Rush Limbaugh: Clinton/Cisneros Cover-Up Fails

RushLimbaugh.com ^ | 5/5/05 | Rush Limbaugh

[wagglebee]

This goes back maybe two weeks ago. There was an attempt in a piece of Senate legislation to shelve forever a scandal involving the IRS and Henry Cisneros and a number of other things. Well, enough attention was called to this that it has failed, the effort to cover it up has failed. (story) "A Senate rider inserted in an emergency appropriations bill in the dead of the night, which would close a rare window into political foul play at the Internal Revenue Service, was quietly removed Tuesday in Senate-House negotiations. That offers full disclosure of a major scandal that has been percolating for a decade. The rider would have de-funded the investigation begun in 1995 of then-Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros by Independent Counsel David Barrett. The amendment was sponsored by three highly influential Democrats, purportedly to stop leakage of federal money in a run-on program and end persecution of a no-longer-prominent Democratic politician. In fact, Barrett's investigation is the first independent probe, with subpoena power, of the IRS... The report, described as 400 pages long with over 2,000 footnotes, is sealed by court order. So are Barrett's lips. But enough has leaked from sources familiar with its content to suggest political dynamite. Sources indicate an IRS whistle-blower contends the tax fraud investigation was transferred from a regional office to Washington, where the IRS and the Justice Department suffocated it. That raises the question of whether Cisneros, then a rising Democratic star, was improperly protected by Clinton administration officials." By the way, this might also involve Mrs. Clinton. "The investigation has been so protracted because of delaying motions by the Williams & Connolly firm, attorneys for Bill and Hillary Clinton. These lawyers, headed by David Kendall, are described as poring over the sealed Barrett report, according to sources, because clients are named."

This is a report that could really damage ten or so, maybe even more, members of the Clinton administration. We talked about this a couple weeks ago. A couple Democrats, including John Kerry, were trying to squelch this by defunding it, by putting it in another piece of Senate legislation. The word leaked out that this was happening, Tony Snow wrote a column about it, we talked about it on this program, enough attention was brought to bear, the effort to bury this report and to defund it has failed. Now, it's still under seal, but the likelihood is there will be a report made public on this at some point and that means that there are people cowering in fear and quivering in the corners even as we speak. This is a real under-the-cover effort here, folks, to try to get this investigation quashed, or the report quashed, and they came close. They came very, very, very close to doing this. That, too, I predict is going to be a story, how they almost got this investigation totally quashed, defunded, and therefore buried.

I want to clarify one thing. Senator Kennedy was not part of the Democrat effort to quash the bill. It was Senator Byron Dorgan. "Sen. Byron Dorgan, Senate Democratic Policy Committee chairman, in the middle of a long floor speech on April 5, gave notice he would try to amend the emergency money bill 'to shut off the funding' for Barrett. Dorgan was the amendment's principal sponsor. Co-sponsors were Sen. Richard Durbin, the minority whip, and Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 nominee for president." So it was Dorgan, Durbin, and Kerry that attempted to get this investigation buried.

[Old Professer]

Rush is tainted goods.

[wallcrawlr]

The sins of the messenger dont taint the message.

[Old Professer]

Cisneros is garbage, but he did have his uses.

Rush will be excoriated befor this is done; America loves a good "stompfest."

[libs_kma]

Yes, and Kerry is more in line with Kennedy than the klintoon's, so I'm wondering what Kerry's angle is here trying to keep this buried.

Maybe he still owe's Bubba for some of the Chicom funds thrown his way.

[skinkinthegrass]

..so I'm wondering what Kerry's angle is here trying to keep this buried.

..sKERRY: "It wasn't Me, $hrillary"

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I am so glad you posted this! Rush was great yesterday. FRegards....

[Donaeus]

Bump for later read

Meekie, a ping if you please... :)

[MeekOneGOP]

Rush Limbaugh:
Clinton/Cisneros Cover-Up Fails

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This is a report that could really damage ten or so, maybe even more, members of the Clinton administration. We talked about this a couple weeks ago. A couple Democrats, including John Kerry, were trying to squelch this by defunding it, by putting it in another piece of Senate legislation. The word leaked out that this was happening, Tony Snow wrote a column about it, we talked about it on this program, enough attention was brought to bear, the effort to bury this report and to defund it has failed. Now, it's still under seal, but the likelihood is there will be a report made public on this at some point and that means that there are people cowering in fear and quivering in the corners even as we speak. This is a real under-the-cover effort here, folks, to try to get this investigation quashed, or the report quashed, and they came close. They came very, very, very close to doing this. That, too, I predict is going to be a story, how they almost got this investigation totally quashed, defunded, and therefore buried .....

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[Proud_texan]

I thought he was president of Univision but apparently he couldn't keep that job either:

"A former President of Univision (the nation’s fifth-largest TV network) Cisneros serves as Chairman of American CityVista and City View, where he is leading a movement to strengthen our nation one neighborhood at a time. In 2004 he was named “Builder of the Year” by El Nuevo Constructor magazine."

I figured at the time there had to be more to the story. Cisneros was, at the time, touted as one of the rising stars of the dims, more so than any I've seen hyped since and he went down from politics hard which usually means that for everything that we found out about there were a dozen more that didn't see the light of day.

[CyberAnt]

Actually, Tony Snow is the person who beat at this until it broke into the public view.

Rush had mentioned this story a few weeks ago .. and Tony Snow picked up the gauntlet and began talking to all the Senators about how this happened and what they were going to do to take this amendment off the Appropriations bill.

And .. for all you George Allen fans (and I like George), when Tony talked to him - he had no idea what SA-399 was - yet HE VOTED TO ATTACH IT TO THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL. Tony was livid at him. IN FACT - THE AMENDMENT WAS ATTACHED BY A UNANIMOUS SENATE VOTE - and the reason the dems got away with it WAS BECAUSE THEY LIED ABOUT WHAT THE AMENDMENT SAID.

We all need to continually remind our REPUBLICAN senators that the DEMOCRATS WILL LIE, CHEAT, STEAL, OBSTRUCT, HIDE, etc. in order to cover up THEIR OWN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

It's a common mistake by "good" people - to assume others have the same values.

THE DEMOCRATS DON'T HAVE THE SAME VALUES - and we need to continually drum that home to our representatives - the OLD BOY NETWORK is OVER!! The democrats are only using it to try to IMPOSE their view. This has to stop.

Never forget: Boxer, Dodd, Reid, Kerry, Dorgan - have all wrtten legislation to either help members of their own family or to try to cover up CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. This is just a GROSS ABUSE OF THEIR SENITORIAL POWER. This has to be stopped.

[CyberAnt]

"hot stuff"


According to Tony Snow - this report has some "nasty stuff" in it.

Hillary is going to have a difficult time distancing herself from all this criminal activity by people who are still working for her. Several of them are running 527's for Soros.

[CyberAnt]

You are exactly correct - I have been saying this for months - and I hear today McCain is trying to get Kerry to drop his bid for the dem nomination. Hmmmm?

My question: Has Hillary made McCain an offer he can't refuse ..??

[CyberAnt]

YES! THEY SURE DO!!

[CyberAnt]

I think that's a different Cisneros. The guy that got bonked on the head is a "state senator" somewhere .. and he might be related to Henry, but I don't think it's the same guy.

The reason .. there was no mention of Cisneros being the former Secy. in Clinton's admin.

[sandydipper]

Don't hold your breath - congress critters watch out for each other on pain of exposure. I just hope the fat lady is waiting in the wings.

[CyberAnt]

"if justice weren't blinded by power and bribery, alot of them would already have served HARD TIME by now!"


And .. their crimes weren't discussed in the press - who burried or ignored their crimes.

HOWEVER, THE NEW MEDIA IS HERE - and just like this horrid amendment - the dems cannot keep this stuff hidden anymore.

THAT IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE THE DEMS STILL HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT. They believe that if the NYT or the WP or CNN doesn't say anything then these people are going to be able to get away with this stuff .. NOT ANY MORE.

[CyberAnt]

Hmmmmm? I don't agree! Being addicted to prescription pain killers - does not make him tainted.

And .. it wasn't Rush who worked this story - IT WAS TONY SNOW. Rush is just reporting it again - because the stinking amendment has now been removed.

[CyberAnt]

Please go whine somewhere else.

THIS IS A GREAT VICTORY FOR THE NEW MEDIA - WE ARE THE ONES WHO EXPOSED THIS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY BY DEMOCRAT SENATORS - and just because Rush happens to be reporting on it - that doesn't taint the message.

[CyberAnt]

Or just maybe .. just maybe .. Hillary knows about stuff in Kerry's FBI file that Kerry does not want made public.

[smiley]

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