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MADem

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14. Comparing raising money for a pavilion at a fair in China to the housing crash is a bridge too far.

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Reply #13)

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 11:47 AM

Mar 2015

You lost me. Too much drama and not enough to be genuinely outraged about.

he saved US "face" with that effort--as the article notes--but hey, whatever. Maybe you should write to your senators and congressmen and urge them to give the State Department sufficient funds to bankroll these kinds of international outreach efforts, instead of blaming a former SECSTATE for pulling off the effort in an entirely legal fashion? That would be helpful, perhaps?

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“They made it crystal clear that the ask was from Hillary” [View all] Man from Pickens Mar 2015 OP

Did you even read that article??? That was legal, too. MADem Mar 2015 #1

Yep. Legal. The story is subtitled "Sometimes in D.C., the crime is what's legal: Inside the merrily Mar 2015 #4

"It was legal" think about how often that pops up around certain political celebrities. HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #11

The housing crash was also legal as was the bank bailouts. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #13

Comparing raising money for a pavilion at a fair in China to the housing crash is a bridge too far. MADem Mar 2015 #14

On the other hand, the "ask" was for funding a US pavilion. delrem Mar 2015 #2

Apparently, the US was not that anxious to get around to it. merrily Mar 2015 #5

Not a flattering story, but I doubt it will end anything. merrily Mar 2015 #3

Nah.This is vanilla US politics, and likely a feather in her cap. bemildred Mar 2015 #6

Nothing here that even reflects poorly on Hillary. On the other hand, her pro-war, pro-TPP .... Scuba Mar 2015 #7

you seem desperate! stonecutter357 Mar 2015 #8

Drip, drip, drip tularetom Mar 2015 #9

Nothing drip about it. She got the job done. Simple as that. Good for her. riversedge Mar 2015 #10

The content is from a new book: ‘HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton,’ riversedge Mar 2015 #12

Thanks for exposure. mylye2222 Mar 2015 #15