Two Clintons. 41 Years. $3 Billion. Inside The Clinton Donor Network (Washington Post 11-19-2015)

[bobthedrummer]

"Both Clintons declined to be interviewed or comment for this article."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/clinton-money

[bbgrunt]

1. 3 billion--that's quite a haul.

"The Clintons’ fundraising operation — $3 billion amassed by one couple, working in tandem for more than four decades — has no equal.

By comparison, three generations of the Bush family, America’s other contemporaneous political dynasty, have raised about $2.4 billion for their state and federal campaigns and half a dozen charitable foundations, according to a Post tally of their fundraising from 1988 through 2015 — even though the family has collectively held the presidency longer than the Clintons."

[bobthedrummer]

2. Contrasted with the remarkable fact that lots of US have sent Bernie $3.00 or so...

[Sparkly]

91. Most went to charity.

"The majority of the money — $2 billion — has gone to the Clinton Foundation, one of the world’s fastest-growing charities, which supports health, education and economic development initiatives around the globe."

[bobthedrummer]

92. The Clinton Foundation, a charity? C'mon Sparkly, that's only on paper. n/t

[bobthedrummer]

103. "...the Clinton Foundation, one of the world's fastest-growing charities..." really, Sparkly?

[nc4bo]

3. Smooth operators and I do mean smoooooth. nt

[bobthedrummer]

4. It's a family with many friends in high places that really is a powerful "class act" indeed nc4bo

Below are other historical glimpses worth "looking into" for some real transparency

This first one features a New Dem "Super Lobbyist" (Liz Robbins) literally wedded to the MSM (Doug Johnson)

Long Island Journal: An East-Ender Who's a Real Friend of Bill (Diane Ketcham 8-9-98 NYT)
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/09/nyregion/long-island-journal-an-east-ender-who-s-a-real-friend-of-bill.html

The next is about that smooth system's maintenance-the future, hosted by Liz and Doug and their fabulous friends of distinction

Inside Chelsea's Wedding Party (Lynnley Browning 7-29-10 The Daily Beast)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/07/29/chelsea-clintons-bridesmaids-and-wedding-party.html

[bobthedrummer]

38. Smooth Operator

[bobthedrummer]

5. Clintons, Contras and Cocaine (Jeffrey St. Clair-Alexander Cockburn March 11, 2016 CounterPunch)

"Just as the BCCI trail heads back towards Arkansas and a prime cash register for the Clintons, so too does a long-running and explosive scandal within the state, involving money-laundering, drug-running and support for right-wing insurgents backed by the CIA."

This article focuses on Jackson Stephens and his son Warren, huge donors/supporters of the Clintons for decades.
http://www.counterpunch.org/clintons-contras-and-cocaine

For more context review Stephanie's February 2006 DU thread
UAE and BCCI>>>
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x490176

Drip, drip, drip

[bobthedrummer]

6. An old, old school musical kick "...because the revolution's here..."

[MariaThinks]

26. the revolution was badly managed. it is going to fall flat due to hubris.

[bobthedrummer]

45. Otoh, MariaThinks, what was the installation of the Bush/Cheney regime? Did that coup fail? n/t

[KPN]

51. Oh my! Thank you for that!

Been a whole lotta years since I thought about Thunderclap Newman! Epic!

[bobthedrummer]

7. You can always bank on another kick...

[bobthedrummer]

8. In the context of Liz Robbins, Jackson Stephens, BCCI, dope, spooks+"...it's the economy, stupid."

Below are two factual articles about some black/gray budget operations that were based in Arkansas that need to be discussed in campaign 2016. Some of the Clinton Donor Network were part of that.

Dillion Read & Co. Inc. And the Aristocracy of Stock Profits (by Catherine Austin Fitts)

Chapter 4: Narco Dollars in the 1980s-Mena, Arkansas
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0709/S00059.htm

CIA Drug Operations in Arkansas (Rodney Stich 2014)
"...mainly based on the actual experiences of people in key government positions, former drug smugglers, former Mafia insiders, and others. There are no wild conspiracy theories; facts, provided by people wanting the information known."

http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140901170230-29817943-cia-drug-operations-in-arkansas

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. Maybe they were too "dead broke" to comment.

[bobthedrummer]

10. Some pork barrel, huh?

[bobthedrummer]

11. A Whitewater Chronicle (The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2003)

What really happened during the Clinton years
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122721127833145225

More Clinton Donors are featured in the link below.

Election 2004: The Case That Kerry Cracked (Lucy Komisar October 21, 2004)

"As a senator, John Kerry was a tenacious investigator and exposed BCCI..."
http://www.alternet.org/story/20268/the_case_that_kerry_cracked

Your comments are welcomed!

[obamanut2012]

12. WHITEWATER?!

[bobthedrummer]

13. No, The Wall Street Journal oh my lover of the truth.

Last edited Thu Mar 17, 2016, 04:22 PM - Edit history (1)

[bobthedrummer]

14. Another day, another dollar...

[bobthedrummer]

42. Castle Grande does come up today for those of us that remember history obamanut2012.

It opens a lot of other "anomalies" that involve the Clintons and their sponsors. In Hillary Clinton's own words (re:finding billing records) that is dismissed as "another of the meaningless mysteries of Whitewater".

Castle Grande (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Grande

[bobthedrummer]

78. It's only been a month since you were rotflyao-and now MSM is discussing all of that and then some.

Kick.

[bobthedrummer]

44. BCCI... kick

[Avalon Sparks]

63. Back in those days I considered it Right Wing Smears

I'm older and wiser now.

[bobthedrummer]

84. +1

[bobthedrummer]

15. "This is the article which had been scheduled to appear in the Washington Post. This is the story

that couldn't be suppressed. An investigative report into a scandal that haunts the reputations of three presidents-Reagan, Bush, and
Clinton."

The Crimes of Mena by Sally Denton and Roger Morris
https://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/MENA/crimes_of_mena.html

Drip, drip, drip...

[Onlooker]

16. The foundation has an A rating

The foundation has A rating, and is involved in providing people with AIDS medicine, farming, and climate change, among other activities.

https://www.charitywatch.org/ratings-and-metrics/bill-hillary-chelsea-clinton-foundation/478

[bobthedrummer]

33. That's what the American Institute of Philanthropy/AIP is known as today, isn't it, Onlooker?

Charity Watch Board & Staff page
https://www.charitywatch.org/about-charitywatch/board-staff/3113/3146

American Institute of Philanthropy (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Institute_of_Philanthropy

They aren't above criticism, are they?

[Onlooker]

34. I'm not sure what your point is ...

... one can always find an angle to criticize anything, but even from your link it hardly seems like Charity Watch is some corrupt organization in someone's back pocket. It seems more like there are those who disagree with their approach. Frankly, we need more foundations, not fewer, and the Clinton Foundation, even with its flaws does a lot of good work around AIDS, poverty, climate change, and education, even in countries that are pretty intolerant. The Foundation does seem to offer some legitimacy to bad countries in exchange for the possibility to do some good work, sort of like the UN does.

[nichomachus]

52. For money laundering maybe

This is why you won't find the Clintons in the Panama Papers. They had their own scam going on right under our noses. They didn't need no Panama scam.

[bobthedrummer]

17. Palm Sunday/Spring equinox kick-I will not be attending Chelsea's Wisconsin appearences for mommy ^

[bobthedrummer]

18. Another shameless kick for transparency and truth. n/t

[bobthedrummer]

19. BCCI, Iran Contra relevance: UAE, Saudi, Pakistan, money and Bush family (ProSense 10-7-06 DU)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2870996

If you don't clearly see a few simple truths by now keep at it-NGU.

"Look into it..."

[bobthedrummer]

20. "Both Clintons declined to be interviewed or comment for this article." What a stupid tactic today.

What do you think???

[Octafish]

21. Frank Giustra, mineral extractor extraordinaire

"All of my chips, almost, are on Bill Clinton," Giustra reportedly said. "He’s a brand, a worldwide brand, and he can do things and ask for things that no one else can." - Frank Giustra

-- http://www.businessinsider.com/frank-giustras-amazing-comment-about-bill-clinton-2015-4

[bobthedrummer]

22. He sure did a lot of "those" things on his last day in office brother. Things that have taken on a

life of their own since then-just ask Mary Jo White for instance

Bill Clinton pardon controversy (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_pardon_controversy

[bobthedrummer]

23. Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. and the Aristocracy of Prison Profit: Part II (Catherine Austin Fitts 2006)

http://narconews.com/Issue40/article1650.html

[bobthedrummer]

24. ^

[bobthedrummer]

25. $

[UglyGreed]

27. Money = power

and you wonder why Hillary has so many "wonderful" endorsements?????

[giftedgirl77]

28. Wow you must be really desperate when you spam your own thread.

[bobthedrummer]

30. Actually it is a technique of IO. Just like your NLP subjectline. Thanks giftedgirl77. n/t

[Autumn Colors]

29. K&R for visibility (nt)

[bobthedrummer]

37. +1

[libdem4life]

31. Missing comments from the "H" folk. Not one logo on the thread yet.

It's just going to keep getting worse. Every day, a new WTF.

[bobthedrummer]

32. "The 'H' folk". They're here. Reminds me of a 1958 flick libdem4life-The H-Man!

[bobthedrummer]

35. ^

[bobthedrummer]

36. drip, drip, drip

[bobthedrummer]

39. How Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cared for Democratic donors

As top diplomat, Clinton found time to nuture supporters like Soros and Spielberg (Issac Arnsdorf January 6, 2016 Politico)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/clinton-emails-fundraising-soros-spielberg-216535

[bobthedrummer]

40. Keep this kicked for all of US...n/t

[bobthedrummer]

41. Let's keep looking into "it" people...n/t

[bobthedrummer]

43. A musical kick by the O'Jays for visibility and participation

[bobthedrummer]

46. A timely kick...with a message

[amborin]

47. obscene

[bobthedrummer]

48. Another reason I voted for Bernie Sanders this morning here in WALKER's occupied WI.

[bobthedrummer]

49. A public service announcement kick...

[bobthedrummer]

50. Another kick from Wisconsin with Love....

[Avalon Sparks]

64. Another Kick from Texas - where Fracking is all around me.

It's literally making my physically sick.

[amborin]

53. obscene

[Avalon Sparks]

65. THere is no word to describe it........ none strong enough.

[bobthedrummer]

54. (((!)))

[fleur-de-lisa]

55. Kick! eom

[Ferd Berfel]

56. This is what we DO NOT need in teh WH

It would be the coup de grace to democracy an dour middle-class

[TheFarS1de]

57. K&R

Truth hurts .... but it is the truth .

[bobthedrummer]

62. There it is, again. Welcome to the real DU reality-based community TheFarS1de!

[TheFarS1de]

66. Hi

Greetings fellow human ! May the Sanders be with you .

[Avalon Sparks]

58. Lotta pay backs due for that amount

I'm such it's not gonna effect my livelihood

Sarcasm

[Avalon Sparks]

59. Why would they decline

[Avalon Sparks]

60. Kick

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

61. I wonder why they weren't invited to the conference on income inequality.

No speaker fees to be had?

[imagine2015]

67. K & R

[Avalon Sparks]

68. Big Wheels Keep on Grifting....

Crowds gonna figure it out one day......

BERN
BERN
BERNIE is the only answer!

[bobthedrummer]

69. (((<^>)))

[Avalon Sparks]

70. It's obscene

[riderinthestorm]

71. !!!! Missed this the first time around. ..

[bobthedrummer]

72. This is a public service kick...

[bobthedrummer]

73. This kick goes out to the Eastern time zone...as a public service announcement

[Cheese Sandwich]

74. These people have gotten filthy rich off "public service"

[bobthedrummer]

75. Another day, another dollar-another public service announcement kick

[bobthedrummer]

76. Folks like Farhad Azima are part of the Clinton Donor Network too

Panama Papers: Links Revealed to CIA and Iran-Contra Affair (Will Fitzgibbon 4-6-2016)

"Documents show ex-CIA gunrunners, contractors use offshore firms for personal gain"
http://www.constantinereport.com/panama-papers-links-revealed-spies-iran-contra-affair

I suppose that's where Clinton close friends like Maggie prove to be invaluable.

[polichick]

77. Crony capitalism at the expense of the people, the country, the planet.

[bobthedrummer]

79. They will be held accountable polichick. That process has already started. n/t

[bobthedrummer]

80. This truly does deserve to be kicked periodically as a public information service. n/t

[bobthedrummer]

81. It's Al From's Democratic Party, the rest of us just live here. The takeover. (madfloridian 2015)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027191121

Real change is underway.

[bobthedrummer]

82. Today's PSA musical kick Gomez "Win Park Slope" gotta win let me win gotta win gotta win

[bobthedrummer]

83. Another Public Service kick + Panama Papers ICIJ Reporting Partners for mapping $ until it vanishes

http://panamapapers.icij.org/pages/reporting_partners

[bobthedrummer]

85. The Clinton's controversial foundation (The Week June 2015)

http://www.theweek.com/articles/562566/clintons-controversial-foundation

Hillary Clinton campaign issues online rebuttal of Clinton Cash criticisms (Sabrina Siddiqui May 6, 2015 The Guardian)
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/06/hillary-clinton-campaign-online-rebuttal-book-family-charity

[bobthedrummer]

86. A Non-Koch Brothers network sponsored Public Service kick. n/t

[insta8er]

87. Meanwhile Sanders tax returns are an issue for team $hill

[bobthedrummer]

88. Welcome to DU-see ya in the streets at the Convention insta8er

[bobthedrummer]

89. One more PSA kick and a link to The Center for Media and Democracy/PR Watch for those that love the

truth

http://www.prwatch.org

[bobthedrummer]

90. The money laundering thread: A DU collaborative investigation (July 2010) on-topic, still.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8716178

[bobthedrummer]

93. A K on May Day...

[Uncle Joe]

94. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, bobthedrummer.

[bobthedrummer]

95. A special request kick from Indiana

[bobthedrummer]

96. It's a under the table black budget kick...

[bobthedrummer]

97. "Before the Democrats lock in their choice for President they might want to know if Hillary Clinton

broke the law with her unsecure emails and may be indicted, a question that ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern addresses."

Hillary Clinton's Damning Emails (Ray McGovern April 30, 2016)
https://consortiumnews.com/2016/04/30/hillary-clintons-damning-emails

[bobthedrummer]

98. A random PSA kick

drip, drip, drip...

[SidDithers]

99. ...

Sid

[bobthedrummer]

100. Too Big To Fail-HRC uber alles!

[bobthedrummer]

101. The Groundwork: The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that's working to put Hillary Clinton in

the White House (Adam Pasick & Tim Fernholz October 2015)
http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign

It ain't tinfoil if it's got a Patent-is it?

[bobthedrummer]

102. K

[bobthedrummer]

104. $

[KoKo]

105. One of those Lists that is a Keeper going forward....

Kick for Exposure!

[bobthedrummer]

106. A kick for West Virginia...

[bobthedrummer]

107. Decades and decades...kick

[bobthedrummer]

108. Hillary Clinton and the End of the Democratic Party (Rob Urie May 6, 2016)

"...the Democratic Party is the Party of Wall Street and of corporate America." That's what the Third Way has done-isn't it?

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/05/06/hillary-clinton-and-the-end-of-the-democratic-party

[bobthedrummer]

109. ^^^

[bobthedrummer]

110. FUBAR, isn't it? n/t