What Is Hillary Hiding?

[From The Left]

As Bloomberg News reported, over the past three years, Kazakhstani mining mogul Frank Giustra's private commercial-sized jet has been turned into a veritable Air Bubba, whisking the former president around the world at least a dozen times for well-paid speaking engagements, personal fund-raising or stops to assist wife Hillary's White House campaign.

Which begs again the critical question: When will Hillary Clinton finally release her tax returns?

Like most married couples, Bill and Hillary's finances are co-mingled. But when Hillary recently loaned her sinking campaign $5 million, many people asked how she got her hands on such a huge sum of money?

As Bloomberg reported, Bill Clinton has earned a staggering $50 million in recent years. Yet he refuses to identify most of the sources of all this cash and becomes enraged when asked, pointing his now infamous finger in the face of the unfortunate reporter who dares to ask.

Bill Clinton says that if Hillary wins the Democratic nomination - an increasingly unlikely prospect - he'll make public the names of all future donors. But not those who've already curried favor with the Clintons by kicking in some cash.

As for releasing her tax returns, Hillary says also that she'll do it once she's the nominee - as if primary voters don't deserve the same information.

Barack and Michelle Obama, it should be noted, made their tax returns public long ago.

But the Clintons - despite their long record of dubious fund-raising, not to mention their ties to financial people who've ended up on the wrong side of the law (think Hsu) continue to hide behind a veil of secrecy.

Just what is Hillary hiding?

[MonkeyFunk]

1. The "critical question" has been answered:

She will release her tax returns if she secures the nomination, which is the way it's always been done.

[From The Left]

3. Wrong Again

The Obamas have released their tax returns for the past 5 years.

Next?

[MonkeyFunk]

17. Where was I wrong?

She said she'll release them if she secures the nomination. That is, in fact, how it's traditionally been done.

It's how John Kerry did it.

The "What is she hiding?" question is bullshit. It presumes something nefarious where there's no reason to.

I don't see your tax returns posted here - what are you hiding?

[ORDem]

18. Here's why it's wrong

She claims to be "vetted". She claims that the Goopers know everything there is to know about her already.

Obviously, with regard to their tax returns, this is simply not true.

So, she's being somewhat hypocritical, but more importantly, she's asking voters to buy a pig in a poke.

Given that her opponent has offered up his last 5 years of returns, trying to hide behind "tradition" and John Kerry just ain't gonna cut it.

Every primary voter leaning toward Clinton should indeed ask "what is she trying to hide?".

:dem:

[greguganus]

15. If she's waiting to secure the nomination, then we will never see her returns. n/t

[TexasObserver]

2. She's hiding the $70 mil they've made since 2001, and the nasty relationships that paid them.

[From The Left]

4. The Clintons Have Some Scary Friends

So much to hide and so little time!

[Perry Logan]

5. Obama people: get a grip.

[dcindian]

6. Tax returns should be part of the vetting process

Before they receive your vote not after.

McCain and Hillary have not done so.

Hillary's and McCain's actions are so wrong on so many levels.

[From The Left]

8. Precisely

If Hill's cash is legit, then release the damned tax filings. The Obamas have for the past 5 years.

[Yossariant]

7. Why won't Obama produce any of his Senate records from Illinois?

Is he trying to deflect what really happened with Rezko by using this tax return gambit?

[From The Left]

9. Why Won't Hillary Release Her Papers from Her Years as First Lady?

Clinton's papers from her time as First Lady, including her work leading a controversial health care task force in her husband's first term, are held at the National Archives and Records Administration. All she has to do is direct them to release the papers.

Yet she refuses.

[Yossariant]

10. Obama says he can't find ANY of his Rezko Senate records. Clinton is releasing her records:

"Archives Challenges Clinton Papers Case

By ANDREW DeMILLO – Jan 31, 2008

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The National Archives wants a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking quick access to records about a health care task force Hillary Rodham Clinton headed as first lady, or delay the release for about a year.

Judicial Watch, a conservative public interest group, has complained in a lawsuit that the National Archives isn't moving fast enough on its April 2006 request to see the documents. The archives says Judicial Watch is trying to jump ahead of those who made earlier requests under the Freedom of Information Act.

"(The National Archives) does not believe that Judicial Watch or any other requester should receive more favorable treatment outside of our existing queue system," said Miriam Kleiman, a spokeswoman for the archives. "We have therefore asked the court to leave Judicial Watch's FOIA request in its proper place by dismissing or postponing any ruling in the case."

In documents filed this week in federal court in Washington, D.C., archives officials said the number of FOIA requests predating Judicial Watch's request, combined with the number of documents sought and a staff shortage, create "exceptional circumstances" requiring a delay.

"At an estimated three million pages, the size and scope of Judicial Watch's present FOIA request makes it the largest FOIA request that the Clinton presidential library has received to date," officials said. "Further, the request is greater than any FOIA request ever received to date at any of the presidential record act libraries."

"The archives does not want to do what the archives is supposed to do, which is make documents available to the American people on a timely basis," he said.

Hillary Clinton, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, has faced criticism from her rivals about the number of documents from her husband's administration that have not been made public. President Clinton left office in January 2001.

Kleiman said neither the former president nor Sen. Hillary Clinton asked the archives to request the delay."

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxnlsfHTMhtEwXkKQ4jh42Km2ctQD8UH6RG80

[madmunchie]

16. Senate Records are PUBLIC Records

[Vinca]

11. It's not right to release them only after a nomination is secured.

If they contain anything that upsets the masses, it will be too bad, so sad, live with it.

[From The Left]

12. The Clintons Are Above the Rules

Or so they think.

[Arkansas Granny]

13. I know that the candidate have to file a financial disclosure form

but is the release of their tax returns also required? Just asking.

[From The Left]

14. It's Usual and Customary

Even George W. Bush released his and Pickles.