New York Times editorial board calls on Hillary Clinton to cut ties with Clinton Foundation

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Source: Huffington Post

The New York Times editorial board on Tuesday called on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to cut ties with the Clinton Foundation, a nonprofit corporation established by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, that focuses on fighting childhood obesity, addressing the effects of global climate change and creating economic growth.

Hillary Clinton’s ties to the foundation have come under increased scrutiny in recent months following allegations of ethical impropriety surrounding her tenure as secretary of state. Recent investigations, for example, found that some of the foundation’s donors used its channels to seek access to Clinton while she worked at the State Department.

“The Clinton Foundation has become a symbol of the Clintons’ laudable ambitions, but also of their tangled alliances and operational opacity,” the Times’ editorial board wrote. “If Mrs. Clinton wins, it could prove a target for her political adversaries. Achieving true distance from the foundation is not only necessary to ensure its effectiveness, it is an ethical imperative for Mrs. Clinton.”

Earlier this month, Bill Clinton announced the charity would not accept corporate and foreign donations should Hillary Clinton win the White House in November. The former president also said he would step down from the board of the foundation. Chelsea Clinton, however, will continue to serve on the board.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/clinton-foundation-ny-times_us_57c58ce4e4b0cdfc5ac925dc

[BumRushDaShow]

1. I see what they did there

[DFW]

2. After all this time, this occurs to them now?

So, even the NYT is letting their editorials be dictated by Fox and the Trump campaign?

Are they calling for Trump to release his tax returns and come clean about his financial obligations to Russian interests with equal intensity and frequency?

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4. I think Larry the Cable Guy

is on that board now.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

15. Seriously? Are you missing the point?

If you have a political Anthony's wiener potentially destroying your campaign and you have a chance to excise the cyst, how can you not do so?

That is what the foundation has become.

Get real. Get realistic. Think about winning the election, instead of protecting unprotectable facets. Every aspect of the foundation will be an attack . . . Unless it is shut down. Do you want that for her presidency?

[George II]

18. Do you think NOT cutting ties with the Foundation will lose the election for her?

[GeorgeGist]

20. Rubbish. eom

[MADem]

23. Yes, because providing AIDS drugs to HALF the AIDS sufferers in the WORLD is such a BAD thing!!

And providing clean drinking water to African kids is a crime that should not go unpunished!!!!

Stop buying the rightwing crap. The NYT should be ashamed.

[DFW]

25. I do not question the validity of the message per se

However, I very much question the timing and motive.

[Midnight Writer]

22. Nor are they asking Trump to surrender his business interests

Please note: Donald Trump has yet to declare that he will step down as head of his businesses if elected.

The Clinton Foundation has provided medicine to 450 million people around the world. 450 million. AIDS, malaria, antibiotics. Why the hell should she shut this down? Because the Trumpets have a hissy?

[Mz Pip]

30. ^^^This^^^

I wish the media would spend as much time on Trumps business dealings as it foes with Clinton's.

It's just maddening the different standards they have for Clinton's charity and Trump's businesses.

[tanyev]

3. They calling for Trump to cut ties with his foundation and businesses???

[Metric System]

8. Crickets.

[Cryptoad]

13. Every good AltRigher knows

it different for women than men.......

[MADem]

24. Ain't that the truth...!

[PSPS]

5. "following allegations of ethical impropriety"

By that standard, where was the Times' editorial regarding Obama's "long form birth certificate?"

[Tempest]

6. How can we take them seriously?

When they haven't called on Trump to pay off his debt to Russia and China?

[AngryAmish]

7. So the third richest man in the world gets to tell our leaders what to do

No thanks. Let's just let Americans decide what to do .

[philosslayer]

11. The third richest man in the world? Who would that be?

Are you referring to Jeff Bezos? Who owns the Washington Post?

[AngryAmish]

12. I meant Carlos Slim. Where does he rank now?

[Tactical Peek]

9. Did the Times say that it was an ethical imperative to shutter Halliburton?

I didn't think so.

Maybe if they retake Ethics 101 and study hard, then they'll pass this time.

[JoePhilly]

10. Yea ... F**k Off.

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27. Absolutely! F**k off.

[Cryptoad]

14. I hope,,,

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she opens a Office Headquarters for the Foundation in the West Wing!

[Native]

17. Colin Powell's Foundation & Trump's Foundation - absolutely ignored in this editorial. Inexcusable.

[LiberalFighter]

19. Until she actually wins the election the NYT should shut up.

[Doctor Jack]

21. Election getting too boring?

Does the media need a horse race now? Might as well tear down the only candidate preventing nuclear annihilation at the hands of Trump if it means making a few extra dollars.

[reggaehead]

26. Am I missing something?

I don't see her listed on the BoD. What more do they want?

[AgadorSparticus]

28. Why isn't the NYT calling trump or on his dubious foundation?

Instead they go after a foundation that is actually helping people. Shame on you, NYT!! JUST SHAMEFUL!!!

[Odin2005]

29. The NYT can fuck off.

[FigTree]

31. Still waiting for the NYT's apologies for

yielding to power's pressure in joining the band-wagon about the Iraq war. As far as I'm concerned they lost all credibility at that time. If they explain and apologize, I might reconsider. Until then, yes, fuck off.