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18. The Arkansas Project

Fri Jul 4, 2014, 08:16 AM

Jul 2014

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Project

The Arkansas Project was a series of investigations (mostly funded by conservative businessman Richard Mellon Scaife through his staff at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) that were initiated with the intent of damaging and ending the presidency of Bill Clinton.[1] Scaife spent nearly $2 million on this anti-Clinton project.[2]
The investigations included the reexamination of the death of White House aide, Vincent Foster (who committed suicide), the investigation of a 1970s' real estate investment that Bill and Hillary Clinton had made in a development known as Whitewater and the re-opening of allegations that then Governor Bill Clinton had sexually harassed an Arkansas state employee.

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Helluva legacy there, Scafie...

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Richard Mellon Scaife, Influential U.S. Conservative, Dies at 82 [View all] SecularMotion Jul 2014 OP

Finally billhicks76 Jul 2014 #1

Sadly, I suspect the world will be much the same without him nxylas Jul 2014 #2

there are always plenty to take up the flag of ignorance and hate rurallib Jul 2014 #6

they just don't have as much money to spread WhiteTara Jul 2014 #15

The Koch brothers have ten times the money Scaife had, and they are equally loudsue Jul 2014 #28

Time to grave Dance on this Pervert warrant46 Jul 2014 #68

The difference is, the Koch Brothers don't own a newspaper jmowreader Jul 2014 #70

Hell rings in another guest n/t n2doc Jul 2014 #3

Hopefully not a guest Betty Jul 2014 #75

I think of it like the Hotel California n2doc Jul 2014 #85

n/t eShirl Jul 2014 #4

I won't believe it till I littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #5

. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2014 #7

Even with all his money and evil planning, he didn't get all that he wanted. kelliekat44 Jul 2014 #8

Next..... Historic NY Jul 2014 #9

Only a matter of time. joshcryer Jul 2014 #10

The first Koch. trumad Jul 2014 #11

It can't happen soon enough. loudsue Jul 2014 #29

And Hell just got a little hotter. WinkyDink Jul 2014 #12

It's a start. (nt) Paladin Jul 2014 #13

I saw this gif in another thread and although it might be the wrong person corkhead Jul 2014 #14

Christy in his skinny days! nt WhiteTara Jul 2014 #16

Ugh, that gif should come with a "graphic" warning. MH1 Jul 2014 #17

My thoughts exactly! Owl Jul 2014 #25

The Arkansas Project Cooley Hurd Jul 2014 #18

Good riddance PeoViejo Jul 2014 #19

Now he's worm food(NT) The Wizard Jul 2014 #20

About 6 weeks ago, he announced he had untreatable cancer Ruby the Liberal Jul 2014 #21

Iam very surprised that any cancer would find him palatable. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2014 #48

Good news, bad news HelenWheels Jul 2014 #22

We should only speak good of the dead..... lastlib Jul 2014 #23

who knows left is right Jul 2014 #24

Good Riddance Pharaoh Jul 2014 #26

More inherited money. secondvariety Jul 2014 #27

He was a self-made man. DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2014 #34

He chose his parents well DBoon Jul 2014 #47

$500 million would go a long way toward self-making anyone jmowreader Jul 2014 #69

Wow, the Charles Foster Kane of Ligonier is dead. JVS Jul 2014 #30

He was from Ligonier? DFW Jul 2014 #65

The big Mellon estates are out there. And his newspaper (Tribune Review) was from Greensburg... JVS Jul 2014 #66

"... someone sing me "Pamela Brown"...." mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2014 #84

I'm an LK fanatic, and am not ashamed of it. DFW Jul 2014 #91

Good. Warren Stupidity Jul 2014 #31

One life-sucking asshole down. How many more to go? nt valerief Jul 2014 #32

Awww HERVEPA Jul 2014 #33

RIP, Asshole. 6000eliot Jul 2014 #35

Mention his Mother, Father and sister but not his bother in law!!!! happyslug Jul 2014 #36

One of the traitorous bastards that tried to overthrow FDR navarth Jul 2014 #37

Wasn' he too young back then? Was it his dad? maddiemom Jul 2014 #60

Goodbyyyyyyyye, mother-fuckerrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! Aristus Jul 2014 #38

You may want to LiberalElite Jul 2014 #39

sister NJCher Jul 2014 #40

One of the Clinton accusers, "Justice" Johnson... Archae Jul 2014 #41

He endorsed Hillary in 2008; donated to Bill's Global Initiative. Divernan Jul 2014 #42

Sorry. blue neen Jul 2014 #78

More like par for course nolabels Jul 2014 #79

Exactly! But that didn't matter to Bill or Hillary Clinton. Divernan Jul 2014 #80

Yeah, I cancelled my subscrip. to the Post Gazette when they pulled the Corbett endorsement stunt. blue neen Jul 2014 #90

He is no loss to America. Best ignored at this point. Shrike47 Jul 2014 #43

One Should Speak Only Good Of the Dead, Sir. He's Dead. Good. The Magistrate Jul 2014 #44

He will not be missed. bluedigger Jul 2014 #45

I have nothing good to say so I will leave it at that. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #46

And just what good will all his billions do for him when he reaches the Pearly Gates? Fla Dem Jul 2014 #49

He will not be missed. Dawson Leery Jul 2014 #50

meh. He's on the "never will be missed" list. n/t TygrBright Jul 2014 #51

5 points to TygrBright for the G&S reference Patiod Jul 2014 #57

Proving that all that money and power don't mean a thing in the end so he wasted his life. McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #52

I will join this dance on his grave. SoLeftIAmRight Jul 2014 #53

Let's hope... liberalmuse Jul 2014 #54

Enjoy Hell Mr. Scaife DonCoquixote Jul 2014 #55

+1 NutmegYankee Jul 2014 #83

Curious of whether the teabaggers would consider him liberal question everything Jul 2014 #56

"At last this odious man is dead ..." eppur_se_muova Jul 2014 #58

Good riddance to human trash n/t tabasco Jul 2014 #59

burn in hell shitbag yorgatron Jul 2014 #61

good. NYtoBush-Drop Dead Jul 2014 #62

my condolences bluestateguy Jul 2014 #63

old mindsets are disappearing as the vessels they are in finally waste away tomm2thumbs Jul 2014 #64

I wish I could think of something good to say. BootinUp Jul 2014 #67

Um... there's always the Bette Davis way... calimary Jul 2014 #71

She did have a biting wit. wisteria Jul 2014 #88

You mean having a lot of money..... llmart Jul 2014 #72

Post removed Post removed Jul 2014 #73

RIP wisteria Jul 2014 #74

Well said. One of the few thoughtful comments on this thread. Divernan Jul 2014 #82

++++ I agree. wisteria Jul 2014 #86

Too bad he didn't live long enough to see Hillary AND BILL Clinton back in the White House misterhighwasted Jul 2014 #76

HRC & Bill both sought out & accepted Scaife's support. Divernan Jul 2014 #81

My first thought was of Steve Kangas. Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #77

You trying to suggest there was a connection? I never heard of Kangas or his Internet site. wisteria Jul 2014 #87

Kangas was in the process of a journalistic investigation into Scaife's political maneuvering. Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #89

A liar without shame who died too late. True Blue Door Jul 2014 #92