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17788, RE: Prove it
Posted by handle, Sun Feb-25-01 05:20 AM
>For consideration: Marc Rich's ex-wife donated
>tons of money to Hilary
>Clinton's campaign

Ok, PROVE that Hillary getting money was the direct cause for the Presidentpardoning him. Because without proof I can not see how you can say it's BRIBERY, which is what we are talking about here.

Consider this: Did anyoneone else give BIG MONEY to the Clintons AND ask for a pardon BUT NOT GET IT?

I site this from Joe Conanson:
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Another is that Ron Burkle, a California billionaire who gave 10 times as much to every Clinton fund and campaign as Ms. Rich did, was turned down when he requested a pardon for his friend Michael Milken. Mr. Burkle promised a minimum of $5 million to the Clinton library, compared with the $450,000 given by Ms. Rich. He and members of his family have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to every conceivable Democratic campaign, including Mrs. Clinton’s Senate race. Mr. Burkle and other well-heeled, Clinton-connected advocates passionately argued the Milken case, but they didn’t prevail on Jan. 20.

In this climate, though, accusations of criminal conduct need not be probable or even plausible. A shouting voice and a microphone will do.
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And consider this: When we start using taglines from The Twilight Zone, maybe the political discourse in this country belongs there.