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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I have to think the people voting for Hillary don't care all that much about corruption. [View all]think
(11,641 posts)64. I believe in coincidences. They happen all the time.
Hillary Helps a Bankand Then It Funnels Millions to the Clintons
The Swiss bank UBS is one of the biggest, most powerful financial institutions in the world. As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton intervened to help it out with the IRS. And after that, the Swiss bank paid Bill Clinton $1.5 million for speaking gigs. The Wall Street Journal reported all that and more Thursday in an article that highlights huge conflicts of interest that the Clintons have created in the recent past.
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The article adds that there is no evidence of any link between Mrs. Clintons involvement in the case and the banks donations to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, or its hiring of Mr. Clinton. Maybe its all a mere coincidence, and when UBS agreed to pay Bill Clinton $1.5 million the relevant decision-maker wasnt even aware of the vast sum his wife may have saved the bank or the power that she will potentially wield after the 2016 presidential election.
But even that wouldnt make accepting the $1.5 million excusable.
If youre Bill Clinton and your wife has recently intervened, in her capacity as a cabinet secretary, to help a giant corporation avert a significant threat to its bottom-line, the very least you could do, if only to avoid the appearance of impropriety, is to avoid negotiating seven-figure paydays with that same corporation. This is particularly jaw-dropping because ultra-wealthy Bill Clinton has virtually unlimited opportunities to give lucrative speeches to any number of audiences not directly implicated by decisions that his wife made as secretary of state....
Read more:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/hillary-helps-a-bankand-then-it-pays-bill-15-million-in-speaking-fees/400067/
The Swiss bank UBS is one of the biggest, most powerful financial institutions in the world. As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton intervened to help it out with the IRS. And after that, the Swiss bank paid Bill Clinton $1.5 million for speaking gigs. The Wall Street Journal reported all that and more Thursday in an article that highlights huge conflicts of interest that the Clintons have created in the recent past.
~Snip~
The article adds that there is no evidence of any link between Mrs. Clintons involvement in the case and the banks donations to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, or its hiring of Mr. Clinton. Maybe its all a mere coincidence, and when UBS agreed to pay Bill Clinton $1.5 million the relevant decision-maker wasnt even aware of the vast sum his wife may have saved the bank or the power that she will potentially wield after the 2016 presidential election.
But even that wouldnt make accepting the $1.5 million excusable.
If youre Bill Clinton and your wife has recently intervened, in her capacity as a cabinet secretary, to help a giant corporation avert a significant threat to its bottom-line, the very least you could do, if only to avoid the appearance of impropriety, is to avoid negotiating seven-figure paydays with that same corporation. This is particularly jaw-dropping because ultra-wealthy Bill Clinton has virtually unlimited opportunities to give lucrative speeches to any number of audiences not directly implicated by decisions that his wife made as secretary of state....
Read more:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/hillary-helps-a-bankand-then-it-pays-bill-15-million-in-speaking-fees/400067/
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I have to think the people voting for Hillary don't care all that much about corruption. [View all]
reformist2
Mar 2016
OP
I have to think SOME people voting for Bernie don't care all that much about research. n/t
Lucinda
Mar 2016
#1
Oh, it was just a random thought that popped into their head. Tere's no elaboration, just a thought
pdsimdars
Mar 2016
#9
You know the Bernie folks need to stop demonizing the people who vote for Hillary.
redstatebluegirl
Mar 2016
#2
There is one and only one campaign that started all the lies, smears and swift boating
pdsimdars
Mar 2016
#13
Party Affiliation Is No Predictor of Integrity or Character or Quality of Performance!
CorporatistNation
Mar 2016
#72
It is about questionable morals and decisions she has made, and how anyone can stand with her. n/t
insta8er
Mar 2016
#76
I'm not smearing Hillary supporters. I'm stating that corruption is not a top priority of theirs.
reformist2
Mar 2016
#15
Yes. I think Hillary supporters have other priorities, and I'm interested in hearing them.
reformist2
Mar 2016
#17
Seems like everyone else is held to a "no appearance of impropriety" standard, or should be.
Scuba
Mar 2016
#70
Only one candidate, out of either party, is currently under an FBI criminal investigation.
HooptieWagon
Mar 2016
#78
Then why does the Clinton campaign come out every day with another lie or smear?
pdsimdars
Mar 2016
#16
Do you guys have a quota on anti-Hillary and anti-Hillary supporters threads?
hrmjustin
Mar 2016
#29
They don't stop until every pro-Bernie OP has been pushed to the bottom of GDP ...
JoePhilly
Mar 2016
#35
I liked it as well and truth be told I would have been fine if my sentence was not lifted.
hrmjustin
Mar 2016
#44
Yeah when they are openly posting they are voting for Jill Stein you know they are going
hrmjustin
Mar 2016
#49
Thank you for admitting it has nothing to do with good governance or progressive policy.[n/t]
Maedhros
Mar 2016
#56
I think we mostly have a clearer idea of what the word "corruption" means than you do. N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
Mar 2016
#66
I think the former Democratic Kentucky representative Romano Mazzoli said it well...
EndElectoral
Mar 2016
#74
I think they know. They don't want to be called out on it. They won't admit Bernie is less corrupt.
reformist2
Mar 2016
#75
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. Paine
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2016
#86