So Obama, Biden and Warren, you say you're okay with this?
Submitted by vl baker on Fri, 06/10/2016 - 1:41pm
Holy shit.
This is not a good look for Hillary Clinton or the Clinton Foundation.
They said they didn't do this.https://t.co/B6Jg8XKz7T
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 10, 2016
Pay for play, government for sale, drone strikes; Hillary's emails reveal some ugly stuff.
Bernie, we need you to stay in the race. The Clinton crime syndicate is finally taking some hits in MSM.
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Simple answer, yes.
Trump is going to rip her to shreds
unless Bill has already made some arrangement with him.
They could have
made a deal but trump will have to answer to paul ryan and the repug party and I doubt they will let it go.
Whom is more powerful? The
Whom is more powerful? The Clinton machine or trump and his billionaire buddys.
A bit like asking which of the Hydra’s heads is more powerful
Which of Medusa’s snakes is most petrifying?
(Which “FedUSA” faction is most putrefying?)
Citizen's United
the gift that keeps on giving. Wow. And that whole mess about the right not being able to find this stuff on their own, puhlease.... Here we go.
Only a fool lets someone else tell him who his enemy is. Assata Shakur
yeah, they seem more than ok-they're ready to roll out the
red carpet and lick her boots. Disgusting.
Why am I not surprised.
Oh, I forgot . . . I must be a Hillary Hater.
more specifically,
you must hate women. /s
and brown people.
don't forget, not voting for a woman makes you racist as well. hooray intersectionality!
GIANT ALL-CAPS SIG
We are truly screwed.
n/f
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
Not all Dems seem to be on board with this:
From Could Hillary Clinton really be indicted over her emails?
What is truly frustrating is that people continue to stand behind her. The only thing I can figure out is that they are stalling to get Sanders out of the way so they can dump her without changing their agenda. Btw, there will be no "historic first" when that happens.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
Oh yes there will;
First Nominee to be indicted before taking office...woohoo!
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Ummm, I will have to re-check but
I believe Eugene Debs was in jail at the time he ran for office. = )
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
Oh. I think you're right.
How about first female nominee...etc.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Hmmm, could be sexist, besides
it implies that there will be more. How about "HRC, once a candidate (she still isn't the nominee) for ...." The historic first will have to be that she was the first woman candidate to almost make it to the convention. = )
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
Any more sexist than 'first female President"?
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
I am thinking.
However, what I meant is your last statement would be condemned as sexist as has anything in this primary that was negative about HRC.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
Yes indeed: Convict 9653 for President.
Debs ran for President in 1920 on the ticket of the Socialist Party of America from behind the bars of the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. He had been convicted in 1918 of violating the Sedition Act because of his opposition to US entry into the European War (WWI.)
Before being sentenced he made his famous Bending Cross Speech to the court:
1920-Socialist Party of America
President-Eugene V. Debs, Journalist and orator
VP-Seymour Stedman, Civil liberties lawyer
Votes-913,693 votes
(3.4%), lost
SPA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_America#Socialist_Party...
Debs Internet Archive
https://www.marxists.org/archive/debs/#1917Bending Cross Speech
Bending Cross Speech
https://www.marxists.org/archive/debs/works/1918/court.htm
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Thank you. I really have not studied much about him
(yet), but that point had kind of stuck from somewhere. I think I found it doing some research to see if any past candidates had been in as much trouble as HRC and how they fared.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
in jail 1920 election
WD you remembered correctly...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_V._Debs
one theory:
it looks bad for Hillary, but they really don't want Bernie. so they stall, get him out of the race, get their preferred Veep pick, then Hillary gets the history making win and the Veep takes over post indictment/conviction if necessary.
and boom, the status quo gets preserved full stop.
....and
then the new "President" pardons Hillary before she actually has to serve any time. The whole thing is absolutely disgusting!
"Stand Up! Keep Fighting!" - Paul Wellstone
They are definitely stalling
to get Bernie out. What they are not counting on is all of us being aware of this. We must be loud and clear from now until the convention that we are on to their game. We must let them know that we will not go down with this. This is what I mean when I say rebellion will come. I see it in this case and I see it if they try and replace Herr Drumpf. Herr Drumpf has the white supremacists on his side - what do you think they take? They won't take it lying down, that's for sure. We must not either.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Just another day at the office...
...in our nation's capital. Republican'ts and Democrats in Washington feigning horror over what everybody already knows all of them do always reminds me of the line in Cheech & Chong's Next Movie:
I want my two dollars!
Old news
Strategically held until two days after Hillary becomes the "presumptive" nominee, and one day after Obama endorses her.
HOW DID ANYONE NOT SEE THIS COMING!?!?
"Polls don't tell us how well a candidate is doing; Polls tell us how well the media is doing." ~ Me
over a month before the convention
If she gets indicted first will the Dem establishment be stupid enough to hand her the nomination? The drumbeat of these revelations will certainly grow between now and then. Gonna be an interesting month.
Pre-emptive pardon, perhaps?
Right after the election, of course.
Not so sure
Obama likes her all that much.
I tend to agree with that
if you read the actual words of his endorsement, you can read at least some of it a couple different ways
TPTB don't give a rat's patoot at what Obama likes or
doesn't like. He's been a good little toady thus far. Old Hopey -Changey will do what he's told.
I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. - Bill Hicks
Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa
This looks like a replay of the Clinton years.............
that's all that went on from 93 - 2000, pay for play, paying to sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom. With the Clintons' it's all for sale. Everyday, every way. Whatever you want, we got it if the price is right.
They should be indicted (Chelsea, too) for the miserable chiselers they are. The Global initiative, to me, wreaks of a RICO charge. If this isn't organized crime, I don't know what is. Pay for play at the State dept under Hillary, millions to Bill for speaking engagements, kickbacks from their school deal - hell Trump is a chump when it comes to making money against the Clintons.
https://jonathanturley.org/2016/06/08/the-clintons-university-problem-la...
You reminded me of this scene:
[video:https://youtu.be/3Xg2v_T2XH8]
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
Isn't the Hillary Victory Fund money laundering?
To get around campaign funding restrictions?
How about her pay-to-play corporate shakedown tour
91 speeches $21 million dollars and many of the speeches were given to companies or groups that have interests that the next administration can facilitate or thwart. There has, perhaps, been too much emphasis on what she said to Goldman Sachs I think and certainly too little on her corporate shakedown tour.
http://citizenuprising.com/hillary-clintons-speaking-fees-2013-2015/
In what universe is the nominee for a major political
party under criminal investigation? Oh right, the US of A
Don't believe everything you think.
Crooked scumbags
But her supporters will say it's a nothingburger. The Clintons aren't politicians, they're cult leaders.
Someone said in a thread in a previous diary:
"Sorry Hill People, but if you were honestly that afraid of Trump you would have supported Bernie. But you didn't because you're not. So don't try to play the scary bogeyman card on us now."
"The war on Gaza, backed by the West, is a demonstration that the West is willing to cross all lines. That it will discard any nuance of humanity. That it is willing to commit genocide" -- Moon of Alabama
Keep repeating it.
I love that line.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Comment of the day!
I nominate it"Comment of the Day!". Let us leak tomorrow that this comment "is stolen", a day after the nomination, to steal a page from Establishment playbook.
Steal This Quote!
I'm an open source kinda guy.
"Polls don't tell us how well a candidate is doing; Polls tell us how well the media is doing." ~ Me
"Someone?"
So now I'm just... someone? [Puts on pouting face]
"Polls don't tell us how well a candidate is doing; Polls tell us how well the media is doing." ~ Me
I'd forgotten.
But not any more!
"The war on Gaza, backed by the West, is a demonstration that the West is willing to cross all lines. That it will discard any nuance of humanity. That it is willing to commit genocide" -- Moon of Alabama
I'm stealing that one! n/t
I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. - Bill Hicks
Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa
Reposting, - What a joke
ABC
This is probably bigger than we realize...
Reading the emails behind this story is fascinating (considering all the missing pieces). 1) The speed with which the State Dept. and the Intelligence Board heads colluded is mind boggling. It appears that immediately after the request for info about Raj - emails flew fast and furious into the night and all the next day to try to come up with a plausible story as to why this guy was on the board even though he had absolutely no reason to be. Then they purposefully stalled the reporter while they were cooking up an answer. And all the while making sure that no matter what Hillary and the Board's integrity remained intact. When they finally responded to the reporter with a bio of Raj (and lies about choosing balanced people for the board) and a they included this nugget - - said that he resigned earlier that month - in actuality he had resigned 2 days after the reporter's request - - NOT earlier in the month. F! F! F! (sorry for the swearing)
This *is* bigger
if the PTB wanted to sweep these revelations under the rug they would have already. Hillary may miss her convention coronation yet.
One other thing in the emails...
One of the email writers (forget who) asked if they should "loop in my PA counterpart in DS and IG's office? So this implies that the temporary IG guy they had in place would cover this up as well !!!
Actually, you may have a point.
Think of all the things that were NEVER talked about on MSM until years later. Somebody or group of sombodies is letting all of this leak out.
Life is strong. I'm weak, but Life is strong.
I think the intelligence community is leaking...
They are freaked out about Clinton becoming potus...rightfully so. Her type of sleaze, corruption and disregard for security would destroy any credibility in intelligence.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/congress-told-hillary-clinton-had-...
think about
all of our agents embedded in other countries around the world. They're probably begging to get called in before she takes office..
BernieOrBust...
one of many reasons why I would never get security clearance
I don't think I could keep from leaking something like this.
"Politics is not evil; politics is the human race's most magnificent achievement." Senator Tom Fries, 'Podkayne of Mars,' Robert Heinlein
wow
just unbelievable!
“The first duty of a man is to think for himself”
Slate
Slate has an article on this also: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/06/10/how_clinton_donor_raji...
Talk about lack of judgement and this in the area of national security! His only credential: Clinton Foundation donor and campaign fundraiser.
“The first duty of a man is to think for himself”
another bit
Here's a quote from the ABC report (linked on Slate) regarding a statement from James Woolsey, member from 2006-08: "He said the board’s primary purpose was to gather an array of experts on nuclear weapons and arms control to constantly assess and update the nation’s nuclear strategy. "
This joker had absolutely no relevant background and no business in obtaining high security clearance. It's as blatant a quid pro quo as can be. I am sure he used his appointment to get on the other boards he is on now, acquiring more influence and with it the ability to funnel more money to the Foundation and campaigns. That's the Clinton way!
“The first duty of a man is to think for himself”
Sounds like he was doing a "heck of a job"
I mean it's not like he was a horse association pres or anything.
"Politics is not evil; politics is the human race's most magnificent achievement." Senator Tom Fries, 'Podkayne of Mars,' Robert Heinlein
So.........
So.........
Bernie for Veep. While we/he still has leverage.
No?
It would be like putting him on a shelf.
Harmless, out of the way, gradually forgotten.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
. . . and tainted by Clinton corruption.
"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" ~Orwell, "1984"
What 'leverage' do you think he/we have? Because from where I'm
sitting, these people have just been telling us to fuck off from Day 1. And I've been paying attention so I'm pretty sure I'd have noticed if any of those arrogant shits had acted even once like we weren't something scraped off the bottom of their shoes.
Oh! You were joking, right?.
These people would rather we dropped off the face of the planet.
I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. - Bill Hicks
Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa
On Occasion, I've Forgotten Biden was the Vice President
Bernie would be better off building the Progressive movement. We desperately need an infrastructure that reaches out and is independent from electoral politics.
While not really mentioned since it is out there, we need a people movement because AI and robotics are going to make many of us obsolete.
The MSM
is reporting on this (finally) and that in itself is interesting. Why this story and why now when all discussion about known Clinton problems has been suppressed? The churn caused by the horrible way the primaries have been hacked is going to resonate in the Democratic party for a long time if the DNC doesn't quit following unicorns and Hilly fairies and become pragmatic about the choices they're making.
Warren may figure
that a great path to the Presidency is to be Clinton's VP then wait for her to resign in disgrace. Hold your tongue and be a good soldier and you may get rewarded.
Worked for Gerald Ford, after all.
Memo to Warren though: no pardons.
I like the way this writer thinks!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/06/11/1537404/-Bernie-Sanders-Will-Be...