The Clintons? Again? Why?

Texan Molly Ivins was one of the savviest political reporters of all time. She once said (paraphrased) "As I survey the pack of sycophants in the Washington press corps, wriggling on their bellies to kiss the feet of those in power, I feel plumb discouraged about the future of journalism." Many syndicated pundits frequenting the Star-News pages are wriggling on their bellies to kiss Hillary Clinton's feet and crown her even before the election. They’ve conveniently buried the commodity market and land development scams the Clintons were involved in, the political favors she and Bill sold, and Bill's 140 pardons and 36 sentence commutations in the last hours of his presidency, including multiple felons who paid Hillary's two brothers huge sums of money to "represent" them. Marc Rich, who fled to Switzerland to avoid prosecution on tax evasion, was pardoned after his wife contributed $70,000 to Hillary’s Senate campaign and even more to Clinton's presidential library.

Just as many in the corrupt Bush administration are esca[ing punishment through obfuscation, lies, and withholdhing of documents, the powerful Clintons escaped though several of their partners went to prison. The Bush Administration has cooperated with the Clintons by refusing to release un-redacted Justice Department records regarding these matters claiming "executive privilege." If Bush is claiming executive privilege in behalf of the Clintons, one can only wonder if the widely held opinion that Hillary is indeed "Bush Lite" is corroborated by Bush's help in keeping their secrets under wrap.

It should also be mentioned that Clinton’s advocacy and passage of NAFTA was the beginning of outsourcing and the end for America’s manufacturing industry and many good paying jobs. Who wants the Clintons in the White House again...and why?

No sacrifice too great...

Presidential hopeful Romney, like all Republican candidates, vigorously supported sending more of our loved ones to Iraq. During his recent "Ask Mitt Anything" tour in Bettendorf, Iowa he was asked: "Are any of your five sons currently serving in the United States military and if not, are any of them planning to support the war on terror by enlisting in the United States Military?" Romney's answer was: "We have a voluntary army in this country." "There are a variety of ways you can show your support for our soldiers. My sons are showing support by trying to get me elected as the President of the United States." “My son Josh bought a Winnebago and is driving across the State of Iowa to get me elected." Romney wants OUR loved ones to go, but not his? Driving a Winnebago is fighting the “war on terror”? Romney avoided serving his country in Vietnam during the 1960s. He sought and received deferments through his church as a Mormon "minister of religion" for the duration of his two and a half years of "missionary work" in France and also sought and received nearly three years of deferments for academic studies. Just what we need in the White House...another chicken-hawk patriot for whom no sacrifice is too great...as long as it’s ours and not his.