MizIndependent
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Jun 25, 2014 19:43:16 GMT
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Post by MizIndependent on Jul 25, 2016 21:23:24 GMT
"Clinton Cash" is a feature documentary based on the Peter Schweizer book that the New York Times hailed as “The most anticipated and feared book of a presidential cycle.”
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Post by lucyg on Jul 25, 2016 21:30:49 GMT
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MizIndependent
Drama Llama
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Post by MizIndependent on Jul 25, 2016 21:35:22 GMT
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Post by lucyg on Jul 25, 2016 21:50:54 GMT
Thank you.
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Peal
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Jun 25, 2014 22:45:40 GMT
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Post by Peal on Jul 25, 2016 22:24:35 GMT
Facts? We don't need no stinkin' facts!
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May 19, 2024 0:24:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2016 22:36:21 GMT
It's true that he has no evidence that connects the dots. As in no smoking gun - no emails "exist" that reveal any connection or anything like that. But the indisputable, public record facts he lays out, in a timeline, show a clear pattern that is too vast to be coincidence and vast enough that she's still under federal investigation for public corruption in relation to this. That the FBI feels there's enough evidence to investigate speaks volumes.
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MizIndependent
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Post by MizIndependent on Jul 25, 2016 22:53:48 GMT
Facts? We don't need no stinkin' facts! Why refuse to answer if there are no facts impending? I find your "contribution" to the topic flippant and elementary at best.
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Post by BeckyTech on Jul 26, 2016 16:57:06 GMT
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Post by DinCA on Jul 27, 2016 8:49:55 GMT
I watched it tonight because it's streaming again. I missed it when it was streaming this weekend. I knew about a lot of it but seeing all of the information at one time is astonishing.
The narrator did a good job of providing the information without inserting much personal opinion or commentary. I really feel like every one of us should watch it and draw your own conclusions.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 27, 2016 11:34:51 GMT
Stephanopoulos asked Schweizer for hard evidence, and the author immediately tried to change the subject. The This Week host kept asking the author for a smoking gun, and all he could provide was a “pattern of behavior.”
It became very clear during this interview that there is no evidence that would merit a criminal investigation. Schweizer could not produce the smoking gun because there is no smoking gun.
Schweizer’s attempts to connect the Clinton Cash allegations and the McDonnell and Menendez cases were flimsy and did not hold up to the gentlest of inspections. In Gov. McDonnell’s case, there was evidence the governor promoted the donor’s company as a result of illegal gifts and loans. Sen. Menendez was charged because federal prosecutors believe that a case can be made that the senator used his position to intervene in Medicaid billing disputes in exchange for campaign contributions.
Schweizer’s argument that the three cases are equal is simply not true. There is no evidence that any donors to The Clinton Foundation received special treatment from former Sec. of State Clinton, which is why the mainstream press is not pushing the Clinton Cash scandal.
One of the main allegations in Schweizer’s congressional insider trading book had to be retracted after his claim that Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) committed insider trading was found to be factually incorrect and wrong.
The Washington Post and New York Times harmed their own credibility by attaching themselves to partisan conspiracy theory book that doesn’t measure up to the basic standards of journalism.
The Clinton Cash scandal will live on the ozone of right-wing conspiracy theories and conservative media, but there is no evidence to support these claims. ABC News can’t find it. The New York Times can’t find it. The Washington Post can’t find it.
By the end of the interview, Schweizer sounded like a conspiracy theorist, and it was clear that Clinton Cash is the latest in a long line of empty and time wasting right-wing conspiracies.
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Post by peano on Jul 27, 2016 13:28:50 GMT
link Read down for Bill Clinton's speaking fees.
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AmeliaBloomer
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Location: USA
Jun 26, 2014 5:01:45 GMT
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Jul 27, 2016 13:53:55 GMT
link Read down for Bill Clinton's speaking fees. Here's a little gem in the article that made me do a double take! [bold mine] Star power decreasing? Wha...huh? Article was written last June and a link in the quote went to their article about how he was in hot water for comments about immigrants. Hot water, indeed. Heh.
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Post by BeckyTech on Jul 27, 2016 14:54:48 GMT
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Post by peano on Jul 27, 2016 15:09:19 GMT
Dude, I am sick and just realized I don't have the energy to Google and debate today, so backing out and going back to sitting on my hands. I'm sure someone will find some nefarious reason and let us know.
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Post by BeckyTech on Jul 27, 2016 15:14:56 GMT
Dude, I am sick and just realized I don't have the energy to Google and debate today, so backing out and going back to sitting on my hands. I'm sure someone will find some nefarious reason and let us know. Sorry you aren't feeling well. Definitely sit back and relax if you can.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 27, 2016 23:29:43 GMT
Dude, I am sick and just realized I don't have the energy to Google and debate today, so backing out and going back to sitting on my hands. I'm sure someone will find some nefarious reason and let us know. I'm with you on this one. It is just unbelievable what people try to stick onto them !! Conspiracy theory all over the place! Why does airline travel cost more to go overseas? Security costs? Travel costs? Because he's popular over there?
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 27, 2016 23:42:40 GMT
Well, as someone who is sometimes involved in booking speakers, it could be any number of things: Travel documents, airfare, hotels (consider the worth of the dollar in Europe, which is better now but wasn't always), visas, the number of people in attendance, the type of speaking engagement, the length of the speech, etc. If a speaker is traveling a greater distance, typically there is more "bang for the buck." You aren't going to fly 13 hours to speak for 20 minutes. You may be speaking multiple times, or to a larger audience. That's just my 2 cents worth of experience. SaveSave
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