Open Letter to the New York Times Editorial Board
As Senator Clinton’s hometown paper, you made the decision last month to endorse her candidacy based on the “Experience Argument”. You did of course express some concerns when you wrote,
As strongly as we back her candidacy, we urge Mrs. Clinton to take the lead in changing the tone of the campaign. It is not good for the country, the Democratic Party or for Mrs. Clinton, who is often tagged as divisive, in part because of bitter feeling about her husband’s administration and the so-called permanent campaign.
Because you are a national newspaper, and not just a representative of the parochial interests of the New York Senator, many of your readers have been surprised at your editorial silence in the past two weeks over two issues, critical “for the country, the Democratic Party and for Mrs. Clinton.” We now urge you to speak out to your candidate on your editorial page so that these important issues get resolved in the next week.
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Financial Transparency-Your news department has been fairly diligent in trying to unravel the complex finances of former President Clinton and his various Charitable organizations. Given that the Clinton’s have loaned their campaign $5 million and may have to make another loan in the coming weeks, we urge you to call upon the Clintons to do the following:
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Immediately release Mrs. Clinton’s most recent tax returns as Mr. Obama already has. Mrs. Clinton has said she will only do so, after she has won the nomination. This is the equivalent of a house seller saying they will only give you the termite report after you have purchased the house.
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Immediately release the names of all donors to the various Clinton charities, including the Presidential Library fund. Ostensibly most of those donors have already disclosed their giving to the various tax authorities, so there is no reason to keep them secret.
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Agree to disclose any other loans from themselves or their allies to the campaign as soon as they are made.
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Changing The Rules in the Middle of the Game-Both Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama signed a pledge agreeing that the Florida and Michigan primaries would not count. After Mr. Obama went and removed his name from the Michigan primary ballot, Mrs. Clinton decided not to do that. In Florida, before the Primary, she made it clear, she thought it was important, even though she ran uncontested. Now she and her allies like Michigan Senator Carl Levin are trying to change the rules and seat both delegations. With five months left before the convention, there is plenty of time for both states to hold a contest in which both candidates can put their case before the Michigan and Florida voters. The DNC could even raise the money online to pay for these contests. We call upon you to ask your candidate to stop the destructive effort to seat these illegal delegations.
The tax issue is one reason there is growing distrust into Hillary, in this case the reason behind her withholding information. Also openly pushing for Florida’s and Michigan’s delegates to be seated just shows that she will say and do anything to get to office.
Amen!
It is blindingly obvious that the Clintons’ campaign is a carryover from the divisive and destructive politics of the old order. Of course, such strategies worked well in the past. Perhaps it is inevitable that a representative dinosaur of the old media support and defend old politics. So I don’t hold out a lot of hope for the NYTimes to ask any important questions of Senator Clinton.
As a disclaimer I do not read the New York Times. My personal feelings are that the media of all persuasions cannot be trusted to accurately or fairly report the news. Every outlet is driven by principles and economics that trump any truthful publication. Cynical? Perhaps, but blind faith in oracles has never worked in any era.
The New York Times has no interest in exposing the Clinton’s finances or anything else. To do so would require something that few have these days. Courage.
Am I the only one that finds it so incredibly ironic (and perhaps a little unexpectedly righteous), that had Florida and Michigan stayed right where they were in the schedule, that they would have such tremendous importance in the Dem primary contest? Not only did the local advertisers and media outlets miss out on all the campaign ca$h, but they also go and shoot themselves in the foot collectively, as states. That said, I don’t think the voters in those states deserve to have their voice nullified because of the poor choices some political leaders and insiders made.
- Zhirem
Zhirem- Its’ totally ironic! However, there is no reason they couldn’t hold caucuses in the next six weeks in both states.
Of Course if Obama wins either Texas or Ohio, it may be a moot point.
Sen. Carl Levin, who is running the Clinton’s “count Florida and Michigan” scam, had the gall to send me a fundraising note. I told him what I thought of the idea of changing the rules in the middle of the game and sent it back in his post paid envelope.
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