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cali

(114,904 posts)
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:19 PM May 2016

The new vetting of Bill Clinton.

Forget his diamond encrusted parachute.

Jane Sanders. Bill Clinton. Goose. Gander.


Recently disclosed flight logs show Bill flew aboard the infamous jet with his very close pal, the infamous Jeffrey Epstein.


https://www.rt.com/usa/343048-clinton-epstein-lolita-express/

If you don't think this isn't going to be a huge issue, think again

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The new vetting of Bill Clinton. (Original Post) cali May 2016 OP
More relentless attacks of Hillary and ...Hillary is still kicking, amazing when you think about it Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #1
Sorry, you hill fans are going all in on Jane Sanders. cali May 2016 #4
Sanders voter here, and I have purposely ignored the Jane story, it is as irrelevant as any Bill Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #7
Lol. You are a passionate hill supporter. cali May 2016 #8
Before you knew who he was. Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #15
Post removed Post removed May 2016 #18
Then you could not POSSIBLY sit back and let Drumpf be elected. Not in a MILLION years. Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #20
And where the FUCK did I say shit about letting trump be elected? cali May 2016 #23
I apologize, I assumed you were BoB Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #25
Thanks. Perhaps you should back off on jumping to conclusions cali May 2016 #27
You are the first and only one who I have accused wrongly Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #28
You also informed me that you knew Bernie so much better than I cali May 2016 #34
So are you or are you NOT going to vote for WHOEVER the Dem nominee is? Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #35
Not your business. 840high May 2016 #59
Bill Clinton was the president of the United States XemaSab May 2016 #81
Yes, but this is new and this is underage girls adigal May 2016 #51
Then why are you supporting Clinton? We are sure to get Trump if she's the nominee. ThePhilosopher04 May 2016 #61
Supporting Bernie, have for longer than you have been alive, maybe. LOL Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #62
Bullshit. ThePhilosopher04 May 2016 #69
Why would you post such an obvious lie? AgerolanAmerican May 2016 #80
That would be tricky for donnie leftynyc May 2016 #2
Not for Trump. You should know that. And once isn't 25 x cali May 2016 #5
I would put that quote leftynyc May 2016 #12
That would be beyond stupid cali May 2016 #16
No - not fighting back leftynyc May 2016 #17
When Hillary is running around saying she'll put Bill "in charge", he's essentially running. arcane1 May 2016 #21
Except she never said that leftynyc May 2016 #31
I never said that "she was putting him in charge of her Presidency" arcane1 May 2016 #40
No ,it was merely leftynyc May 2016 #52
Oh come on. SpareribSP May 2016 #77
Looks like Bill has Trump beat by miles. yourpaljoey May 2016 #10
All Hillary has to do leftynyc May 2016 #14
Sure he will... and it will be the truth. yourpaljoey May 2016 #22
Yawn leftynyc May 2016 #32
ooooooooooooh scaaaaaaaaaaaaary yourpaljoey May 2016 #36
Awwww - that's adorable leftynyc May 2016 #38
pfft yourpaljoey May 2016 #39
Yawn leftynyc May 2016 #50
Just came across this story recently. yourpaljoey May 2016 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #6
Big Dog libodem May 2016 #9
I tend to think he's innocent of wrongdoing on that plane, because it's incredibly stupid adigal May 2016 #55
It's like they purposely go out of their way (Bill and Hillary) to do dumb stuff! nt 2cannan May 2016 #11
That seems to be their MO, but they always escape disaster. BillZBubb May 2016 #76
I like this one. pdsimdars May 2016 #13
Hey, Bill did some good things, He gave us a big Bubble. bahrbearian May 2016 #26
The 90s called. They miss The Clenis. They miss how many people msanthrope May 2016 #19
Good to know you think pedophilia is just meaningless scandal cali May 2016 #24
I think you thinking President Clinton had anything to do with pedophilia is a scandal. nt msanthrope May 2016 #33
He flew 25 times on a plane referred to as the lolita express. n/t cali May 2016 #37
Yes, according to your Russian State media and Fox News sourcing. msanthrope May 2016 #41
According to flight logs. And Bill has NEVER denied it cali May 2016 #43
And? What does it prove? He hasn't denied eating kittens, either. nt msanthrope May 2016 #45
It proves he was on the lolita express. Over and over again. cali May 2016 #46
Yes, one time with Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker. Are they "in on it?" nt msanthrope May 2016 #47
He was on the perv plane 25x cali May 2016 #53
So what? What does that prove? nt msanthrope May 2016 #54
It's horrendously bad optics. Why the hell would he go on it once, knowing about this guy adigal May 2016 #56
So, these flights happened after his arrest? nt msanthrope May 2016 #57
I don't think so, but do you think in such a closed privileged society as these guys run in adigal May 2016 #58
Indeed. You teach high school. Ss you would know if a fellow teacher was hurting a student? nt msanthrope May 2016 #67
I would certainly hear of it. And I would throw that teacher under the bus in a second adigal May 2016 #71
You honestly think you heard all the goings on? No....you haven't. And I'm disgusted at your msanthrope May 2016 #72
I said I would never double date - mockingly adigal May 2016 #74
Mockingly? About sex crimes? nt msanthrope May 2016 #79
Do I really have to explain sarcasm to you? I guess someone should nt adigal May 2016 #82
Sex crimes aren't fodder for sarcasm. nt msanthrope May 2016 #85
Unlike that bastard George W. Bush TwilightZone May 2016 #66
It never left. TwilightZone May 2016 #29
James Wolcott once wrote an interesting piece on the fascination with The Clenis.... msanthrope May 2016 #42
"the exciting blowjob youth movement" TwilightZone May 2016 #63
Oh goodness .. disillusioned73 May 2016 #30
And Kevin Spacey too? GeorgeGist May 2016 #44
Are their spouses running for office? cali May 2016 #48
I hope that's not the Chris Tucker I think it is. NWCorona May 2016 #49
Seeing how Trump took some of those flights too, not really. Tarc May 2016 #60
That won't stop him. And l that's been found is maybe once. cali May 2016 #65
More RWNJ hit pieces posted on a Democratic website. This place is truly disgusting lately. beaglelover May 2016 #64
In case you missed it, the Blaze, Fox News, and Drudge are on top of this story. TwilightZone May 2016 #68
I'll wait for the "Sane" Progressives take on it. grossproffit May 2016 #70
K&R AtomicKitten May 2016 #73
LOL! Like Sanders supporters haven't been trashing Bill Clinton. He was an "old pervert" KittyWampus May 2016 #75
Oh Cali, you really are a lost cause. Metric System May 2016 #78
They should probably call it the pedophile express. Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #83
Did Bernie Sanders rape and murder a girl in 1990? NuclearDem May 2016 #84

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
1. More relentless attacks of Hillary and ...Hillary is still kicking, amazing when you think about it
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:23 PM
May 2016

She is under non stop assault and attack from the right and the left.

Well, I dont consider ANY person who would facilitate a Drumpf WH to be on the left, even remotely, but you know.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
4. Sorry, you hill fans are going all in on Jane Sanders.
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:28 PM
May 2016

You shouldn't. Hillary will be the nominee. If you lot are going to be ultra nasty about everything Sanders, instead of gracious winners, you're going to reap what you are sowing.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
7. Sanders voter here, and I have purposely ignored the Jane story, it is as irrelevant as any Bill
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:30 PM
May 2016

story.

I see you have decided to purposely facilitate a Drumpf White House....I will blame you when he is elected and people start dying and are deported, etc.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
15. Before you knew who he was.
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:35 PM
May 2016

Bernie is embarrassed by people who claim to support him who would facilitate Drumpf White House.

Trust me on this.

Response to Jackie Wilson Said (Reply #15)

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
23. And where the FUCK did I say shit about letting trump be elected?
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:47 PM
May 2016

Grab a clue instead of pretentiously spouting off.

And you really don't know Bernie as well as I do despite your crap about how YOU knew all about him before I'd ever heard of him.


You just look like a self-important know it all.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
28. You are the first and only one who I have accused wrongly
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:52 PM
May 2016

I consider the millions who will be deported and maybe die to be more important than niceties.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
34. You also informed me that you knew Bernie so much better than I
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:01 PM
May 2016

I'm done. And I have to say, I find the concern for life, ironic.


Libya. Iraq. Honduras.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
35. So are you or are you NOT going to vote for WHOEVER the Dem nominee is?
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:01 PM
May 2016

Last edited Tue May 17, 2016, 02:43 PM - Edit history (1)

waited a while, no answer

Hmmm

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
51. Yes, but this is new and this is underage girls
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:37 PM
May 2016

Whole different ballgame. Hillary can't ignore this if it has teeth and say it's a private issue. Clinton flew on that plane with that pedophile 26 times. Ugh.

She should have dumped Bill years ago if she knew she wanted to run for President.

 

AgerolanAmerican

(1,000 posts)
80. Why would you post such an obvious lie?
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:43 PM
May 2016

Do you really have that much contempt for other participants here?

Or does Clinton pay you too much for you to let little things like the truth get in the way?

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
2. That would be tricky for donnie
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:26 PM
May 2016
https://news.vice.com/article/the-salacious-ammo-even-donald-trump-wont-use-in-a-fight-against-hillary-clinton-bill-clinton


But according to someone with intimate knowledge of the situation, Trump and Epstein appeared to have a somewhat stronger connection.

"I've known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,'' Trump told New York magazine in a 2002 profile of Epstein written three years before Epstein began to be investigated. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life."

When asked about a subpoena served to Trump in 2009, Garten said it "never happened." The subpoena called for Trump to give a deposition in a case against Epstein; Garten's denial baffled Brad Edwards, one of Virginia Roberts' attorneys.

"There is no debate over what happened," Edwards told VICE news. "I served Mr. Trump with a subpoena for deposition in 2009. He talked to me voluntarily, and consequently we withdrew the subpoena in light of his voluntarily providing information…. I can't imagine there being any dispute of any of this."

Edwards also said that it is "obvious" Trump himself was not involved in any of Epstein's illicit activity.

Three days after denying the subpoena, Garten emailed VICE News.

"Brad [Edwards] called me to let me know that you had reached out to him," Garten said. "I looked back at my records and saw that Mr. Trump was subpoenaed."

In 2000, both Trump and Epstein reportedly attended a small party hosted by media magnate Conrad Black, who in 2007 was convicted and served time in prison for fraud and obstruction of justice (the fraud charges were overturned on appeal). Black is currently an enthusiastic supporter of Trump's presidential bid.

Mark Epstein, Jeffrey's brother, testified in 2009 that Trump flew on Jeffrey's private jet at least once. Meanwhile, message pads [see below] from Epstein's Palm Beach mansion that were seized by investigators and obtained by VICE News indicate that Trump called Epstein twice in November of 2004.
 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
12. I would put that quote
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:33 PM
May 2016

about Epstein being a terrific guy on every single ad in the Fall. Every single one. Let him claim he's not as big a sleaze as Bill.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
16. That would be beyond stupid
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:37 PM
May 2016

It just magnifies that Bill flew on the perv plane 25x, ditching his Secret Service detail on several occasions.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
17. No - not fighting back
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:39 PM
May 2016

against donnie would be stupid. We all saw how that worked with the rest of the dwarfs running against him for the nomination. Let's try and remember Bill isn't running and donnie is.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
21. When Hillary is running around saying she'll put Bill "in charge", he's essentially running.
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:43 PM
May 2016

She can't have it both ways (though I'm sure she'll try to).

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
31. Except she never said that
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:56 PM
May 2016

she was putting him in charge of her Presidency. That's a fantasy you made up.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
40. I never said that "she was putting him in charge of her Presidency"
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:14 PM
May 2016

You made that fantasy up.

She said she'd put him in charge of trade deals and the economy (so far). Therefore, his ideas and record on economics and trade are fair game for the campaign.

That's bad enough.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
52. No ,it was merely
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:37 PM
May 2016

your implication by saying she was putting him in charge. Don't try and back out of it now.

yourpaljoey

(2,166 posts)
10. Looks like Bill has Trump beat by miles.
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:32 PM
May 2016

Perhaps Bill can turn this around with a bold move: play the "I'm a bigger pervert" card.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
14. All Hillary has to do
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:34 PM
May 2016

is use donnie's own words against him. It's not rocket science. He'll be claiming what a sleaze bill must be for associating with Epstein and all Hillary needs is an ad quoting donnie. What's he going to say? Hillary's HUSBAND is a bigger sleaze than I am? I don't think so.

yourpaljoey

(2,166 posts)
22. Sure he will... and it will be the truth.
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:43 PM
May 2016

Trump is the king of insults, I would not try to beat him at his own game.
Bill is pure liability... and if Hill is not stopped by Sanders, we are in the soup.

yourpaljoey

(2,166 posts)
36. ooooooooooooh scaaaaaaaaaaaaary
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:02 PM
May 2016

I like nonsense... may I have some more?

We shall soon see who wins the battle of the sleaze kings.
I think Bill whoops him!!!

Orgies on the Lolita with 12-year-old girls is gonna be hard to
beat.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
38. Awwww - that's adorable
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:07 PM
May 2016

another supposed liberal who doesn't know donnie at all and believes everything on free republic. The other gop candidates were afraid to use the mountain of dirt there is on him for fear of pissing off his imbecile supporters. Hillary will have no such problem. Neither will her superpacs.

yourpaljoey

(2,166 posts)
39. pfft
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:14 PM
May 2016

Such a parcel of nonsense before lunch.
It will be kinda fun watching
Bill's full history of sleaze being exposed for all to see.
He has it coming.
Let's wait and see... 'k?

yourpaljoey

(2,166 posts)
3. Just came across this story recently.
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:27 PM
May 2016

I recall Epstein and his Lolita jet
but not the Clinton tie-in.
This is some ugly stuff.

Response to cali (Original post)

libodem

(19,288 posts)
9. Big Dog
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:31 PM
May 2016

Is a dawg.

I hate all this. I just wish we could have left the sleeping dog to lie. But noooooo. We have to expose his gross penchant for little girls who can't fight back, again.

The Clintons could have done so much for the party in any other capacity. But naked ambition will make people take all risk, of exposure, closet skeletons, stained blue dresses and big cigars.

I had respect for the Clintons as our former first couple.

All my respect has evaporated and been replaced with resentment and contempt.

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
55. I tend to think he's innocent of wrongdoing on that plane, because it's incredibly stupid
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:42 PM
May 2016

to have that in his background and support his wife running for President.

Then I think of John Edwards and just put my head in my hands. These people have HUGE egos, don't they?? Egos that lead them into complete and total public shaming, and even jail time. Dammit.

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
76. That seems to be their MO, but they always escape disaster.
Tue May 17, 2016, 05:38 PM
May 2016

They like to live on the edge of morality and the law.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
19. The 90s called. They miss The Clenis. They miss how many people
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:41 PM
May 2016

obsessed over The Clenis.....where it had been, who it had seen.

It's good to know it's back.

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
56. It's horrendously bad optics. Why the hell would he go on it once, knowing about this guy
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:45 PM
May 2016

I just said hubris in another post. Plain hubris. Even if innocent, this makes him look complicit, especially with his background, and hurts Hillary, who can't brush pedophile behavior under the "it's private" rug.

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
58. I don't think so, but do you think in such a closed privileged society as these guys run in
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:48 PM
May 2016

they don't know what was going down on that plane?

Come on, I teach high school and every kid in this building knows every other kids' business. That is a small world, the billionaires and multi-millionaires. They are assumed to know.

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
71. I would certainly hear of it. And I would throw that teacher under the bus in a second
Tue May 17, 2016, 03:11 PM
May 2016

Not go on double dates with him or her.

We've had it happen in my small school several times. And good teachers willingly report anything like this!

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
72. You honestly think you heard all the goings on? No....you haven't. And I'm disgusted at your
Tue May 17, 2016, 03:23 PM
May 2016

use of the term "double-date."

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
74. I said I would never double date - mockingly
Tue May 17, 2016, 05:19 PM
May 2016

Are you seriously implying I meant that literally? After I said I would throw any teacher who did that under the bus? After 25 years in education, I am not even going to explain further. Way to
make up shit.

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
29. It never left.
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:53 PM
May 2016

Monica and the Clenis are still classics on DU, long after everyone else stopped caring.

Tarc

(10,476 posts)
60. Seeing how Trump took some of those flights too, not really.
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:50 PM
May 2016

That's the beauty of having the Donald as their nominee; pretty much every tried & true attack line by the RNC is neutered.

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
68. In case you missed it, the Blaze, Fox News, and Drudge are on top of this story.
Tue May 17, 2016, 03:02 PM
May 2016

You might want to head on over.

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
75. LOL! Like Sanders supporters haven't been trashing Bill Clinton. He was an "old pervert"
Tue May 17, 2016, 05:23 PM
May 2016

two weeks ago. That was the meme multiple Sanders supporters decided to try.

Nothing tops RAPE FANTASIES, btw

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
84. Did Bernie Sanders rape and murder a girl in 1990?
Wed May 18, 2016, 12:02 AM
May 2016

I'm not saying he did, but he hasn't explicitly said he hasn't either. Until Bernie Sanders says he didn't rape and murder a girl in 1990, then I don't think we can discount the idea either.

Think that's a stupid thing to say? Well, so is suggesting Bill Clinton is involved underage sex trafficking.

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