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futures market, the Health Care Task Force’s illegal secrecy, the household furniture and gifts taken from the White House to Chappaqua, Vince Foster’s suicide, Webb Hubbell’s disgrace—all Hillary scandals. Even many of the problems with Bill’s women were seriously exacerbated by Hillary. When Paula Jones, who accused him of making sexual overtures, offered to settle her suit for no money, no apology, and no admission by Bill, Hillary wouldn’t let him take the deal. Why not? Because Paula wanted Bill to say that he sent a trooper to invite her to his room. Even though the invitation could have been innocuous, Hillary was determined not to give credibility to an article in the right-wing Spectator Magazine that accused Bill of using troopers to arrange his illicit dates.
    Bill, cowed, followed Hillary dictates, and the Jones suit went on and on. Ultimately, it led to his perjury, the revelation of the Lewinsky affair, his impeachment, his criminal misdemeanor conviction, his disbarment, and his disgrace. It also cost the Clintons almost $1 million. But Hillary was spared the embarrassment of an implication that Bill had cheated on her. The Clinton White House pardon scandal was largely Bill’s doing, but Hillary played a role there too. The FALN, a Puerto Rican terrorist group that bombed the Capital and Fraunces Tavern, killing four civilians, never even asked for a pardon of any sort and suddenly saw their sentences commuted.
    Why? Because Hillary needed the Latino support for her New York senate race. Likewise, a Hasidic group successfully lobbied Hillary to get her husband to pardon key leaders in their community. He did—after she arranged a meeting with President Clinton for their supporters. And then, of course, her brothers were paid huge sums ofmoney to lobby the president to pardon their jailed clients, including one of the biggest crack dealers in the country. Again, Bill bowed to Hillary’s wishes. Just as once all roads led to Rome, so all scandals lead to Hillary. And after the White House years, the scandals continued. Hillary’s and Bill’s speaking fees, the Benghazi cover-up, and her use of a private e-mail server all riveted our attention.
    For decades, people have wondered about the Clinton marriage. Dick believes that it was a real romance that gradually became a marriage of convenience by two business partners. But who knew that it would become a RICO, a virtual racketeering organization? Bill ran around like a bag man collecting a staggering $221,139,516 in speaking and consulting fees that he deposited in his joint bank account with Hillary, while his wife, the secretary of state, reciprocated by doing favors for foreign governments. Do the Russians want to own 20% of the US uranium supply? Does the dictator of Kazakhstan want international approval? Does Dubai want to attract foreign investment? No problem. Just invite Bill to give a speech and, presto, you have Hillary’s State Department working 24/7 for you—and even organizing an event at the State Department for the top 100 CEOs in America to meet the business community in the U.A.E.
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    Bill and Hillary seem to have gotten away with it all. But did they? The constant drumbeat of scandal, caused by their addiction to skating right up to the line, has left a deep legacy of distrust and dislike by American voters. Hillary trumpets the fact that after all of the investigations, she has never actually been convicted of anything, or even indicted. But as Mark White, former governor of Texas, once told Dick about his predecessor John Connally, he “taught us all the difference between not guilty and innocent.” So have Bill and Hillary. If Hillary escapes indictment after the FBI investigation of her misuse of her e-mail at the State Department, will she learn her lesson, draw in her horns, and walk the straight and narrow? If you ask, you don’t know Hillary.
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