2016 Postmortem

Thinkingabout

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69. Do you have a foundation in which 89% of the donations goes for the good

Sun May 8, 2016, 06:53 PM

May 2016

Of those in need? Even Sanders wants to tax the rich and give it to others, the Clinton Foundation gets donations and gives it to others, what is the difference?

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Nothing to see here, folks. The Clinton Foundation is all about Good Works, [View all] truedelphi May 2016 OP

Due to indications from a moderator that this is to be in General Discussion, I re-posted it truedelphi May 2016 #1

The article is from 2015, not last month. annavictorious May 2016 #11

No paulthompson May 2016 #17

Here is another one.. IBTimes "Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton's St Baobab May 2016 #22

Fracking, Weapons, Uranium, what other wonderful things do those Foundations do? CentralCoaster May 2016 #26

You mean besides running Aerows May 2016 #65

A must read link. senz May 2016 #34

So the article is out of date.. scscholar May 2016 #63

Like in Haiti? dchill May 2016 #76

Even if true, so what? This is not LBN. merrily May 2016 #77

Practically puts Trump's shady business deals to shame Laughing Mirror May 2016 #2

good try and totally incoherent MariaThinks May 2016 #51

I agree Laughing Mirror May 2016 #79

TPTB know all too well how to add layer upon layer upon layer to the onion pangaia May 2016 #3

And any of us still American enough to cry when exposed to the onion's slicing truedelphi May 2016 #54

It's starting to get sad. annavictorious May 2016 #4

No, Paul Thompson is this year's Glen Beck or Jerome Corsi. Look for his next 'book' COLGATE4 May 2016 #8

Attacking the source of information CoffeeCat May 2016 #57

What baseless 'gossip and lies'? COLGATE4 May 2016 #85

In dealing with the through the Looking Glass of truedelphi May 2016 #59

Drama award of the week. nt COLGATE4 May 2016 #84

Thanks for another slogan. Do you have anything other than truedelphi May 2016 #88

Not for bullshit like that, no. COLGATE4 May 2016 #89

Here is a big huge hint to help you comprehending what the Op is about -- truedelphi May 2016 #10

The NYT article is from April 2015 annavictorious May 2016 #12

Is that the same New York Times that withheld the NSA domestic ops story until after 2004 election? Octafish May 2016 #20

So a timeline is a "conspiracy book" now? ljm2002 May 2016 #13

And meanwhile the lying liars continue on their way truedelphi May 2016 #97

Paul Thompson seems pretty reputable dooner May 2016 #14

Maybe he "evolved"? Warren DeMontague May 2016 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author JTFrog May 2016 #21

No its a huge uranium deal - I think he understated its size substantially Baobab May 2016 #23

Borders the Mother and Father of Legal Twilight Zones Octafish May 2016 #5

The Clintonistas will arrive shortly... Katashi_itto May 2016 #6

K&R#11 bobthedrummer May 2016 #7

"Nothing to see here, folks." True, very true. procon May 2016 #9

Biased guy here paulthompson May 2016 #16

The issue is not simply a matter of neutrality, but not falling into line with Republicans. procon May 2016 #25

Imagine this paulthompson May 2016 #30

Allegations can come creeksneakers2 May 2016 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 May 2016 #78

Very well stated. n/t truedelphi May 2016 #100

"poisoning the well" Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #18

And Cayman. And shell companies. And probably Panama Papers. And, absent evidence silvershadow May 2016 #19

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ n/t truedelphi May 2016 #53

Dontcha love charities where those at the top make skajillions of millions of dollars? Vote2016 May 2016 #24

.+1 840high May 2016 #31

Jealously does not get you any awards but I would rather have the Clintons helping others Thinkingabout May 2016 #27

Charity Day? Nobody else helps people? Huh? libdem4life May 2016 #47

The "charity" Foundation took in over one hundred million in 2013. truedelphi May 2016 #66

Do you have a foundation in which 89% of the donations goes for the good Thinkingabout May 2016 #69

When I lived in the SF Bay Area, I really liked St Vincent dePaul. truedelphi May 2016 #70

So you call 89% small, that was the 89% I was talking about. I am quiet familiar with Thinkingabout May 2016 #72

Eighty nine percent is HUGE. But that is the percent that goes to truedelphi May 2016 #74

True facts links on the Clinton Foundation, Thinkingabout May 2016 #83

Only psychotic conspiracy theorists and Faux Gnaws phonies The Second Stone May 2016 #28

Yeah, like these lunatics paulthompson May 2016 #32

Yes, it is clear you are just getting started with your right wing bs The Second Stone May 2016 #35

What? paulthompson May 2016 #36

Bernie Madoff was doing a ponzi scheme. That would not be rumor mongering The Second Stone May 2016 #37

Amusing paulthompson May 2016 #40

Thanks for your efforts to educate noiretextatique May 2016 #42

In our progressive attempts to defeat the RW neocons now running the Democratic Party truedelphi May 2016 #61

K & R AzDar May 2016 #29

And Sid Blumenthal is a tireless charity worker. pdsimdars May 2016 #33

At least as much as the posters here The Second Stone May 2016 #38

Yep...no pay for play noiretextatique May 2016 #43

The carnage occurring there and in all the smaller truedelphi May 2016 #95

+1000 is it 1984 noiretextatique May 2016 #103

It is very very sad to me that some Democrats.... grasswire May 2016 #39

Some are convinced that they have been wrongfully hounded by the rw noiretextatique May 2016 #44

Yeah and on some levels I agree. But it is so weird that truedelphi May 2016 #49

It is very sad. truedelphi May 2016 #55

Paving their way to wealth..Clintons sell favors at our expense whereisjustice May 2016 #41

But, But But... truedelphi May 2016 #56

You clearly don't understand the differences between a public and private charity. randome May 2016 #45

You clearly don't understand that a money laundering operation is truedelphi May 2016 #50

Your accusation of 'money laundering' implies that the Clintons personally benefit from this. randome May 2016 #64

Syria is now rubble. Largely because of HRC's desire to have a war there. truedelphi May 2016 #67

Duplicity Is As Duplicity Does cantbeserious May 2016 #46

When Hilary and Bill are back in the White House, they will write operas about immoderate May 2016 #48

Oh won't it be great! Operas! truedelphi May 2016 #52

Hmm Joob May 2016 #58

I think you mean 89% EarlG May 2016 #80

Factcheck is like Snopes. truedelphi May 2016 #101

K and R! The truth needs to be known. bbgrunt May 2016 #60

indeed it does! nt/ truedelphi May 2016 #68

Where is Obama on all this? trudyco May 2016 #71

Let's ask ourelves a pertinent question - one we don't really have the answer to. truedelphi May 2016 #73

Charity Navigator cannot rate the Clinton Foundation. senz May 2016 #75

Good lead. And of course, most "Charrity" Foundations do not have a Mr Giustra truedelphi May 2016 #82

K&R emsimon33 May 2016 #81

They really, truly are scoundrels. senz May 2016 #86

All of the attention and energyofthe Republican forces are now trained on truedelphi May 2016 #87

I hope so. Much of the MSM is in the bag for Hill. senz May 2016 #91

Good points. I gave up on NPR way way truedelphi May 2016 #96

This is the part where I point out once again Blue_Tires May 2016 #90

She uses money for power. senz May 2016 #92

And just how do you plan to stop it Blue_Tires May 2016 #93

I would ask you to examine what is happening politically in this country. truedelphi May 2016 #98

What makes you think I haven't? Blue_Tires May 2016 #102

k&R.... KoKo May 2016 #94

Hi KoKo. truedelphi May 2016 #99