The IRS has announced that it has opened an investigation into the Clinton Foundation “pay to play” schemes:
The IRS confirmed in a letter it is looking into claims of “pay-to-play” practices at the Clinton Foundation, after dozens of Republican lawmakers requested a review of potential “criminal conduct” at the organization founded by the family at the center of this week’s Democratic National Convention.
Commissioner John Koskinen wrote in a July 22 letter to Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn that the issue has been “forwarded” to the IRS “Exempt Organizations Examinations” program in Dallas.
“This program considers all referrals and will send you a separate acknowledgement letter when it receives your information,” he wrote, in a letter first reported by The Daily Caller.
It’s unclear whether the agency might take any further action. The letter noted that, under the law, they could not reveal “any actions we may take on this information.”
There’s a lot of excitement from the right about this and I hate to rain on anyone’s parade but just forget this now. It’s not as if justice shouldn’t be served, it’s that it just won’t. This is going to go the way of the email scandal- that is to say, I suspect the IRS is opening an investigation as a means of exonerating the Clinton’s just as did Comey. The IRS is hopelessly corrupt and that brings me to the topic at hand.
The left is now lecturing us about how dangerous and reckless Donald Trump is. Really? Let’s review.
It wasn’t Trump who sold 2500 automatic weapons to Mexican cartels via Fast and Furious only to see them used in mass killings.
It wasn’t Trump’s Department of Labor who stonewalled for six years and then admitted destroying records sought under FOIA.
It wasn’t Trump who weaponized the IRS to target conservatives.
It wasn’t Trump who’s weaponized all of the government.
It wasn’t Trump’s IRS who destroyed Lois Lerner’s back-up emails after they were subpoenaed.
It wasn’t Trump who called ISIS the JV. Since the time obama dismissed them as the JV ISIS has killed more than 20,000 people.
It wasn’t Trump who toppled a sovereign country without any support from Congress.
It wasn’t Trump who admitted what was supposed to be Hillary’s greatest moment was his worst mistake.
It wasn’t Trump who gave ISIS a place to grow in Libya.
It wasn’t Trump who expanded warrantless surveillance of Americans.
It wasn’t Trump who promised “No more secrecy.”
It wasn’t Trump who promised not to spy on innocent Americans and then renege.
It wasn’t Trump who decided not to enforce immigration laws.
It wasn’t Trump who flaunted the immigration laws and the courts.
It wasn’t Trump who won’t even mention ISIS at the Convention.
It wasn’t Trump who killed four Americans without due process.
It wasn’t Trump who lied 36 times about the ACA.
It wasn’t Trump who intentionally deceived Americans about the Iran deal and then brag about it.
It wasn’t Trump who was “extremely careless” with top secret intelligence.
It wasn’t Trump who lied repeatedly about his illicit private server.
It wasn’t Trump who made the US state secrets vulnerable.
It wasn’t Trump who incited a war on cops.
It wasn’t Trump who got millions of dollars for doling out US government favors.
It wasn’t Trump who lies about the TPP
It wasn’t Trump who said he was under sniper fire in Bosnia.
It wasn’t Trump who prefers BLM over the police.
It wasn’t Trump who banned uniformed police from the DNC Convention floor.
And you’re lecturing us about how dangerous Trump is?
Shove it. Really. Shove it.
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DrJohn was brought up with the concept that one can do well if one is prepared to work hard but nothing in life is guaranteed.
Except for liberals being foolish.
@Bill:
Of course its hypothetical (even though according to Trump, noncitizens can and did run as he is a true blue birther).
Why are you so scared to answer the simple question? It isn’t a trick question. The fact that you tuck tail and run from your very own convictions rather than grow some balls discredits you more.
Are you afraid that your cohorts here would laugh at you or disown you for admitting you’d vote Lucifer over some left liberal like Joe Biden or vote Mussolini over some moonbat progressive like John Kerry?
Of course you’d vote against the bleeding heart liberal, even if he happened to be Jesus Christ (again, all hypothetical). Why are you ashamed of your very own beliefs? Why do you run from them?
You’re looking like a spineless coward with absolutely no balls at all, just a little fuzzy bag.
Wow, a list of rightard lunacy all in one place! Thanks, lol!
@Ajay42302: You have asked a totally stupid question. But, no, I would never vote for any of them, and for the same reason I would not vote for Hillary. They are corrupt socialists that would break any law to achieve their ends and personal enrichment.
Biden or Kerry would not be as bad as Hillary or Obama.
Of course, I need not ask you the same question; if your scenario could be placed in reality, they would be on the same ticket.
So, now that that bit of stupidity is out of the way, why would you vote for a proven liar, one proven incapable of handling the job she seeks, one proven to be totally corrupt over a legitimate businessman? That is not hypothetical or stupid…. that is a real scenario. Why would you vote for proven incompetence, especially after seeing the results of 8 years of far left incompetence?
@Greg: 38.
I’m suggesting that Hillary was the wife of a sitting president and she could have shot someone in Times Square on New Year’s eve and no one would have been able to find any evidence of it. That’s what I’m suggesting, that there are crooks in government, especially ‘the establishment’ government.
@Ajay42302:
and the fact that you are not interested in her incompetence says a lot.
@Redteam:
You are combining 2 different arguments. The GOP admitted and obvious exploitation of Benghazi for political gain while considering the GOP’s shortcomings in the hearing is not part of the equation of my thoughts on her competence.
@Bill:
To answer your question, I have always given my party first consideration but flexible contengent on the candidate. The McConnell lot have become so out of touch and corporately liplocked that it has become harder to give any R consideration.
But I would vote any of them-McConnell, Ryan, Romney, McCain, even dimwitted and intellectually challenged Sarah Palin over Hitler or Mao or Jong or bin Laden. I would even vote for the likes of con man Don over any of them, as bad as I despise him.
So your attacks on Hillary are superficial and irrelevant. From your very own admission, you would be here blathering derogatives towards any Democrat while building a case for Lucifer or Saddam or whoever it is running against them. It isn’t the person, its the party.
That’s likely why you can’t recognize this racist bigoted shyster for who he is. You can’t let reality come in the way of your blind partisan hatred.
@Ajay42302):
No, they aren’t. You could not be more wrong and, believe me, you seem to be putting forth some effort towards that end.
Superficial? What I criticize is the very basis of what a leader needs to be. Hillary is demonstrably dishonest, untruthful, corrupt and incompetent. Having PROVED oneself incapable of making sound decisions and caught destroying government information and mishandling classified information… then lying about it under oath… is anything BUT superficial. Same goes for irrelevant… lying about causing American lives (something you leftists thought was pretty relevant when you were falsely accusing Bush of the same) and trying to run a secret, separate State Department is pretty damned relevant.
Why do you keep calling Trump racist when you (you, who accused ME of cowardice for ignoring your stupid question) take the chicken-sh!t coward’s way out when asked to provide proof?
@Bill:
After admitting that you’d vote Kim Jong, Hitler, Mao, Mussolini, or Lucifer just as long as they were on the right political ticket, excuse me for not taking you seriously on anything else.
And with that said, wasting time trying to rationalize with someone that partisan is like trying to teach advanced calculus to a tree frog, something that just can’t be done. Accordingly, my fuzzy friend, I’ll pass on any future attempts.
I will close with telling you the answer to your question is wrapped in neatly in my closing paragraph that you responded to. I would say any hopes of comprehending it is up to you.
Poor Dr J !!
He keeps hoping and hoping that one of his fantasies will come true.
What a life of political disappointments he has had
@Ajay42302): After proving, repeatedly, you are a cowardly liar, don’t bother forgiving me for pointing out you prove my point; the the left is bereft of ethics and character, cannot stand by their failed ideology and has nothing but lies to try to sell their agenda.
I answered your stupid question; why are you such a chicken-sh!t, yellow, spineless, liberal pr!ck coward that you won’t answer mine? Let me add another; now that Hillary’s own emails reveal she lied about giving weapons to jihadists in Syria, are you still blindly, stupidly, ignorantly voting for that incompetent, corrupt liar?
Bill
Post your name an address I drive over the road happy to come for a visit
@john: Here’s a better idea; you post your phone number and I’ll give you a call.
@Froggie):
So AJ do we call you ‘froggie’ from now on?
@Bill: Anyone that doesn’t think that the president of the US should be honest , truthful, not corrupt and competent has no judgment and reasoning ability. AJ (lately known as Froggie) seems to fit that well.
@I used to be somebody important in the past: but I became a Hillary follower: Yep, that’s what happens, ask Vince.
Calling another man “froggie” seems to help build self esteem in some posters
Probably they see their political party self destructing before their own eyes
@john:
I don’t know John, you might want to ask froggie about that since he is the one that mentioned calling someone that. Let me know what you and froggie decide.
@Redteam: There is no quantity of corruption, dishonesty, incompetency or lying can cause a liberal, waiting impatiently for their free goodies paid for by others and for the government to wipe their butts for them, that will turn them away from one of their lying candidates.
So, is Donald Trump the Siberian Candidate or a Democratic Party mole? Inquiring minds want to know.
Maybe he’s just got the most interesting reality television show concept anyone has yet thought of. He hasn’t even needed to pitch it to sponsors, and it’s already running on all cable news channels. There’s definitely going to be a book and movie deal in all of this at some point.
@Greg: No, he’s just a candidate that is about 1000% more qualified than Hillary, who is a lying, corrupt criminal.
Fortunately for the nation, it doesn’t appear that a majority of American voters are likely to agree with you, come November 8. Trump’s lead in the polls has already evaporated. He’s now playing before an audience of all eligible voters, not just a republican audience, and he can’t even keep himself from offending mainstream republicans. It’s not as if liberals or democrats are the only ones who have noticed.
The next president is going to have to deal with these psychos. It’s going to take someone who can be calm, cool, and collected under pressure—not someone who seems like he might be prone to road rage if provoked.
@Greg: Seems as if you’re overlooking the fact that Trump led Hill for 30 of the 31 days in July in the ultra lib state of Gayfornia. And he has led 2 of the 2 days in the month of August. So don’t get too excited yet. I’m sure you’re going to be happy about the coming Wikileaks emails. I’m sure they’ll be good news for Hill.
@Greg:
like Hill dealt with the Benghazi attacks?
@Redteam, #73:
Trump gets stuck on winning pointless arguments like Br’er Rabbit gets stuck on Tar-Baby. His ego won’t allow him to let a thing go.
He could have simply clarified and rephrased his Muslim position in response to the Kahn family’s criticisms, and apologized for any pain they’d been caused by misunderstanding him. He wouldn’t have had to “I was wrong.” Then it would have been over, he would have taken minimum damage, and it would have been forgotten in a day or two.
Instead, he has to double down on his error, because he has have been right to begin with. He can’t see or take the wiser course, even when the consequences of not doing so are obvious.
So, how does that personality trait come into play, when you’re dealing with someone irrational and dangerous in the context of international affairs? What if he has to prove something personally in the context of a showdown with Kim Jong Un? Screw that up, and you could suddenly be involved in rematch of the Korean War, except the nutcase on the other side would have nukes to throw at Seoul or Tokyo or maybe Honolulu.
I see this as a very real, obvious, and serious problem, that has been demonstrated repeatedly during this campaign. It’s a more dangerous problem than any Hillary Clinton might pose. Anyone who can’t see that surely isn’t paying attention.
@Greg: Your point might be well taken if it were not for the fact that Trump was the one that was correct and Khan was a Muslim working to get more illegal Muslim’s into the country and attempting (very poorly) to try to blame Trump for his son being killed in 2004. I believe it the truth were known and told, Kahn would have to blame the Muslim’s for the death of his son. It takes a pretty small person to attempt to benefit by personal gain by telling lies about his motives and trying to milk sympathy for him for something his fellow Muslims did. I don’t see where having a Muslim lover as president has benefitted the US in their relations with Muslim countries. If anything, it has benefited the Muslim countries
@Greg: 70% of the nation thinks Obama, and Hillary as a continuance, has the country going in the wrong direction.
That ain’t Hillary. She is more spontaneous than Trump, only she lashes out at the people around her, trying to help her. Now, THAT’S stable.
How long did she carefully ponder and consider what she ultimately did in Libya?
He is right on Khan. Just as the rest of the left has done, Khan has reacted to a position Trump does not hold and he used his heroic dead son to do it.
@Bill: sorry I don’t accept collect calls
@Bill: unsure of why that would be a better idea ? I drive over the road so a face to face would probably be feasible
@john: Yeah, you don’t accept responsibility for your failures, either.
You think those who contract you to carry their goods would appreciate you getting your ass whipped on the clock?
@Redteam:
Red Team you are cherrry picking your numbers again
Try looking a RealClearPolitics CA polls average, if you do you will see that they show a 22 point Clinton average lead
You choose one poll LA Times with a small sample but because you NEED to believe you see only what you wish
@Greg: How about having a proven liar as President. How about her dealing with any foreign country. Are they going to believe her? What has she ever done to prove she can lead? She has been identified by the FBI as too ignorant to even protect this nation’s secrets, too stupid to know how to use a Blackberry and email. Yet, you profess that she is the best choice? Who is ignorant and irrational here? It seems like the answer is Clinton supporters.
@Redteam: actually it is the US military that is supposed to deal with attacks like that not the Department of State
@Redteam:
@Randy:
Ohhh how sweet the Cljnton victory will be in Nov !!!
Your Trumpenstein monster has gone rogue
@john: I didn’t choose a poll, I used the one that clearly showed that Trump was ahead of Hillary 30 of the 31 days in July and 2 of the first 2 days of August. Why would it not be representing the truth?
@john: The person responsible for the Dept of State is charged with insuring the security of embassies throughout the world. They have the US Military to provide services as requested. None were ever requested for Benghazi. The US Air Force, US Navy and US Army informed the State Dept they had forces ready to roll at her request. It never came.
@john:
Someone has to go to the effort to pick up a phone and call the military. Apparently, 9/11/12, everyone that should have was in campaign mode and couldn’t be bothered.
Should someone that is extremely careless in handling national security and sold arms to terrorists (then lied about it all) be President of the United States?
@Bill:
it’s ok with Dims, they have no standards.
@Redteam: as soon as the attack was reported Obama told JCS to do everything possible
Unfortunately life is not like a Tom Clancy novel
Even in the Bengahzzi!!!! Investigations Trey Goudy admitted in conclusion that the US military was unable to do anything
And
The Dec of State has no power over any of the uniformed branches. She was not in the chain of command
Even YOU should know that
@Redteam: you mean like Reagan trading our top of the line Hawk missles to Iran ????
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@Randy, #82:
Most foreign nations haven’t swallowed the political right’s domestic propaganda about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton hook, line, and sinker.
The majority of foreign leaders and officials look upon Donald Trump in total disbelief and with great foreboding, and have openly stated as much. There are notable exceptions, of course: the governments of North Korea and Russia. They have their own reasons for wanting Trump in the White House—none of which any thoughtful American voter ought to be comfortable with.
@Redteam: Their only standard is they be liberal, which itself includes incompetency and corruption.
@Greg:
This would be why we have been making such swell deals with other countries, like the stinking-out-loud Iran deal, trade agreements, cooperation on terror and immigration… because everyone respects Obama so much.
Ditto
Perhaps you forgot to mention something about those Chicago numbers
They are the highest in 10 years!!
Hey wait??
You mean that they were higher when Bush was POTUS ?????
Look less police have been shit under Obama as under Bush
In general crime overall has been decreasing not increasing
Crime in city HAS been increasing, but so has populations as people flee the countryside and come to the city for work and governmental services
Crime rates were higher under Bush why not mention that?? Trying to mislead us ???
@john: You mean mention that crime has been on a steady decline since Clinton’s tougher stance on crime, which Obama is reversing? Or that, despite left wing rhetoric and lies, crime declines though millions and millions of new guns have been bought?
Only specific segments have suffered greater violence and cops is one of them… thanks to Obama.
@john: murders in chicago were highest under Clinton, within 3 yrs after Bush took office murders went from avg of about 650 to about 450, where they are today with Obama. So they came down under Bush and have stayed about that level since.
As I said, when Bush came in the murder rate was high but he got it down to a level where it remains today. Obozo has done nothing to reduce it further.
@Redteam:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Chicago#Annual_homicide_totals_by_year
Why stop your analysis with Clinton ???
THE highest number of murders of any 2 term POTUS was under Ragan.
The highest total number of murders in one year was in Bush I’s last year when it peaked at 943, up slightly from the year before at 928
The total number of murders under Bush II will be higher than it was under
Obama
The total killed under Bush in Chicago 3,789
The total of police shot and killed is also lower under Obama regardless of what the rightwing media screams about “the war on cops”
Bill a bit confused here…… are you saying that you think that one reason why the increase in cops shot is due to the additional millions of guns that have recently been sold ?
Anyway total number of cops shot and killed has been on a decline, the fewest officer deaths by gunshot will be its lowest under Obama.
Of course many more cops kill themselves each year than are killed by others. http://www.officer.com/article/12156622/2015-police-suicide-statistics
Actually the true number is higher many police suicides are termed “accidental” as in he was cleaning his gun and it accidentally discharged
https://www.odmp.org/search/year
And why is the largest Red State (which is smaller than the largest Blue state) have more than 3 times as many cops shot to death as CA???
Is Obama making Texans kill cops? If he is he should stop.
@john: Ah, Chicago. I don’t care how far you go back, you find Democrat control of Chicago. Indeed, why does the left not scream about the steadily high number of murders where THEY are in control and THEY have banned guns?
Like the lives taken by your coddled illegal immigrants, the left does not care one goddamn about blacks slaughtering blacks in the poverty-ridden ghettos liberals have created.
Yes, as a matter of fact, he is. The last 5 killed was a result of the cop-hate generated by Black Lies Matter and supported by Obama and Hillary.
More than a bit, my boy. More than a bit.