Look, I never trusted Kathleen Kane after I found out that she was was palling around with Carly Fiorina and plotting to undermine Barack Obama’s nomination and campaign for the presidency.
You have to go back to August 2008, after Hillary had conceded but before the convention in Denver. One of Hillary’s brothers was in no mood to give up.
Tony Rodham, who held a fundraising event for Mrs Clinton in Pennsylvania when she was battling against Mr Obama in the Democratic primaries, met Carly Fiorina, Mr McCain’s senior economic adviser, in the state.
Miss Fiorina was taking part in a two-day Pennsylvania bus tour designed to woo disenchanted Clinton supporters into the McCain camp. His wife Megan and their two children also attended the meeting at the home of Jamie Brazil, a long-time Clinton family friend.
So, Hillary’s brother met with Fiorina at the home of a Clinton family friend. What happened next?
Some at the Pennsylvania meeting seemed to hold out hope that Mrs Clinton could emerge as the party’s nominee in what would amount to a coup at the Denver convention. Mrs Clinton, however, has insisted this cannot happen.
Kathleen Granahan Kane, who coordinated Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign in north-east Pennsylvania and was at the meeting Mr Rodham attended told the Scranton Times-Tribune she might support Mr McCain. “I don’t know,” she said.
“I’m not sure. I’m trying to get as much information as I can on both of them. I would have loved to see her as president. We still have a week to go. You never know what’s going to happen at the convention.” She added that Mrs. Clinton “would be a fantastic choice” for vice-president – a move Mr Obama appears to have ruled out.
I’ve got no problem with people having supported Clinton in 2008. I even understand if it took a little time to get over the butt-hurt of seeing her lose the nomination.
But this was a different kind of thing. This was a bunch of people very close to the Clintons having a private meeting with Carly Fiorina to discuss ways to get disaffected Clinton supporters to support John McCain.
There’s no indication that the meeting was sanctioned or approved by Hillary or Bill, but it made me doubt Kathleen Kane’s judgment and her loyalty. I remembered this when she became a candidate for Attorney General and I was highly skeptical that she was the right person for the job.
But even I could never imagine her capacity for poor judgment, criminal acts, avoidance of responsibility, and limitless spite.
She’s exposed some things that needed to be exposed, but only to deflect blame and attention from herself, and to intimidate anyone who might consider messing with her.
She’s a disgrace.
Wow, didn’t know about this with Kane. People with particularly bad characters find themselves taking all sorts of particularly bad actions.
I think we can say with great certitude that this meeting Kane took with Fiorina was not sanctioned or authorized by Hillary or Bill. She would not have gained the President’s nomination for Secretary of State if she or Bill had been involved. Pennsylvania was a pretty important State in the 2008 election; no way Hillary or her core team get away with overtly fucking with it in this way without destroying the respect of Barack and his team.
This is about Kane. As Martin stated there is no indication that Bill or Hillary were involved in this at all, not sure why you felt it necessary to post a defense opinion of Bill and Hillary. (The Rodham bros have long been problematical for the Clintons, but both are just family and not part of the Clinton inner circle.)
However, had this been known back then, it would have informed my opinion of Kane. Can you say the same?
As Martin stated there is no indication that Bill or Hillary were involved in this at all, not sure why you felt it necessary to post a defense opinion of Bill and Hillary.
It does prove that a lot of scummy people are attracted to Bill and Hillary. Also, too, it makes the carrying on from Hillary’s people now look really shallow. Don’t forget that the Clintons held at least one event in PA for Kane during her AG campaign.
That’s not anything partisan Democrats have ever acknowledged. (Same happens on the other side of the aisle.) See, unlike lefties, they aren’t “purists;” they’re pragmatists. Hence, NAFTA, capital gains tax reduction, etc. was only bad when GHWB advocated for it, but perfectly fine when Clinton did the same.
To be fair to the Clintons they have palled around with fewer scummy people since leaving AR. Or obviously scummy people since wealth washes away a great deal of scum.
To be fair to the Clintons they have palled around with fewer scummy people since leaving AR. Or obviously scummy people since wealth washes away a great deal of scum.
I don’t know about that. A lot of wealthy people are scummy too.
True, but money and status is helpful in masking inherent scumminess from most of the public at large. At least until the proverbial shit hits the fan. Adelson and Epstein make my skin crawl, but neither have had a shortage of people willing to kiss their butts.
So Jamie Brazil works for Hillary Clinton in 2016 run for President after campaigning for John McCain and against Senator Barack Obama in 2008. Of course, Brazil has and had close ties to the Clinton/Rodham dynasty. In the elction season 2011/12 he worked as vice president of field operations for Herman Cain’s campaign. Great to have you on-board again … duhh. See my new diary …
○ HRC’s Roots in Scranton, PA and Link to PUMAs
Let’s include Trump on that list. LATimes report:
And Warren Buffett – Settle Times Minorities exploited by Warren Buffett’s mobile-home empire
ABC – 41 Dead Across 7 States After Week of Devastating Tornadoes, Flooding and Storms Wonder how many of the lost dwellings were Clayton Homes.
On one hand, I want to say that this is more ideological than personal. As far as American politics are concerned, the further right on the spectrum you go the more corruption you attract. Partly because there will be more RWAs (RWAs hang out on any end of the political spectrum, but they tend to congregate on the right) willing to overlook any grifters but also because social darwinists aren’t exactly known for wanting to play fair.
On the other hand, Gore/Kerry/Obama/Dukakis never attracted these kinds of characters during their time in non-Presidential office. Rahm is noteworthy precisely because that kind of sleaziness is rare in the Obama camp once you control for ideology.
Interesting back story on Kane. One that most definitely should have weighed heavily for voters in making their choice.
However, in reviewing her job performance did conclude that she has to go and Democrats shouldn’t waste any time trying to save her butt.
Says volumes that the Pennsylvania voters are all “ho-hum” about the caliber of public servants attracted to justice dept. No fingers on the scale there, right? Do they already know them best? Or they don’t really have a problem with those opinions?
See my comment above. The Clintons did at least one event, and maybe more, for Kane. That’s what put her over the top compared to Murphy. And why was Murphy on the Clinton’s shitlist? Because he endorsed Obama in ’08 kind of early.
ot:Latest police shooting in Chicago.
They pumped 7 bullets into a young man with mental issues.
He had a bat.
But, that’s their ‘reason’. I heard his mother ask why SEVEN BULLETS?
How come they didn’t just put him down with one or two shots?
Hearing her pain on the radio….I felt it.
The reporter on the radio brushed past the OTHER person killed by police at that address. I should have known that something was up when there wasn’t a ready made excuse to justify the police shooting.
Turns out that the second person the police MURDERED was a 55 year old mother of five in recovery from ovarian cancer whose crime was…
wait for it…
She died for the ‘crime’ of ANSWERING THE DOOR IN HER HOUSECOAT AND SLIPPERS WHILE BLACK.
THAT was her ‘crime’.
I am not exaggerating.
That was her ‘crime’.
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The Associated Press ✔ @AP
BREAKING: Chicago police: 55-year-old woman killed by police early Saturday was `accidentally struck’
Alex Nitkin @AlexNitkin
Jones, mother of 5, was recovering from ovarian cancer, family said. Was looking for all-clear from her doctor so she could go back to work.
Alex Nitkin @AlexNitkin
Per family: Jones was shot while opening the door for police. She had just been asleep, & was wearing her nightgown.
How was Jones shot? Was she down the hall from the shooting and opened the door wondering what the commotion was about?
The Police Department did not say where the victims were standing when they were shot, but blood could be seen in the small vestibule and just inside Jones’ apartment. At least one bullet appeared to have traveled through Jones’ apartment, hitting at least two walls.
It appears to have been a stray bullet. On the surface it sounds like more reckless cowboy shooting. A hail of bullets in a crowded apartment should be the last resort. The police had been called by the teen’s father who was in fear for his life. The teen was armed with a metal baseball bat (lethal weapon) and was threatening to use it and banging on the father’s door. We don’t know if he threatened the police. One or two shots may have been necessary, not a barrage in a crowded building. Chicago police appear to think that “the only good perp is a dead perp”.
It’s a hard job, but police should use the minimum force necessary to prevent harm to the victims, citizenry, and themselves.
Jumping in and assuming it’s an execution just feeds the hate between police and community, making these incidents more likely.
No. Dad of the guy with the metal bat asked Jones to be the lookout for police since his son had trapped him in the bedroom.