Comment by Lefty Patriot — November 18, 2007 @ 9:11 pm

Sorry, bud, too late. A lib admitted a Dem was wrong for something other than failure to try to impeach Bush. Nearly every other post ignored the fact that this practice is common to both parties and is wrong no matter who does it. None would say it’s gone on for years and is wrong, period; only that Bush is wrong for doing it. One lone lib finally acknowledged it. ;)

Comment by upright left — November 18, 2007 @ 5:23 pm

UL, you need a remedial English course, you obviously don’t understand the language, or sarcasm, or irony. did Hillary pardon these people? No. did they contribute in hopes of a pardon? well, hardly, they contributed afterwards, long after. Talk about straw men, you’re pathetic.

Finally, a lib acknowledging that a Dem did the same thing that Bush is being slammed for and the Dem is actually wrong for doing it too! No excuse for why the Dem had to do it, no “Repubs made him do it,” a Dem did something wrong and bears responsibility for it himself. What a fine day for such a wonderous revelation. ;)

rhetorically adept, but strategically recherche.

lie to get in the game

cheat and line your pockets

get caught and blame a democrat

repeat as necessary

only thing worse than a Righty politician is the rube voting for him.

You gotta love the Republiscum hypocrisy. There’s nothing wrong with a potential judge making contributions to Bush’s campaign, and then they magically become a judge. But there is something wrong with Hillary taking a campaign contribution from someone who her husband pardoned. Both are wrong and both need exposure. But in the Republiscum bizarro world, it’s only wrong if it is done by a Democrat.

Could it be because this has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton and her campaign for President?

There is no pro Hillary bias on this blog. If anything it is more anti Hillary than pro Hillary.

Also, the only reason why she is the front-runner is because the MSM has anointed her front runner status and they are ignoring the other candidates. She also has the largest “name recognition” factor. That’s the same thing that is going on with Rudy. Most people have no idea who Guiliani is or what he stands for. They just recognize his name from 911.

At this moment Hilliary is in a statistical dead heat in Iowa with Obama and Edwards. So, Hillary as the Democratic candidate is far from a done deal.

You know, OBigFootInMouth, you are incredibly stupid. Of course there is no law to contributing to campaigns. There is a law against contributing to campaigns in return for something, like a Judgeship. That’s called bribery by most people.

OBigFootInMouth says it’s not illegal. He is wrong, it is illegal. It’s called bribery. How is this any different than Ted Stevens steering contracts to someone who remodeled his house virtually for free? And Ted Stevens is being investigated for this bribery scheme.

Comment by Exley — November 18, 2007 @ 12:32 pm

Not with a name like “Yorvit”! :)

As regards TP and Hillary, I’m just not here often enough to notice any pro-Clinton bias from TP. Of course, there’s plenty of people here who post anti-Clinton comments even when they’re off-topic, so her faults aren’t totally ignored.

another notch lower on the credential ladder…

that’s enough for that one…

I’m sorry TRS, I have to disagree with you. Bush sold our *ss to the Chinese.

Nope, they are only “activist judges” when they are appointed by a Democrat. If they are appointed by a Republican, they are “strict constructionists”.

Yes, I know a lot of posters here are not big Hillary fans. But the fact is that she is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination of president. Therefore, I find it amusing that the editors of ThinkProgress, who purport to be so concerned about public corruption, turn a blind eye to suspect activities conducted by John Podesta’s former boss.

On another, more important topic, I am thrilled that the negotiations with Yorvit Torrealba fell through…What was Omar thinking???? Yorvit Torrealba was not going to lead us to the Promised Land.

Exley….you have no evidence that Clinton’s staff KNEW these contributions were from improper donors when they were first received them ….or that she failed to gave them back when she found out about them. Believe me…the Bad press was hardly worth a couple Grand$$$.
And for your comment that TP hasn’t posted comments critical of Sen. Clinton…give me a break.

in 2 threads???

whatever floats your boat…

I agree…A nice job by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washingtonm is catching the Clinton campaign’s highly questionable fundraising…

But isn’t it odd that ThinkProgress, which purports to be so concerned with public corruption, did not run the story?

Oh, wait…It’s Hillary….I guess it is not surprising that TP tried to bury the story after all….