Secretary of State appointee Hillary Clinton listens intently during her confirmation hearings.
Posted on 01/13/2009 2:06:09 PM PST by COUNTrecount
WASHINGTON – It's still all about Bubba.
Amid all the laudatory comments about Hillary Clinton at Tuesday morning's Secretary of State confirmation hearings, the only slightly sour note so far has been about Bill Clinton, and the fear that his foreign entanglements might snare Hillary — and U.S. foreign policy.
It fell to GOP Sen. Dick Lugar to deliver the cautionary lines, but Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry made sure to note that the whole committee had those worries.
"The work of the Clinton Foundation is a unique complication that will have to be managed with great care and transparency," Lugar warned Clinton before her opening remarks.
"The core of the problem is that foreign governments and entities may perceive the Clinton Foundation as a means to gain favor with the Secretary of State," Lugar said.
"The Clinton Foundation exists as a temptation for any foreign entity or government that believes it could curry favor through a donation," Lugar warned. "It also sets up potential perception problems with any action taken by the Secretary of State in relation to foreign givers or countries."
He said that any time a foreign donor crops up anywhere around a U.S. foreign policy action, related or not, someone will link the two, causing problems for the country.
Lugar said the only way to ensure there would be no problems is for Bill Clinton to "foreswear" any foreign donations.
The ex-President has already given up his donor lists and promised to submit future dealings to an ethics review, so none of this came as a surprise to Hillary Clinton.
Meanwhile, Kerry made an impromptu offer of an internship to former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton, who was seated behind her mother.
Hillary told the Massachusetts Democrat that her only regret about the confirmation hearing was that she couldn't see her daughter's face.
Bill Clinton was once an intern on the committee, Kerry noted, saying that perhaps, for the day, he could use his chairman's prerogative and tap Chelsea as a one-day intern, so she could sit behind
Secretary of State appointee Hillary Clinton listens intently during her confirmation hearings.
Hitlery remains another TOTALLY UNQUALIFIED person for her assignment. Zero’s cabinet assignments are worse than both the Carter and Clinton regimes. Gross incompetence -— just slobbering Marxist goons.
A sad day for America when this corrupt, lying, washed-up hag will be the face of American diplomacy around the world.
Bubba may loom large on dropping a dime or a Kenyan birth cerificate on Obama this week. Bill has been spreading our billions in tax money, thanks to GW, in Africa for “AIDS.” Bill has connections and friends in Africa Indonesia, China and Hawaii.
Berg or Pidegeon or Orly will need some votes at SCOTUS. Bubba got Breyer and Ginzberg their SCOTUS gigs.
Not to mention that because of the increase in salary is she not legally unqualifed from taking the position?
Hilarious one-liners of their own
Hillary Confirmation Hearing Honors Henny Youngman
"Take my wife.. please!" easily topped by Senators.
...Fixed it.
Not all of Bill, just part of him.
LOL! Ya think? Like the Clintons have no experience with THAT! Hahahahaha! That is rich.
Whoa Hillary. A little Plastic Surgery needed for those eye bags!
The core of the problem is that foreign governments and entities may will perceive the Clinton Foundation as a means to gain favor bribe and blackmail with the Secretary of State," Lugar said.
There, fixed it.
Lugar said the only way to ensure there would be no problems is for Bill Clinton to "foreswear" any foreign donations. Bill Clinton "foreswear"?... BWAH-HAW-HAW-HAW-HA-HA-HA!
The ex-President has already given up his donor lists and promised to submit future dealings to an ethics review, so none of this came as a surprise to Hillary Clinton.
Bill Clinton made a "promise"? BWAH-HAW-HAW-HAW-HA-HA-HA!... Cut it out! Yer killin' me, here!
Meanwhile, Kerry made an impromptu offer of an internship to former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton, who was seated behind her mother.
What goes around... comes around, hey Bill? Don't let Chelsea wear any blue dresses... The hun would'nt like the competition!
Somebody please slap that contemptuous smirk off of snot-nosed Schmucky Schumer's puss!
Laws are for the little people.
Secretary Of State Salary Will Be Cut For Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton will earn less money if confirmed as secretary of state than her predecessor, Condoleezza Rice.
That’s because Congress has cut her future salary for the Cabinet post by about $4,700 to comply with an obscure clause in the Constitution. Under it, no member of Congress can be appointed to a government job that would provide a pay increase during the lawmaker’s current term.
Rice makes $191,300. Congress Wednesday night rolled back the salary that the next secretary of state will get to $186,600, the salary that was in place when Clinton began her current Senate term in January, 2007.
As a senator, Clinton currently makes $169,300.
Not to mention that because of the increase in salary is she not legally unqualifed from taking the position?
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Well, breaking the law is in vogue in Washington now — after all, look what we got for a president. And nobody cares. That is the difference between a nation of laws and mob rule.
********Hillary told the Massachusetts Democrat that her only regret about the confirmation hearing was that she couldn’t see her daughter’s face. **********
I’d say that was more like a blessing.
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