Clintons Report $109 Million in Gross Income

surely no one can any longer question hillary’s claims that she is in touch with, and one of, the average, working class americans.

they’d actually be in the 35% bracket, not 31%, according to the IRS…but what does the IRS know, right?

Most notable so far (except for the unaccounted for 18 million):
51 MILLION FOR ‘JUST SPEECHES’ !

Hillary: “Speeches don’t put food on the table.”
Tax returns: 51,000,000 dollars for… speeches!

It seems to be that some lame people in here actually think that this release by the Clintons is the same as their tax returns. THEY STILL HAVE NOT RELEASED THEIR TAX RETURNS. This release is just reported income. That’s all it is.

Bloggers, this is just the beginning of the business. Let us give to media to digest these tax returns and give us somme feedback about what went where and what came from where. No quick conclusions. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08

VERY SAD…..
$109 million….. and Hillary thinks SHE can relate to the “working class”? What a hypocrite!
Hillary is “crying for the poor while taking their meager earnings” for her campaign.
Do you poor people supporting her get it now? SHE’S DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOU….It’s about the POWER!

The fact:
Clintons: 10% to Charity for at least 8 years..
Obama: 1% to charity on 2007 and <1% for past
So Obama claimed he is a true Christan but he never paid his 10% share…..
Wonder God would still "bless" him…

hm, you Obama should shut up now!! You just gave less than 1% to charity. I would not trust someone who claims he will change the country, but didn’t contribute certain amount of money to the country.

TOTAL HYPOCRICY!
Shame on you Hillary!
With all that money… you could repair many villages…but then again why bother?
That village that you built is voting for Obama.
OBAMA 08…. because he doesn’t lie about relating to the working class.

Micro Penn see Maco…trend in Columbia.
Hill and Bill see Big bucks. Huummm!!!

Kevin
I am highly educated, married with kids executives. I guess you are one of the teenagers who are voting for Obama because he inspires you! No matter what Obama says and does, you believe it line, hook and sinker.

Where are LAST YEAR returns??? Those are the ones in question. What is Hillary hiding??

There seems to be lot of sniping here. Can we have a more civilized exchange?

If one were to write a laundry list of Clintons’ like the one Amy mostly made up, there woule be little or no room left in this bolg.
BUT one does not need to do that because just the 2 famous one outweighs any list of lies of any politicain in the whole world.:
[as afroza noted]:
4 PINNOCCIOS in one phrase (Hillary’s Bosnia story ..washnigtonpost) + I didn’t have any s… rel with that woman.

As an Obama supporter I wish I could gripe about this amount but they earned it and no one should belittle them for it UNLESS it was through channels that cost the American public and that still remains to be seen but the amount? Good for them though it kinda makes her “I feel yur pain” to the people in PA seems….like more lies.

Obama is an “honest” man:
He honestly admitted he had the least experiences;
He honestly admitted he had a 17 year close relationship with indicted Rezko until Fed said to him: Senator, you made a bad friend..
He honestly admitted has been listening to his “uncle” pastor without saying anything..
He honestly admitted he double talked NAFTA…
He honestly admitted he had no time table for War in Iraq..
He honestly admitted he is leading because he is black and he is charming…

Kevin-We’re on opposite sides here, yet I ignore the silly stuff and try to concentrate on what I hope to do, maybe even win someone over with logic. You’re a smart guy and can write with the best of us so use your strengths. Like yesterday you may even end up actually communicating with someone new and who knows what can happen with that kind word down the road. You might even win a supporter for Obama, maybe not today, but maybe in the general.

Way to go AMY – NEVER see a list of absolute daftness and “attempting to twist the truth” of that size before.
Well done. You truly are a dedicated person who seeks to twist history.
Are you sure your not a Clinton by chance?

Amy,
GREAT work!!! Go Hillary!! NOBAMA!!
Watch it, someone has usurped your name to undermine you. That happened to me also.

mhhunt
I don’t believe i ever said “real men” couldn’t support Hillary. Some of my closest friends support Hillary and even some women in my family support Hillary, but unlike the foolish women in here, they actually use FACTS to buttress their argument. Using silly lies to angrily mtry to make a fallacious claim, only undermines the credibility of your own candidate. Why is it that Hillary’s people in this blog cannot seem to lift their candidate up by stressing what they like about her? Instead they try to tear Obama down by lying and claiming (like the Republicans have for decades) that there is some kind of media bias against Hillary. Imagine that.
Besides, folks, i am not in college. I am done with that already. So trying to make me out to be one of the college robots, is really silly. But i wonder, what’s wrong with college kids? They certainly represent the best and brightest amongst us.

I guess no one on here has ever filed for an extension I thought thier income would be alot more than what it is he is the only Democratic President who served two terms since FDR And the only one who opened his office in Harlem and who has always attened MLK affairs he is at them every year but thats ok it is never enough is it.

Did any of you Obama bashers read the article “They have filed an extension on their 2007 taxes” Hillary represents the same powers that are currently in Washington and there will be no change if she is elected. You may as well vote McCain into office and drag the country down for another four years.

No one should begrudge the Clintons their healthy finances. What someone SHOULD require is an answer as to why they begrudge it of others. If it’s okay for them, why is it of paramount importance that they take more money out of my pocket. Sure, it doesn’t make a dent in their pocketbook so they couldn’t care less. But when you talk about raising my taxes to pay for your pet projects, it affects me directly. The real issue here is they’re on top and they want no one else up there with them. Everyone should have the same tax advantages they have had; they’re certainly sitting pretty.

No whining necessary. With all that money there should be no need to file an extension, other than to keep the wolves at bay until after the nomination goes to Obama.
Obama 2008 — Yes, WE CAN!!!

Yeah jay
that was Bill Richardson’s choice to endorse then at the end of what he thought was a tough week…
Why don’t you check on “the Friday dump” as it is called.

Jackt51, why don’t you tell American people how much Obama earned and how much he donated to Charity…
His own tax return spoke itself…If Obama can’t handle the truth, he is never entitled to be CIC..

The Clintons made all of that money and you folks think she is fighting hard to be the President of the United States of Anerica to look out for the peoples business. The hard working class??? The forgotten middle class??? Hell no!! Bill & Hillary are fight for this measley $200k a year job because they have an agenda for self, just like Bush has done for the last 8 years! They are looking to join the Super Rich club, nothing more! I would rather take my risk on a person who barely clipped the $1million dollar club a year salary than someone who is in the multi-million dollar club a yearly salary. Because no matter how you splice it there are no speaking engagements that pay that much for you to collect $40 million or more a year! At least I feel the other person worked his way up the food chain and have not sold/lost his soul to big business. I can see him being more able to relate to the hard working poor/middle class singles & families of America. You all criticized/dogged Obama for his measley barely a million dollar salary for him & his wife combined but you make excuses & congratulate the Clinton’s for their obscene amount of money by saying he earns it by making appearances. This kind of bias/ignorant thinking is why you keep putting the rich in to run this country who really in turn don’t give a darn about you, me or your children. I see no Difference in her candicy than what we have right now. You all can go ahead and fall into the Hillary wading money sess pool but I will pass.
I SAY NO MORE RICH FAMILY LEGACIES IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!

Amy, for American President. She is a more talented lier than Hillary because it looks like it is the main qualification that the clintonians are looking for!

One less talking point for the Hillary haters. I bet that Michelle is green with envy.

I tell you until Hill gets out of the race…it is not a happy day for me…but soon!…and the country and party will finally reach for something better.
Maybe…get a chance to regain our standing with other countries and allies.
Nothing worse for an economy than to have people who won’t by American because they hate America. That will join the jihad because they hate America and not many people are telling them not to. That we look like we might lead forward instead of fight forward.
Clean up our own house. that’s what this is about.

Rhys: The media isn’t destroying the Clintons the Clinton are destroying themselves.

Rhys: The media isn’t destroying the Clintons the Clinton are destroying themselves.

Debbie
You obviously don’t know anything about obama if you don’t know what he has done for others… go take a look at his bio…
from brining new women’s voices into the harvard Law review to leaving that to walk the streets of Chicago to help workers laid off from Plant closings…
oh yeah the Clintons gave 10% of their income…do you know at their income level how much of a write off that is?
If you are going to be against Obama first see who he is…

dl Is that all he has done? Kinda like his inexperience as a leader also. Pretty Lame! I’m not in politics and I’ve done more than he has..

Remember, Hillary Clinton told Barack Obama: SPEECHES DON’T PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE?
Turns out Bill is making lot of CASH with WORDS. How hypocrite is that?

I heard that the Clintons gave 10% of their income and Obama and his wife gave just 1% of their income. So what is the point that Obama is trying to raise?????????????????????????????????

Justinteim,
Are you jealous how much money they made? Then blame yourself or buy lottey..

obama ” i never took and will never take money from the oil companies” another lie.
he has two Oil Industry Executives on his fundraising staff… change?

Debbie
You sound really informed… have you ever read anything on Obama before you got on here to root for Clinton…
You know he actually wrote 2 books about race and poverty and multi-culturalism and his own childhood…he wrote them all by himself.
Do you understand what it meant for him to make those changes at the Harvard Law review when he was already controversial as the first black President of that organization….bringing in voices in to the most notable “trade” that came from people like women judges and the like? It is still referred to as the Obama effect.
He gave up the opportunity to write a ticket to any law firm in the country to go help the poor …for years I might add. and yes he has done more… but no when he didn”t make the incomes of the Clintons he did not give that much of his income…he actually had student loans…that he had to pay himself.
I know I know not use to that with a politician.
so when you say you do more than that… I don’t think so.
but maybe you should read about the candidate that you are so strongly trying to disparage.

Wow. No wonder Hillary is one with the people and “stands by her man”, he’s got the bucks. Too bad none of this will ever create jobs, help the needy or promote the U.S. economy since we all know how selfish the Clintons have always been. She looks aged through this campaign, maybe a face lift is in order.

plus Sen. O picked up 215 k in oil money… this guy is brazen .. in his ad he says ” i don’t and won’t take money from the oil companies”… what the ????

I am most disgusted with the way democrats have turned on each other. its worse the the republicans.
However, Clinton is not electable in the general elections. Every superdelegate should ask why are GOP biased news commenators, gop spokespeople, even the FL GOP governor trying to help Hillary get nominated? Cause McCain will beat her!
Bill is a great speaker, but 51MM bucks. Are we sure they are not buying access and influence to either him, his wife or powerful people. People pay big money like that for a profitable purpose. its great that they have done so well. I wonder how his fees and earnings post presidency compare to other recent presidents. I have not heard of Carter bringing in such big bucks. It creates an appearance that the payers of the income to the Clintons had other motivations other than a great speaker.

“Since leave office?” Christ. Should a kindergarten writing error appear in the very first words of the opening sentence?
Is Our Children Learning? I guess not!

I don’t think the Clintons are being destroyed as far as the money goes after being a servent to the public for over fourty years why should they not be rich I am sure that all the talking heads will get going but 33mil paid in taxes is not a small amount or 10mil to charity you just might remember the clintons are welled loved around the world and why should’nt they be.

Who has been too busy campaigning and so could not attend State of the Black Union or go to Memphis to honor the memory of Dr. King?
Who has a headache at the mention of the name Rezko?
Who will have more laundry in the coming months…that 50% we may not know about? Thanks for the list Amy! ABO (Anybody But Obama) ’08

This is as good a time to ask, if Obama is so electable as the Obama supporters claim, then why can’t Obama even win the democratic primary? And if he should what happens to us Hillary supporters? Do you think we’ll vote for Obama? Or have any of you thought that far ahead?

People are willing to pay Bill big bucks to speak because they know he has credibility on the subjects he speaks on. I’ve heard him speak and walked away actually learning something. I heard Obama speak at one of his rallies. I walked away feeling cheated. I already know what he’s telling me. Nothing new. People might buy that feel good speech – but I can always get that from a $1.89 scoop of ice cream. :)

Quote:…”51.5 Million dollars for “Speaking Engagements” sorry …I know the speaking engagement world and fees for top notch speakers… as unique as he is… that is moneys for “relationships” not one time speaking engagements”
Another anti-Clinton blow hard. Put up some facts, not the re-hashed crapola that’s been blowing around for 20 years.

Jim, you are right.
The nominating campaign is about choosing the Democrat’s nominee. Delegates pledged through the primary and caucus process is a barometer that normally is pretty clear. When there is a virtual or actual tie, the DNC through the “Super Delegates” effectively choose the nominee. In the event that it comes down to the SD, then all votes and every pledged delegate should and must be counted. You can’t and shouldn’t say that pledged delegates will determine the nominee when pledged delegates are based on the votes each candidate receives. If a candidate is winning by margin greater than the votes you are not counting, then I say fine, if not, count it all and stop with the political posturing!
Simply put, the voters in the states that are being penalized were not responsible for the decision. They were powerless to do anything about it. These voters were and are being disenfranchised by their own party, not the opposition, or a local band of fearful and uneducated average citizens. Nevertheless these voters went to the polls as is their right and they voted. The DNC was wrong enacting a sanction that effectively disenfranchises every Democrat in those states. They were just wrong! They made the penalty up with the stroke of a pen. They should undo it and call it a lesson learned! The DNC, BHO and HRC have no choice, but to count it for the hope of a unified party. There is no need to do it over. We just need to count it! Then and only then can you declare that every vote was counted and the winner is……whoever! Anything short of this is just politics that will cost the Democrats the White House!
It is only this tight race that has exposed this error. Since it is exposed, the party has to eat the crow it created and count the votes. BHO postured for Iowa with Michigan, because it looked like a freebie. He postured with a caveat that in fact gave him what he would have earned that day; the uncommitted vote was his, because his campaign requested it from those that wanted to support him. He was advertising all over Michigan that whoever wants to vote for Obama should vote for Uncommited.The message got out big time.
The Michigan results are: HRC 328,309, C Dodd 3,845, Mike Gavel 2,361, D Kucinich 21,715, and BHO’s “uncommitted” 238,168. Therein is the justice.
This is a simple, fair and economical solution. This solution does not hand the nomination to Clinton. It also simultaneously helps to avert a convention nightmare. A nightmare that will show the nation and the world the complete and utter chaos you can expect from the Democrats and their nominee. Conversely, we can be mature responsible adults, count the votes as they stand, and all move on!
Finally, someone who is being objective about the situation. All things were equal in FL. Both candidates names were on the ballot. The FL delegates should definitely be seated because the republicans of FL moved the states primary date up. The Dems. in FL had nothing to do with it and therefore shoudn’t be punished. False ego and arrogance and fear of losing is pushing one side asking other side not to count the votes which have already been recorded.
Like Dwit said It is up to the states, not the DNC to make that happen. That is how the organization is set up. They give the state committees the autonomy to run their state elections. Let the FL & MI state committees decide how the votes should be counted. Who are DNC bigwigs to decide against the will of the people?
Like Tyler said the current “DNC way” — don’t seat the delegations at all — seems draconian and vindictive to me. The “seat-em anyway” option seems fair and not partisan. Worrying about future that it will set up a bad precedent is something that we should not worry about NOW when our infighting will result in losing 2008 presidency.
In future we should run the same method that Republicans use –primaries with WINNER TAKE ALL so that by March we have a nominee not the micky mouse way we run our Caucuses and proportional voting which results in disunity and defeat in General Election. Name me a single intelligent person who does not think that Democratic leadership has created a MESS for themselves this year like in 2000 & 2004?
Like Jim said Isn’t our goal this year, to win back the Whitehouse?
THAT WOULD MEAN SUPPORTING THE PERSON WHO GETS THE NOMINATION HOWEVER THEY GET IT.
THIS MEANS MI AND FLA MUST BE COUNTED. IF THEY ARE IN THE MIX AND OBAMA GETS THE NOD, THEN I AM FOR HIM. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF THEY SWING IT TO CLINTON, THEN I AM FOR HER LIKE JIM SAID.

kevin,
I think you have still not desctibed why you think Obama can beat McCain with his little experience and his little accomplishments in G.E….
Seems your vote for him is just because Obama has “less” scandals….

I could vote for a woman for president, but not Hillary. She is a liar. She will change her total focus once in office.

D,
I like my childish humor not sarcasm (not sarcasism as you spelled it).
You seem so absorb in sniping on people who do not share your views. Maybe it’s time to relax. I am used to discussing politics and never get carried away.
Do you know how much money Bill makes at each suppose Charity event? I don’t want to take anything away from him. But if he really cares about people that much, he should be doing it for free.

Jeff
You’d think if the stuff is blowing around for 20 years …you would say…hmmm …maybe another red flag is more than just another red flag.
If Obama’s wife took millions from …lets say a Russian politico…or a pharmaceutical company for one speaking engagement…
and compared to other people of that same vain this was three to ten times the normal speaking salary (like someone like George Bush Senior or Jimmy Carter’s fees) what would you say…about obama…
what if she kept all that money ion accounts off shore… or had other accounts that you were not allowed to see how much was given …to a library lets say…
Lets say in the past Michele and Barack Obama had said there was nothing in their tax returns unusual and it turns out they had an “unusual windfall with several transactions”..and it was only discovered after they were forced to show them by the opposite political party.
You are telling me that everyone should look at this as just the same old slander of the Clintons… that’s just dumb.
The point of change for people was…to change this broken situation that 15 years at least has brought us to…the best we can.

Its not like they have not sewed seed why shouldn’t they receive 100 fold return on thier giving when you actually give your life to other people I think you get it back plus some and the Clinton have good hearts.

trish
“Tax Break”

golfgirlusa’s blind support for Hillary is very suspicious. The poor English ability might attest to the fact that illegal immigrants want to get their hands into our pockets. Me and my husband on the other hand, are real white Americans who are living in trailer park and enjoying our retirement. Vote for Hillary so you can pay for our retirement.

No delay – Senator Clinton released her records one week after Senator Obama released his She released her calendar for her years in the White House. Mr. Obama says he never heard his Pastor’s racists anti-American rants and he never really met with Mr. Rezco (except at his future home). Will Obama now match Hillary by releasing his calendar so we can really see where he was and with whom?

Kevin,
I am glad that you are not the one to pick your belief based on hate like someone’s else..
Be frank, all three candidates look the same typical politicians to me..
My concern is who has the most capability to lead this country for better…
Obama is just too in-experienced to me for this job and I can’t stand his arrogannce neither when he claimed himself he was the best and cleanest..

Of couse rs, you are completely right.
Rev. Wright and Farakhan are the reasons why crime is high in black neighborhoods. Why 1 in 20 black men are in prison. Why our inner-city schools are crumbling because they are underfunded. Why less than 50 percent of black children graduate from highschool. Why Katrina happened and the government responded so pathetically. Wright built the levees and brough the rain. He is the reason why the south is still partially segregated. Why our inner cities are neglected and HIV rates amongst blacks in 4 times what it is amongst other races. Yes, of course, blame Wright for the results of centuries of discrimination and neglects. Wright marshalled segregation and left blacks out of the boom after the second world war. Out of the benfits of the GI bill and all that. It’s Wright. crucify that bastard. The frustration and anger and resentment that fuel racial tensions has NOTHING to do with Wright. This might be news to you, but it is not to sensible folks in America. Wright and Farakhan are TOO INSIGNIFICANT to have even the most minimal of effects. Your writing shows your basic lack of understanding of the issue. Funny though. When was the first time you hears about Rev. Wright? Compare that to how long these problems have existed. People like Wright, unlike you, are actually doing something to fix the problem. What are you doing besides whinning here on the internet and displaying your perplexing ignorance?

Amy, nice work. Just maybe some of “Obama the Orator” supporters will realize just what he really is…an empty suit!
However, the other two candidates are also not fit to lead this once great country?
The future “ain’t” looking real good.

They made some money and were Generous to Charity. Some would be Jealous.

BKMC,
Could you make sure you talk about Rezko and Wright direct connections if you are going to excoriate Hillary for distant connections.
By the way, aren’t you one of the people that have been hollering about Clinton’s tax returns? What did you learn? I learned that they paid a huge amount in taxes, and they paid a huge amount to charity. From Obama I learned that he paid a miniscule amount to charity.
Hmmm, what does this say about the guy?
========================================
Hillary will win the popular vote!
Hillary gives to charity!
Obama takes from Rezko!
========================================

D,
I know but I still think that $100000 a speech, wether you are a former president or not, is too much.
It is the same thing we see with CEO. They make 10000 times the salary of the average employee.
Do you really think that HUMANLY someone is Ten Thousand more valuable that another?

Obama is only 47 years old and already lives in a $2 million mansion, part of which he got surreptiously from Tony Resko, who is on trial for corruption.

Amy: A++ for research! Concise and to the point!

Kevin,
I think the problem for Obama on his pastor is: Obama has given Americans the impression that he has been listening to the “hate” speech for 20 years without doing anything until media brought up…
Whether Obama agreed with what his pastor said for 20 years, we just don’t know..

Hey there’s hope for Jr. when he leaves office with his 21% approval rating, he will probably make at least 1.98 from his speaking engagements, oh, alright, 2.00

You known, the one problem with our government is? There are two many Politicains.

To KC+1971,
Your comments gave me a chuckle this Friday Afternoon. I read the writer’s comments, but they are well taken.
————————————–
All,
I have no problem with the Clinton’s income. It’s what I would expect for a former president. Once, the most powerful man inthe world, he should have something.
Happy to see them give to charity as well.

Regarding Hillary:
If she claims to be ready on Day One for the Presidency, why wasn’t she ready for Day One of the Primaries. She’s and her staff are were totally caught off-guard. Is that somebody we want in the White House? I’d rather have BO in the White House than the Clinton stink of 15 years.

So, a few questions come to mind
1) What “Charities” did they “donate” to? I’m willing to bet it’s not as “charitable” as you may believe.
2) Where are the actual returns? I just see reported income and tax paid… but i see no links to the returns themselves. Can someone point me to that?
3) With the past 8 years and them making 100M+, how in the world can you see they are for the “little” guy? They’re so far removed from the “little” guy there is no way for them to fight for us.
Basically, Hillary’s intentions may be honorable, but her constant insults at Obama are dispicable. No amount of $$ they earn and/or donate will erase my belief that she’s an evil, manipulative woman who would try to win this presidency at ALL costs including completely destroying the democratic party. THAT to me, is dispicable.

It doesn’t matter what is said
What is written, what is read,
Some people choose not to discern,
Never lessons learn.
ONE THING ABOUT HILLARY, SHE SURE AIN’T IN THIS FOR THE MONEY ;-)
GIVE’EM HELL, HILLARY!!!!!

Hillary doesn’t need money, I cann’t understand why
shes a politician, can enjoy life withouth the headache.

The TRUTH,
That’s not competition, that’s G-R-E-E-D!!! It is not the same. I don’t mind competition.
You see, both Obama and Clinton talk about Oil companies and big corporations–and I doubt either of them will do anything about it once they get into office. Do you think that it is normal that Exxon Mobil makes 10 billions of profit in a quarter when everyone is complaining about gaze prize? That is G-R-E-E-D.

I don’t know why everyone is getting so upset. McCain is our next president.
Democrats = Socialists

Lance D-I work for big oil. Great pay and benefits. See you at the pumps. Please contribute to my salary and I will give your portion to the Clinton campaign. Thank you for your support, Lance.

John in Cape May said…
“After taxes she gave almost 20% of her net income to charity. I wonder how many hypocrites on this site can say the same. Alot better than Obama’s 1% donation!”
Which Charities? Doesn’t anyone want to know which ones? Were they charities to fight breast cancer? or Hodgkins Disease or Heart Disease?? or was it mostly to other presidential fund raisers? I’d like to know.

In the years since leaving the White House, the Clintons have made a total of $109 million. They have paid tax of $33.7 million and given $10.2 million to charity. That means they paid more than 40 percent of their income to the government or charities. They put their money where their hearts are.

Lance D.,
That is the one of problems facing US: the gap between rich and poor is so huge…
It is because America is a free market, and the market price is not regulated by government like other countries…..
BTW, GREED means you have taken more than you should earn…..

Hpesprings52 said:
“In the years since leaving the White House, the Clintons have made a total of $109 million. They have paid tax of $33.7 million and given $10.2 million to charity. That means they paid more than 40 percent of their income to the government or charities. They put their money where their hearts are. ”
Uh… they paid that 33.7 million to the gov’t because the LAW SAID THEY HAD TO OR THEY GO TO JAIL just like any of us. It’s fairly plain and simple
There’s lingering questions
1) Who are the charities they donated to?
2) Was their income BEFORE deductions 109M? or was that *after* their charitable contributions and other deductions (through loopholes and offshore accounts maybe?) did they take?
This is NOT the whole story yet. I want to see the actual returns.
Thanks in advance.

Who paid for these fees? Probably the very same special interests that she is vowing to fight. Bill was dealing with the Arabs from Dubai and got another 15 millions from them. It will take a family of blue collars 50 generations to make that kind of money.

What charities have they given money to? The Clinton Foundation?

The Clintons reaffirm that the White House is for sale under the Democratic Party. It also reaffirms why there have only been 2 Democrats elected President in the last 40 years. They both (Carter and Clinton) have been severe, mega-failures! There’s nothing good about these losers.

Where is Obama’s 2007 tax returns?For example, in 2002, the year before Obama launched his campaign for U.S. Senate, the Obamas reported income of $259,394 and $1,050 in deductions for gifts to charity, below the national average.
In 2006, the couple’s largest charitable gift — $22,500 — was to Trinity United Church of Christ, the home of Obama’s controversial longtime pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.

Graham: How do you get your news? Pony Express? It seems that your man Obama has participated in Rev. Coles prayer meetings too. He has even spoken at them! Read Brian Ross’s report that was on this very site today! This is just like the tactics that they used to try to diffuse the Rev. Wright scandal,put out a photo of Bill Clinton giving Wight a courtesy handshake,and leak to the media MSNBC that his passport file had been breached! Well what he forgot to tell us is that he was spying on himself in order to cover up his spying on Hillary and McCain! You don’t hear much from him about that anymore! Wonder why if you listened to the media this was worse than watergate but when they discover that their boy was involved story goes away! So it goes!

Ton: Keep diging!

CONCERNED CITIZEN-Where is Obama’s 2007 tax returns?

The fact is neither Clinton, Obama nor McCain have released their 2007 tax returns.

alexis compton-There are millions on this side as well who disagree with Obama and we’re not even talking republican yet.

Hey! Did you all know? Bush has millions! Maybe billions. Oh. No big deal? So then what’s the big deal here? Sheeeesh.

Note that they release the tax return on Friday, the voters will say I see nothing, and that is the image that will stick but, by Monday the press will be all over it. As noted already they gave to their own legacy, Charitable?

moeen wrote:
OBAMA 08…. because he doesn’t lie about relating to the working class
Obama is an elitist! Went to an Elite PRIVATE school in Hawaii! Never had a real job. Became a black person to get elected “his stated goal in life” by smooshing with racist church.
do your research people!

@ geddesman
I guess that Obama has really raised you up to be a uniter hasn’t he?

This looks good for Hillary, She is wealthy and gave over 10 million to chairty. I am impressed. I will never vote for someone that doesn’t help others.

What’s the problem with someone paying money for speeches. After Reagan left office, he collected over $1,000,000 for speaking to the Japaneese. This is how ex-presidents make money. Bush may not be so lucky as he can’t even speak.
I’m not a Clinton supporter, but in all fairness, she and Bill used to do all sorts of projects dating back to the 60′s trying to help others. I wonder why people don’t remember that about them. Just because someone is rich does not mean they cannot relate to the working person. I know that as young people, the Clintons were very involved in helping poor communities. You can’t say the same about many people in general.
Besides, what someone earns is not anybodies business. I heard alot of Reps. Ok with the Country Wide CEO’s pay saying he earned it. So did they!

Should Senators spouses be able to give speeches for money? This should be illegal if it is not currently. Certainly, if a Senator got $51 million for giving speeches, he/she would be accused of taking bribes from people who want to influence legislation. I don’t see why this is any different.

Rev. Wright has a 10 mill line of credit from TUCC and a 1.65 mill dollar home to live in courtesy of TUCC… so much for the work of the church to help its constituents… Obama giving 1% to charity?… pennies for him… 10.5 mill from the Clintons to charity?… nice chunk of change to help people in need… most of the earnings for the Clintons is Bill’s and is in line with former Presidents… take a look at Bush Sr, Carter, etc… they have earned the same or more… Hillary Clinton’s earnings are from her books and investments as Obama’s are… anyone bothering to scrutinize Obama’s shares in the biotech company he pushed legislation through to benefit after he bought 50K shares?… of course not… the media loves him and refuses to see or reveal the truth!… btw McCain hasnt released returns but is also a millionaire as is every other Senator… once again I suspect the accusations against Hillary Clinton will be baseless… dont hate the player hate the game

This stuff is pretty straight forward so why the big deal? She caused herself more pain by delaying the release.
———————————–
Yes, but didn’t she make Obama appear as if he is the one participating “silly season politics” constantly demanding to see them? I remember when the call first went out for Hillary to show her taxes. Obama was talking to the press and said something to the effect that it sure would be nice to see her tax returns, but he would not ask, instead he would leave it up to the press to ask. When the press did not do it quickly enough, because they probably thought it was a non-issue, then his campaign started calling for it.
Obama talking about his grandmother: She reacted like a “typical white person”
Obama talking on Hardball with Chris Matthews on 4/2/08: I do not stereotype people and lump them together when I make my judgements.
Too bad Matthews admitted to getting tingles up his leg every time he hears Obama, otherwise he might have been able to do a proper interview and ask Obama how it is that he can claim he does not stereotype people after saying his grandmother had a “typical white person” reaction. MSNBC is worthless when it comes to holding Obama accountable.

Well spoken o. I need to interject something.
I am just appalled by the polls that say essentially 22% of Democrats will vote for McCain if their “’Til (democratic) death do us part” candidate doesn’t get the nomination. Shame on the 22% of you that will discard their beliefs and principles and cast a vote that you should know in your heart is just plain wrong!

God Bless Hillary Clinton, the 44th President of the United States. It will take another Clinton to clean up the Bush mess.

where does the Clintons money come from? These people will never end deceiving the people.

Thank God she is not going to win the nomination and the war will soon be over.

How much have the Bush’s made?

None of the candidates running for office can relate to normal working class people. They all have 6 figure incomes and live way beyond the means of the average person. If they did not then they could not afford to run in the first place. Its seem to me Hillary is damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t. Give her a break!

Obama, please follow Hillary to do same things please

How much Obama gave to charity? Anyone knows?
Actually I am impressed by their charity giveaways!

I am no Clinton supporter, but to be fair I have done some checking. The Clintons have given their money to the Clinton Family Foundation, from what I have found there is nothing in there about giving to themselves. That is the Clinton Library.
You can find out where the Clinton Family Foundation, donations whent to here.
Just search Clinton, scroll down to the Clinton Family Foundation then select the year. Be and sure to select Clinton Family Foundation, there are a lot of Clinton foundations, but this is the one the Tax Return shows.

Charities are really monitored by the IRS and being in a republican government now, you can bet that the Clintons charities are closely monitored. You cannot use money that you put on a charity for personal purposes. Is the purpose of some bloggers here to find dirt where there is none, no matter what. People, get a life!

Look just look up where the Charities went.
You can find out where the Clinton Family Foundation, donations went to here.
Just search Clinton, scroll down to the Clinton Family Foundation then select the year. Be and sure to select Clinton Family Foundation, there are a lot of Clinton foundations, but this is the one the Tax Return shows.
http://www.foundationcenter.org/
There is nothing there to support that Clintons gave to themselves. They gave to their foundation which then distrubted the money. There is a little contribution to the Clinton birthplace foundation, but it is a spit compared to the donations made elsewhere by the foundation.
You may agree or not agree with where the money went, but in fact it didn’t go top themselves.
Obama08

Why some people cannot understand that being privileged and having money not necessarily mean that you cannot relate to the poor. Assuming that argument is correct, then Obama cannot relate to the poor either since the last time I checked and as reported in his tax return, Michelle and Obama earned over $1M. So, with that kind of money, is he poor. By the way, can any of you please inform us to what charitable cause has Obama devoted any of his time?

There is only one conclusion that an outsider can conclude from reading all the blogs.
ALL POLITICIANS ARE RICH AND MAKE SO MUCH MONEY.
ALL POLITICIANS GET MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR FAVORS.
ALL POLITICIAN LIE.
OK. IF A POLITICIAN PROFESS TO BE THE POLITICS OF THE FUTURE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN???
IF HE SAYS THAT HE IS A POLITICIAN WHO WILL NOT OWE ANYBODY ANY FAVORS, HOW DID HE MAKE IT TO THE TOP?? DEFINITELY HE OWES A GROUP, ORGANIZATION OR COMPANY SOME FAVORS TO BE PAID IN THE FUTURE??
DOESN’T THAT MAKE HIM A HYPOCRYTE??
MAYBE FROM NOW ONE SINCE WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT ALL CANDIDATES ARE NOT PURE AND HOLY AND DEVOID OF SINS, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ISSUES AND WHAT A CANDIDATE CAN DO FOR OUR COUNTRY.

That’s what i love more in USA, the free market rules :). Every single duck can earn a lot of money, if that ducka knows how to fly.

George Will wrote an excellent column on the stinginess of the high liberal. They view charity as the unnecessary since the government (our tax money) should be handed out freely to all…hence the fact that need exists at all is a government policy problem. ..not an example of their cheapness. It is Republican who by far give more of their income to charity – how often will you EVER read that fact in the democrat media?

DW, but there is a big difference between (less than) 2 million and 110 million. Obama can’t just write a check for 5 million to his campaign…and then make donors pay him back!

Since 2002, the former president has provided investment advice and helped drum up business for several domestic and foreign funds in Yucaipa’s portfolio, one of two consulting arrangements he entered into after leaving office. Representatives of the Clintons have said that Mr. Clinton has made arrangements to dissolve his Yucaipa partnership if his wife wins the nomination, in order to avoid possible ethical conflicts.

It´s true, Clinton will not win, but the issue were is, how clever that women is to make more money than you made.

“The Clintons have now made public 30 years of tax returns, a record matched by few people in public service,” said Jay Carson, a campaign spokesman. “None of Hillary Clinton’s presidential opponents have revealed anything close to this amount of personal financial information.”
Mr. Obama’s tax returns show that he and his wife, Michelle, reported about $1 million in income in 2006, much of it from his book deals. Mr. McCain’s wife, Cindy, an heiress to a beer distributorship fortune, is believed to be worth tens of millions of dollars, but the exact amount is unclear.
Although there is no legal requirement that candidates release their tax returns, it has been common practice since the 1970s; a release typically occurs after a candidate becomes a party nominee, not during the primaries.

To answer your question, Drew, the standard is to donate 10% of your income to charity. The Clintons donated 9%. the Obama’s, who made 1/30th of what the Clintons made, donated 25% of their income to charity.

Homage, when was the last time you gave a third of your income to charity…most of which was to a charity in your name so it made you look better and therefore make more money.
If I had over $100 million, I could see giving that much to charity. Barack is nowhere near there but he managed to give more than 20% of his income to charity. And none of those charities were in his own name. Hmn…

Obama just started giving to charity when he knew he was going to run for the presidency. He’s pure show. He’s better off as an actor in Bollywood. He’s just greedy for power.

Wow! They paid over 33 millions in taxes.

o…..Sen Barack Obama changed the election map, there were no more red states and blue states, and he will win 49 states in the general election, nobody will gonna call you cause he will not be surpassed, not this time.

Seems the Bush economy was good to the Clintons.

Garmmy Barb….why can’t Hillary donate the 5 million to her capaign if that she is good in donating anyway, think of it!

Hillary already released her tax return and I wonder why some of these people still complaining.
Some of you even said she released it because she is in deep water.
Come on…. don’t you know she promised it will release around this month?
She gave lots to charity and you said she did not build a village for you?
Look at Obama tax return!
He did not give lots of money to charity.
He received money from oil company.
PS: why he did not attend MLK anniversary today?

crisis08; Remember he is black so he did not need to attend the MLK anniversary today.
I am african american and I support Hilalry becasue Obama is a fake.

Lauren: For how many charitable entities have you donated your time? The Clintons, that do not have any real need to do it and can easily be in the Caribbean enjoying the sun, donate time and money to all kind of charitable causes. It is okay, though, if you cannot undersand that; some people are so biased that can’t see what is in front of their eyes. I know that when Katrina, Bill was one of the first there trying to help; where was Obama?

Tell Obama to take a hike our president were always financially secured not persons scraping the barrel.
This is the big league Obama you have to have the big mo when you want to run in this game, Obama has champagne taste on a bud lite pocket, nope sorry it just does not work that way.
I am always surprised as to how Obama ever got in this race in the first place, America is not use to having financially lean candidates running in the nomination race.

For those asking about the 2007 tax return, Obama has not filed his either. So ask him to release his return too, please?

What exactly is the point of this article? That the Clintons made a lot of money? That there is something wrong about this?
This is about as newsworthy as anything Obama has demanded in recent months from the Clintons. Obama, the great divider. Obama, the man who will ruin the Democratic Party.
Thank God we know that Bill Clinton gets a ton of money from speaking. Is this wrong?
The answer here is what it is for many of the circumstances that we have faced with the Clintons over the years. The Clintons are newsworthy and people value what they say.
So, fighting against the Clintons, even when you have every media outlet, the news on every channel, and the pundits calling for giving up, is tough. It is not easy, even when you outspend them by five to one. Yes, with all this you would think that the Democratic Party would see the light. But they cannot. They hate the Clintons too much, those interlopers who know how to win. They prefer the losers, the John Kerrys and the many Democrats who will lose in the Fall. All this because they want to kick the Clintons out of this race.
Good luck.

“Speeches don’t put food on the table”
Yeah….
What kind of speeches put food on the table and which one are NOT.
Comparing Clinton’s speech and Obama’s speech .
One of them is only: HOPE…Change….
That is quite enough to inspire his people.
You can guess which one can put the food on the table now.

I know I will never pay 34 million in taxes and am very sure the majority of persons reading this blog will never ever pay that much, far less even give a couple thousand of their own money to charity.
As usual they must talk because they were all waiting to see what they could of dug up from the tax forms but unfortunately they are all dumbfounded by the fact that so much was paid out.
Rather than admit the Clinton’s have done well they will find all sorts of crap to say now. They sure cant call them uncharitable, they cant say they did not pay their taxes so what else is there to say.
Imagine now the cry is they are too rich to be a candidate, have they sat down and checked out past presidents and vice president they sure were not hungry persons, Bush, Cheany, Kennedy, Carter were these hungry men? Is Edwards, Romeny and even Huck people without cash?
Get over it people you wanted the tax forms you got it, there is nothing in there to pick over,sad as it is because I am sure many were waiting with breathed breath to get dirt to fling, well its done so move along now and deal with it.

Point taken, Definitely Common Sense. You don’t have to be poor to have empathy and compassion for poor people. I was responding to someone else’s comment.
Glad you didn’t have it rough coming up. We need to find ways of making it better for all Americans. No one should have to live the way so many do in this country….
So, you’re saying you can afford that donation to cover Hillary’s debt then. Great!
Anyone else? Two have pledged so far to continue to donate! Help, she needs your money in order to continue. Obama is outspending her right now.

Sorry in my earlier post I should have said that as far as I can see the Clintons have not contributed anything at all to their campaign so far, not counting the loan of $5 million, which will be repaid. And of course as I said, Mitt Romeny spend over $33 million of his own money to his campaign. I certainly wouldn’t expect the Clintons to spend anything like what Mitt Romney did, but even a small amount would be in order, and would make me more likely to contribute in the future.

SJ, Just because you support a candidate does not mean that you have to agree with everything they say and do. If that is what you are arguing, then you sound like our president who says “If you’re not with us you are against us.” Complete rubbish! I am allowed to question every candidate, including the one I support. In fact as a responsible American I think I have a duty to do so. I question Obama and McCain, so are you saying that because I support Mrs. Clinton I should not have any question about anything she says or does? Please think carefully about what you are actually saying, SJ.

Sorry guys, I read the lawsuit trying to overturn the 1979 decision that not allowing a person to give as much as they want is considered a violation of rights. Apparently this has been a big issue. I admit that what I posted was inaccurate. There are certain specifications that have to be followed. I guess it has to be a loan that has to be paid back? How was Mitt gonna do that? Anyway…I apologize. Although, since she can give as much as she wants…it is nice to know that she has given more to charity than her own campaign. The popularity of the candidate tends to suffer as well when you receive more from yourself than individuals, and it is often reflected in your campaign. Looks like that’s what happened to Mitt.

Twig: I think we can all agree that 500 million ( the average of a long campaign)is A LOT of money that could be spent in better ways. However, someone sets the rules, and if you wanna run for office you have to have the money to campaign. If you prefer not to donate money to a campaign where the spouse brings in 70+million, that is your choice, but where do you draw the line? They are all multi-millionares! Honestly I would rather have a candidate that supports themselves rather than has small contributions, but that isn’t realistic.

Well the 40 million dollars book thing is a clean earned money by the Clintons in fairness but the 5o millions speech fee thing and the 15 million partnership with that rusky businessman wow!!!! something fishy is in it.

Obama has made over the last few years would barely buy you a house in my neighborhood–I live in NYC.
Yes, this is disgusting, but Obama is new to this game and was challenged from day one by the party to show that he could play by these well established rules. There were no superdelegates (party big wigs and politicians) backing him then.
Sure, he’s spending an awful lot more, but when you have an electorate that has been influenced by 3am ads that played ad nauseum less than a month ago, you have to spend money to counter this image. So many people are being told to fear him because he is unknown-Hillary’s campaign is saying the Wright thing might not be all that’s out there, but everybody knows her deepest darkest secrets and she’s a known commodity. On top of that, our society already fears Black people. He has to constantly put his face out there just to counter all this.
I would not be surprised if he pushes for campaign reform when he is president–I would rather see my money go to people who need it.
But in the mean time, he can’t president yet and I just feel like I need to help get him there. If he could do it financially without me, I would expect him to. But that’s not where he is right now.
I guess I shouldn’t be passing judgment on Hillary and her decisions, but to ask you guys to keep giving more when they have over 109 million (they are married so in the eyes of the law, it is both their money) and they’ve only LENT 5 million to the campaign–a campaign which she is saying is the cause of her lifetime…well, that seems wrong to me. Maybe if she said “OK, its not a 5 million loan but an investment,” I wouldn’t be so offended.

Nothing jumped out immediately as being so bad about the tax returns. No one should be arguing that the Clintons are squeaky clean. But Obama tries to come off as the “Great Clean Messiah” when he’s a lawyer-politician from Chicago, a place not typically known for political ethics. For people to put faith in a politician with such a slim record – and with a HUGE albatross (Wright) around him – is the height of foolishness. Hillary is the only choice for Democrats.

When you have corporations financing elections, they must get back a return on investment. Conversely, when you are in power, you are in a position to influence government buying decisions. The law says there can be no quid-pro-quo. However, if you look at history, people do quite well after leaving office.
The only way to change that, short of finding another George Washington for President, is public-financing of elections. Corporations may have a tax-ID, but there is no reason to grant them freedom of speech — freedom of speech should be restricted to individual people.
I’ve nothing against President Clinton making a ton of money. He is charismatic, and can draw a large audience, so he will be attractive to any corporation. However, it’s also true, that many in his administration, and in previous administrations have made a lot of money after leaving office.
People contributing to Obama’s campaign at a grass-roots level is sure hope enough for change.

I would love to hear what the same people who choose to bash the Clintons earning would say regarding Dad Bush’s earning?
I personally could not care less what either of them are making. Bill Clinton and George Bush Sr are private citizens and it’s none of our business how they make it or how they spend it…… as long as it’s legal.

Tired of the status quo:
Ask your buddy Obama why he lied about excepting money from the oil companies? Ask him why it’s okay to accept hundreds of thousands of dollars from STATE lobbyists, but not federal? Why is one of his top donors Exelon corporation? Why is his co-chair Jim Demers a lobbyist for 20 pharm companies including phizer? Why is okay for him to give PAC money to officals in SC, IQ, NH etc to help their campaigns? He spent 42.4 % of that money to “buy” them off.
Are you really Tired of the status quo? Because it doesn’t sound like you are.

Oil money? Whitewater! And do you guys know that the land that they sold was sold to seniors at an interest rate they could not afford so much of that land ended up being reposessed? The Clintons are better than the Obamas for this country? Please, let us not go there.

Hillary is great, great, great!
You guys all have your checks ready to wipe out that 5million dollar debt, right?

Geneva, what issue would you like sources for? Glad to provide.

Sorry that was $2,500.

Geneva…before I go…Jorge Cabrara?
And no, I was talking about after he first announced–he couldn’t get too many people to eat with him for $1000. But lots of people flocked to hear him speak for $50 and $25.
My first donation was for $25 despite the $5 request. And that was only because I liked my friend and he was having a hard time personally. I didn’t think Obama would win, but I still supported him anyway.

Why do you people want to know Hillary’s Tax return? Was her income illegal or what? Is she very rich? so what? Did she pay her tax?

Kizeem 109 million in 8 years not in one. Obama made 9,000,000 last year and over 1.5 million in 2006. Of course there is a difference between what the Clintons and Obamas make. First the Clintons have been working at least 20 years more than the Obamas. Second Bill Clinton has been a President and his speeches are worth much more than Obamas empty sermons. Third the zClintons are more productive than te Obamas. Where is Michelle?

Kizeem What is Senator Clinton self purpose in running for President? Do you think she needs the 400,000 salary?

Kizeem, misrepresenting facts? Rasmussen reports were updated an hour ago and this is what it shows:
Among Democrats:
“In the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, Obama now attracts 48% of the vote while Clinton earns 42%”
“Among voters nationwide, McCain is now viewed favorably by 56% and unfavorably by 41%. Obama’s reviews are 52% favorable and 46% unfavorable. For Clinton, those numbers are 45% favorable, 52% unfavorable”
About SCHIP : “Kennedy, of course, is now backing Clinton’s rival, Barack Obama, for the nomination. But last year, before that endorsement, he was quoted by the Associated Press as saying something quite different, which the Globe did not note in its story:
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Oct. 6, 2007: The children’s health program wouldn’t be in existence today if we didn’t have Hillary pushing for it from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
In that same story, The AP’s Beth Fouhy concluded, “While Kennedy is widely viewed as the driving force behind the program, by all accounts the former first lady’s pressure was crucial.” She quoted Nick Littlefield, who had been a senior health adviser to Kennedy, as saying, “we relied on her, worked with her and she was pivotal in encouraging the White House to do it.”
Where do you get your information?

Davis: The Clintons got lucky and the Bushes didn’t huh? So the Bushes don’t need to except responsibility for anything these last 8 years? It was just luck right? You expect us to believe that one man’s Presidency was just luck and the others was bad choices? Who are you fooling? (No one)

To those trying to mitigate the Clinton’s charitable efforts by saying “it is easy to give that much, if you have that much”. 9.5% is 9.5% regardless of how much you have.
One’s cost of living normally increases with a rise in income. For instance the very large $33 milllion they paid into the Federal coffers, reducing said income by 31%. Not “chump change” by any reckoning.
If you had only $1000, you would owe no tax at all. Yet, would you be willing to give up $95.00 of it to Charity?
It is all relevant! Decide if, with their net income ($76mil) or yours $?would you be as/(or more) benevolent as they have been.
If you can honestly say you would, then fine “belttle them”. If you cannot, then “give them credit”, which seems well deserved.
My wife and I gave 7.8% last year and feel as if we did some good. The Clinton’s gave far more dollar wise, and 1.7% more percentage wise. They have my praise?

Davis,
I like that idea! :)

It is ambition of the highest order and competition to the core.
Posted by: Kizeem
———————
———————–
That is exactly why we need to elect her and pull this country out of the ditch that its in. There’s nothing wrong with either of those traits. I want a fighter and a worker, not a speech giver in the White House.
Instead of posting negatives about Clinton, why don’t the Obama supporters post why their candidate is supposedly better.

I am not a Clinton lover. I’m Independent. I’m defending logic, not a candidate. People need to educate themselves about every candidate including their own. I have no tolerance for bias. That is my point. Everyone gangs up on the Clintons and that irks me, because it’s such a politically safe position. It gives them reasons not to educate themselves. Why would they need to? They can just blame everything on Clinton. Just like we blame everything on Bush. It seems that you are hard to please, and that you have unrealistic expectations of Presidency.

Where are Senator Obama’s records from his work as Illinois legislator? He states that their are no records from his work as a local and State Legislator. What? Where are these records? What is he hiding? It is impossible to beleive that they are lost or missing. Why isn’t a mainstream news organization asking about them? Something is fishy with this guy. We know absolutely nothing about the man that wants to be President. He has been in office. Why was there no record?

Where did you guys get the 1% from? He may have only donated this amount in early 2000, but last year he donated 250k. That’s more than 10% of his income. How many of us can honestly say we donate 10% or more? It’s a fact that the more money you make, the more you can donate to charity. So for most people not making $50M in speeches, it’s difficult to fork over a large percentage. I also don’t think anyone should scold the Clinton’s for making a lot of money. This is America, right? My main concern is at whose expense? So far it all looks on the up and up, but of course that was because Hillary’s group released it. I’m sure we’ll find some more Wal-Mart/Tyson Foods/Big Oil connections in there after the analysts go through it. But hey, they’re politicians, they’re supposed to be dishonest, right… Right????

Hey kcareymac,
Hillary is not richer than McCain. There was an article yesterday in the Washington Post “Beer heiress and connections propel McCain”
I mean if that the only reason you want to change your mind, it is not good enough.

Big News flash..Clintons have tons of money!! No kidding really?? Bill can make a cool million with one speech. Who cares, they have more money than they could ever spend in this lifetime.
Has anyone stopped to ask themselves why Hillary would put herself through all this negative fight for the Presidency?? They already have money and fame and power. PERHAPS, JUST PERHAPS…SHE REALLY CARES ABOUT AMERICA!!! HELLO!! WAKE UP FELLOW AMERICAN DEMOCRATS!!
True Americans will never unite behind this Obama fool, he is undeserving of the Presidency. He honestly thinks he is the messiah.
Get a clue fellow democrats/Americans. We will never ever trust this man to run this country. We dont even know him. Read his books, look closely and think deeply.
What an arrogant fool he is to think Al Gore would ever consider being any part of this. Oh…I forgot he’s the messiah and even Mr. Gore will do as he says!!! Obama is UNELECTABLE!!!
I love this country and I know we are way too smart to put a racist hate mongering person/people like the messiah in our white house.
We don’t need him to “unite” us. We are united as Americans and when all is said and done..Obama will lose. Wonder what kind of speech he’ll give then?? When the repubs finish with him he’ll be lucky to have any kind of political career left!!
Go Hillary!! All the way!! If not my vote is for Mccain!! For America!!!
4/5/2008 8:52:19 AM

During the Bill Clinton Presidency the haters criticized the Clintons for not having thier own home- always living in government housing.
Look at Bill out there working the crowds. Look at passionate he gets on the campaign trail. All this shows is they don’t need to do this.
Now let’s look at Obama’s finances. How did he purchase that house?

yeah, let’s have a couple of wealthy attorney’s running the country. great idea.

I think there will be alot of foreign names that we will be shocked to know who our former President gets his Money from. More coming I’m sure

Now, now. I am not the one attacking people who donated over $10 Million to charity.

i’m surprised at how many people think the clinton’s donation’s to charity are so extraordinary. this is what people with money do, republicans, democrats,independants, etc. People love to lambaste bill gates for instance, but his donations to charity are stunning!

That is right, DMK.
And don’t forget they were the only people who actually made an attempt to pass health care reform, even though Republicans killed it. The fact that people are willing to pay 51 million dollars to hear speeches from Bill Clinton says alot. Hillary is out there speaking 12 hours a day 7 days a week, and those who choice to attack can only find how may discrepiencies. three or four that they use over and over to rip her apart.

Sounds like speech envy to me. No one is paying Obama to hear his plagarized nonsense.

There are those who fear Hillary and who go to extraordinary extremes to kill her campaign. They are conservative republicans that is why Obama wins in the red states. And it is republicans that make sure that only Obama supporters show up at the caucuses that is why he wins them. wait and see, if he wins the nomination all those people in those states will be gone.

Demo Rules,
Those same idiots that voted for Bush twice are the same type of people putting their trust in man they know NOTHING about. What has come out about him so far has not been good.
When Bill Clinton left office gas prices and food prices were no where near where they are now. Remember we had a surplus, he created jobs and the economy was doing well. Show me proof that he can turn this country around. What has he done that makes you believe that.

judging by the tax returns more likely her books are sold out, while many copies of Obama’s lie untouched on the shelves. Author envy too.

109 millions, isnt that a bit too much?,for someone on pension? american working class should keep on supporting them,so that they can make more money,while evrbody should seat and watch the AMERICAN MONARCHY

Obama supporters: Again I asked what has Obama done to help the little man out there?…Nothing!! He will be doing the same as President—helping the Wrights, Rezkos, Ayers, i.e. donors
The Clintons are always out there leading the efforts to help in times of need…Katrina, Aids, Poverty, etc. Raising and giving millions of dollars to all causes.
Obama has not support any major cause, has not even supported the causes of his main supporters (blacks) by attending the Black Caucus event last month and the Martin Luther King events yesterday.
He says he is too busy campaigning, but Hillary always manages to make the time to attend/help.
Obama is for Obama..Not the American People. This should show a lot about the person people want to make our President!

So I guess the next problem for Obama supporters will be McCain’s wife, she is by no means in dire straits.
She is a very wealthy woman from a wealthy family, Hensley & Co. is an Anheuser-Busch beer wholesaler and distributor, with annual revenue of over $200 million.
Since having money is a crime now, or making a successful living in America is a bad thing, then it looks like poor, hungry down and out Obama should be president.

Kurt I think you are on to something there Oprah is one of the richest women in the world no one seems to have a problem with her making money, they are so proud that a black woman is making it big in America.
I guess once you are a Clinton or white you are supposed to be at the bottom of the barrel then you can relate to poor people especially if you are so rude to even think of running for President.

O. When he reaches that magicial number on his own let us know! All that money he has taken from left wing liberals,who apparently talk about helping the poor but dont give any money to them,he is still not able to force Hillary out! Keep on spending! Except for charity of course!

I don’t begrude the Clinton’s their money, but WOW I never expected it to be that high. Do they have more money than McCain? Donating 10% to charity is nice, but considering it was their own charity I’d like to know what the charity gave money towards. I don’t expect anything nefarious, but it would be nice to know who is on the board and where the money went.

Who did Obama donate to a racist anti American church and some of you applaud that??
Are you people serious? The main charity for Obama was Wright and we all know what this man gives, to give money to a organization whose pastor is spewing hate from the pulpit and then telling everyone that you did not agree with what he said does not add up.
You did not agree with what he was saying but you were happy to fund him to keep him going, right I must be missing something here

@SJ:
I understand your point, but my assumption is that money donated to church went for good works in the community. I think many of us donate to our churches and most of us don’t know exactly how that money is used. Again, I appreciate your view but the argument against a man who gave money to his church is not convincing.

With due respect, what will a “Poverty Czar” actually do? What did the “Drug Czar” do? These “Czar” positions are campaign rhetoric and you don’t think that the timing of her release of her tax returns and announcing this position were coincidence? She should just say, rightly, that they made a lot of money, paid a lot of taxes, and donated a lot of money. There is no reason to hide behind a populist “Poverty Czar” idea that doesn’t really solve anything.

@SJ:
Maybe not at the churches you and I go to, but there is a lot of activism in churches across the country.
Again, before we judge others or cast the first (or thousandth) stone, think about what our lives could look like if someone took selected sound bites (not of our choosing) over the last 20 years of our lives. We’d all look like monsters. It seems to me that you rightly judge Senator Clinton on what she says and does rather than what her associates and acquaintances say and do. You seem to give her the benefit of the doubt – nothing wrong with that. So, the Obama supporters do the same thing for him. Neither are saints. One, or both, will get nominated and life moves on.

Why is it ‘us versus them’ with so many of you? Clinton v. Obama, Democrat v. Republican, Poor v. Rich.
We are all Americans and the competition is healthy to flush out the important issues, but so many seem to invest themselves into ‘winning’ that they seem to lose sight of what winning actually is.

geevill: Yeah, I am NOT black. I am a 65 year old Latino female and I never voted for Dean or Kucinich. And I support Obama
I see you got the talking points. What college do you attend liberal white rich kid who was too young to have voted for Dean/Kucinich?

MIguy yes one of them will be nominated and life goes on, but the wrong one may end up being president and life may not be as grand as it is now for many.
I don’t believe that Obama is the new messiah as some feel, I don’t buy into this he will come and fix America with all her faults, where racial unity will be a thing of the past we will all live as one from the day of his possible crowning.
I still am weary of his muslim connection and I honestly don’t buy into the fact that he is not in tune to some of it even if he professes to now be close to Jesus.
I am very concerned about his associates I have never seen one person that has so many odd people attached to him, he must be rather unfortunate to only attract people that has some kind of skeleton in their closets.
He also does not keep a story straight, he seems to dance a jig once his back is against the wall and changes his tune to suit his audience.
So until I can find out a valid explanation or until Obama can at least erase some of these doubts I will have to hold the view that he is just not ready for the presidency.

Bill Clinton was paid over $50 million to make speeches since the year 2000. This includes Hillary’s term in the U.S. Senate. More than $50 million ends up in Hillary’s tax returns. Who else in this country gets $50 million or more for making speeches?

she is already making some deal with the Colombians….Here is the family who vows to fight for the poors.

They get money from Arabs in Dubai, they received 50 millions for only speeches, the campaign is ran by an Ivy league lobbyist…They lie and cheat just for money. They always play and earn dirty. Shame on you Clintons.

I completely agree with “count the MI & FL votes and seat their delagates”!!!

Demo Rules/Obama Supporters
Yes Obama did give 1% of his earnings to his church last year. A church that in turn has paid 1.5 million toward a 10,000 sq. ft house for his racist Wright friend/preacher and a church who has put 10 million in an escrow account for Wright. Is this the charity that Obama is supporting? Rev. Wrights’ Retirement house and fund?

o. Still here writing over and over again the same nonsense since yesterday? How much is Obama paying you? Please get out of the racism whining excuse. Obama does not have the minimum requirements or experience to be President, it does not matter if he is yellow, green, white, black. Race is not the issue. Discuss his achievements and experience; at least for once try intelligent reasoning.

ariescounselor: What is the problem? Many people. Why are you jealous? Maybe it would be because he gets more than Obama for his speeches, because they make sense? Obama is reaping his supporters to pay his campaign just to make hollow speeches of purported hope and change to sell himself for a job. The Clintons get money for speeches and donate money and time for charities. How much does the Obama’s donate? He is expending 4:1 in advertising himself like the next “American Idol” but many people really see that he is not more than a manufactured product. No background to support his calling for hope and change.

Tsnow, i appreciate your concern, but i do not need or take blood pressure medicine, but I am very concern that the American people are choosing as leader of our country by the words that he says instead of his actions. Obama has done nothing to deserve a vote for the presidency. As a matter of fact, his connections with dirty people really should make people think about his lack of judgement. AND, that he has the nerver to lie and lie and lie should make you wonder about how full of himself he really is. This man really, really scares me.

I guess you people forgot how many innocent lives were lost on 911 and don’t remember the people who jumped out of the windows in desperation from the flames. I guess you don’t imagine yourself in a plane taken over by terrorist and knowing that not only you and your love one next to you is going to die, but also that you are going to be used as a weapon to kill others. 911 was no cheering matter and we New Yorkers will never forget it. We should not forgive Wright ahd his church for making those comments and we should not allow this country to be lead by someone who attended a church that cleary holds hate for this country.

o, you rock! You go girl! I am also a Latino 65 year old female living in Virginia and I am not voting for HRC because I don’t vote with my vagina like her female supporters. I use my head like you, and again, not ALL Latinos are voting for HRC as you and I know. Some of these bloggers think they should lump a nationality into one giant group, when in fact, we are all individuals. Thanks “o” – glad to hear you are in TX where Obama won and you know what is happening!

To the Obambi’s who are “tired” of the unRev. Wright story. I will quit referencing it the minute I see anything to indicate to me that Obama didn’t and/or doesn’t buy into the whole racist, un-American hate mongering rantings. Until that time I have every right, and so does any other American, to condemn Wright for saying that rot and for Obama to sit listening to it. Soooo GET OVER IT!

Hello, who care about their tax returns?? I’m not rich and I don’t want people to look at my taxes. So she made 109million, don’t be jealous… I care more about what she is going to do for her people. Hillary is not perpect and she lies, but look at her opponent: unknown, in the senate for only 3 years, attends for over 20 year a racist church, have very close relationship with racist pastor, his church gave a lifetime achievment award to Farrakan, bought his house through dirty dealings with Rezko, only gave 1% of charity (but to his church), lied about Rezko, lied about Farrakan, lied about Wright, lied about Nafta, lied about not voting for the war (when he was not even there to vote), used the race card for his advantage (remember he called for Imus’s resignation) lied about his family. And last but not least, protected his pastor and threw his grandmother (the woman you raised him) under the bus… just like the “typical white people”.

Amen, affirmative action has to go!!!!!

I am startled that people wonder if Hillary can relate to the middleclass and the poor.
You guys need to find out what the Clinton charities are. Tsunami relief. Katrina rebuilding efforts to name just two.
And yes, thank G-d for Bill Gates who with his wife donate millions of their dollars to the poor.
Just because someone has money does NOT mean they can’t understand the plight of the poor.
I would direct folks to a recent article in the Rolling Stone about rapper/music producer Jay-Z who admits to being a drug dealer before his success as a music mogul.
He has a private art collection and a fleet of cars.
I think this is a perfect time to shine the light on millionaire AAmericans who have yet to donate a portion of their wealth to charities that could be of great assistance in the neighborhoods they came from.

Amen, the Clintons have been front and center supporting the Katrina rebuilding. Where is Obama? Apparently he has time to spend with Oprah and his racist pastor, but no time to support Katrina rebuilding.

YES, COUNT THE MI and FL votes …
N0 50/50 split …
Hillary won both MI and FL … and since Obama and his people and the DNC will not help with the re-vote, then accept the election results as is ..
And Hillary did not campaign in MI and FL either …
And Hillary was willing to go with a revote ..
Silencing your opponents is Russian politics, not American politics.

Rich people run America. And we wonder why the middle class worker gets poorer while the top 1% get richer.
wake up and make a change.

FromAfrica,
“I would much rather have a wealthy person run the country, because if they can manage their own money, chances are they will know how to run the country as a business. Just look at what the current president did to this country because he was not wealthy and a peoples person… choose a leader not a buddy!”
According to the Washington Post, “Bushes’ Assets May Top $20 Million” in 2006. Jeez! You really think that not wealthy?

From including itemizing deductions for Bill’s used underwear in the eighties to $109 million now. Is this country great or what?

Graham…compensated speeches in foreign countries are taxable there AND here. But US tax laws and/or tax treaties allow credit for taxes paid overseas. Basically a taxpayer ends up paying the higher tax of the two countries, but not double the tax.

Democrats are really good at taking other people’s money through taxes. To all the people whining about gasoline prices, you need to pump the brakes and consider how much of those prices are tax dollars clamped on by Teddy Kennedy and his ilk

If we want our President and other elected officials to truly represent us, there should be an personal income limit on who can run… meaning, no millionares! Raise money for your campaign and collect all you want for that, but if your personal net worth is higher than the average employed American, you have no hope of understanding what my needs are nor will you serve my best interests.

they did not release the tax returns that counted…the ones they were specifically asked for …LAST YEARS!
This is deception at it’s finest. Oh I am disgusted once again that you all have been fooled.
————————-
No one asked you. Obama hasn’t released his 2007 returns yet either, he didn’t even release his other returns until last week despite clamoring for Hilary to release hers. The Clinton’s have not yet filed their returns, I am sure when they do, they will release them. BTW, I haven’t filed mine yet either. The Clinton’s gave an overview of their 2007 returns, Obama hasn’t even done that.
Did you want them to file their returns with erroneous information before they have all the necessary information just because you want to see it? How unreasonable and ridiculous can you OBama supporters be?

We live in a sick sick world.The elections are purely entertainment.
We are guilty for what is wrong as we sit back and let it continue.
Blame yourselves and stop crying.
Who will do something about it!
Our forefathers fought the power!
Wake up people!

You want to waste your critical thought processes on which one has more ghosts in the closet? Not me, I want to see it like it is. You want my prediction for this illusion..er I mean election,here it is Obama and Clinton cancel each other out when they tie score in the bowl-off. McCain wins the election but gets assassinated by a retarded man from Iraq who is immediateley killed by the CIA. Bush and Chaney get a special stay from Congress and remain in office
to wage war on Iraq.

Clinton Tax returns show $15,406,527 from
Yucaipa Global Opportunities Fund 1, LLC.
2003 $1,000,000
2004 $4,000,000
2005 $5,000,000
2006 $2,656,527
2007 $2,750,000
Bill Clinton’s affiliation with billionaire Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa Companies .
Mrs. Clinton’s Senate financial-disclosure form, which includes spousal income, reveals her husband in 2005 received “guaranteed” partnership payments from Yucaipa Global Opportunities Fund I LLC of “over $1,000.”