Powell's wife ran foundation while he was Secy. of State

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On Vox, there’s an interesting article called Colin Powell’s foundation and Hillary Clinton’s are treated very differently by the media. It seems that Powell set up a foundation in the 1990s, had it run by his wife when he was Secretary of State, and did favors for the infamous head of Enron, Kenneth Lay, and his company, who made big donations. Crickets, though, from the media, including the AP:

In 1997, after a distinguished career in military service that culminated with stints as national security adviser under Ronald Reagan and chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Colin Powell launched a charity. Named America’s Promise, it’s built around the theme of Five Promises to America’s children.

So what about the charity? Well, Powell’s wife, Alma Powell, took it over. And it kept raking in donations from corporate America. Ken Lay, the chair of Enron, was a big donor. He also backed a literacy-related charity that was founded by the then-president’s mother. The US Department of State, at the time Powell was secretary, went to bat for Enron in a dispute the company was having with the Indian government.

Did Lay or any other Enron official attempt to use their connections with Alma Powell (or Barbara Bush, for that matter) to help secure access to State Department personnel in order to voice these concerns? Did any other donors to America’s Promise? I have no idea, because to the best of my knowledge nobody in the media ever launched an extensive investigation into these matters. That’s the value of the presumption of innocence, something Hillary Clinton has never been able to enjoy during her time in the national spotlight.


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Much of the media is deeply invested in promoting Republican memes, even in the time of Trump.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...l-s-Foundation-when-He-Was-Secretary-of-State
 
Clinton lost the presumption of innocence because of her serial lies during the last year with her "explanations" to the public.
Plus those Emails gave direct evidence of access/pay toplay
 
christiefan915 said:
On Vox, there’s an interesting article called Colin Powell’s foundation and Hillary Clinton’s are treated very differently by the media. It seems that Powell set up a foundation in the 1990s, had it run by his wife when he was Secretary of State, and did favors for the infamous head of Enron, Kenneth Lay, and his company, who made big donations. Crickets, though, from the media, including the AP:

In 1997, after a distinguished career in military service that culminated with stints as national security adviser under Ronald Reagan and chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Colin Powell launched a charity. Named America’s Promise, it’s built around the theme of Five Promises to America’s children.

So what about the charity? Well, Powell’s wife, Alma Powell, took it over. And it kept raking in donations from corporate America. Ken Lay, the chair of Enron, was a big donor. He also backed a literacy-related charity that was founded by the then-president’s mother. The US Department of State, at the time Powell was secretary, went to bat for Enron in a dispute the company was having with the Indian government.

Did Lay or any other Enron official attempt to use their connections with Alma Powell (or Barbara Bush, for that matter) to help secure access to State Department personnel in order to voice these concerns? Did any other donors to America’s Promise? I have no idea, because to the best of my knowledge nobody in the media ever launched an extensive investigation into these matters. That’s the value of the presumption of innocence, something Hillary Clinton has never been able to enjoy during her time in the national spotlight.


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Much of the media is deeply invested in promoting Republican memes, even in the time of Trump.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...l-s-Foundation-when-He-Was-Secretary-of-State
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lol......now you've got nothing left but to make shit up and pretend it exonerates Hil-liar-y.......by the way you still haven't answered the big question, Chrispy.......if its wrong for her to continue to do it if she's elected president, why wasn't it wrong for her to do it as SoS?......
 
christiefan915 said:
No cons willing to criticize Powell and his wife for doing this while he was SoS?
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I say this with no disrespect and I'll only speak for myself but if this story came from a different source I'd invest more time in really reading it and discussing it but I've read enough Daily Kos articles to know their m.o. so I don't find it worth it.
 
cawacko said:
I say this with no disrespect and I'll only speak for myself but if this story came from a different source I'd invest more time in really reading it and discussing it but I've read enough Daily Kos articles to know their m.o. so I don't find it worth it.
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I think it's pretty easy to google up his foundation and fact-check Kos.
 
Powel's foundation was treated differently by the media because it didn't involve contributions from foreign actors while Powel was Sec State.

It amazes me Hillary would have been able to do that as Sec State. Where was congress?

Game attempt at rehabilitating Hillary though lol.
 
christiefan915 said:
"There has been no extensive investigation into the foundation." Says it all.
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are you kidding?......KOS spent nearly twenty minutes doing extensive investigation before it posted its accusations......and that doesn't even count the five minutes you invested in it before passing it on......
 
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