Rick Perry questions Hillary’s ‘loyalty’

[TomCADem]

Source: MSNBC

Following a weekend full of conservative attacks on Hillary Clinton at the Conservative Political Action Conference, former Texas Governor Rick Perry added to the list, questioning the former secretary of state’s “loyalty” in an interview that aired Sunday.

Responding to news that the Clinton foundation had not notified the State Department when it previously accepted a donation from a foreign nation, Perry argued that Clinton was disloyal.

“I think it falls flat in the face of the American people when it comes to, are you going to trust an individual who has taken that much money from a foreign source? Where’s your loyalty?” Perry said in an interview that aired on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

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“Are you going to trust an individual who has taken that much money from a foreign source?” Perry asked.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/rick-perry-questions-hillary-clinton-loyalty

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Yup, Republicans who openly flirt with secession and cheered on Bundy, are taking the lead in questioning Hillary Clinton's loyalty because the charitable foundation that they ran received a donation from a foreign nation.

Still, perhaps they are suggesting that we should also look into the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders if they receive donations from foreign sources.

[Chasstev365]

1. That's All they've Got!

That's why everyone is "Un-American", except ultra right-wingers.

[Populist_Prole]

14. Exactly! Spot on post

A republican with an IQ of even 90 would see this, and deep down squirm a little at the lame-ness of the flag-waving tactics.

[roguevalley]

23. it plays well among the secession ie treason

crowd.

[SoapBox]

2. If "loyalty" should be questioned...

It should be for Pukes and Baggers, that have done their damnedest to destroy the lives of millions of honest Americans, as well as America herself.

Infuriating.

[RKP5637]

28. Exactly!!! These individuals are doing their damnedest to destroy America. Each and

everything they propose/do destroys lives of Americans. Frankly, IMO, many of them have some serious personality issues.

[Beartracks]

3. A Republican wants to talk about flirting with foreign governments? >cough cough<

>cough< Israel >cough cough< Netanyahu >cough<

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[lastlib]

20. >cough< Reagan >cough< selling missiles to Iran >cough< Oliver North >cough<

>cough< dealing with Iran to hold hostages until after election >cough< I think I'm getting whooping cough..........

[Thinkingabout]

4. Where does most of the funding go? Not in the US. I am thinking there is a lot

Of trust in the CGI and a good place to donate money. People like Perry have to dig low to find a problem if this is the best he can do.

It is time his camp with the special rock sign hit the front pages.

[Historic NY]

5. Clinton foundation isn't it global...

I haven't heard anything about the Bush's foundation.........................have you.

[rpannier]

6. And Rick Perry's fleeting moment of genius is tossed aside

He should have stuck with his criticism of Walker and shut up

[cstanleytech]

7. Something tells me though that they would howl if the investigation was into where

the money is coming from for the varies PACs that support the varies Republicans themselves though.

[William Seger]

8. The Clinton Foundation is a charity, but now would be a good time...

... to look into how much foreign money is pouring into conservative PACs.

[starroute]

9. This guy?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/12/rick-perry-secession_n_2120453.html

Several years ago, however, Perry declined to rule out the possibility that Texas could secede from the United States if significant changes weren't made to the nation's economic policies.

"There's a lot of different scenarios," he said at a Tea Party rally in 2009, CNN reported at the time. "We've got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very unique place, and we're a pretty independent lot to boot."

The Texas governor raised eyebrows when he said, "When we came into the nation in 1845, we were a republic, we were a stand-alone nation," adding, "And one of the deals was, we can leave anytime we want. So we’re kind of thinking about that again."

Last year, Perry sought to clarify his position on the issue during an interview on Fox News. He pointed out that he "never used" the term "secession" in discussing the matter and said that he had "no idea" why anyone would suggest otherwise.

[Hekate]

15. Nothing exceeds like secession. "Loyalty" my rosy roseola.

[Beacool]

10. So, Hillary is not loyal and Obama does not love America.

I guess Republicans think that the only worthy and patriotic Americans are those who are conservative.

What utter rubbish!!!

[riversedge]

13. It gets rather boring to me. Yet, I know

that this long term sustained rhetoric will instill more hate.

[C Moon]

11. Hillary questions Rick Perry's IQ

[olddad56]

12. I question Rick Perry's sobriety and sanity.

[rocktivity]

16. While he's at it, he should also question Chris Christie's loyalty

His wife's Superstorm Sandy charity accepted a donation from the United Arab Emirates embassy. Or does it make a difference with him if the money doesn't go directly into her pocket? It took her until last October to disburse the $35 million they collected -- what happened to the two years' worth of interest?
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/07/christie_accepts_45m_donation_from_united_arab_emirates_for_sandy_relief_to_schools.html


rocktivity

[Diclotican]

17. TomCADem

TomCADem

Back to the 1950s aren't we where many thousands of innocent people was attacked, and their Rights under the law violated grossly, on the pretext they was not loyal to the US - but rather to some other nations - mostly the russians....

The GOP are really out of their mind - both claiming to be the only one who is loyal tot he US - but even then flirting more or less open with secession and was indeed sheering on Bundy, back in the summer of 2014 - and who also have been flirting with some rather unpleasant extreme right wing groups...

And the worst is - it is maybe enough people out there who is willing to elect people like Rick Perry - into national office - as they have being doing with the current crop of GOP leadership in Senate and Congress.. I'm not surprising if they are able to even elect them to the White House to be honest - not after enough people managed to elect George Walker Bush jr to the office....

Diclotican

[Still In Wisconsin]

18. Wait a minute...wasn't he just calling Scott Walker's comments inappropriate?

Which way is it Governor Goodhair? You may be better looking than our governor, but I'm not sure you're any smarter.

[BillZBubb]

19. Nobody questions Perry's intelligence...

there isn't any.

[cheapdate]

21. This isn't a joke and Democrats need to push back forcefully.

This line of attack, repeated over and over, WORKS, and they KNOW IT.

It has an effect over time. It persuades wobbly undecided voters and strengthens Republican base turnout.

It's not a joke.

It needs to be called out forcefully for the muckraking, reprehensible, dishonorable smear campaign that it is.

[world wide wally]

22. But will he reveal where is dark money comes from?

[Major Hogwash]

24. Doesn't Perry have a trial to prepare for, rather than questioning Hillary's character?

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Gov. Rick Perry of Texas Is Indicted on Charge of Abuse of Power


By MANNY FERNANDEZ
AUG. 15, 2014

AUSTIN, Tex. — A grand jury indicted Gov. Rick Perry on two felony counts on Friday, charging that he abused his power last year when he tried to pressure the district attorney here, a Democrat, to step down by threatening to cut off state financing to her office.

The indictment left Mr. Perry, a Republican, the first Texas governor in nearly 100 years to face criminal charges and presented a major roadblock to his presidential ambitions at the very time that he had been showing signs of making a comeback.

Grand jurors in Travis County charged Mr. Perry with abusing his official capacity and coercing a public servant, according to Michael McCrum, the special prosecutor assigned to the case.

The long-simmering case has centered on Mr. Perry’s veto power as governor. His critics asserted that he used that power as leverage to try to get an elected official — Rosemary Lehmberg, the district attorney in Travis County — to step down after her arrest on a drunken-driving charge last year. Ms. Lehmberg is Austin’s top prosecutor and oversees a powerful public corruption unit that investigates state, local and federal officials; its work led to the 2005 indictment of a former Republican congressman, Tom DeLay, on charges of violating campaign finance laws.

More of this article at --
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/us/gov-rick-perry-of-texas-is-indicted-over-veto-of-funds-for-das-office.html

[Vinca]

25. And the interviewer then said, "Well, how do you explain your desire to secede from the nation?"

If only someone would confront these asshats when they come out with this blather.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

26. Boom goes the dynamite!

Dead on. No one who has talked about secession gets to question anyone else's loyalty to the country.

[stone space]

27. So this isn't just a DU phenomina?

I was a bit taken aback when I saw this thread, but I guess that it must be a rather common political tactic, if mainstream politicians like Rick Perry are using it, too, and not just folks here at DU.



I must say that I find it a rather unconvincing tactic.

[Jamastiene]

31. What gets me is the Republicans are using that tactic,

and Third Way Democrats are turning around and demanding loyalty from the left instead of using that tactic against the people they should be, the Republicans. Talk about misplaced aggression.

[closeupready]

29. I detest Rick Perry, but this IS going to be a problem for the HRC camp.

[Orsino]

33. Only for those conflating charitable donations with campaign donations.

I suppose it's the political clmate, in which "taking money" is so accepted that it all looks like one big, blurry mountain of cash.

[Gothmog]

30. Goodhair is an idiot

This is dumb even for Goodhair

[pampango]

32. Sadly it is progress for a republican to question the loyalty of a white Democrat rather than

just that of a Black president. Perhaps this will help revel their shallowness and partisanship to those who could not recognize it when charges were directed only at Obama.