| | | April 25. 2015 7:13PM
The Clinton drama: Back and bigger than everEDITORIAL
Last Tuesday, The New York Times ran a story in which Hillary Clinton's campaign staffers tried to portray their candidate as the original Elizabeth Warren. One anecdote given to the Times: Seeing a chart of U.S. income inequality, Clinton said it was time for a "toppling" of the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans.
Two days later The Times published a brutal expose showing how Hillary's family charity, the Clinton Foundation, took $2.35 million in donations from the chairman of a Canadian-turned Russian-owned energy company from 2009-2013, while Hillary was U.S. Secretary of State.
The donations were undisclosed despite the secretary having signed a form pledging full disclosure of donations as a condition of her becoming the nation's top diplomat.
Also on Thursday, ABC News reported that Bill Clinton's average speaking fees shot up after Hillary became secretary of state. In the three years after his presidency, he averaged $150,000 a speech. In 2010-11, he was pulling down as much as $500,000, even $750,000 for a single speech, often from foreign sources.
The Clinton Foundation also confirmed last week that it would amend at least five years' worth of tax returns. Among other "errors," from 2010-2012, the foundation reported zero dollars in donations from foreign governments though it received donations from foreign governments.
Elizabeth Warren's crusade against the 1 percent has the aura of authenticity, even if her methods would wind up further tightening the elite's grip on Washington. By contrast, Hillary waves a wooden sword in the air, shouts lines lifted from Warren speeches, and dismisses with an unconvincing fake laugh all questions about how she became one of the 1 percent herself.
This is the same woman who claimed her family was "dead broke" as they left the White House, though they bought a $2.85 million mansion during Bill's last month in office. By 2004, she was the 10th wealthiest member of the millionaire's club called the U.S. Senate. She wants to topple the 1 percent as much as Donald Trump does.
The Clintons have not changed since the 1990s. They are still the same dishonest, calculating frauds they always have been. Anyone who does not see that is blinded by partisanship. Or cash.
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