The major PermaGov-controlled media are suddenly expressing second thoughts about her candidacy.
The bribery standard
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…we are hardly bothered by the routine practice of presidents rewarding big donors with cushy ambassadorships, appointments to portentous boards and invitations to state dinners.
The bright line seems to be outright bribery. Anything short of that is considered — not just for the Clintons, for everyone — acceptable corruption.
It’s a sorry standard. And right now it is Hillary Clinton’s saving grace.
The U.S. Department of Clinton
The latest emails show that State and the foundation were one seamless entity.By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL
Aug. 25, 2016 7:29 p.m. ETThis is the week that the steady drip, drip, drip of details about Hillary Clinton’s server turned into a waterfall. This is the week that we finally learned why Mrs. Clinton used a private communications setup, and what it hid. This is the week, in short, that we found out that the infamous server was designed to hide that Mrs. Clinton for three years served as the U.S. Secretary of the Clinton Foundation.
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Foundation Ties Bedevil Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign
By AMY CHOZICK and STEVE EDERAUG. 20, 2016The kingdom of Saudi Arabia donated more than $10 million. Through a foundation, so did the son-in-law of a former Ukrainian president whose government was widely criticized for corruption and the murder of journalists. A Lebanese-Nigerian developer with vast business interests contributed as much as $5 million.
For years the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation thrived largely on the generosity of foreign donors and individuals who gave hundreds of millions of dollars to the global charity. But now, as Mrs. Clinton seeks the White House, the funding of the sprawling philanthropy has become an Achilles’ heel for her campaign and, if she is victorious, potentially her administration as well.
With Mrs. Clinton facing accusations of favoritism toward Clinton Foundation donors during her time as secretary of state, former President Bill Clinton told foundation employees on Thursday that the organization would no longer accept foreign or corporate donations should Mrs. Clinton win in November.
But while the move could avoid the awkwardness of Mr. Clinton jetting around the world asking for money while his wife is president, it did not resolve a more pressing question: how her administration would handle longtime donors seeking help from the United States, or whose interests might conflict with the country’s own.
The Clinton Foundation has accepted tens of millions of dollars from countries that the State Department — before, during and after Mrs. Clinton’s time as secretary — criticized for their records on sex discrimination and other human-rights issues. The countries include Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Brunei and Algeria.
Saudi Arabia has been a particularly generous benefactor. The kingdom gave between $10 million and $25 million to the Clinton Foundation. (Donations are typically reported in broad ranges, not specific amounts.) At least $1 million more was donated by Friends of Saudi Arabia, which was co-founded by a Saudi prince.
Saudi Arabia also presents Washington with a complex diplomatic relationship full of strain. The kingdom is viewed as a bulwark to deter Iranian adventurism across the region and has been a partner in the fight against terrorism across the Persian Gulf and wider Middle East.
At the same time, though, American officials have long worried about Saudi Arabia’s suspected role in promoting a hard-line strain of Islam, which has some adherents who have been linked to violence. Saudi officials deny any links to terrorism groups, but critics point to Saudi charities that fund organizations suspected of ties to militant cells.
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I repeat:
…if she is victorious…
UH oh!!!
Just last week she was being hyped as a sure thing!!! A Reagan-level victor!!! Now it looks like she’s only a couple of leaks short of being indicted. And Assange hasn’t dropped the big ones yet. Bet on it.
WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has warned that his anti-secrecy campaign will release new “significant” documents concerning Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Assange, who has been hiding out in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since 2012 while fighting extradition, told Fox News that WikiLeaks was combing through thousands of pages of material.
A variety of documents from various institutions that are associated with the election campaign had yielded “some quite unexpected angles, that are quite interesting, some even entertaining,” he said.
“…some even entertaining…”
Show Biz is our life.
Drip, drip drip…
What could all this mean?
Are the controllers taking another look at the Donald? Has he convinced them that he’ll play ball better than HRC? Are the negotiations ongoing? Is the Deal being Arted as we speak?
Or… is there a fail-safe button on the Fix Board???!!!
Sorry, folks. Neither one of them meets our standards. The (
s)election is postponed. Chill.
UH oh!!!
Unthinkable.
Right?
Not.
The Blood For Oil War was unthinkable until it happened.
As were:
Nagasaki/Hiroshima
Viet Nam
The assassination years
LBJ.s resignation
The Chicago DemRat convention of 1968
Watergate
9/11
Etc.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Some of them do, anyway.
The rest?
Pfffft…
Watch.
AG