #7
Thanks for reminding people. Can't be restated enough, along with Hillary's IWR vote. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #53
Big Labor eyes Hillary warily antigop Mar 2015 #8
After All Republicans Have Done To Dismantle Union's, I Don't See Them Endorsing A Republican... Corey_Baker08 Mar 2015 #38
what do Hillary supporters do for a living that they don't fear outsourcing of their job antigop Mar 2015 #9
SCOTUS! SCOTUS! MisterP Mar 2015 #17
HRC's corporate donors will call in their quid pro quos on SCOTUS appointments. Divernan Mar 2015 #25
yeah, they admit she's a Bush on policy but then pretend she's FDR for SCOTUS MisterP Mar 2015 #33
Nor will Hillary sufficiently excite the base to get back Democratic control of the Senate, which we'll need to confirm Supreme Court nominees... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #54
What percentage of the workforce is in those jobs? I don't know anyone who is in that field that freshwest Mar 2015 #23
According to the OP, the ones she's talking to here are teachers or other government employees. n/t hughee99 Mar 2015 #39
you didn't answer my question. nt antigop Mar 2015 #40
I thought I did. hughee99 Mar 2015 #41
no, you didn't answer the question. nt antigop Mar 2015 #42
Omaha Steve, watch this thread sink......nt antigop Mar 2015 #10
Kick Cha Mar 2015 #11
Kicked ibewlu606 Mar 2015 #13
No doubt, however, Hillary's the top choice of the Wall Street Bankers Union. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #55
Unions happened because of times like this olddots Mar 2015 #14
Any positive news about HRC creates responses cosmicone Mar 2015 #15
Hypocrisy is a hard sell. Anywhere. /nt RiverLover Mar 2015 #49
So...She's gong to stop privatization of public education? yurbud Mar 2015 #16
Hillary advocated for education for young children when First Lady of Arkansas. Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #27
how about privatization and letting vendors and corporations dictate education policy? yurbud Mar 2015 #28
Where is your evidence she will do a 180 on education? I gave you information Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #29
that was very non-specific yurbud Mar 2015 #36
You don't have ANY evidence. Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #61
I started with a question. You are advocating for a candidate, so the burden of proof is on you yurbud Mar 2015 #74
Hillary on education, now show me where she isn't for education Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #75
that's more specific, thanks. yurbud Mar 2015 #77
Okay I have provided information, where is your imformation she isn't for education Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #79
And she promotes herself as a champion of women & children, NOW, but not way back. Divernan Mar 2015 #60
She was a court appointed attorney, they defend those accused of crimes, this was her duty as Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #62
Read the damn article; it lays out all her ethical/professional breaches. Divernan Mar 2015 #63
I read the damn article, if you are a retired attorney you know damn well what the Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #64
Boy, I'm sick of this kind of verbiage. candelista Mar 2015 #68
I hope she has a magnifying glass. nt silvershadow Mar 2015 #18
One thing is clear. hifiguy Mar 2015 #19
Great To Hear, I Wish Secretary Clinton The Best In All Future Endeavors! Corey_Baker08 Mar 2015 #22
So do I, as long as they don't involve her as our pres nominee. peacebird Mar 2015 #32
Should the unions support Scott Walker? Never Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #26
Julien being there is a signal. joshcryer Mar 2015 #34
April, 2014...Hillary presses for an increase in the H-1b visa limit antigop Mar 2015 #35
And yes, this is another reason I will not vote for HRC. peacebird Mar 2015 #43
Had forgotten this; thanks for the reminder. Add that one to the growing list of reasons why Hillary is not the right candidate. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #57
You go gal riversedge Mar 2015 #46
:) candelista Mar 2015 #66
I love this quote .... Trajan Mar 2015 #48
lol, thought the same thing. And why would Hillary have to RE-connect with the Dem base, unless of course she was DISconnected. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #58
The other 1000 days? Connecting with donors. candelista Mar 2015 #69
It is early. giver her some time. She is making the right connections in this case. riversedge Mar 2015 #73
Seeing some interest being floated about Al Gore. Bohunk68 Mar 2015 #56
America needs a new face. candelista Mar 2015 #67
Can you imagine what life would have been like had Gore assumed the Presidency in 2000? tularetom Mar 2015 #78
Unions Press Clinton on Outsourcing Of U.S. Jobs antigop Mar 2015 #65
The unions are so tiny now that the working class has no effective voice. candelista Mar 2015 #70
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