Saturday, August 11, 2007

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?

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