Posted on 06/24/2014 7:53:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has had a rough time of it ever since she asserted that both she and her husband were “dead broke” and “struggled” after leaving the White House in 2001. “A few weeks before they left the White House, the Clintons were able to muster a cash down payment of $855,000 and secure a $1.995 million mortgage,” Politifact observed. “This hardly fits the common meaning of ‘dead broke.’”
Clinton might have taken the public backlash over this minor gaffe in stride, but she didn’t. Speaking with The Guardian over the weekend, Clinton again reasserted her credentials on the issue of income inequality. “They don’t see me as part of the problem,” she insisted of those concerned with the growing income gap in the United States. “Because we pay ordinary income tax, unlike a lot of people who are truly well off, not to name names; and we’ve done it through dint of hard work.”
This statement, too, roiled even Clinton allies who were forced by pangs of conscience to note that the Clintons have been taking advantage of financial planning strategies that only the wealthiest Americans use to avoid paying their full freight (a tax burden they believe others should pay, by the way).
You could be forgiven for thinking the Clintons are thin-skinned because, speaking to Meet the Press host David Gregory recently, former President Bill Clinton came to his wife’s defense and asserted that it was factually accurate that his family was financially broken in the wake of his impeachment.
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“It is factually true that we were several million dollars in debt,” Clinton said. “Everybody no assumes that what happened in the intervening years was automatic. I’m shocked by what’s happened. I’m shocked that people still want me to come give talks.”
“She’s not out of touch,” Clinton added of his wife.
He would not go so far as to say criticism of his wife’s comments has been unfair, but he did say that the focus of the public debate should be on his wife’s favored policies and not her identity.
“I think I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th Century when I took office,” he offered, unsolicited. The former president closed by saying that the “real issue” facing presidential aspirants should be whether you are out of touch because you are rich, not simply your current net worth.
The instinct among Democratic politicians to one-up each other by inaccurately asserting a claim to poverty is an inexplicable one. They are sacrificing authenticity for the sake of appealing to the Democratic primary electorate. However, as demonstrated by a variety of the most successful politicians that party has ever produced, the Democratic electorate is apparently sincerely interested in just who the poorest in their ranks is.
From a guy who used to brag about how rich he was every chance he got, Rush did a parody on it LOL
I do! I believe he was a poor president.
Because you and your wife are proven notorious liars, Billy. Or what does “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky” mean?
Me too, a poor President and poor excuse for a human being.
first law of holes...
They’re so poor they had to steal stuff out of the White House when they moved out.
Hillary, during that time, was involved in ripping off people in land deals, and Wall Street scams.
When they left the White House, they bought a mansion in New York that had a garage on it with some living space above it. They rented that out to the Secret Service for at least the cost of their mortgage.
Reminds me of the old joke: what do you get when you cross a crooked politician with a greedy lawyer? A. Chelsey
Maybe because you weren’t and aren’t poor?
Trailer trash, but not poor!
Long ago in a far way land, long before Vince Foster....
Remember when the Clintons bought that estate in NY with the 1.9 million mortgage? As I recall they scammed the government (legally) to pay for it by charging the Secret Service protection detail rent for the guest house in an amount sufficient to pay the mortgage payments.
That doesn’t show up in his direct costs to the government but is part of the SS budget.
Such a deal. Really helped out since they were broke.
Speaking of holes, remember that he was claiming with Goodwill that his used underpants were worth $3.00 each?
They even grifted that Goodwill retard.
Because youare a pathological liar!!
Sleazy is as sleazy does
The Clintons were born poor white trash. Put some ice on it, BJ.
Hillary being outof touch has nothing to do with money. It is lifestyle. One or the other has been in elected office for much of their lives. You live on the taxpayers dime. You get housing food transportation great medical care, etc. On top of a pretty nice salary. You travel the world at the tax payers expense. When was the last time Hillary used a coupon to make a purchase at Walmart? NEVER. Yes she is out of touch with most normal American citizens...........
Bill Clinton: Why doesn’t anyone believe we were poor?
Because we know you are both lying sacks of crap? That would be my guess..........
People who are several million dollars in debt don't qualify for houses worth several million dollars, do they?
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I guess the Clintons have forgotten about the Occupy Wall Street 99 percenters.
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