Showing posts with label Hillary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hillary. Show all posts

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Conclusive Proof that Robert Novak is senile

 
Novak on Fox News: "...the Hillary campaign wants Romney, because they don't think he's likable!"

Hmmm. Hillary's campaign. Discussing "likability." Excuse me while I break out in an asthmatic conniption fit of laughter.

The mysterious financial backers of Hillary Clinton

 
Morris and McGann report on Hillary's massive conflict of interest:

As American banks go hat in hand to foreign financial institutions and governments, begging for capital to help them get out of the mess into which their subprime loans have landed them, the question arises as to whether the United States should permit nations like China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the banks they control to acquire part ownership of our leading banks.

The presidential candidates discussed this issue in their Nevada debate and Hillary was asked about it in an interview with Neil Cavuto on the FOX Business Network yesterday. She replied that she would not “stand in the way” of such investments, but said that they needed to be vetted and called for more disclosure and “transparency.”

...Bill [Clinton] — and therefore [Hillary] — have been getting a reported $10 million per year from a fund that administers the investments of the Emir of Dubai, the largest component state in the UAE...

...Neither Dubai nor Saudi Arabia would be permitted to contribute to Hillary’s campaign. Foreigners are not allowed to do so, precisely to avoid having potential office holders compromised by gratitude for their financial support. But these nations have used the porous ethics of the Clinton family to acquire positions of massive influence by making contributions, not to her campaign, but to her personal bank account — either through Bill or through the Library and Foundation, which the Clintons directly control...

And it is for exactly this kind of situation that the Clintons should be required to divulge the extent of their involvement with foreign interests and exactly how much money their personal bank accounts and their Library/Foundation have received. (The Saudi donation to the Library and Foundation was only discovered by the New York Times when the information was inadvertently posted on the Library’s Web site. Soon after the story appeared, it was taken down. The Clintons refuse to reveal the donors to the Library or the related Foundation.) Hillary and Bill have also refused to release their income tax returns, despite the fact that Bill willingly released his when he was running for president.

These questions are legitimate and highly germane:

* Who is paying Bill Clinton and how much he is being paid?
* Who are the donors and the amounts paid to the Bill Clinton Library/Foundation?
* Why won't the Clintons release their income tax returns?

The Clintons' net worth is reported to have risen to around $40 million in very short order. Someone's been paying their bills.

Hillary's been about as transparent as an ancient pyramid at night. She is not a legitimate choice for President until and unless she releases this information.

HuffPo's Hillary Clinton Sleaze Database

 
I don't frequently recommend articles over at the Stuffington Roast, but Paul Loeb's latest ("Hillary Clinton's Sleaze Parade") is worth the time. Loeb has assembed a veritable database of sleaze related to the Hillary campaign, including:

* Hired Burston-Marsteller's CEO, the PR firm known for its union-busting activities

* Received donations from Rupert Murdoch and massive amounts of dough from defense, oil and health care companies

* Accepted money from fugitive Norman Hsu, tainted database guru Vin Gupta, alleged bribery specialist Dickie Scruggs, the Tan family (international sweatshop owners), and Peter Paul

* Used mailers that intentionally distorted Barack Obama's positions on abortion-related legislative votes

* Through proxies, worked the court system to discourage participation by voters inclined towards Obama and Edwards, most recently on the Vegas Strip

* In various settings, refused to answer hard questions while planting questions repeatedly

The list goes on and on and on.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Please forward this chain letter

 
Received this from my wife.

Subject: FW: Fwd: Please forward

Sorry about my email, but this one is too important. This one has been circulating

for months and months. Please do not delete. If you don't

want to sign, at least keep it going!

****

To show your
support for Hillary as President of the United States in
2008, please add
your name to the rapidly growing list below and send it
on to your entire
e-mail list.

1. Bill
2. Chelsea
3.

***

It's bad luck to break the chain!

Voter ID and the breathtaking hypocrisy of the Democrat Party

 
Democrats have argued for years that requiring IDs of voters is onerous, disenfranchises the elderly poor, and causes smoking.

Opponents of [voter ID] laws, including Democrats and the AARP, say the measures would suppress voter turnout among the elderly, poor and minorities who are less likely to have government-issued photo IDs... "It's another hurdle in the way of voters," said Neil Bradley of the Voting Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union.

Of course, the Democrat Party position on voter ID hinges on the situation.

Today, the Journal's John Fund highlights the Democrats' nuanced position:

Democrats ignore that it was only last week they argued before the Supreme Court that an Indiana law requiring voters show ID at the polls would reduce voter turnout and disenfranchise minorities. Nevada allies of Hillary Clinton have just sued to shut down several caucus sites inside casinos along the Las Vegas Strip, potentially disenfranchising thousands of Hispanic or black shift workers who couldn't otherwise attend the 11:30 a.m. caucus this coming Saturday

D. Taylor, the president of the Culinary Workers Union that represents many casino workers, notes that legal complaint was filed just two days after his union endorsed Barack Obama. He says the state teachers union, most of whose leadership backs Mrs. Clinton, realized that the Culinary union would be able to use the casino caucuses to better exercise its clout on behalf of Mr. Obama, and used a law firm with Clinton ties to file the suit.

...Democrats will also be asking for identification at caucus sites...

We need a new word that means "egregious hypocrite." Or perhaps the term we should use is simply "Democrat."

Put simply, the only thing voter ID deters is fraud. Without identification, a person cannot apply for welfare, can't drive, can't fly, can't hold a job, can't have a bank account, can't apply for either social security, Medicare or Medicaid, and can't apply for food stamps or WIC.

So much for hurting the "elderly, poor and minorities."

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

HillaryCare™ Update: Wait for UK dentists now at 2 years

 
Another success story for socialized medicine. London's Daily Mail reports that "seven million patients can't find a dentist on the NHS for two years."

More than seven million patients have been unable to see an NHS dentist for almost two years.

Most of those denied access have paid for private care instead, says Citizens Advice.

But almost three million have gone without treatment altogether, claims the charity.

The figure includes thousands of children and is much higher than Government estimates...

Greedy British. How many teeth do they think a person needs?

Some people never learn

 
Over the past year, the market value of troubled mortgage lender Countrywide has dropped by about $22 billion. The meltdown set the stage for its acquisition by Bank of America for a paltry $4 billion. And its lending practices arguably set the stage for a global credit crisis.

Today I surfed to a business website and noticed this ad:

Does this strike anyone else as a bad idea: home loans with no closing costs, no processing fees, no points and -- best of all -- no credit reports?

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton blasted Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo's $36 million pay package stating, "There's no way on Earth that Mozilo's worth three times what Allan Mollohan is!"

My mistake!

 
Reader Bob helpfully provided the image mentioned the other day when I wrote:

...someone navigated to this august journal using a Google search for "dog urinating on hillary". Don't bother clicking on the link, there's no story there. In fact, there's no story of that ilk anywhere. So you've just got to wonder about some folks. And, no, I don't have any proof that it was a Ron Paul supporter -- just a queasy hunch.

Good doggie!

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Michigan Primary: Hillary edges Uncommitted

 
It was a nail-biter, but Hillary squeaked out a narrow victory over Uncommitted.

 

Uncommitted was visibly disappointed, but vowed to continue the fight against the Clinton Machine.

Update: Fox is reporting that Mitt takes Michigan.

Late night comics face off against Slate Magazine

 
Don Surber explains why the late night comics are rooting for Hillary to win.

David Letterman: Hillary Clinton is the junior senator from the great state of New York. When they swore her in, she used the Clinton family Bible — the one with only seven commandments.

Jay Leno: Well, the big story — Hillary Clinton will be running for president in 2008. You know why I think she's running? I think she finally wants to see what it's like to sleep in the president's bed.

Jay Leno: In a fiery speech this weekend, Hillary Clinton wondered why President Bush can't find the tallest man in Afghanistan. Probably for the same reason she couldn't find the fattest intern under the desk...

Meanwhile, the spoilsports at Slate have organized a Hillary beat-down trifecta, tears be damned: "Clinton Meshugas", "Hillary's 'Experience' Lie" and "The case against Hillary Clinton."

Update: Hillary appears to be getting strong support from alleged drug traffickers. Hello? Mainstream media? Anyone there? (Cricket sounds).

Monday, January 14, 2008

Memo to the Hillary Camp

 
Playing the race card didn't work for Howard Dean:

* In front of the Congressional Black Caucus, DNC chairman Howard Dean asked, "You think the Republican National Committee could get this many people of color in a single room? Only if they had the hotel staff in here.”

* Dean also said that Republicans... "all look the same. It's pretty much a white Christian party."

It didn't work for Donna Brazile:

* Vice President Al Gore's campaign chief, Donna Brazile, stunned observers when she remarked that Republicans would rather "take pictures with black children than feed them."

* Brazile also belittled two of the GOP's prominent personalities -- Gen. Colin Powell and Rep. J C. Watts -- as "tokens."

News flash for the Hillary camp: playing the politics of racial divisiveness won't work against your own party.

And belittling the contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. in order to score cheap political points against Barack Obama won't work. Ever.

That offhand remark just cost the Clinton Machine hundreds of thousands of votes and tens of millions of dollars. Perhaps Karl Rove was responsible. Or some other member of the nefarious "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy."

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Hillary Clinton paddles up the River Cochytus

 
London's Daily Mail has fascinating coverage of the Clintons' rise to power ("How Hillary Clinton made a pact with the devil for political power"). Make sure you read the whole thing.

...Her husband noted in the second year of his presidency, with a wave toward his large Oval Office desk: "I might as well try to lift that desk up and throw it through the window as to change her mind."

Hmmm. That's precisely the quality we want in a Commander-in-Chief.

Nor does Hillary ever feel compelled to explain her certainties - or much else about her thoughts and emotions. This defiantly closed nature has fuelled a perception that she was withholding information during numerous official investigations into the Clintons' affairs.

Well, that and the roughly 250 times she said she didn't remember while under oath.

..."She was extremely Machiavellian, a master of doing things that could not be traced back to her," recalled one close colleague. "She would say: 'Do this, but don't leave any fingerprints.'"

Hillary's own mother once observed: "She just does everything she has to do to get along and get ahead."

I'm frankly stunned her Mom's still alive after that statement. In fact, has someone checked on Mom lately?

...[Their] moments of physical contact were companionable rather than passionate, and reflected Bill and Hillary's mastery of what White House Press Secretary Michael McCurry later called "the science of how they interacted publicly" - the well-practised whisper, the peck on the forehead even in periods of terrible tension.

It was a skill in which Hillary revelled. On January 21, 1993, Bill's first full day in office, she and Bill shook some 1,800 hands in three hours.

"We just screwed all these people," she whispered to her husband - a comment heard on network television.

Wow! She really is honest once in a while!

...The joint decision-making at the top was so overt that staff members called Hillary "The Supreme Court." Whenever Bill said "let me think about it," aides knew he intended to call Hillary.

"We would always say: 'Has the Supreme Court been consulted?'" recalled Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers.

...Significantly, when the nurse at Chelsea's school needed to get permission to dispense an aspirin, the First Daughter said: "Call my dad. My mom's too busy." The nurse did in fact reach the President easily, and he was only too eager to remain on the phone for a chat.

Did he ask what she was wearing?

...Vice-President Al Gore was the biggest victim [of the 'co-presidency']. It was a given in the White House that Hillary had to "sign off on big decisions," and even before Clinton's inauguration, her adviser Susan Thomases was quoted saying that Gore "would have to adjust to a smaller role."

The effect was to add a new layer of intrigue and rivalry to the West Wing, where advisers and cabinet officers knew they could lobby either the First Lady or the Vice-President to reverse decisions by the President.

David Gergen called the "threeheaded system" a "rolling disaster."

The word 'unmitigated' could also have been used instead of 'rolling'.

...her political touch was by no means as sure as her husband's... She insisted on producing a complicated plan for sweeping health reforms that would guarantee medical insurance for all, but refused to consult experts who didn't already agree with her... Her figures were dismissed as mindbogglingly unrealistic - and even Bill, after studying the plan in detail, said: "My brain aches."

During a trip to Massachusetts, he dared to suggest that the reforms might be watered down. Back in Washington, Hillary reacted with fury. An aide recalled how she picked up the phone and told the White House operator: "Get me the President."

Moments later, Bill came on the line. "What the f*** are you doing up there?" she screamed. "I want to see you as soon as you get back." ...Her tone was as "hard-edged" as her advisers had ever heard... The next day, he publicly retracted his comments and even apologised, promising that he aimed to implement the reforms in full. Even so, it was only a matter of time before Hillary's hugely unpopular plan was ignominiously dumped.

Her response? To blame a "conspiracy" - this time in the medical profession... It was the same language she used against the mistresses who lined up to accuse her husband. But as we will see on Monday, those accusers were proving impossible to silence.

It's amazing how many 'conspiracies' arise around the Clintons to foil their well-meaning plans.

Like I said, read it all; it's well worth your time.

Hat tips: LGF and ZombieTime (images).

Friday, January 11, 2008

Yet another Clinton fraud?

 
Newsbusters reports that the Clinton Machine may have pulled off another scam.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign stop was interrupted Monday when two men stood in the crowd and began screaming, "Iron my shirt!" during one of her final appearances before the New Hampshire primary... Clinton, a former first lady running to become the nation's first female president, laughed at the seemingly sexist protest that suggested a woman's place is doing the laundry and not running the country.

"Ah, the remnants of sexism — alive and well," Clinton said to applause in a school auditorium.

It turns out that the protesters work for Boston station WBCN 104.1 FM and were promoting a local show.

You know, this might make my "Top 12 Hillary Fabrications list."

Thursday, January 10, 2008

New Bin Laden tape offers controversial guidance for voters

 
After sustaining various recent, controversial tactics, some speculate that a just-released Bin Laden tape may be a campaign "dirty trick." The transcript of the tape's critical segment follows.

...from His ways is that the days rotate between the people, and from His Law is retaliation in kind: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth and the killer is killed. And all praise is due to Allah, who awakened His slaves’ desire for the Garden, and all of them will enter it except those who refuse...

...despite America being the greatest economic power and possessing the most powerful and up-to-date military arsenal as well; and despite it spending on this war and is army more than the entire world spends on its armies; and despite it being the major state influencing the policies of the world, as if it has a monopoly on the unjust right of veto; despite all of this, 19 young men were able – by the grace of Allah, the Most High – to change the direction of its compass...

CAST YOUR INFIDEL VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON!!!

...And here is the gist of the matter, so one should pause, think and reflect: why have the Democrats failed to stop this war, despite them being the majority? ...
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Sen. Clinton's national security advisers, including Sandy Berger, have questioned the authenticity of the tape.

Sir Edmund Hillary, first to climb Everest, dies at 88

 
Sir Edmund Hillary, the mountaineer who was first to climb the 29,035-foot tall Mount Everest in 1953 with Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay, passed away today at age 88.

Sir Hillary is best remembered as the inspiration for Sen. Hillary Clinton's given name.

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

The people of South Carolina deserve to know

 
I'm not saying my opponent has Muslim connections...

...but rumor has it that Mr. Obama -- or should I say Imam Obama?

...recently issued a fatwa, or religious edict, against me.

I have no idea whether this allegation is true...

...but I have a photo that appears to confirm the rumor.

...and I believe the people of South Carolina deserve to know.

Cue the teleprompter: Waahhh! Waaah!!! Waaaaaahhh!!!

 
Major props to Gateway Pundit for tracking down New Hampshire's Marianne Pernold Young. You may recall that Ms. Young asked the critical question ("How do you do it? How do you keep up ... and who does your hair?") that triggered an emotional choke-up by Sen. Clinton.

Reminiscent of CNN's "undecided voters" during the Democratic debate, Marianne appears to be a cool, calculated plant.

Marianne Pernold-Young, who is married to E. Gordon Young and lives in Portsmouth, has hosted events for the Clintons!

The million dollar "how are you doing" question was actually posed by an acquaintance of Marianne Pernold-Young. She is a freelance photographer who in the past has hosted events for both Clintons.

But, after her question this week she said she does not know anyone from the Clinton campaign. And Marianne told the New York Daily News the right things about Hillary...

"No, I was not a plant," she told The Mouth afterward in a phone call... "I asked her as a girlfriend. All my friends keep asking, how does she do it? How does she do it? How does she look so put together?" Pernold Young says. "I had no idea she would react that way."

Uhm, yeah. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Of course, there could be another explanation...

Hat tips: End Zone, Free Republic and Larwyn

A WSJ letter pegs the needle on the Moron-o-meter

 
A Mr. John ("Zippy") Callister of Ithaca, New York, had a letter to the editor published in the Journal today (subscription required).

I am the median-age voter [and the] thing I remember about the 1992 election is that shortly after that inexperienced Arkansas governor was elected, my portfolio did a curious thing... it grew at a rapid rate. It continued to do so, right up to 2000, over doubling my net worth... Since 2000, my portfolio has remained flat. Today's S&P 500 index is almost identical to the value it had when George W. Bush took office.

I don't really care about modest overseas wars, except that the hundreds of billions spent seem to depress the stock market. I don't care about terrorism, when drug dealers kill many more people than terrorists ever will. I don't care about health insurance, I have that. I don't care about social security, I am quite sure I won't collect much of it, if any. My income has not gone up in real terms. My tax burden is modest, and changes in tax rates affect me very little. But, a 100 point gain in the S&P 500 means about $50,000 in my pocket... It is odd that so many people forget the stock market boom of the late 1990s.

I will vote for the candidate that has the best chance of getting the stock market heading up. George W. Bush failed to do that. The stock market is the only chance that millions of us have to create wealth. Journal readers -- and writers -- should remember that.

John "Zippy" Callister, Ithaca, N.Y.

Hey, Zippy - did you ever stop to consider two minor, inconsequential drivers of the stock market during the Clinton years?

1) Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Freaking Web.

The web was released as a free service by the CERN research facility in 1993. The massive and unprecedented "Tech Boom" accompanied the popularization of the web as companies like eBay, Google, Yahoo, and Amazon emerged, transforming global commerce .

Gee, Zippy... I wonder if Hillary or Obama can duplicate that teensy, weensy invention and all of its repercussions?

2) Another anomalous, economy-boosting event was the "Year 2000" computer remediation effort (or "Y2K"). An immense repair investment -- estimated at $300 billion -- occurred in the late 1990's as governments and companies rushed to make their legacy computer systems "Y2K-compliant."

Hey, Zippy... perhaps a Democrat can turn the clocks back to '97 so we can duplicate that spending frenzy, too?

The massive 90's surge in the stock market, related directly to these events, had about as much to do with Clinton's stewardship of the economy as I was behind the invention of the burrito.

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As for ignoring terrorism? Yep, your boy Bill certainly did that. The results included the attacks of 9/11 (followed up with Sandy Berger's crimes) which OMB estimated at a measly half trillion dollar impact to the economy.

Put simply, Bobo the Chimpanzee could have been President during the late 90's tech boom. Come to think of it, even a philandering, disbarred former attorney who sold missile secrets to the Chinese for campaign donations while allowing terrorists to relentlessly attack U.S. interests could have been President.

And the tech boom -- the so-called "Clinton economy" -- would have happened regardless.

Please, Journal Editors, it's creepy enough that Dick Clark refuses to retire from ABC's Rockin' New Year's Eve. Please don't publish letters from the likes of "Zippy" Callister.

Update: Linked by Mitchell Langbert, who shreds Zippy's letter in a manner reminiscent of Sherman through Atlanta.