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Perhaps because the issue is (temporarily) overshadowed by the tragic accidental drone-strike-killing of two hostages being held by Al Qaeda in Pakistan and by Ted Cruz’ introduction of two bills to stop gay marriage, there are “only” a score or so articles listed at memeorandum.com on allegations of inappropriate contributions to the Clinton Foundation and on various other allegations arising from allegations in Clinton Cash by conservative author Peter Schweizer
I say “only” because if my memory is right there were probably twice as many stories yesterday and, again if my memory is correct, the ratio of anti-Clinton pieces to those defending Hillary Clinton was perhaps an abysmal 10:1. Today’s ratio was not much better.
While I personally will wait until Hillary has had her day in court — in whatever fair and balanced form that may come — before deciding to whom my vote will go, there are one or two authors who dare to present another side to the “Clinton scandals.”
One of them is –surprise! But nevertheless worth reading — Brian Fallon, press secretary of Clinton’s campaign, (former) chief spokesperson to Attorney General Eric Holder and alumnus of Sen. Charles Schumer’s office.
At medium.com, Fallon writes “‘Clinton Cash’ & NYT Fail to Prove Any Connection Between Hillary Clinton & Russian Purchase of Uranium Assets.” In his piece, Fallon rebuts five innuendoes made by the New York Times using “facts drawn from the Times’ own reporting in the Times story about Hillary Clinton’s role in this matter.”
Read it here.
Of course the political affiliations of the author will make Fallon’s arguments immediately suspect to many. Understandable.
There are couple more stories urging all to withhold judgment to be found in today’s long list of Hillary Clinton articles in memeorandum.com.
However, none other than my favorite satirist, Andy Borowitz, writes a column that perhaps puts the broader anti-Clinton furor into political perspective in a piece today at the New Yorker.
Borowitz “reports” that “In an urgent memo to the field of G.O.P. Presidential candidates, the Republican National Committee chairman, Reince Priebus, praised them for their relentless personal attacks on Hillary Clinton, but warned that their hatred for the former Secretary of State might be ‘peaking too early.’”
According to Borowitz, while praising the present “evisceration” of Clinton by GOP candidates, Priebus warns them that “no human beings, even an impressive group like yourselves, could possibly sustain such a high intensity of throbbing hatred for an entire year and a half.”
Borowitz:
“Remember, this is a marathon, not a sprint,” he wrote. “You need to leave some hate in the tank.”
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In the conclusion of his memo, Priebus advised the candidates to take an occasional day off from hating Clinton so that they could “return to despising her with renewed freshness and vigor.”
Borowitz singles out Ted Cruz’ response to Priebus’ concerns: “Anyone who doesn’t think I’m capable of spewing an infinite stream of vitriol and bile doesn’t know what I’m made of,” and adds that Cruz points with pride to his long record of hating President Obama.
Judging from the legislation Cruz introduced today, President Obama is not by a long shot the only person whom the Senator from Texas hates.
Read the full Borowitz column here.
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