Hillary Clinton Takes Cash From Recipients of Husband's Controversial Pardons

[Renew Deal]

Three recipients of controversial 11th-hour pardons issued by former President Bill Clinton in January 2001 have donated thousands of dollars to the presidential campaign of his wife, Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., according to campaign finance records examined by ABC News, in what some good government groups said created an appearance of impropriety.

"It's not illegal," Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, told ABC News. "But, of course, it's inappropriate and she should return the money. It does raise the appearance that this is payback.

"One can only hope that she wasn't yet aware of who made the donations," said Sloan.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=3866786&page=1

[jefferson_dem]

1. Ughhh...

:banghead: Haven't we had enough? Can we please be done with the Chimpy and Clinton regimes?

[Broke Dad]

2. Re: So how many pardons does it take to buy a president?

Hey Hillary drones - how many pardons has Hillary promised to contributors and bundlers?

Looks like Bill opened the field for her, his pardons are making the second half of their payment to her campaign. Maybe Hillary and Rudy should just conduct an auction for future pardons.

The dirt and slime and manure flowing from this woman is unbelievable!

[oasis]

8. Get a clue. The pardons happened before Hill was even a senator. Bill must've had a crystal ball.

:eyes:

[KittyWampus]

10. Do you really believe Hillary and Bill didn't have their plans for her POTUS run all along?

REALLY?

As a NY'er, I knew damn well what Hillary was doing running for the Senate and taking a seat from my state.

[babylonsister]

3. Whoa. Not good. I imagine she's going to hear about this. Will she

profess ignorance, again?

[Skip Intro]

4. I'm sure she'll return the money.

I doubt she was aware of these particular donations.

No laws were broken.

The assault continues...

[NYVet]

12. POPCORN!!!! PEANUTS!!!! COLD DRINKS!!!! LAWNCHAIRS!!!!!

God it is fun watching the fireworks, don't you agree grandpa??

[Bitwit1234]

5. So this is twice you posted this how many more times seventy leven

you Obama groupies take the cake. No matter what crap you post no matter what lies are told....HILLARY IS THE ONE AND SHE IS KICKING OBAMA'S ASS.

[babylonsister]

9. There you go again; a thread that has NOTHING to do with Obama,

but you make it so. Is this your one shot of the day or can we 'look forward' to more?

[Forkboy]

13. It's almost scary seeing such an open and blatant obsession that they can't see themselves.

[Renew Deal]

18. And...

I am not an Obama supporter. I posted it where it belonged.

[asjr]

6. OMG, I am so sick of election season.

The media treat it as The Greatest Show on Earth. The outlets compete with each other to see which one can be more snide than the other. This is News? The so-called Journalists and Pundits are a pack of wolves nipping at the other's heels. And it is always against Democrats. They do not try to tell us about the last 7 years of Republican ineptitude and war-mongering and the "pardoning" of Scooter Libby, a real slimebag who will not spend a day in incarceration. We have fallen so far I wonder if we will ever be able to climb out of the abyss.

[CountAllVotes]

7. ugh ...

this is turning into another "anyone but" scenario quickly ... :puke:

:kick:

[FrenchieCat]

11. Pardonned folks can't contribute to political candidates?

I didn't know that!

Does this mean that they support Hillary Clinton because Bill pardonned them years ago, and if so, why is this important? :shrug:

[iconocrastic]

14. HRC's backers support her precisely because she is corrupt and power-hungry

C'mon, seriously, who wouldn't expect this?

[MaineDem]

15. You know, some people donate to a campaign just for this kind of gotcha moments

The candidates have no control over who DONATES. They don't even know for at least a few weeks even months.

It's all about what they do once they find out about iffy donations. I'm not even saying these specific donations are wrong but I do agree they don't pass the smell test. I hope - and assume - Hillary will return them.

[rinsd]

16. OMG $5300!

:eyes:

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

17. give me a B... give me an I... give me a T... give me a C...

Sheesh...

[ronnykmarshall]

19. Only THREE of them?

Where the fuck are the rest of those fucking dead beats?

Yo! Patty Hearst! Pay up, sister!