Hillary Clinton Goes ‘Pay to Play’ with Contributor
The big headline story recently has been Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s “play for pay” scandal relating to the president-elect’s vacant Senate seat. We’ve also been watching money scandals surrounding other Democrats such as Charlie Rangel and William Jefferson, to name but a few.
It now appears by way of the New York Times that they are not alone in violating ethics. Add Hillary Clinton to the list.
According to the Times, developer Robert J. Congel of Syracuse, New York, donated $100,000 to former President Bill Clinton’s library, and was also more recently a heavy contributor to Mrs. Clinton’s electoral efforts. The article says Hillary Clinton was responsible for herding legislation through the Senate which allowed Mr. Congel to use tax exempt bonds to finance the construction of “Destiny USA,” which is an expansion to his already existing Carousel Center Mall in Syracuse. The article, understandably, seems to suggest a connection between these two events.
Upon investigating, there isn’t much to contradict that notion. According to the Huffington Post (hardly a bastion of conservative thought), Congel donated $25,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee, $2,300 to Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign, $2,300 to Walsh for Congress, $2,100 to Mitt Romney, $2,000 to Rudy Giuliani, and $4,600 to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Congel also donated $2,000 for the reelection of George W. Bush back in 2004.
Is this anything new from one of the most cunning women in America?
Wow. I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you. How can this possibly be?
The high likelihood is that the corruption is subtle. Hillary Clinton is not a dummy like “Blago.” The odds are against her saying anything explicit. You are simply supposed to be smart enough to figure it out for yourself. Is she violating the letter of the law? Let’s put that debate to the side for a moment. Senator Clinton is probably violating its spirit.
Democrats seem to be capable of the same corrupt practices that they have spent the last eight years accusing the Republicans of practicing. Go figure. Is it Obamanation yet?
Say it isn’t so……………………………
So will Republicans have the nerve to challenge the Clinton confirmation? Or will they just leave that to bloggers and radio?
There may be something questionable going on here, but I thought I’d point out that the NY Times and the Huffington Post hate Hillary as much as Fox News does. It doesn’t matter that she’s a Dem and they are liberal news sources. Pretty much all sides are biased in their loathing of the Clintons so it is hard to find objective sources anywhere.
It doesnt matter what party they belong to. They’re all in it for themselves.
“So will Republicans have the nerve to challenge the Clinton confirmation?”
I have no interest in challenging the Hillary Clinton nomination. She seems to be a decent pick. As for these new allegations—let’s see what happens. It’s too premature to get overly excited about the matter.
We are about to embark on the most corrupt administrations in the history of America, lead by the Empty Suit Obama. Here is a man, who has never held a “real job”, managed nothing, devoid in creditials, ethics or morals, leading a cabinet that has been bought and paid for! Few, if any, of the new cabinet members have been vetted plus none appear to be qualified for the position they have been appointed! What we do have, it appears, is a lot of Clinton payback by the Obamanation. Talk about change…..it must be “loose change” and none of it good for America!
The Wizard
HERE ! HERE !
WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION, I HOPE WE WILL HAVE A BIT OF LOOSE CHANGE IN THE COMING YEAR. IN SHORT, GRAB YOUR ANKLES PEOPLE – THE MESSIAH AND HIS ACOLYTES HAVE ARRIVED !
We need to pick our battles carefully. Barack Obama should be congratulated for picking Hillary Clinton. Save your ammunition instead for the selection of Leon Panetta to the CIA. This looks very troublesome. Has Obama picked someone to lead this spy organization who is hostile to its explicitly stated purpose for existence? Also, it’s looks like the Democrats are stealing a U.S. senator seat in Minnesota. This outrage requires our attention. At this point in time, Senator Clinton should perhaps not even be on our radar screen.
With Hillie at State and Lanny at the CIA, do you realize how much cash Bill Clinton will be able to steal/wash/extort and secretly bring back to the US?
More “Change We Can Believe In”.
You people act like you don’t know how the system works. It doesn’t matter if it’s pay to play, just make sure your intentions are in the right place, and that it’s not obvious.
The Wizard, you’re pretty stupid to be a wizard.
Talk about corruption and not too mention idiots running the country, don’t even get me started on those damn Republicans. Obama is smarter than any president we’ve had in over 45 years. You should consider yourself lucky he was elected.
JackT:
This is sarcasm, of course, but why don’t you help out the clueless by labeling it as such? Shame on you!
Jack T “You should consider yourself lucky he was elected.”
I’ll wait on that!
FD186 Has it right, it doesn’t matter which party, graft and corruption is an historical fact….. And JackT calling someone “stupid” just because you disagree with them is stupid and rude and immature. Saying Obama is smarter than any president in 45 years is questionable, what is your source for that statement ? Some very smart people have made some very stupid decisions and done some very stupid things.
Let me see- BUBBA CLINTON gets MILLIONS per year from ARAB interests in the Middle East and we really expect HILLDEBEAST
CONTINUATION OF POST # 20- WE REALLY expect HILLDEBEAST to be an independent SEC/STATE when her old man is getting BRIBED huge $ to promote ISLAMIC SUPREMACIST interests? Kinda like a year or so ago, when the idiot JIMMY CAR DUHHHHH wrote a book criticizing ISRAEL and the ARABS were donating MILLIONS to CAR DUHHSSSS library at the same time?
That isn’t her only pay for play problem. Did you see Michelle Malkin’s repost from Obamanoms dot com?
Just recent got confirmation that the documentary has been delivered.
Contact your Senator tell them to watch
“Hillary! Uncensored: The Continuing CoverUp”
they have just been provided
Wednesday 1-14-2009
http://www.jeremiahfilms.com/released/Hillary/
Excerpt: … Why does the left fear the religious right? Where does the power of conservatives come from? The answer to this question is they don’t, they respond to the grass roots people picking up the phone and calling them. You are the back bone for conservatives in office. Your backbone is needed now to stop the storms that are headed our way. Without your background the country will see the type of corruption that is produced by tyrants created by voter apathy. …
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Sure did.
And you’re quite right, it’s not the only problem.
Then again, in my experience it’s very seldom indeed that the corrupt only provide as one example to target. Indeed, that’s the thrust of my piece; This is part of a longstanding pattern with the Clintons, and frankly, with a large segment of the Democrat party as a whole.