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Revision as of 20:41, June 17, 2016
, 20:41, June 17, 2016→Origins and model
These lawyers fresh out of law school, Bill and Hillary Clinton, have been well aware of the existing Watergate reform laws and understood what Nixon's aims and ambitions were. They had already began their own quests for political power as offspring of the [[McGovern-Fraser reforms]] in 1971-72.
These lawyers fresh out of law school, Bill and Hillary Clinton, have been well aware of the existing Watergate reform laws and understood what Nixon's aims and ambitions were. They had already began their own quests for political power as offspring of the [[McGovern-Fraser reforms]] in 1971-72.
Today in 2016 these many decades later, we now see the frightening realization of the combination of the two models - CREEP and the Nixon Library - in the Clinton Foundation. It is already said [[John McCain]], who never served as President, and [[Barack Obama]] who is just beginning to solicit for his library, are building their own global influence peddling perpetual entities on the Clinton Foundation model.
Today we now see the frightening realization of the combination of the two models - CREEP and the Nixon Library - in the Clinton Foundation. It is already said [[John McCain]], who never served as President, and [[Barack Obama]] who is just beginning to solicit for his library, are building their own global influence peddling perpetual entities on the Clinton Foundation model.
Meredith McGehee of the Campaign Legal Center has lobbied Congress to ban officeholders from getting involved with foundations and other tax-exempt groups. By operating outside disclosure rules, the foundation gives foreign donors an avenue to influence [[election]]s.<ref>http://www.rollcall.com/news/clinton_foundations_missteps_point_to_broader_problem-241644-1.html </ref>
Of course, a younger generation not schooled in the particulars of Nixon's crimes do not see what is galling about the Clinton Global Initiative to those of us who lived through the Nixon presidency.
Of course, a younger generation not schooled in the particulars of Nixon's crimes do not see what is galling about the Clinton Global Initiative to those of us who lived through the Nixon presidency.