Pardons for votes, from Bortz-
AND NOW WE HAVE THIS SLEAZY PARDON CONTROVERSY …..
OK, so he pardoned his brother. He pardoned some of the people who lied to save his sorry ass. He pardoned at least one former sex partner. He pardoned people who refused a lawful order to testify in one of the many corruption cases against him. He pardoned big campaign contributors. He pardoned people who stole money from the taxpayers of the United States --- and never paid a penny back
Let’s start this tale with three Hasidic Jewish communities in New York State. All three of these communities are in Rockland County. The three communities are named Kiryas Joel, Kaser and New Square.
So --- how did these communities vote in the New York senatorial election? Well, the villiages of Kiryas Joel and Kaser went for Rick Lazio, by a total of 3,480 vote to just 152 for Queen Hillary.
But what about New Square? Well, things were different there. New Square went for Hillary by a vote of 1,359 to 10.
OK --- something just a bit weird here, wouldn’t you say? Three almost identical Hasidic Jewish communities in one New York County. Each with about 1500-1700 voters. Two of these communities vote overwhelmingly for Rick Lazio for Senate. The other votes almost totally for Hillary.
Well, you say, --- maybe these communities aren’t so alike after all? Something sure seems a bit odd.
You’re right. They aren’t exactly alike. In 1999 one of these communities lost four of it’s local leaders to a federal prison. There names were Jacob Elbaum, Kalmen Stern, Benjamin Berger and David Goldstein. And just why were they in federal prison? Well, could it be because they were convicted of stealing about $40 million dollars from the taxpayers of the United States? The money was from federal student loan, business and housing funds. Did they do it? Yeah! They freely admit they did, but they say they did it to benefit the community not for their own personal benefit.
Now – it seems that the leaders of this particular Hasidic community invited New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to visit while his senatorial candidacy was alive. They promised Giuliani their complete support in the upcoming election if he would do something to get their four pals out of federal prison. Giuliani said no, and declined the invitation for a visit.
A short time later who do you think shows up in this community? Well, it would be none other than Hillary Rodham her own self. There she is – meeting with the children, meeting with the community leaders, and promising she would mention their four brand new felons to here husband, the president.
So --- have you figured it out? Which one of the three Hasidic communities did Hillary visit? It’s no mystery. It was New Square. New Square, the town where only 10 Lazio votes could be found after the smoke cleared.
And then, lo and behold, what do you suppose happens in the actual final hours of the Clinton presidency? Oddly enough, Elbaum, Stern, Berger and Goldstein, the New Branch Four, the men who stole $40 million from the taxpayers of the United States, received their pardon. The sentences were commuted. Convicted only a little over a year ago. No restitution. No real time served. No real punishment for bilking the U.S. taxpayers. Just open the cell door and out they go.
No – the request for the pardons didn’t go through regular Justice Department channels. It went straight to and from Clinton’s office. Bear in mind, folks. This is only the fourth time this century that a pardon has come out of the president’s office without Justice Department involvement. One of the others was Nixon. Another was Weinberger. Can’t remember the fourth.
We all know what happened here, don’t we? A promise was made. Vote for my wife and I’ll turn your felons loose. Pardons for votes. Votes bought with taxpayer money. Let’s see, 1,359 votes for – say -- $40,000,000. That works out to about $30,000 a vote.
Your tax money at work. Your tax money at work in the hands of the most corrupt man ever to hold the highest office in our land. |
