"Whisper and Shout" --- Bloomberg News says that "Rand Paul Keeps Saying that a Secret Scandal Will Wreck Hillary Clinton 'Soon' ” --- Emphasizing that Paul already has said, “There’s going to be stuff coming out about the Clinton Foundation and their donations from different companies that get special approval from the Secretary of State....”
Meanwhile Newsweek has this: "Hillary Clinton's Big Benefactor Has Trade Links with Iran" --- National Magazine also says --- "Controversy around Hillary Clinton's backing may discredit her presidential candidacy"
This is pretty big and might well be the BIG "CLINTON SCANDAL" promised by Rand Paul
THE BLOOMBERG NEWS REPORTS ON RAND PAUL'S TEASER
According to a report about Rand Paul in the Bloomberg News, reporter David Weigel said this: "In a speech yesterday to the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul made his third oblique reference to a scandal that—according to him—will grievously wound Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. *** 'You ever hear 'em ask Hillary Clinton, this money she's getting, whether it influences her decisions?' said Paul, referring to media questions about donors to the Clinton family's charitable organizations. 'There's going to be stuff coming out about the Clinton Foundation and their donations from different companies that get special approval from the Secretary of State. Coming out in the next couple of weeks.' ... " ( See "Rand Paul Keeps Saying that a Secret Scandal Will Wreck Hillary Clinton “Soon” by David Weigel, 4/17/15, Bloomberg News [https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-17/rand-paul-keeps-saying-that-a-secret-scandal-will-wreck-hillary-clinton-soon-]).
To show you how Bloomberg was pitching the story, in addition to the catchy title cited above, the article featured a sub-headline saying, "It will 'shock people'...” and a large-type, highlighted quote, “There’s going to be stuff coming out about the Clinton Foundation and their donations from different companies that get special approval from the Secretary of State.” In addition, reporter David Weigel went into great detail about what Rand Paul's very threatening promise about an upcoming secret Clinton scandal might be.
THE REST OF RAND PAUL'S SPEECH ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS AND ABORTION
However, Bloomberg News did also note what else Paul had to say, "The rest of Paul's speech to the SBA List recapped a more successful media crusade of his: The effort to get Democrats to say when life begins, shifting the frame of the abortion debate. 'Shouldn't the other side have to justify why this baby doesn't have any rights?' asked Paul, 'The government does have some role in our lives. One of the main roles that government has is to restrict you from harming another individual. When life begins, there is a role for the state.'..."
NEWSWEEK WEIGHS IN TO GIVE HILLARY A HEADACHE AND EVERYBODY ELSE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT
Being part of the MSM, Newseek tried to soften the blow of its devastating piece about the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee by opening it's hit piece with this: "Enemies of Hillary Clinton waiting to discredit her bid for the White House are likely to seize on news that one of the biggest benefactors to the Clinton Foundation has been trading with Iran and may be in breach of US sanctions imposed on the country. *** Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk, 54, has courted the Clintons for at least nine years – in the United States, the Alps and Ukraine. *** Earlier this year, he was confirmed as the largest individual contributor to the Clinton Foundation, whose aims include the creation of 'economic opportunity and growth'...." (See "Hillary Clinton's Big Benefactor Has Trade Links with Iran" by Rory Ross, 4/18/15, Newsweek [http://www.newsweek.com/hillary-clinton-runs-white-house-and-row-over-ukrainian-benefactors-trade-322253.html]).
CLINTON FOUNDATION'S BIGGEST DONOR VIOLATED IRANIAN SANCTIONS --- AND LOOK WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF DETERMINING WHO GOT PENALIZED FOR VIOLATING IRANIAN SANCTIONS
In addition to demonstrating how Pichuk's companies probably have violated the U.S. sanctions against Iran, and thus would be open to penalties to its business interests in and through U.S. commerce; the Newsweek article noted that "... [t]he person in charge of [the list of non-US companies subject to penalties for violating U.S. sanctions on Iran} is the Secretary of State, who between 2009 to 2013 – the period during which Pinchuk’s company was trading with Iran – was Hillary Clinton...." Shortly after making that observation, Newsweek pointed this out --- "... Pinchuk became particularly friendly with Bill Clinton. In 2010, he invited the former president to his 50th birthday party in the French ski resort of Courchevel. In return, Pinchuk attended Clinton’s 65th in 2011, and was a guest at the inauguration of Clinton’s Presidential Library. The Clintons spoke at Pinchuk’s Yalta European Strategy conference, which seeks integration between Ukraine and Europe...."
7 comments:
Rand Paul sounds like that pre-teen Cindy Brady in pig tails from The Brady Bunch who used to run around singing, "I've got a secret, I've got secret"
He vacillates between being a five year old brat and a teenaged bully.
Give it a rest Gale, and don't depend on Rand Paul a self- proclaimed liar and plagiarist for your information. No one takes him seriously. Interestingly, Randy hasn't turned out to be the most obnoxious this weekend. That prize goes to GOP contender Donald Trump. Poor Carly is a close second.
Hillary Looks Fabulous 2016
The comment above is from a first rate asshole. Rand Paul is a visionary and the only candidate in either party to save America from the destruction its facing from the military and prison industrial complex.
Rand Paul couldn't even hold his own with Savannah Guthrie an easy newscaster without losing it. He will never be able to stand up against Hillary Clinton in a debate. He's toast already.
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UPDATE: THE "RIGHT >>> ALMOST * <<< GETS IT RIGHT IN ITS FIRST CRACK AT THE CLINTON SCANDAL STORY" EDITION
THE WEEKLY STANDARD ARTICLE STARTS OUT FOCUSED ON AN ITEM, WHICH I ONLY THOUGHT RATED A MERE MENTION, THEN IT REMAINED FIXATED ON IT
CROSS-OVER OF STORY ABOUT NEW CLINTON SCANDAL FROM MSM TOOK LESS THAN SIX HOURS --- BUT, WILL THE REST OF THE MSM PICK IT UP AND RUN WITH IT ?
According to the report by Mark Hemingway in the Weekly Standard, it might not look that way.
Says Mr. Hemingway, "My colleague Jay Cost flags this Newsweek article [cited above in my main post], which is ostensibly about the scandalous revelation that one of the largest Clinton Foundation donor[s] has trade ties to Iran. But here's the first paragraph: *** Enemies of Hillary Clinton waiting to discredit her bid for the White House are likely to seize on news that one of the biggest benefactors to the Clinton Foundation has been trading with Iran and may be in breach of US sanctions imposed on the country. *** Why on earth would a story about Clinton cashing large checks from a shady Ukranian oligarch be framed not about the scandal itself, but whether or not Hillary Clinton's supposed "enemies" would use it to discredit her? If she has, in fact, done something wrong or inappropriate -- she deserves to be discredited and/or judged by voters...." (See "Clinton Embroiled in Scandal Again, Newsweek Frets Over 'Enemies' Discrediting Her" by Mark Hemingway, 4/18/15, The Weekly Standard [http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/clinton-embroiled-scandal-again-newsweek-frets-over-her-enemies-discrediting-her_923268.html]).
When I went on and looked for a substantive discussion of the scandal about the CLinton Foundation's principal donor's likely being an unpunished violator of the Iranian sanctions --- and the Clinton connection being a significant factor in that, none was to be found. Instead, the Hemingway-Weekly Standard piece continued along the same vein, like this: "The worst reading of this is that the media is hopelessly biased in favor of Democrats, and to some latent degree actually buys into Hillary Clinton's famous assertion that there's a 'vast right-wing conspiracy' out to get her. The most favorable interpretation of this is that the media is incapable of covering substantive facts in a straightforward manner, and always defaults to petty horse race coverage of the presidential race. And there's always a possibility that it's a little bit of both...."
WELL GUESS WHAT "WEEKLY STANDARD" --- YOU DID EXACTLY THE SAME THING --- GREAT JOB, NOT ! ! !
Not only did the the folks at "The Weekly Standard" bury the lead --- which unambiguously is about the details of the Newsweek report about a NEW CLINTON SCANDAL --- like Alice's Adventures Underground they went chasing after some crazy hare in a silly hat; and gawd-knows-where that might lead.
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* NO, NOT REALLY >>> "ALMOST" <<<; OR EVEN CLOSE TO "ALMOST"
Also, I even disagree with this pathetic formulation: "... If she has, in fact, done something wrong or inappropriate -- she deserves to be discredited and/or judged by voters...." >>> If Hillary, Chelsea and/or Bill Clinton has/have, in fact, done something wrong or inappropriate -- she/she/he/they deserve(s) to be discredited and/or judged by everybody, including: the press, late night comedians, snarky bloggers like me, local and/or federal prosecutors, damaged individuals, groups, or even nations, an outraged citizenry looking to lynch them from the nearest tree(s), local and/or federal judges and juries, and of course the voters ...."
FACT: Rand Paul seeks to end all aid to Israel. Rand Paul called social security a Ponzi scheme and wants to privatize it. Rand Paul voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act. Rand Paul voted against the Violence Against Women Act. Rand Paul states he would seek to repeal the Civil Rights Act.
FACT: Rand Paul is obsessed with Hillary and his only plan for this campaign season is to attack her. He has nothing substantive to offer America.
FACT: Rand Paul cannot handle female reporters. Rut Roh.
"FACT... FACT... FACT... FACT..."
You missed the biggest "FACT" of all -- RAND PAUL ROCKED DUH HOUSE and the rest of the GOP "contenders" IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
BACKFILL: THE "NOT THE 'OLD NEWS' BUT THE 'EARLY NEWS' " EDITION
RATHER DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLINTONS, THE BILL, HILLARY AND CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION, AND VIKTOR PINCHUK WAS COMING OUT AND BEING PUT TOGETHER MORE THAN A YEAR AGO
A good amount of material that appeared in the recent Newsweek article about the Clintons the Clinton Foundation and someone described as a Ukrainian "oligarch," Viktor Pinchuk, was reported upon in great detail by the Wall Street Journal exactly one month ago ( See "Clinton Charity Tapped Foreign Friends" by James V. Grimaldi & Rebecca Ballhaus , 3/19/15, WSJ [http://www.wsj.com/articles/clinton-charity-tapped-foreign-friends-1426818602]).
According to the article by Grimaldi and Ballhaus in the Wall Street Journal, "The Clinton Foundation swore off donations from foreign governments when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. That didn’t stop the foundation from raising millions of dollars from foreigners with connections to their home governments, a review of foundation disclosures shows.
Specifically with respect to the relationship between Viktor Pinchuk and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the WSJ piece said this: "Between 2009 and 2013, including when Mrs. Clinton was secretary of state, the Clinton Foundation received at least $8.6 million from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, according to that foundation, which is based in Kiev, Ukraine. It was created by Mr. Pinchuk, whose fortune stems from a pipe-making company. He served two terms as an elected member of the Ukrainian Parliament and is a proponent of closer ties between Ukraine and the European Union. *** Mr. Pinchuk and his wife—the daughter of former Ukraine President Leonid Kuchma—began donating to Clinton charities in 2006 after being introduced to Mr. Clinton by Doug Schoen, a pollster who has worked for both Clintons. *** In 2008, Mr. Pinchuk made a five-year, $29 million commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative, a wing of the foundation that coordinates charitable projects and funding for them but doesn’t handle the money. The pledge was to fund a program to train future Ukrainian leaders and professionals “to modernize Ukraine,” according to the Clinton Foundation. Several alumni are current members of the Ukrainian Parliament. Actual donations so far amount to only $1.8 million, a Pinchuk foundation spokesman said, citing the impact of the 2008 financial crisis. *** During Mrs. Clinton’s time at the State Department, Mr. Schoen, the pollster, registered as a lobbyist for Mr. Pinchuk, federal records show. Mr. Schoen said he and Mr. Pinchuk met several times with Clinton aides including Melanne Verveer, a Ukrainian-American and then a State Department ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues.... Mr. Schoen said his lobbying was unrelated to the donations. “We were not seeking to use any leverage or any connections or anything of the sort relating to the foundation,” he said...."
There also was a New York Times article over a year ago, which is mostly about a trade dispute, with complaints by U.S. steel manufacturers that Pinchuk's steel company was illegally "dumping" steel into the U.S. market, and how controversial the relationship between Pinchuk and the Clintons had become ( See "Trade Dispute Centers on Ukrainian Executive With Ties to Clintons" by Amy Chozick 2/12/14, NY Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/us/politics/trade-dispute-centers-on-ukrainian-executive-with-ties-to-clintons.html?_r=0]). That Times article gives the initial details of the Vikor Pinchuk relationship with Clinton insider Doug Schoen and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, which forms the foundation for most of the later Pinchuk-Clinton coverage by the Times, other papers and other media outlets.
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