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Line 98: − + − During [[Bill Clinton]]'s presidency, Hillary initially played an important role. Immediately after his [[inauguration]] in 1993, she led a task force to create a national health care system. The secrecy of the Task Force was at issue in court cases which resulted in disclosures to comply with the law.+ − − Her friend [[Vince Foster]] supervised the defense of the litigation, but died under mysterious circumstances at the height of the controversy; the death was ruled a suicide by the U.S Park Service. The Task Force proposals lacked public support and support from the Democrats in Congress, and came to nothing but an embarrassment for the Clinton presidency. − − Subsequently, the Republicans won a landslide victory in 1994, taking over both Houses of Congress. − − ===Healthcare task force scandals === − − Hillary was asked by her husband to play a central role in secretly crafting a plan to overhaul Health Care. Joe Klein. author of ''Primary Colors'', the fawning rendition of the phenomena of Clintonism on the 1992 campaign trail remarked, − {{Cquote |Bill Clinton really believed that if anybody was going to come up with the answer to the most vexing public policy problem out there, it was going to be Hillary. It was one of the stupidest political decisions that Bill Clinton ever made.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/transcript/clinton-transcript/ "Clinton" program transcript]. ''American Experience'' [Boston: WGBH] television series (PBS). Retrieved from PBS website.</ref>}} − Democrats were divided, and conservatives counterattacked. The Democratically controlled Congress refused to even vote on it, given its unpopularity and having to publicly take a stand in support of the Clintons before the 1994 Midterm Elections. − − The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), along with several other groups, filed a lawsuit over closed-door meetings related to the HillaryCare. The AAPS sued to gain access to the list of members of the task force which the Clinton administration had kept secret from the public.<ref>Flaherty, Peter (March 18, 2015) [http://nlpc.org/stories/2015/03/18/heath-care-task-force-showed-secrecy-nothing-new-hillary "Health care task force showed Hillary's penchant for secrecy"]. National Legal Policy Center website/Government integrity project.</ref> On June 14, 1993 the ''Washington Times'' reported Hillary's task force records were being shredded. − − Along with the failed task force's membership being sealed from the public, so was its budget, accounting, and spending authority. Hillary's task force was given a budget of $100,000. In secret, it spent almost $14 million.<ref>[http://gao.justia.com/department-of-justice/1995/3/cost-of-health-care-task-force-related-activities-t-ggd-95-114/ ''Cost of Health Care Task Force Related Activities''] (March 14, 1995) (Washington D.C.: GPO), GAO Report. Gao ID: T-GGD-95-114. Retrieved from Justia website/GAO/Department of Justice reports.</ref> − − The long-term impact was an embarrassment to Hillary, especially in her 2008 presidential campaign. − − ===Removal of documents from Vince Foster's office=== − After the death of White House staffer Vince Foster, 20 year Secret Service veteran Henry O' Neill testified before Congress he observed as Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, Margaret Williams, carry boxes of papers out of Foster's office and up to the White House residence quarters on First Lady Hillary Clinton's instructions. The documents related to the Clinton's blind trust and White House real estate investments. Under oath, Hillary Clinton denied issuing the instructions or receiving the documents. The documents were now considered evidence in the investigation of the death of Vince Foster. − − Two years later, some of the documents were retrieved from the private White House quarters. FBI investigators determined Hillary Clinton's fingerprints were on the documents.<ref>Multiple references: − *[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1996-04-30/pdf/CREC-1996-04-30-pt1-PgH4166-3.pdf#page=2 "Remarks by Congressman (Dan) Burton of Indiana: First Lady's fingerprints on billing records"] (April 30, 1996). ''Congressional Record'' (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office), House of Representatives, 104th Congress, pp. H4167-8. − *[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1996-05-10/pdf/CREC-1996-05-10-pt1-PgH4880-3.pdf#page=1 "Remarks by Congressman (Dan) Burton of Indiana: Mrs. Clinton's fingerprints on billing records II"] (May 10, 1996). ''Congressional Record'' (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office), House of Representatives, 104th Congress, pp. H4880-1.</ref> − − ===Hillary's enemies list and conspiracy theories=== − [[File:Hillary-5.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hillary made a pointed reference to "a vast right-wing conspiracy" as being responsible for her husbands infidelity and the myriad scandals which have plagued the Clintons since their early days in Arkansas.]] − :''Main article: [[Vast right wing conspiracy theory]] − Hillary Clinton branded opponents of the Administration and critics of the Clinton's scandalous lifestyles as "a vast right-wing conspiracy." White House staffers made up an enemies list of persons and organizations who subsequently endured IRS audits and harassment.<ref>Klayman, Larry (July 1999). [http://web.archive.org/web/19991007035755/http://www.liberty.edu/chancellor/nlj/July1999/Coverstory2.htm "Clinton uses IRS to punish critics"]. ''National Liberty Journal''. Reprinted at Liberty University website/National Liberty Journal online. Retrieved from October 7, 1999 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> − − ===Infidelity and attacks on opponents=== − Although Hillary Clinton told CBS's Steve Kroft in an interview on ''60 Minutes'' to address her husband's infidelity, Clinton emphatically stated, − {{Cquote|I'm not sitting here — some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette.<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/wa/starreport/60min.html Transcript of "Governor and Mrs. Clinton"] (January 26, 1992). ''60 Minutes'' (CBS). Retrieved from The Starr Independent Counsel Report website.</ref>}} − − Clinton likewise mocked stay-at-home-moms for baking cookies while she was employed at a "high powered" law firm making more money than her husband. She was lauded by liberal media and pundits as "a strong woman." − − In the end, when confronted with the infidelity of her husband, she blamed "a vast right-wing conspiracy" and stood by her man. − <blockquote> − 'Why didn’t you leave the White House when you found out about the cheating of your husband?' − Gaddafi's daughter Aisha Gaddafi.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1381198/Libya-war-2011-Aisha-Gaddafi-taunts-Obama-Hillary-Clinton.html#ixzz1Q2ALmYp2 "Gaddafi's daughter taunts Obama and Hillary Clinton and says: 'You never know when a rocket or a bomb might hit you'"] (April 28, 2011). DailyMail.com [U.K.] website/News.</ref> − </blockquote> − − ===Accusations of stolen gifts=== − When the Clintons left the White House, they were accused of taking furniture that belonged not to them, but to the White House and the American people. Clinton spokespeople claimed that the movers "inadvertently" packed the wrong items. Most of the articles were quietly returned. <ref>Lardner, George, Jr. (February 10, 2001). "Clinton shipped furniture year ago". ''Washington Post'', p. A1.</ref>
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== First Lady ==
== First Lady ==
:''Main article [[Hillary Clinton First Lady]]
Hillary Clinton was a colorless First Lady characterized by her drab personal appearance and dress, poor taste in interior design, rudeness and foul mouth mistreatment of subordinates, and a ruthless political ambition manifested in a failed Healthcare “reform” boondoggle.
:''Main article: [[Clinton health care plan]]''
== U.S. Senate ==
== U.S. Senate ==