Wednesday, September 9, 2015

BloggeRhythms

Busy day today, but not much going on in the world that's really new.
 
Yesterday, I gave some credit to Trump for the first time. Opining that, “while its doubtful that Trump or Cruz are truly presidential material, if they deliver as promised tomorrow in D.C.,  significant credit must be given to them.”
 
And now, today, the rally’s over and here’s what Trump had to say: According to jpost.com, “Trump's remarks were short, unscripted, and largely focused on Israel, referring to calls from Iran earlier in the day to disappear the Zionist state within 25 years.”
 
"Israel will not survive," he said, with America's existing, "incompetent leadership."
 
And then, trying to sound tough and presidential he went on to note his history of brokering successful business deals, telling the crowd: "You're going to have so much winning." But, he didn't elaborate.
 
However, the not “elaborating”is quite understandable, and also where his premise breaks down. Whereas, other than inheriting a boatload of money, there are a significant number of failures and bankruptcies dotting a career that peaked when he became a TV host.
 
Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife
 
As reported on foxnews.com, “Hillary Clinton offered her first outright apology for using a private email server while secretary of state, calling it a “mistake” in an interview that aired Tuesday.
 
“Even though it was allowed, I should have used two accounts. One for personal, one for work-related emails,” she told ABC News. ”That was a mistake. I’m sorry about that. I take responsibility.”
 
“The comments came just a day after Clinton told the Associated Press she did not need to apologize for her actions because “what I did was allowed.” She earlier had said she was sorry only for the confusion caused by the issue. 
 
But just as the interview aired, Clinton’s apology came under fire. RNC National Press Secretary, Allison Moore, said in a statement: “The only thing Hillary Clinton regrets is that she got caught and is dropping in the polls, not the fact her secret email server left classified information exposed to the Russians and Chinese. Hillary Clinton’s reckless attempt to skirt government transparency laws put our national security at risk and shows she cannot be trusted in the White House.”
 
However, by deciding to apologize now perhaps this will begin a whole new aspect of Bill’s wife’s approach, including the admittance of fault in many other cases. Some examples follow illustrating past events where some belated reticence might be appropriate.
 
When her husband was president, he allowed her to assume authority over a health care reform.  Yet even after threats and intimidation, she couldn’t even get a vote in a democratic controlled congress.  This fiasco cost American taxpayers about $13 million for studies, promotion, and other efforts.
 
Bill next gave her authority over selecting a female attorney general.  Her first two selections were Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood – both forced to withdraw their names from consideration.  Next she chose Janet Reno – husband Bill described her selection as “my worst mistake.”  Some may not remember that Reno made the decision to gas David Koresh and the Branch Davidian religious sect in Waco, Texas resulting in dozens of deaths of women and children.
 
Bill also allowed her to make recommendations for the head of the Civil Rights Commission.  Lani Guanier was her selection, until some probing led to the discovery of Ms. Guanier’s radical views, causing her withdrawal from consideration.
 
After that, Bill mistakenly allowed her to make some more recommendations.  She chose former law partners Web Hubbel for the Justice Department, Vince Foster for the White House staff, and William Kennedy for the Treasury Department.  Ultimately, Hubbel went to prison, Foster (presumably) committed suicide, and Kennedy was forced to resign.
 
While many, if not most, younger voters will have no knowledge of “Travelgate,” in that situation she wanted to award unfettered travel contracts to friend Harry Thompson. When the White House Travel Office staff refused to comply, she managed to have them reported to the FBI and fired.  This ruined their reputations, cost them their jobs, and caused a thirty-six month investigation. Only one employee, Billy Dale was charged with a crime, and that of the enormous crime of mixing personal and White House funds. A jury acquitted him of any crime in less than two hours
 
Then she was allowed to recommend a close family friend, Craig Livingstone, for the position of Director of White House security. When Livingstone was investigated for the improper access of about 900 FBI files of Clinton enemies (Filegate) and the widespread use of drugs by White House staff, suddenly both the president and his wife denied even knowing Livingstone, and of course, denied knowledge of drug use in the White House.  Following this debacle, the FBI closed its White House Liaison Office after more than thirty years of service to seven presidents.  
 
And then, when women started coming forward with allegations of sexual harassment and rape by Bill Clinton, his wife was put in charge of the “bimbo eruption” and scandal defense.  Some of her more notable decisions in the debacle included: urging her husband not to settle the Paula Jones lawsuit.  Later, the case was settled with Ms. Jones.
 
It was her refusal to release the Whitewater land deal documents, which led to the appointment of Ken Starr as Special Prosecutor. After $80 million dollars of taxpayer money was spent, Starr's investigation led to Monica Lewinsky, which led to Bill lying about and later admitting his affairs. The devious game plan resulted in Bill losing his license to practice law for lying under oath to a grand jury and then his subsequent impeachment by the House of Representatives.
 
While avoiding indictment for perjury and obstruction of justice during the Starr investigation, Bill’s wife repeated “I do not recall,” “I have no recollection,” and “I don’t know” a total of 56 times while under oath.
 
Even on her way out of the door of the White House, her trustworthiness came into play, whereas she was forced to return an estimated $200,000 in White House furniture, china, and artwork that she had taken.
 
However, it seems that at present either voters aren’t buying what she has to sell, or perhaps she's giving off that same vibration that made them leery last time around, which opened the door for Obama.  
 
A new poll to be released later today,  from Vox Populi which was conducted for the pro-GOP group American Crossroads last week in in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, and Virginia, shows that, Bill’s wife’s “net favorability reached yet another new low, ticking down to negative 25 points. That’s four points worse than last month and 10 points worse than when the monthly poll began in July.”
 
Not surprisingly, “On the question of trust, it was more of the same from last month. She was viewed as to some degree untrustworthy by 58 percent of respondents at least to some degree trustworthy by 37 percent. Just 16 percent said they trust Clinton “completely” while 46 percent expressed “complete” distrust.”
 
After recapping much of her history today, and then reviewing the poll results, especially regarding “trust,” there’s one thing that becomes abundantly clear. She certainly is consistent.
 
Which leads to the ongoing question: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you reading this? 
 
That's it for today folks.
 
Adios

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