Bill Clinton would like Mitt Romney to explain his finances. Do you think it "appropriate" that Bill explain?

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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/bill-clinton-perplexed-surprised-romney-hasn-t-released-153110332.html

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( quoting...http://prorev.com/legacy.htm

RECORDS SET

- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance 
- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates* 
- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation 
- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify 
- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly 
- First president sued for sexual harassment. 
- Second president accused of rape** 
- First first lady to come under criminal investigation
- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
- First president to establish a legal defense fund.
- First president to be held in contempt of court
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions 
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
- First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court



STARR-RAY INVESTIGATION

- Number of Starr-Ray investigation convictions or guilty pleas (including one governor, one associate attorney general and two Clinton business partners): 14
- Number of Clinton Cabinet members who came under criminal investigation: 5 
- Number of Reagan cabinet members who came under criminal investigation: 4
- Number of top officials jailed in the Teapot Dome Scandal: 3

CRIME STATS

- Number of individuals and businesses associated with the Clinton machine who have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to crimes: 47 
- Number of these convictions during Clinton's presidency: 33 
- Number of indictments/misdemeanor charges: 61 
- Number of congressional witnesses who have pleaded the Fifth Amendment, fled the country to avoid testifying, or (in the case of foreign witnesses) refused to be interviewed: 122

SMALTZ INVESTIGATION

- Guilty pleas and convictions obtained by Donald Smaltz in cases involving charges of bribery and fraud against former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy and associated individuals and businesses: 15 
- Acquitted or overturned cases (including Espy): 6 
- Fines and penalties assessed: $11.5 million 
- Amount Tyson Food paid in fines and court costs: $6 million

CAMPAIGN FINANCE INVESTIGATION

- As of June 2000, the Justice Department listed 25 people indicted and 19 convicted because of the 1996 Clinton-Gore fundraising scandals.
- According to the House Committee on Government Reform in September 2000, 79 House and Senate witnesses asserted the Fifth Amendment in the course of investigations into Gore's last fundraising campaign. 
-James Riady entered a plea agreement to pay an $8.5 million fine for campaign finance crimes. This was a record under campaign finance laws.

CLINTON MACHINE CRIMES FOR WHICH CONVICTIONS WERE OBTAINED

Drug trafficking (3), racketeering, extortion, bribery (4), tax evasion, kickbacks, embezzlement (2), fraud (12), conspiracy (5), fraudulent loans, illegal gifts (1), illegal campaign contributions (5), money laundering (6), perjury, obstruction of justice.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

- Number of independent counsel inquiries since the 1978 law was passed: 19
- Number that have produced indictments: 7
- Number that produced more convictions than the Starr investigation: 1
- Median length of investigations that led to convictions: 44 months
- Length of Starr-Ray investigation: 69 months. 
- Total cost of the Starr investigation (3/00) $52 million
- Total cost of the Iran-Contra investigation: $48.5 million
- Total cost to taxpayers of the Madison Guarantee failure: $73 million

ARKANSAS ALTZHEIMER'S

Number of times that Clinton figures who testified in court or before Congress said that they didn't remember, didn't know, or something similar.

Bill Kennedy 116
Harold Ickes 148 
Ricki Seidman 160 
Bruce Lindsey 161 
Bill Burton 191 
Mark Gearan 221 
Mack McLarty 233 
Neil Egglseston 250 
Hillary Clinton 250 
John Podesta 264 
Jennifer O'Connor 343 
Dwight Holton 348 
Patsy Thomasson 420 
Jeff Eller 697

FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES: In the portions of President Clinton's Jan. 17 deposition that have been made public in the Paula Jones case, his memory failed him 267 times. This is a list of his answers and how many times he gave each one.

? · Accepted Answer

Bill Clinton has done a couple of things that were appropriate.
1.  He called Romney's business experience "Sterling,"

2. He called Obama an "Amateur."  Yeah, bill is not the most decent or moral president we ever had, but on occasion he has said the right thing, and we know how badly he despises Obama.

Moody

? · Answer

You mean he who is without sin cast the first stone?

Yes, he should speak up.  We all should, on all ethical issues, regardless.

Otherwise we'd have utter silence.

Because Former President Clinton spoke up is NOT an excuse for Governor Romney's behavior.
I think all the candidates should have a FULL background check, a drug test, and a lie detector test.

We expect it of our CIA, FBI, and other key agents.  Why would we NOT want that for all candidates, INCLUDING a standing President?

Goodness sake.

1) WE ALL SPEAK UP.
2) We hold our President accountable.

Robert T · Answer

This is why E-mails and Memos are to be archived Today. Where are "All" of Attorney General HOLDER's. I mean "ALL" nothing left out on any subject. These are public property and "WE ALL" have the Right to know and He / they have the responsibility to delivery with out exception of Executive Privilege.

ThomasS · Answer

Bill Clinton also disagrees with the way Obama is handling the finances of the American people.

Anonymous · Answer

I bet Bill would like to know why Barack Hussein Obama just took a dump on his welfare reform act.

Frog · Answer

Nurse! He got out and is playing on the computer again!

Mr. Wolf · Answer

You would think even Romney supporters would want Romney to explain.

Anonymous · Answer

Clinton isn't running, Romney is.

scott b · Answer

Are you aware that you are pasting a source that doesn't give ANY source for their comments?

Anonymous · Answer

and the "MOVEON.ORG" clowns are already out with the "get over it" rant!

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