Monday, May 18, 2015

BloggeRhythms

At this point, there’s little doubt that the current POTUS has done more harm to his own constituency than Jimmy Carter, by far the worst holding that office to date. And now, Obama’s not only hammering another huge nail into the coffins of massive numbers of American workers, but aligning with Republicans to get it done.
 
Doina Chiacu of Reuters, reports that: “Top Republicans predicted on Sunday that both chambers of Congress would muster the votes to pass the "fast-track" authority sought by President Barack Obama to negotiate major trade deals, despite opposition from Obama's fellow Democrats.”
 
However, “Obama's aggressive defense of fast-track has put him at odds with the left wing of the Democratic Party, including Senators Elizabeth Warren, a leading liberal voice, and Bernie Sanders, who is challenging Hillary Clinton for the party's 2016 presidential nomination.” Warren and Sanders are outraged because, “many Democrats staunchly oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership because they fear trade liberalization will cost U.S. jobs.”
 
Thus, with 19 months or so left in his second term, one has to wonder what else Obama can do to further harm his core constituents. And even perhaps, switch party’s to get some help in doing so.
 
Item two, concerns the growing doubt about George Stephanopoulos’ neutrality as a newsman, which seems to be a moot consideration. Because, considering his close relationship to his former employer and idol, Bill Clinton, how could Stephanopoulos ever be unbiased? And if he truly was, why would left-leaning ABC keep him on its payroll?
 
Yesterday, according to nationalreview.com Byron York wrote in the Washington Examiner, “the danger signals about Stephanopoulos were evident nearly 20 years ago when he was hired by ABC News almost immediately after he left the Clinton White House. We know from his 1999 memoir that upon his departure in late 1996, he told Hillary Clinton that he loved her. York noted that for a few years ABC News put up a pretense of calling Stephanopoulos an analyst and assuring people he wouldn’t be reporting on politics: “He will not report the news,” an ABC spokesman assured York in 1999. But in 2002, Stephanopoulos was named the host of ABC’s Sunday-morning interview show This Week, and in short order he became ABC’s “chief Washington correspondent.”
 
Then, once again, readers added insightful and clever summations.
 
octagon999 wrote: “Wanna bet he ends up on the sHrillary campaign? Or if she wins, in her admin? (Gawd forbid!)
 

jpdell replied: “Maybe chairman of the FCC.”


Michael Hoggan added: “would be very surprised if he doesn't. Hillary prizes loyalty above all else.”

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.

Bill McMorris writes in today’s Washington Free Beacon: “Big labor funneled millions of dollars in dues money to the Clinton Foundation, according to a new report. 

"U.S. Department of Labor's union financial disclosure reports reveal that Big Labor gave at least $2,034,500 in union general treasury funds to Clinton Foundations. Union treasuries are funded mostly by compulsory union dues or fees collected from workers who would be fired for refusing to pay," the NILRR report says. "As Mrs. Clinton became closer to her current run for president, donations amounts appear to have increased. 

“The Clintons have turned their foundation into a lucrative "slush fund," according to one charity watchdog group, and have received hundreds of millions of dollars from notable businesses, media personalities, and political luminaries. The family has maintained that none of those donations influenced her decisions as secretary of state and that the money is strictly philanthropic.”

What’s most interesting though, is that while the “family” maintains that “the money is strictly philanthropic,”  the “unions did not necessarily agree about the apolitical nature of the donations, according to NILRR. 

"Some of these 'donations' are categorized by the unions as 'political' on their financial disclosure report" to the Labor Department, the report says. 

“United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices, a national plumbers union, for example, poured in nearly $200,000 through two contributions in 2013; each of those donations was classified as a political activity.”

So, the good news for those seeking favor from the Clinton’s is that they can always be be bought, regardless. But on the downside, with payoffs reaching the millions in size, the cost of getting the Clinton’s attention keeps rising toward eight digit kickbacks to their rapidly growing sludge fund. 

That’s it for today folks.

Adios

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