I couldn't find any beef in that article. Just another Van Natta hit job on Bill Clinton, who is a private citizen and can do whatever the heck he wants to.
Instead of his crazy tin-foil hat conspiracy theories, maybe Van Natta should do a story on the work of he Clinton Foundation.
just read the Jo Becker part... or the parts contributed by David L. Stern or Margot William.
It's four pages online... gonna be above the fold... seems to me that it's not quite going to be just dismissed as a "crazy tin-foil conspiracy theory".
I read the article twice. It has the "breathless" tone of some kind of expose, but there's no "there" there.
That's what Bill Clinton does. He networks with government leaders and business leaders to raise money for his Foundation that does stuff like fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. So what? Where's the beef?
Or are we supposed to be all upset because he travelled to Kazhikstan? Again, so what?
As near as I can tell, the main complaint in Van Natta's hit job is that Bill Clinton spends time travelling with a very well respected (and very wealthy) business leader who has donated $130 million towards fighting AIDS in Africa and Tsunami relief. Well, duh!
Guess what? Bill Clinton spends time with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and Al Gore too.
BTW, the NYTIMES put all of Judith Miller's articles selling the WMD in Iraq story "above the fold" too. That doesn't mean they weren't lies.
Read the whole thing, it will be read as "Businessman used Clinton acquaintance to grease wheels on a deal, reporter with an ax to grind tries to make it look bad."
What is there to dismiss? OMG! Clinton travels and talks to people with weird names! They take pictures! And he is friends with very rich people!
oh come on... your panting excitment to "get" clinton is lame. this has got to be the most boring read i've seen... and the tone of this diary is laughable.
keep your day job.
