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Not for moment do I think that the RW Fox et all will back off of this issue.
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Republican Clinton Cash Scandal Collapses Before The Book Is Even Released
By: Jason Easley
Saturday, April, 25th, 2015, 10:54 am
The scandal that Republicans hoped would take down Hillary Clinton has already sputtered and fizzled as the media has largely debunked the book Clinton Cash as strong on allegations, but weak on facts.
The main allegation is that Hillary Clinton was influenced by donations to The Clinton Foundation to use her position as Sec. of State to block the purchase of uranium mine.
Time magazine noted that the allegation first reported in The New York Times was not supported with evidence, The suggestion of outside influence over U.S. decisionmaking is based on little evidence the allegations are presented as questions rather than proof. The deals approval was the result of an extensive interagency process that required the assent of at least nine different officials and agencies.
NBC News backed off of the Clinton Cash story too, Indeed, upon reflection, that Times article doesnt hold up that well 24 hours after its publication. But if theres a legitimate criticism of the Clintons here especially when it comes to the other articles about the Clinton Foundation and Bills speaking fees (here and here) its that they were sloppy, bordering on being greedy......
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)RecoveringJournalist
(148 posts)Relax Dahhling!
Ve vill always have Benghazi.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)This is becoming like the boy yelling wolf too many times, RW attempts of creating scandals is beginning to fall on deaf ears. The biggest scandals is their attempts to create scandals.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)spoke of the vast right wing conspiracy; it was a cottage industry. She was correct then; there is no reason to believe that vrwc ever went away. This book is the first shot against Hillary the Presidential candidate, allegations create questions, which lead to investigations; Whitewater, all over again. And remember, the Whitewater scandal goes back to a white racist that began all the allegations.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Hekate
(91,005 posts)GOPers are such *holes.
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)Err...BENGHAZI!
Republican scandal charges are wearing increasingly thin.
greenman3610
(3,947 posts)that the author was a "former policy advisor to Sara Palin".
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)RecoveringJournalist
(148 posts)And by that they mean he lived across the street from her, that much closer to Russia.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)jmowreader
(50,589 posts)There's this thing called a Mountain Range between the Palin mansion and Russia.
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)Based on the fact that people were willing to pay them top dollar for the privilege of listening to their ideas.
It's called "meritocracy," and it has a lot to recommend it as a social policy.
babylonsister
(171,109 posts)His foundation is pretty cool-maybe the speeches help keep it going.
https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative
Yallow
(1,926 posts)The Koch Brothers 100 think tanks, and sham organizations?
Not so much.....
I really don't want to get paid to lie, and destroy
the planet so some filth of the earth billionaires
can double their wealth on our children's corpses.
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)But their personal wealth is largely from speaking fees and their books.
And of course their high profile also benefits the Clinton Foundation.
Yallow
(1,926 posts)And our media, who truly serves the .01% always plays along.
When was the last time you saw a news personality talking about
the death toll in Texas and Florida from their governors not
insuring their citizens.
Thousands have died, and it isn't even a story.
The press is too busy distracting us. Some witch from New
York slept with some jerk. It's all they want to talk about.
lpbk2713
(42,774 posts)Sounds like someone in the media might have been expecting it this time.