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Line 171: − − ==The inevitable Hillary 2016== − :''Main article [[United States presidential election, 2016]]'' − {{Cquote|...every survivor of sexual assault...You have the right to be heard. You have the right to be believed.|20px|20px|Hillary Clinton on Twitter 10:24 AM - 14 Sep 2015.<ref>[https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/643475466490388480 Hillary Clinton on Twitter 10:24 AM - 14 Sep 2015].</ref>}} − In [[George Stephanopoulos]]'s memoirs of the Clinton 'War Room', a war waged by the Clinton machine and surrogates against fellow citizens with as much vitriol and [[hate]] as against any foreign oppressor, − {{Quotebox|..."We have to destroy her story," Mrs. Clinton said of one of the first women to come forward during her husband's first presidential campaign, Connie Hamzy, in 1991.}} − In January of 2016, ''Esquire'' magazine reported on a gathering in the fashionable Upper East Side apartment of the chief executive of [[HBO]]. Several conflicted past and present Clinton surrogates discussed how, − {{Quotebox|the Clintons and their allies discredited women who said they had had sexual encounters with, or been [[sexual assault|sexually assaulted]] by former [[President Bill Clinton]]. <br> − The conversation, relayed by several people with knowledge of the discussion who would speak about it only anonymously, captures the deeper debate unfolding among [[liberal]]-leaning women about how to reconcile Mrs. Clinton's leadership on women's issues with her past involvement in her husband's efforts to fend off accusations of sexual misconduct.<ref>[http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a41327/new-york-times-clinton-rumors/ The New York Times Is Obsessed with 2 Things. You Already Know What They Are.], By Charles P. Pierce, ''Esquire'', Jan 20, 2016.</ref>}} − The conundrum these conflicted Clinton surrogates face is how to explain their own past conduct to a generation of Millennials unfamiliar with the brazen history of the pair: − {{Quotebox|Even some [[Democrat]]s who participated in the effort to discredit the women acknowledge privately that today, when Mrs. Clinton and other women have pleaded with the authorities on college campuses and in workplaces to take any allegation of sexual assault and sexual harassment seriously, such a campaign to attack the women's [[character]] would be unacceptable.}} − [[File:Google crimes.png|thumb|right|225px|Google results, June 2016.]] − Such a campaign was unacceptable in the 1990s; Clinton surrogates, at the behest of Hillary Rodham Clinton in a raw quest for power, made it acceptable. − − ===Google=== − [[Google]] has been accused of manipulating autocomplete [[search engine]] results to favor Hillary Clinton. <ref>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-10/must-see-video-how-google-manipulates-search-results-favor-hillary-clinton </ref> Autocomplete returns the most popular trending search queries. − <ref>[http://freebeacon.com/politics/here-are-10-more-examples-of-google-search-results-favorable-to-hillary/ Here Are 10 More Examples of Google Search Results Favorable to Hillary], Tech giant accused of whitewashing autocomplete results], Brent Scher and Elizabeth Harrington, ''Washington Free Beacon'', June 10, 2016</ref> When a user types in ''Hillary Clinton cri'' to query about the criminal investigation into Mrs. Clinton for example, the Google results do not match at all popular trends on all other major search engines. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_tWyvnH0xY Anonymous - Google manipulating Hillary Clinton search results], Anonymous Official, Jun 18, 2016. youtube.com</ref> − [[File:Bing crimes.png|thumb|left|225px|Bing results, June 2016.]] − Supporters of [[Bernie Sanders]] complained throughout the 2016 primary season Google had inflated Hillary's delegate count by adding unelected [[Superdelegate]]s who by rule were to remain unpledged until the convention.<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/sanders-vs-clinton-delegate-count/ Failing Delegate Math[, A popular [[meme]] detailing the actual delegate count between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in May 2016 is mostly accurate. Kim LaCapria, ''Snopes'', May 10, 2016</ref> Some in late primary states considered this another form of voter suppression.<ref>[http://thebernreport.com/superdelegate-system-has-been-used-as-a-form-of-voter-supression/ Superdelegate System Has Been Used as a Form of Voter Suppression], Posted by G.A. Casebeer, ''The Bern Report'', May 23, 2016</ref> − − In an article entitled ''How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election'' in August of 2015 ''Politico'' warned Google "can easily shift the voting preferences of undecided voters by 20 percent or more—up to 80 percent in some demographic groups—with virtually no one knowing they are being manipulated... In the United States, half of our presidential elections have been won by margins under 7.6 percent".<ref>[http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/how-google-could-rig-the-2016-election-121548 How Google Could − Rig the 2016 Election], Google has the ability to drive millions of votes to a candidate with no one the wiser], By Robert Epstein, ''Politico'', August 19, 2015</ref> − [[File:Yahoo crimes.png|thumb|right|225px|Yahoo results, June 2016.]] − Billionaire Eric Schmidt, [[CEO]] of Google's parent company Alphabet funded a startup company called The Groundwork to ensure Hillary has the engineering talent needed to win the election.<ref>[http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ THE GROUNDWORK The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House], Adam Pasick & Tim Fernholz, ''Quartz'', October 09, 2015. qz.com</ref> Schmidt and Google are both donors to the Clinton Foundation. − − Of coarse, Google and other Clinton surrogates deny any manipulation. − − ===Hillary the neocon=== − :''Main article: [[Hillary Clinton Foreign Policy]]'' − The ''[[New York Times]]'' noted in 2014 after Hillary left the State Department and the Libyan and Syrian disasters in her wake, [[neoconservatives]] are − {{Quotebox|“aligning themselves with Hillary Rodham Clinton and her nascent presidential campaign, in a bid to return to the driver’s seat of American foreign policy....[her policies are] something that might have been called neocon, but clearly her supporters are not going to call it that. They are going to call it something else.”}} − Vladimir Putin refers to the "zone of chaos" Hillary Clinton and the [[Obama administration]] have created in the Middle East. The ''Cairo Review'' notes, − {{quotebox|"Despite Hillary Clinton’s reputation as a [[liberal]], the record suggests her presidency would push America toward a more [[militarist]]ic approach to the Middle East...From Afghanistan to Western Sahara, she has advocated for military solutions to complex political problems, backed [[authoritarian]] allies and occupying armies, dismissed [[war crimes]], and opposed political involvement by the [[United Nations]] and its agencies.... she made a concerted effort to distance herself from Obama’s Middle East policies, which—despite including the bombing of no less than seven countries in the greater region—she argues have not been aggressive enough.... a look at the positions she has taken on a number of the key Middle East policy issues suggest that her presidency would shift America to a still more militaristic and [https://www.aei.org/publication/hillary-and-interventionism/ interventionist] policy that further marginalizes concerns for [[human rights]] or [[international law]]." <ref>[http://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/hillary-the-hawk/ Hillary the Hawk], By Stephen Zunes, The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Winter 2016. </ref>}} − − ===Bush donors=== − In the primary season [[Bernie Sanders]] supporters saw exactly what Clintonism is and what Clinton and surrogates are famous for-accusing your opponent with a straight face of the malfeasance and lack of ethics you yourself are guilty of. As the challenge from Bernie Sanders became more fierce, when Hillary needed the Sanders supporters more than ever, Hillary reached out to the big money donors who supported [[Jeb Bush]] saying, "I represent your values".<ref>[http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/hilary-clinton-bush-donors-222872 Hillary forces target Bush donors], By Ben White, Politico, 05/05/16. politico.com</ref><ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/05/09/clinton-campaign-republican-donors-hillary-shares-your-values Clinton Campaign to Republican Donors: Hillary Shares Your Values], by Jake Johnson, ''Common Dreams'', May 09, 2016. commondreams.org</ref><ref>[http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/05/06/Clinton-targeting-former-Jeb-Bush-donors-on-Wall-Street/3811462559579/ Clinton targeting former Jeb Bush donors on Wall Street], By Eric DuVall, UPI, May 6, 2016. www.upi.com</ref> − − ===It's the stupid voters, stupid=== − Bill Clinton's deregulation of [[Wall Street]] has been roundly credited with having caused the Great Recession.<ref>[http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877351_1877350_1877322,00.html Blameworthy: Bill Clinton. 25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis], ''[[Time magazine]]''.</ref><ref>[http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/14/448685233/fact-check-did-glass-steagall-cause-the-2008-financial-crisis Fact Check: Did Glass-Steagall Cause The 2008 Financial Crisis?], October 14, 2015. npr.org </ref> In something of an undignified moment, while instructing a group of partisans with talking points how to respond to claims that "the great recession was caused by too much regulation", in a rather unpresidential manner Hillary began barking like a dog, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58rLBBpCE2M ARF ARF ARF ARF]. − − After Congressional Democrats voted down President Obama's proposal to create a NAFTA-like Pacific Trade Zone with China, Japan, and about a dozen other countries, suddenly Hillary flip-flopped, again to grab headlines in support of what public opinion polls were already saying. CNN reported Hillary had spoken out in favor of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) no less than 45 times prior, an issue which supposedly she now opposes.<ref>Multiple references: − *Tapper, Jake et al. (June 15, 2015). [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2015%2F06%2F15%2Fpolitics%2F45-times-secretary-clinton-pushed-the-trade-bill-she-now-opposes%2F&ei=wC2CVeupMYO0oQTUj4HYCg&usg=AFQjCNEsFqVDafeOiL3RCS2RkzIM4yx07A&sig2=FjN1zCMVkBdQg3uHQ-cQvg "45 times Secretary Clinton pushed the trade bill she now opposes"]. CNN website/Politics. − *Swenson, Michele (June 24, 2014). [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fmichele-swenson%2Fnafta-the-transpacific-clinton_b_5523327.html&ei=CzKCVfvNFoq1oQTkg6iQDA&usg=AFQjCNH8zZ2k0O_82qbQ4lDs25S0ZL7LUQ&sig2=PUwH5dxq_fcRw17Tw9x7SQ "NAFTA, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Clinton Global Initiative"]. Huffington Post/The Blog. − *Shreckinger, Ben (February 21, 2014). [http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/how-obamas-free-trade-push-could-put-hillary-clinton-in-a-tight-spot/283958/ "How Obama's free trade push could put Hillary in a tight spot"]. ''The Atlantic'' website.</ref> − − Speaking to a group of Democratic loyalists in Massachusetts in 2014, Hillary indulged some of the old pointless rhetoric intended to divide people. Hillary agitated among partisans coaxing them with, "Don't let anyone tell you that corporations and businesses create jobs."<ref>[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB8QtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DPyUoCiWsTfI&ei=xzeCVYujEsTWoASs56HYCw&usg=AFQjCNFbNBSR0hvjFM2Csz0nD8oWQXzRiw&sig2=j25eCvPsMx5f-_-zQjEerg "Clinton shifts left: 'Don't let anyone tell you' that 'businesses create jobs'"] (October 24, 2014). YouTube video, 0:36, posted by GOP War Room.</ref> − − On the issue of the controversial, biased online encyclopedia, [[Wikipedia]], Clinton sent a message of congratulations that was read at the opening session of the Wikimania 2012 conference in Washington, DC.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nicholas Michael|last=Bashour|url=http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/17/wikimania-2012-swan-song/|title="Wikimania 2012 swan song"|publisher=Wikimedia blog website|date=July 17, 2012}}</ref>
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In early 2014 Boko Haram kidnapped 276 teenage schoolgirls and announced its intention to sell them as [[marital]] [[sex]] [[slave]]s.
In early 2014 Boko Haram kidnapped 276 teenage schoolgirls and announced its intention to sell them as [[marital]] [[sex]] [[slave]]s.
==See also==
==See also==