‘CLINTON CASH’ MOVIE THREATENS TO TOTALLY DERAIL HILLARY’S QUEST TO WIN DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
The most inflammatory charges about
the Clinton Foundation stem from Peter Schweizer’s 2015 book Clinton
Cash. Spurred by that best-seller, The Wall Street Journal and others
have conducted their own investigations into the foundation. The Journal
summarized “...that at least 60 companies that lobbied the State
Department during [Clinton’s] tenure donated a total of more than $26
million to the Clinton Foundation.”
by Geoffrey GriderMay 26, 2016
LIZ PEEK OF THE FISCAL TIMES WRITES THAT NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM “CLINTON CASH,” BASED ON PETER SCHWEIZER’S BESTSELLING BOOK OF THE SAME NAME, IS “THE WEAPON THAT COULD KNOCK CLINTON OUT.”
Bernie Sanders has an almost impossible path to the nomination, but if he could gin up righteous anger about how Bill Clinton earned $105 million for 542 speeches from
2001 to 2013, he might indeed turn the heads of some of those slavish
Superdelegates lined up behind Hillary. As he has pointed out, polling
suggests he is more likely than Hillary to beat Donald Trump in a
head-to-head contest. Isn’t that what Democrats want?
The most inflammatory charges about the Clinton Foundation stem from Peter Schweizer’s 2015 book Clinton Cash. Spurred by that best-seller, The Wall Street Journal and
others have conducted their own investigations into the foundation. The
Journal summarized “...that at least 60 companies that lobbied the
State Department during [Clinton’s] tenure donated a total of more than $26 million to the Clinton Foundation.”
Early on, Bernie Sanders swore off discussing Hillary’s email scandal. He has also ignored the revelations in Clinton Cash.
Now that a movie of the same name has been launched, which makes
Schweizer’s allegations more accessible, Sanders’ camp should seize the
moment.
Democrats have only themselves to blame. In
their haste to crown Queen Hillary, they overlooked...well, everything.
They decided that the rosy afterglow of Bill Clinton’s presidency,
celebrated for economic growth not seen since, would suppress the
scandals that tainted those eight years. They chose to ignore the
infidelities, the perjury, Travelgate, the Whitewater scandal and so
much more. They also dismissed the more recent investigation into
Benghazi as a Republican witch-hunt; concerns about Hillary’s private
email server were simply more of the same. Ancient history, the party
decided. They were certain: the country is ready for a woman president!
Here’s what they neglected: the
stench of corruption lingers. Like the smell of smoke that seeps into
clothes and drapes and never entirely disappears, charges of dishonesty
are almost impossible to stamp out. Even people too young to remember
the long-running saga of Clintonian misbehavior have a vague sense that
the iconic power couple did something wrong. When Bernie Sanders hints
that Hillary’s wealthy donors expect something in return, it resonates.
And
that’s before any discussion in this campaign cycle about the pattern
of pay-to-play that Peter Schweizer narrates so clearly in his
devastating Clinton Cash. This is the weapon that could knock
Clinton out. We’ll see if Sanders grabs hold of the opportunity; if he
doesn’t, you can bet that Donald Trump will. source
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