All the Clinton foundation based attacks on Hillary have a similar structure (Reply #129)

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Sun Mar 20, 2016, 01:18 AM

129. All the Clinton foundation based attacks on Hillary have a similar structure

Something bad happened in the world, and somehow, someone related to that bad thing made a donation at some point to the Clinton foundation. Oh and there is a shocked surprise that the Secretary of State, who basically travels everywhere and meets with the most powerful people in each country making deals and conducting diplomacy on behalf of the US, at some point either met or was in the same location as that person. So without any evidence, quid pro quo and all kinds of other scurrilous accusations are made.

The problem is, as we have told folks posting these things several times, the plural of anecdotes is not data and quid-pro-quos have to be proven by direct evidence, not innuendo and scurrilous accusations.

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180 replies	Author	Time	Post
WHOA! NYR is no RW rag! THIS IS A MUST READ! "The Clinton System" [View all]	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	OP
Love this nugget from the article:	think	Mar 2016	#1
Quite the nugget. nt	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#7
The one that bugs me the most was BC being paid $600,000 to make a speech for Dutch insurer Achmea	Baobab	Mar 2016	#144
And this Government employee gets fired for accepting a 20 dollar tip...	Avalon Sparks	Mar 2016	#151
compliance is for thee, not for Her Majesty	AgerolanAmerican	Mar 2016	#155
In other countries it's bribery....	Avalon Sparks	Mar 2016	#165
arrgh	Baobab	Mar 2016	#167
But the CLintons walk away with a cool 150 million	Avalon Sparks	Apr 2016	#174
Yikes!	H2O Man	Mar 2016	#17
Yay, corruption. n/t	Jefferson23	Mar 2016	#21
Do you think Rachel Maddow is too sold out...	Rockyj	Mar 2016	#43
I don't watch her show, nor any of msnbc...so I don't know.	Jefferson23	Mar 2016	#44
I'm going into withdrawal when Al Jazerra is gone.	CrispyQ	Apr 2016	#177
Rachel has gone over to the dark side. nm	rhett o rick	Mar 2016	#62
Nearly EVERYONE prominent is gonna go over to the Dark Side...	RufusTFirefly	Mar 2016	#67
Uh, YES!	BillZBubb	Mar 2016	#102
Yes, she's too sold out.	noamnety	Mar 2016	#136
At a Quarter-mill a pop, per corp?	appal_jack	Mar 2016	#42
Another juicy nugget. Foreign govt $$$ to Clinton Foundation while Clinton was SecState, quid pro?	peacebird	Mar 2016	#53
.^that	840high	Mar 2016	#109
The US Foriegn Corrupt Practice Act says...	Avalon Sparks	Mar 2016	#152
Nice bunch there	UglyGreed	Mar 2016	#66
Hillary's base, IOW	farleftlib	Mar 2016	#99
+a zillion - what a racket.	840high	Mar 2016	#108
clearly, Clinton supporters DO NOT care about corruption.	Agony	Mar 2016	#2
Human beings are extremely skilled	bjo59	Mar 2016	#26
I get this just about every post.	Phlem	Mar 2016	#92
Dysfunction is in every job.....	FarPoint	Mar 2016	#51
I think your statement only serves to reinforce the point you're responding to. nt	DisgustipatedinCA	Mar 2016	#87
ugh.	Phlem	Mar 2016	#96
This goes TOO FAR!	Peace Patriot	Mar 2016	#154
The Facts On Hillary Are Readily Available... The Problem Is The Lemmings...	CorporatistNation	Mar 2016	#146
We need to stand behind Sanders now. MSM is out to make him step out..Enough	bkkyosemite	Mar 2016	#3
...! n/t	KoKo	Mar 2016	#69
the real problem is neoliberalism and a cover up of its real goal, which is reversing the good.	Baobab	Mar 2016	#145
Good read. Thank you /nt	think	Mar 2016	#4
But it's all for charity	tk2kewl	Mar 2016	#5
Charity?	monicaangela	Mar 2016	#93
Hillary was paying Sidney Blumenthal something like $120,000 from the Foundation	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#125
OMG!	Rosa Luxemburg	Mar 2016	#164
Simon Head nails it when he calls this a "system" because it is so massive and complex.	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#169
I see there is a long article in the WP today	Rosa Luxemburg	Mar 2016	#170
Do you mean an article about the Foundation? I think it's scandalous that the NYT	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#171
She doubled arms sales to dodgy countries as SOS following donations to the Clinton Foundation.	AtomicKitten	Mar 2016	#6
Some call it influence peddling	FlatBaroque	Mar 2016	#8
If she's elected, good times for Hill, Bill, Barack, Donald and all their 1% er friends.	nc4bo	Mar 2016	#9
The Clintons are in it for the money. I hope I won't	thereismore	Mar 2016	#10
Author of the Piece	noretreatnosurrender	Mar 2016	#11
Clearly just another RW hit piece, hence the lack of any commentary by Clinton's supporters.	vintx	Mar 2016	#12
Oh don't be so hard on them	noretreatnosurrender	Mar 2016	#15
This message was self-deleted by its author	AtomicKitten	Mar 2016	#16
LOL no shit, it's hilarious how the posts are so similar, and come in waves...	vintx	Mar 2016	#18
I like the one	noretreatnosurrender	Mar 2016	#23
Exactly	Bjornsdotter	Mar 2016	#54
Sheesh...I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that :)	tex-wyo-dem	Mar 2016	#105
14 hours and not a peep. They want to bury this story because they	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#57
This article is from JANUARY. Lather, rinse, repeat.	MADem	Mar 2016	#50
Thanks for those links	astrophuss42	Mar 2016	#58
"It's old news!"	yodermon	Mar 2016	#64
It's not like milk, you know. It doesn't expire.	RufusTFirefly	Mar 2016	#68
No, it's like bread--it becomes stale, and moldy.	MADem	Mar 2016	#71
Case in point: One of the day's more high-minded threads is sinking like a stone	RufusTFirefly	Mar 2016	#70
LOL... two threads in Good Reads is "plastered all over DU."	SMC22307	Mar 2016	#117
All the Clinton foundation based attacks on Hillary have a similar structure	stevenleser	Mar 2016	#129
"...conducting diplomacy on behalf of the US..." ?	Peace Patriot	Mar 2016	#157
I find your lack of support	Aerows	Mar 2016	#13
lol	Jefferson23	Mar 2016	#22
This represents the foreign policy we would vote into the WH	felix_numinous	Mar 2016	#14
Required reading.	H2O Man	Mar 2016	#19
Yes it is	noretreatnosurrender	Mar 2016	#25
Seriously ....	H2O Man	Mar 2016	#29
Agree	noretreatnosurrender	Mar 2016	#31
Wow, wonder how many kickbacks Carter got from the Clinton Foundation	Onlooker	Mar 2016	#20
Probably none. At that time many believed the Clinton spin...	Raster	Mar 2016	#27
You obviously did not read the article so its pointless to respond.	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#40
The Clinton's stooped so low	Politicalboi	Mar 2016	#86
Covered in slime...	AzDar	Mar 2016	#24
There's a surprising absence	revbones	Mar 2016	#28
Hmm	Gwhittey	Mar 2016	#30
No. The Borg Queen has not given the "defend" signal.	Raster	Mar 2016	#33
More like the "Rat" signal	Art_from_Ark	Mar 2016	#38
power corrupts and obviously it knows not the D from the R	tomm2thumbs	Mar 2016	#32
+10000	amborin	Mar 2016	#147
With all the Clinton power	xloadiex	Mar 2016	#34
are you talking about election fraud?	grasswire	Mar 2016	#36
They copy the Conservative playbook times 10.	glinda	Mar 2016	#47
Well, I have noticed	druidity33	Mar 2016	#48
sickening sickening	grasswire	Mar 2016	#35
It never ends, it seems.... deeper you dig, more ugly stuff... nt	kgnu_fan	Mar 2016	#37
20+ YEARS OF IT.	840high	Mar 2016	#110
sigh.... and ppl get used to it	kgnu_fan	Mar 2016	#111
Here's another good one from the same source.	RoccoR5955	Mar 2016	#39
Thats a terrific piece. It really deserves it's own thread. nt	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#41
Thanks, Rocco. Recommend. n/t	Jefferson23	Mar 2016	#45
I like this picture of Bernie	ALittleBirdie	Mar 2016	#83
kick	surrealAmerican	Mar 2016	#46
K & R nt	Casandia	Mar 2016	#49
Great article	astrophuss42	Mar 2016	#52
Well if this ties in with the email problem,	Waiting For Everyman	Mar 2016	#55
We have to wonder...Who would Proscecute this?	KoKo	Mar 2016	#61
I'm late to this, don't know why I missed it.	Waiting For Everyman	Mar 2016	#63
This is bigger than the damn emails.	alarimer	Mar 2016	#56
It is bigger which is why NYT tucked it away in NYR. There is no reason this is in NYR	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#114
I had no idea they were this corrupt.	CrispyQ	Mar 2016	#59
Agreed - How Could Any Democrat - In Good Conscience - Vote For Such An Unethical Candidate	cantbeserious	Mar 2016	#81
Alert! Baggage car overflow! Alert the CYA writers!	Tierra_y_Libertad	Mar 2016	#60
They are as corrupt as the Bush family	Doctor_J	Mar 2016	#65
K&R	LiberalArkie	Mar 2016	#72
K&R	CharlotteVale	Mar 2016	#73
Ugh.	AzDar	Mar 2016	#74
Kick and rec. n/t	ms liberty	Mar 2016	#75
K&R	Ed Suspicious	Mar 2016	#76
Holy hell!!	dana_b	Mar 2016	#77
According to google searches no one has covered this brilliant, damning piece of	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#85
it sure does. This is	dana_b	Mar 2016	#122
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	Mar 2016	#78
The Corporatist Clinton Corruption Exposed For All The World To See - Yet The DNC Looks Askance	cantbeserious	Mar 2016	#79
K & R	RepubliCON-Watch	Mar 2016	#80
K&R	StandingInLeftField	Mar 2016	#82
k & r	wendylaroux	Mar 2016	#84
K&R	Jenny_92808	Mar 2016	#88
Their followers don't care what they've done or will do. There new motto is "The Ends Justify The	rhett o rick	Mar 2016	#89
A handful of those on DU may not care but many other Clinton supporters assume all	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#94
It truly is shocking	astrophuss42	Mar 2016	#98
Such a nice man, the Kazahk prez. How could anyone refuse. It would be an insult.	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#101
Wow! The wheels of justice sure turn slow in some cases	monicaangela	Mar 2016	#90
This, not her emails is the real scandal.	pa28	Mar 2016	#91
For some reason this piece written almost 2 months ago has got no attention. Everyone needs	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#97
From the article - just oozes trustworthiness	FlatBaroque	Mar 2016	#95
And poor Hill was so broke she had to be driven in a 2 year old armored limo	leveymg	Mar 2016	#100
K & R Thanks, very informative. And serious.	appalachiablue	Mar 2016	#103
Just Wow!	farleftlib	Mar 2016	#104
I think this ties in with her SOS gig.	Kalidurga	Mar 2016	#106
Obama banned Blumenthal from his administration...	Peace Patriot	Mar 2016	#159
She is a disastrous candidate.	Kalidurga	Mar 2016	#160
Kicking again, for posterity!	Juicy_Bellows	Mar 2016	#107
K&R	Stardust	Mar 2016	#112
Tough to read this stuff. But people just don't want to hear it, or even entertain believing it.	EndElectoral	Mar 2016	#113
Interesting observation. I've always wanted to know the darker side of practically everything,	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#124
K&R	IDemo	Mar 2016	#115
Marking to read later	Autumn	Mar 2016	#116
K&R	senz	Mar 2016	#118
One of the most disturbing articles I've ever read about politics and corruption	Impedimentus	Mar 2016	#119
K&R	Impedimentus	Mar 2016	#120
a worldwide marketplace selling influence and legislation	GreatGazoo	Mar 2016	#121
This message was self-deleted by its author	PonyUp	Mar 2016	#123
K&R	ghostsinthemachine	Mar 2016	#126
K & R, extremely important! - eom	dreamnightwind	Mar 2016	#127
K&R	TheFarS1de	Mar 2016	#128
K&R	grasswire	Mar 2016	#130
K&R (nt)	w4rma	Mar 2016	#131
knr	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#132
Our so-called democracy is sick.	tabasco	Mar 2016	#133
Every Adult In America Should Read This Article	Impedimentus	Mar 2016	#134
This should have been on the NYT's front page but instead it got hidden in NYR Daily.	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#135
Kick.	artislife	Mar 2016	#137
kicked	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#138
Bookmarking to read another day.	merrily	Mar 2016	#139
staggering corruption	amborin	Mar 2016	#140
I don't understand how any Clinton supporter can read this and not reconsider their position.	Impedimentus	Mar 2016	#141
it's a well-researched and shocking article	amborin	Mar 2016	#142
Kickety-kick.	snagglepuss	Mar 2016	#143
Interesting!	Lone_Wolf	Mar 2016	#148
K&R n/t	baran	Mar 2016	#149
There seems to be nothing else to Hillary Rodham Clinton, but this amoral shit.	delrem	Mar 2016	#150
K&R	AZ Progressive	Mar 2016	#153
K & R!	Cobalt Violet	Mar 2016	#156
Curious - Why Do Hillary Supporters avoid these facts?	quantumjunkie	Mar 2016	#158
For an all too common human failing	IDemo	Mar 2016	#163
should the movers & shakers of the world stop making social contacts with each other?	Sunlei	Mar 2016	#161
A MUST READ nt	quantumjunkie	Mar 2016	#162
Adding another k&r	TransitJohn	Mar 2016	#166
Shared	azmom	Mar 2016	#168
this is required reading	amborin	Mar 2016	#172
kick	HughLefty1	Mar 2016	#173
Corruption!	Avalon Sparks	Apr 2016	#175
Just gotta follow the money!	KPN	Apr 2016	#176
Kicking this up top for another review a month later!	mrdmk	Apr 2016	#178
K&R -- this should be shared widely	senz	Apr 2016	#179
kickiing	snagglepuss	Apr 2016	#180

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