Could Bill's Foreign Connections hurt Hillary???
Posted by Media Outrage on November 15th, 2008
Now that Hillary Clinton is one of the people being considered for the job as Secretary of State, some are wondering if selected, will it present a conflict of interest, due to her husband’s foreign connections.
Via Yahoo:
WASHINGTON – Former President Bill Clinton‘s globe-trotting business deals and fundraising for his foundation sometimes put his activities abroad at odds with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and could cause complications if President-elect Barack Obama picks her to be secretary of state.
During her own White House campaign, the New York senator criticized China for its crackdown on protesters in Tibet and urged President George W. Bush to skip the Olympics in Beijing. Her campaign was embarrassed by reports that her husband’s foundation had raised money from a Chinese Internet company that posted an online government “Most Wanted” notice seeking information on Tibetan human-rights activists that may have been involved in the demonstrations.
Hillary Clinton has campaigned as a champion of workers’ rights. This year, Brazilian labor inspectors found what they called “degrading” living conditions for sugar cane workers employed by an ethanol company in which Bill Clinton invested.
In the Senate, Clinton was an outspoken critic of a proposed deal under which a Dubai company planned to buy a British business that helped run six major U.S. ports. The company, DP World, privately sought Bill Clinton’s advice about how to respond to the controversy over the port plan, which later was abandoned.
Bill Clinton’s fundraising for his presidential library and charitable activities also could pose additional headaches for his wife if he selects her for the job.
Since leaving the White House in early 2001, Bill Clinton has raised at least $353 million for the William J. Clinton Foundation, which finances his presidential library in Little Rock, Ark., as well as his global anti-AIDS initiative and other charitable efforts.
The former president has raised money overseas beyond the Chinese Internet company’s contributions: from the Saudi royal family, the king of Morocco, a foundation linked to the United Arab Emirates and the governments of Kuwait and Qatar, The New York Times reported last year.
His foundation reaped millions of dollars from Canadian mining tycoon Frank Giustra, and Clinton accompanied Giustra on a 2005 trip to Kazakhstan, whose human-rights record Hillary Clinton had criticized, the newspaper reported. The pair met with Kazakhstan’s president, and within days Giustra’s company landed preliminary agreements giving it rights to buy into uranium projects controlled by a Kazakhstan state-owned enterprise. Clinton said he had nothing to do with the deal.
Louis Freeh, the FBI director under the former president, said Clinton sought a library donation from Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah during a discussion of the investigation into the deadly 1996 bombing of Khobar Towers U.S. military dormitory in Saudi Arabia.
Freeh wrote in his book “My FBI” that the FBI was trying to get Abdullah to let the FBI question suspects the Saudi kingdom had in custody and that Clinton failed to pressure Abdullah.
Clinton denied Freeh’s account, and has said his business dealings and foundation fundraising pose no political conflicts for his wife. The former president has so far refused to identify donors to his foundation.
The Clintons have taken in more than $100 million since leaving the White House, thanks in large part to six-figure speaking fees charged by the former president and to his book royalties and partnership with Yucaipa Global Opportunities Fund, a Los Angeles-based investment firm founded by a longtime Clinton fundraiser.
Bill Clinton has cultivated the image of a senior statesman since leaving the White House and often makes speeches abroad. That role could be diminished if his wife were representing the Obama administration on international issues.
Mediaoutrage- They’re probably a lot more shady dealings that the Clintons have been apart of. Bush wasn’t the only gangster to move his family in the White House.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:37 am
I don’t understand how President Obama can campagin on change,and bring these two back into the white house. And it would be the two of them. Bill to further his grimy dealings through her office and position. Hillary to undermind Obamas Presidency. If Obama brings this bag of onions to the white house I lose all respect for his message.
I DON’T WANT HILLARIES ASS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE. NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE. MOVE ON CLINTONS YOUR TIME HAS PASSED. DIE ALREADY DAMNNNNN!
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November 16th, 2008 at 1:40 am
President Obama stop wrappin snakes around your neck. Theres will do, ok maybe, that may work, better, best, cream of the crop and Hillary is none of the above. I FU*&IN GIVE UP. GO AHEAD SHOVE HILLARY DOWN OUR THROATS WHY DON’T YOU!!!!!!!!!
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November 16th, 2008 at 1:43 am
This is so shity, I can’t believe it. I hate the Clintons. F**K it F**k it F**k it.
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November 16th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Bill Clinton you billy-goat ass bastard! And hee haw ass Hillary! I heard this yesterday and did not believe it. I saw it on Cnn,MSNBC today and got kinda mad. MO why in the hell did you print this shit…. I am going to bed and when I wake up in the morning MO print Obamas email address. I need to have a talk with that young man……
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November 16th, 2008 at 2:25 am
@ Yea I Said It: I know that you having a hard time with all of the stuff coming out, but atleast we know what to expect from these people. Like I said before, I think he is gonna do it. I knew she was gonna be somewhere around the Whitehouse after her speech at the DNC. I have to say, she “put that staink on it” I knew they would be calling in their favor, just like the MOB always does. I just hope Obama can keep his foot on their neck if they do end up working for him. But I believe he can do it, he has overcome everything thrown at him thus far. But as the saying goes “you play in trash its gonna get on ya” He needs to watch his ass. If he starts doing the right thing, he is gonna have the big companies and Federal Reserve gunning for him, the last thing he needs is people in the house selling him down the river and swinging axes at his head literaly!! Keep ya head on swivel bruh with them Clintons near you!
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November 16th, 2008 at 2:27 am
Damn MO, yall be reppin. Im see yall read those links. Thats whats realy happnin!!
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November 16th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
@ 2020VIZN.. You are right,however I went back to research this post and it is not carved in stone. I reacted out of anger and reading the site you directed me to. Here is an excert from the CNN site:
source close to the Obama transition team tells CNN that among the key details to be worked out with Sen. Clinton, should she express interest in the position, are issues of how her husband, former President Bill Clinton would be able to continue his work with the Clinton Global Initiative without complicating her work as Secretary of State.
On that note I fall back and trust President Obama to make the right choice. I pray he choose wisely
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November 16th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
@ 2020VIZN.. You are right,however I went back to research this post and it is not carved in stone. I reacted out of anger and reading the site you directed me to. Here is an excert from the CNN site:
source close to the Obama transition team tells CNN that among the key details to be worked out with Sen. Clinton, should she express interest in the position, are issues of how her husband, former President Bill Clinton would be able to continue his work with the Clinton Global Initiative without complicating her work as Secretary of State.
On that note I fall back and trust President Obama to make the right choice. I pray he choose wisely
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November 16th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Let’s pray for wisdom/discernment for President Obama. Some people say “Keep your friends close and your enemies CLOSER”
so maybe the President is keeping his eye on Ms Hillary.
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November 17th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Damn MO, yall be reppin. Im see yall read those links. Thats whats realy happnin!!
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