I originally wrote this on my Facebook page back in November, so I was not able to bold and center as I would have, had I originally wrote it here, and it’s LONG, so I tried to go through most of it, but some of it I just had to leave the way it was. :)

Mostly, I just wanted to publish this, as a means of keeping it along with the many sources I have included here.

Yes, this is LONG... But, I wanted to give a detailed account of WHY I am such a fierce supporter of Hillary Clinton.

I will be adding MORE To this, as far as other allegations against Hillary, such as the lie, that she supports Fracking or that silly interview of Elizabeth Warren accusing Hillary of changing her bankruptcy vote.. etc.. etc…

People ask me, “How can I support Hillary Clinton?”

Well, here are my reasons… and while I am at it, I will debunk a few of the vicious lies being told about her.

Now, I hope this is easy to read.. it is not easy writing this kind of long and detailed post on this Facebook format, that doesn't allow for bolding or centering text.

Please forgive me for the length, but I wanted to provide as many sources as possible, to back what I am saying here. Yes, it does look long, but it should be an easy read.

For starters-

Some of the SMARTEST and most honorable people in the world have the utmost respect for Hillary. Those who know her on a personal level, speak highly of her, and are fiercely loyal to her.

Meryl Streep’s touching tribute to Hillary.

I could post many more tributes and articles praising Hillary.. the list is LONG, as far as people who know and respect her.

Her colleagues on the Left, as well as many Republicans say she is one of the hardest working people in politics. She gains peoples respect by working hard, and not riding the coattails of her name.

She has really earned the respect of her peers.

for example:

Lindsay Gram “who went so far as to describe the then-secretary of state as “a good role model, one of the most effective secretary of states, greatest ambassadors for the American people that I have known in my lifetime” in May 2012.” Paul Ryan “Back in January 2013, though, he was fresh off a losing presidential ticket when he suggested that Hillary Clinton in the White House would have ensured a return to a balanced budget. “Look, if we had a Clinton presidency, if we had Erskine Bowles as chief of staff of the White House or president of the United States, I think we would have fixed this fiscal mess by now,” he said. “That’s not the kind of presidency we’re dealing with right now.”

Source: Remember When Republicans Loved Hillary Clinton

JOE SCARBOROUGH: She's going to win the Democratic nomination. What Americans want is a strong, unifying leader. And Katty, I remember talking about her work as a senator. I remember talking to Trent Lott very early on, after Hillary Clinton was a senator, and going up to him and going: what's Hillary like? What's it like working with Hillary? He goes: she's great. She's bipartisan, she does her homework, she keeps her head down. I wish every senator was like her. It reminds me of the question asked of David Petraeus. When he was at the height of the surge, Joe Klein asks, who, what senator is best informed about your fight and what you need to win this war and Petraeus immediately said, oh, you mean other than Hillary Clinton? What an amazing brand she would have to offer the American people right now. Even Republicans that are in search of a unifying strong leader against ISIS.

Source: Scarborough Recommends Hillary to Republicans as 'Unifying, Strong Leader Against ISIS'

No, she is not perfect.. she is human, and has made some mistakes… But, she has spent her life working to make the world a better place. She has tried to use her power for GOOD.

She has been under the most intense microscope, of ANYBODY in modern history…. NOT even Trump has faced this kind of scrutiny for as long as she has.

She has been investigated by the Republicans who wish to take her down, NUMEROUS times, just out of political opposition. In ALL those investigations, they have NEVER found one crime.

The Media has investigated every single claim, and while many times they will try to use the little info they find to sensationalize a story, the fact is, even under intense media scrutiny, NOTHING has been found.

Jill Abramson, an investigative journalist has been covering the Clinton’s since they were in the White House… and she has gone over Hillary’s life, with a fine tooth comb, and found NOTHING, in fact, Jill Abramson, came out and said it this last spring: This may shock you: Hillary Clinton is fundamentally honest

“As a reporter my stories stretch back to Whitewater. I’m not a favorite in Hillaryland. That makes what I want to say next surprising.

Hillary Clinton is fundamentally honest and trustworthy.”

It was colossally stupid to take those hefty speaking fees, but not corrupt. There are no instances I know of where Clinton was doing the bidding of a donor or benefactor. As for her statements on issues, Politifact, a Pulitzer prize-winning fact-checking organization, gives Clinton the best truth-telling record of any of the 2016 presidential candidates. She beats Sanders and Kasich and crushes Cruz and Trump, who has the biggest “pants on fire” rating and has told whoppers about basic economics that are embarrassing for anyone aiming to be president. (He falsely claimed GDP has dropped the last two quarters and claimed the national unemployment rate was as high as 35%).

Source: This may shock you: Hillary Clinton is fundamentally honest - Jill Abramson

Now, YES, she is a politician and will twist and stretch the truth, This is true of ALL politicians, Bernie Sanders included. in fact, Hillary at the time the Abramson piece came to print, Hillary had a higher Fact Checking Score than Bernie, on the Pulitzer Prize Winning site

Source: Fact Check Org.

To be clear, Hillary and Bernie both had the HIGHEST fact checking scores of all of the candidates. They were always within a few points of one another.

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I don't really watch all American TV news.. I do watch Real Time with Bill Maher… and maybe a few segments of news shows on CNN, or MSNBC…I get most of my media information through READING my news … I feel that being on the outside, looking in, gives me a bit of an edge… I am not bombarded with tv ads, smearing her on ever subject possible, so I don’t have that background noise seeping in.

Don't get me wrong... I don't watch all the American News... But, I do READ the American news on a daily basis.

fact is, Hillary is NOT the liar and corrupt person that she is accused of being... the media has been trying to dig up dirt on Bill and Hillary since Bill was the governor of Arkansas…. Journalists want to win Pulitzers, and that would be a SURE win, finding an actual REAL crime, real proof that she has done illegal things to get ahead… that would be a winning story, and I have no doubt, there is a journalist somewhere right now, digging and digging, trying to find that ONE thing, to take down the Clinton’s

Now, here are some facts:

when she left the State Department, she had one of the HIGHEST approval ratings EVER for a Secretary of State... she had a 69% Approval rating… when was the last time a Secretary of State left office with a 69% approval rating?

Source: Hillary Clinton Exits With 69% Approval Rating

Honestly, I don’t really understand how people have changed their minds so much in the last few years… I mean, come on…. over emails?

Of course, now that she is running, many of the greatest hits are being played again… for example… the Iraq Military Authorization, White Water… and numerous others.

I get that some people don't like her Iraq vote.... BUT, when she cast that vote, she made it abundantly clear, that she was NOT voting in support of war.

Quote from Hillary’s Iraq Military Authorization Vote:

“A vote for it is not a vote to rush to war; it is a vote that puts awesome responsibility in the hands of our President and we say to him - use these powers wisely and as a last resort.”

Transcript of Hillary’s October 2002 Iraq Authorization Speech on the Senate Floor-

Source: A golden oldie: Hillary's floor speech to invade Iraq (actually read the speech, it was NOT to invade Iraq)

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IN fact, that Authorization Bill was NOT a vote to go to war, as so many seem to say these days… It was to put the responsibility in the Presidents hands.

Bush is the one who lied to the people, and Bush is the one who lied to the Representatives, whom he promised he would exhaust diplomatic paths before going to war… we know how that worked out.

Then came, from today’s vantage, the key passage: “Even though the resolution before the Senate is not as strong as I would like in requiring the diplomatic route first … I take the president at his word that he will try hard to pass a United Nations resolution and seek to avoid war, if possible. Because bipartisan support for this resolution makes success in the United Nations more likely and war less likely—and because a good faith effort by the United States, even if it fails, will bring more allies and legitimacy to our cause—I have concluded, after careful and serious consideration, that a vote for the resolution best serves the security of our nation. If we were to defeat this resolution or pass it with only a few Democrats, I am concerned that those who want to pretend this problem will go away with delay will oppose any United Nations resolution calling for unrestricted inspections.” She added, “This is a difficult vote. This is probably the hardest decision I have ever had to make. Any vote that may lead to war should be hard, but I cast it with conviction. … My vote is not, however, a vote for any new doctrine of preemption or for unilateralism or for the arrogance of American power or purpose.” A vote for the resolution, she argued, “is not a vote to rush to war; it is a vote that puts awesome responsibility in the hands of our president. And we say to him: Use these powers wisely and as a last resort.”

Source: Hillary Clinton Told the Truth About Her Iraq War Vote

I NEVER criticized Hillary for that vote… If Hillary had been president, do you really think we would have gone to Iraq? The real answer is, NO!!! Of course not, that was a Bush administration thing, and it was going to happen with or without that vote, as toppling Saddam, was already codified into law back in the 1990’s in the Project for a New America, from the Reagan/ Bush years..

“Bernie Sanders in the 1990s was a supporter and signed onto legislation that was authored by Donald Rumsfeld, William Kristol and these notorious neocons, who created the disaster of the Iraq invasion with Democratic support. Bernie Sanders signed onto the key document that—the legislation that was created as a result of the Project for a New American Century, demanding that Bill Clinton make regime change in Iraq the law of the land.”

Source: Jeremy Scahill: Clinton is Legendary Hawk, But Sanders Shouldn’t Get Pass on Role in Regime Change

Hillary’s Iraq War speech, Oct. 2002___

Hillary made it clear that she was voting in support of Bush's promise to use diplomacy and that war would ONLY be used as a last resort, after ALL other options were exhausted.

Hillary is often cited as being a major war Hawk… But, that is not actually true.

People use that term rather loosely… a Hawk is somebody who just wants to invade countries… wanting to flex American muscle.. BUSH was a Hawk… Hillary, tends to support diplomacy first and military intervention as an absolute last resort.

Source: Why Hillary Clinton wouldn’t be a foreign policy hawk as president

Source: Is Hillary Clinton really the foreign policy super-hawk she is portrayed to be?

People claim that Libya us proof that Hillary is a Hawk

But, what would you do, when Human Rights Watch says:

Libya: Benghazi Civilians Face Grave Risk International Community Should Act to Protect Population

Do you ignore that people are being slaughtered by their own government? Or, do you provide the citizens of that country with the minimal support?

Britain and France came to the USA to ask for our support in helping the people of Libya ….

Now, I am not going to pretend to know what is in peoples hearts… But, I don’t tend to view politicians are cruel and heartless, without any proof such as certain policies… etc.. etc.. So, when the British and French came to the USA asking for this support, saying that they wanted to offer help, for humanitarian reasons, I have no reason to believe they were not telling the truth.. they are human beings, after all, and yes… the reports at that time were that Gaddafi was murdering and torturing his own people… this was the reports from Human Rights Watch, and the Intelligence community in the USA, as well as Britain and France.

again, that report was from a reputable agency..

Libya: Benghazi Civilians Face Grave Risk

Source: Human Rights Watch: Libya: Benghazi Civilians Face Grave Risk

Source: Viewpoint: How Libya Became a French and British War

after seeing that report from Human Rights Watch... Of course Hillary and Obama would want to support this efforts in Libya via a No Fly Zone for Humanitarian purposes…. This was also voted on in Congress.. and in the UN Security Council Resolution 1970... also, UN Security Council Resolution 1973

Now, many people view Libya as a disaster.... I don’t view it that way.. I actually view Syria as the disaster.

Source: Obama’s Biggest Mistake Isn’t Libya. It’s Syria.

Look at the numbers of refuges from various countries... MOST are from Syria, and that is a conflict we have largely stayed away from, but that has not helped matters… in fact, it has just allowed Assad to bomb the crap out of his own country, and murder his own people with impunity. Not to mention, allowed ISIS to gain a major foothold.

Now, Yes, Libya is having growing pains and people jockeying for power.... But.... they are at least NOT completely screwed like in Syria.... and yes... a LOT of people say we should NOT intervene... But, that is just not always the best option either…. look at Rwanda, and how 500,000 were slaughtered in 21 days

Source: Timeline: How Rwanda's genocide unfolded In the space of 100 days, at least 800,000 were killed in one of the most brutally efficient genocides in history.

So, as much as I HATE war... I do recognize that sometimes our military can be used in a light, supportive manner, to help the people of that country, become free… and we can use our military in a manner, for humanitarian purposes… For example, when the people from a country, under a brutal dictator rise up, and ask for our help, when their dictator is brutally slaughtering them, then YES, I do think there are times we should provide help..... But, let's be clear.. when Hillary was SoS, she was enacting Obama's foreign policy... NOT her own.... That the President is the one who sets foreign policy, NOT the Secretary of State.

On a side note, this is what Robert Gates had to say about working with Hillary:

At a time when Mrs. Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state has come under sharper scrutiny — held up against the hyperactive, risk-taking style of her successor, John Kerry — Mr. Gates’s memoir will reinforce the perception that Mrs. Clinton was a respected but cautious figure, with a diplomatic record that now seems oddly evanescent.

Source: White House, in Gates’s Telling, Restrained Clinton

Now, as for Hillary’s use of a private server when she was Secretary of State.

Let’s start with the fact that she was accused of LYING when she called it a Security Referral… and then the FBI said, NO.. it was a Criminal Investigation…. Hillary was telling the TRUTH….

here is the STATEMENT, that the ICIG put out, when they requested that referral.

Note, that it says..

“An important distinction is that the IC IG did not make a criminal referral - it was a security referral made for counterintelligence purposes.”

Hillary was accused, over and OVER again, for lying about that referral… YET, on the State Department website, it says in plain english, making sure to clarify, that it was NOT a criminal investigation, that it was a security referral.

Yet, again, over and over again.. Hillary was called a liar for saying that, even though the proof was readily available on the State Department website in black and white, exonerating her of that charge.

Now, as for the investigation…. If you read the actual IG Report, you will see that while it was NOT recommended as a standard practice… it was also NOT forbidden, nor was it required…. and that in that report, they say "we suggested" that she use a State. gov email... or that "we recommended" that she use a state.gov email.…

Source: Statement from the Inspectors General of the Intelligence Community and the Department of State Regarding the Review of Former Secretary Clinton's Emails

fact is, NEVER at any time did that forbid her from using that server.... NOR did they require that she use a government email.

Now, what MANY people don';t know, is that she also used a DIFFERENT type of system that is used for Classified info..... Now, I watched when Comey testified before the House Oversight Committee on July 7... and he said that 3 of the emails had classified portion markings ... and so, that is his proof, that she sent emails that has classified markings.. .. HOWEVER, we later find out during that hearing , that those emails were not marked properly, with headers indicating that it contained classified markings

Source: Office of the Secretary: Evaluation of Email Records Management and Cybersecurity Requirements

Source: Revisiting Clinton and Classified Information

..... but, that those emails were actually marked INCORRECTLY......

“Kirby confirmed the Times report but then said it appears that in both instances the markings were the result of “human error” during the development of “call sheets,” which are memos that contain information that can be used when talking to foreign leaders. The department marks a portion of the call sheets as “confidential” — the lowest level of classified information — until the secretary makes a decision whether or not to call the foreign leaders. He explained that this is done to give the secretary time to make a decision and to avoid potential embarrassment if it turns out that the secretary decides not to call the foreign leader.”

Source: NY Times Reports On “Marked Classified” Emails In Clinton Case Without Noting The Classification Was Botched

(sorry, it is just the easiest link, that provides the info quickly.... )

anyway.... now, as for the other classified info, that they talk about..... here's the thing... in ONE of those emails CHAINS, that they claimed contained Classified/ Secret information, comes from a career Diplomat, Ambassador Dennis Ross , it contained info that the government had allowed him to publish in his book, a year prior.

From the Washington Post article:

“Former ambassador Dennis Ross, who has held key diplomatic posts in administrations of both parties, said that one of his exchanges now marked “secret” contained information that government officials last year allowed him to publish in a book.”

Source: Clinton On Her Private Server Wrote 104 Emails the Government Says Are Classified

Now, many of those email chains were by career Diplomats.... and NOT written by Hillary, people say that if it was anybody else, that they were be in prison, but, being that these were email exchanges, written by people other than Hillary, that proves that is just not the case, since none of them are being charged with a crime.

People try to compare other cases, where people went to prison, but, those cases differ greatly from Hillary’s situation.

On a side note, the HEAD of The Pentagon, Ash Carter used a private email, even after Hillary was criticized for this.

“WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter continued to use a personal email account for government work for at least four months last year after the White House questioned the Pentagon about why he was using it, according to copies of Mr. Carter’s emails released by the Defense Department on Friday.”

Source: Pentagon Chief Used Personal Email After White House Query

What many people don’t know is that the Republicans on the Benghazi Committee, were leaking false information using anonymous sources, on a pretty regular basis… One such instance the Washington Post reported, via an anonymous source within the FBI, that there were 200 agents working on the Hillary email case… However, within 24 hours, it was corrected and the actual number was more like around 20 agents.

But, the Republicans leaked that info, and got that initial number of 200 out there, and it stuck. Even thought it was false, it became the truth.

Of course they were leaking false information and lying about the case, they were using Benghazi and the emails as a way to smear Hillary, NOT because they

THOUGHT she did anything wrong. It was a way to take down a political opponent, NOTHING MORE… this is why Colin Powell and Condi Ride, both said that it was a witch hunt, because that is all it was.

Source: Colin Powell calls Benghazi a 'stupid witch hunt' in DCleaks emails

They make up these scandals and lie about Hillary, to hammer away at her, to chip away at her character… to get the average American to dislike her, and stop trusting her.

and well, it’s working.. It doesn’t matter if NONE of the scandals bare any fruit… just the constant hearing about scandal after scandal, after scandal, people start to believe, where there is smoke, there must also be fire.

If you look at the last few years, the Republicans have been doing little actual work for the American people, and spent most of their time lying about Obama and Hillary… they thought it would help them win the White House… They aren’t about working for the people,… they need to take down Democrats using lies and dirty political games, because that is the ONLY way they can possibly win a presidential election.

I have spent the last 8 years studying every single aspect of what is going on in our government.... that includes the accusations leveled at Obama, as well as the ones leveled at Hillary for the last 25 plus years… and while again, she is not perfect... There is an entire multimillion dollar industry dedicated to taking down the Clintons.

Ever heard of the Arkansas Project?

Yes, that vast Right Wing Conspiracy, that Hillary mentioned in an interview and people laughed… well, it was TRUE.

Source: Arkansas Project

Arkansas Project

“The Arkansas Project was a reporting venture in the mid-1990s undertaken with the aim of discrediting President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Writers and investigators—who were paid from a fund of more than $2 million provided by Richard Mellon Scaife, owner of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and billionaire heir to the Mellon fortune—delved into matters such as the Whitewater land deal in the Arkansas Ozarks, the suicide of Vincent W. Foster Jr., mysterious deaths and drug schemes in Arkansas, and Governor Clinton’s alleged 1991 tryst with state employee Paula Jones.”

Source: The Arkansas Project Unmasked

Source: Almost $2 Million Spent in Magazine's Anti-Clinton Project, but on What?

and THIS one is of great interest, it’s how Hillary was able to win over, one of their worst enemies…

The man who funded the Arkansas Project to the tune of $2 million, Richard Mellon Scaife, he funded many various projects meant to smear the Clintons, and take them down.. Before he died, he ended up being won over by Hillary in 2008, and even went on to endorse her.

From the article:

But something surprising and heartening happened in recent years that puts that hyper-partisan hunting season in perspective: Scaife and the Clintons found an unexpected mutual respect. It’s a cautionary tale about the dangers of demonizing those we disagree with in the Obama era. Because caricatures break down when you see over-heated political passions with a sense of perspective.

Source: Scaife v. Clinton and the Dangers of Demonization

Source: Scaife Funded ‘Arkansas Project’ to Destroy Clinton, Now Says He Was a ‘Pretty Good’ President

Scaife Funded ‘Arkansas Project’ to Destroy Clinton, Now Says He Was a ‘Pretty Good’ President

Take a good look at Judicial Watch, it was created for the sole purpose of exploiting the Freedom of Information Act, to gain access to government documents related to the Clinton’s for opposition research, against Bill and Hillary… It is in my opinion, abuse of the FOIA. Not only do they abuse the Freedom of Information Act, they also LIE about the contents of the information they receive.

Make no mistake, this is a FAR Right Wing Group, that has ONE purpose, and ONE purpose only… taking down Democrats and helping Republicans.

The Freedom of Information Act, was not meant to be used to take down political opposites.. But, that is exactly what Judicial Watch does.

Quote from Salon Article: Link below quote…

“One of the biggest players in the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy was an outfit called Judicial Watch, formed in the early 90s by a conservative gadfly named Larry Klayman. Klayman was a one-man wrecking crew who filed more than 18 lawsuits against members of the Clinton administration costing them millions of dollars in legal fees. The most notable of these was a $90 million invasion of privacy suit filed against Hillary Clinton and others on behalf of the “victims” of Filegate, one of the many scandals for which both Bill and Hillary Clinton were completely exonerated by two different independent counsels. The lawsuit was colorfully described at the time by Jacob Weisberg of Slate: Klayman has found an opening to harass his political opponents, inflicting costly all-day depositions on Harold Ickes, [George] Stephanopoulos, James Carville, Paul Begala, and many others … Klayman asks administration officials about whom they date, where they go after work, whether they were expelled from school for disciplinary problems. One 23-year-old White House assistant was interrogated about a triple murder that took place at a Starbucks in Georgetown. Klayman videotapes these depositions, excerpts of which air on Geraldo when Klayman appears on the program, and publishes the transcripts on the Internet. This is in pursuit of a case about the invasion of privacy, remember … The ultimate goal of the Filegate suit appears to be to inflict this treatment on Hillary Clinton.”

http://www.salon.com/…/judicial-watch-vs-hillary-the-conse…/

There has been MILLIONS of dollars spent, to smear Hillary’s name and make sure that you do not trust her, and that she never makes it to the White House.

R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr, founder of The American Spectator, was quite instrumental

in a LOT of the lies.

Source: Among the Hillary Haters

Source: The Hillary Haters Few figures in American political life have inspired such deep and decades-long contempt. But why?

and one of the BEST… a book called The Hunting of a President: The 10 Year

Campaign to Destroy Hillary and Bill Clinton

Source: The Arkansas Project Unmasked: The Hunting of the President: The Ten-year Campaign to Destroy Hillary and Bill Clinton

longtime Clinton adversaries from Arkansas and elsewhere: an angry gallery of defeated politicians, disappointed office seekers, right-wing pamphleteers, wealthy eccentrics, zany private detectives, religious fanatics, and die-hard segregationists…. Indeed, the effort to destroy Clinton began early on in the highest councils of the Republican National Committee, and included aides to former president George Bush. Arguably, not even the chief justice of the United States held himself aloof from the great crusade.

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See, I’ve known about all this stuff, for a long time… so, I’m almost immune to

their crap these days.. this is why, when I hear a new accusation, I go and look it up myself, to find the actual truth.

I just don't buy into the bogus bullshit... that doesn't mean I think Hillary is perfect... But, she is also not the criminal mastermind that she has been portrayed as being… she is not the biggest liar in the world, nor is she corrupt, or even a criminal…

Yes, the Clinton’s have made some mis-steps, but, again, they are human.

Reality is, when that kind of money goes into creating propaganda for the purpose of demonizing a political rival, people have to recognize that these politicians and pundits are playing VERY dirty politics, and will stop at NOTHING to achieve their goals… They don’t want to win by having better policies… they know that won’t work.. and so, they use dirty political games and political, hit jobs to take down the Democrats like Hillary…..

and the Republicans have become VERY good at playing the dirtiest politics I have ever seen.

I do wish that Americans would learn to be more cautious on what they are willing to believe, and learn to do their own research. But, the Right Wing has been VERY good at convincing people that the mainstream media is out to lie to all of the people… that the media is ALL left wing… Of course they think this, the TRUTH usually does have a leftwing slant.

Sadly, as of late, I have had to post articles from Snopes a FEW times a day, to debunk some of the more outrageous lies against Hillary and the Obama family.

It is really sad that there are so many lies and disinformation out there, but that is the political world we live in, and of course the media doesn’t help, because they want viewers and they want clicks on their articles, so they will drum up any kind of crap, just to make money… the media is no longer about the truth, it is about MONEY. Also, people are always quick to believe any ugly rumors against people they don’t like.

I guess that is human nature.

Now, on to debunking MORE scandals….

Let’s touch on the Uranium One Deal.

People talk about the Uranium One Deal a lot, as proof of Hillary being corrupt…

But, as with 99% of the other scandals, there is NO proof of any wrong doing… in fact

that deal was approved by 9 other Government agencies, and Hillary did NOT have veto power on that deal.

MORE to the point, Hillary, did NOT even take part in that deal at all.

This lie, comes from a LONG time Right Wing liar named Peter Schweizer, who eventually had to admit, that he had NO PROOF that Hillary had anything to do with that deal.

“Peter Schweizer’s new book Clinton Cash has convinced them that there was a corrupt nexus between Clinton’s State Department, various foreign governments, and the Clinton family’s foundation. Most of Schweizer’s allegations have either been disproven or shown to be unsubstantiated,”

Source: Politifact: Donald Trump inaccurately suggests Clinton got paid to approve Russia uranium deal

Source: Factcheck: No ‘Veto Power’ for Clinton on Uranium Deal

Source: 'This Week' Transcript: 'Clinton Cash’ Author Peter Schweizer

Source: Chris Wallace Grills Author Of 'Clinton Cash’: ‘You Don’t Have A Single Piece Of Evidence’

Source: Twenty-Plus Errors, Fabrications, And Distortions In Peter Schweizer's Clinton Cash

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People have even gone so low, as to attack the Clinton Foundation… and yes, I think that is LOW.

The Clinton Foundation has been attacked and lied about regarding what percentage of donations are used for direct aid.

The Clinton Foundation is accused of using MOST of the money they receive in donations for their own personal income…

actually, that is just NOT the case…

Independent Charity Watchdogs, have looked into the Clinton Foundation.

Source: Charity Watch: Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative RATING: A

ONE of the rare charities, that only has 12% overhead... has an A rating....

88% of the donations are used directly for aid.

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Hillary is accused of laughing at a rape victim, and being underhanded in trying to get that rapists off scot free.. again, this is just a made up lie…

Hillary scoffed at how this rapist, who she felt was guilty, was able to pass a lie detector… she did not laugh at the victim.

Hillary was appointed to that case, and tried to get out of it, she was NOT able to get out of that case, so she did what EVERY SINGLE lawyer would do, she defended the client to the best of her ability.

Sorry people, but that is a Constitutional Right, to a vigorous Defense.

I would not expect her to throw the case, and ruin her career..

Source: Lies, Dammed Lies, and Republican Politics

Regarding the meme going around, accusing Hillary of laughing at a rape victim:

from this piece:

“It’s this kind of uneducated, knee-jerk, hateful stuff that poisons America, not just politically, but by fostering the ongoing abject misdunderstanding about how the criminal justice system works, and as a criminal defense attorney I hear this ignorant claptrap constantly! So, I researched this case, and every single statement in it is not just false, it’s slanderous.”

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Hillary is accused of being kicked off the Watergate investigation.

This claim originally stems from a book written by Jerry Zeifman who had an ax to grind.

That is a common right wing lie, that is told OVER and OVER again.. Trump even used this repugnant line at the Al Smith Charity Dinner, saying that Hillary was so corrupt, that she was kicked off the Watergate Inquiry… then said: How corrupt do you have to be, to get kicked off the Watergate Committee?

Yes, that line drew many boos on the room… it was wildly inappropriate, and disgusting.

it is simply NOT true.

Source: The Zombie Claim That Hillary Clinton Was Fired During The Watergate Inquiry

From Washington Post: Doar, as the chief lawyer for the impeachment probe, actually hired Clinton, and she reported to him. Zeifman, who passed away in 2010, in his book appeared to be a frustrated bystander to many of Doar’s decisions. He had no control over her hiring — and would not have been in a position to fire her.

additional fact checking link:

Source: Hillary Clinton was not fired from the House Judiciary Committee's Watergate investigation by Chief Counsel Jerry Zeifman.

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People claim that Hillary is to blame for the Coup, in Honduras.

That again, is simply NOT the case… Obama and Hillary tried to push Micheletti into

reinstating Zelaya ’s BUT, Micheletti was just NOT having it…

Zelaya had 6 months of his presidential term left.. would it make sense for the president to use up so much political capital in forcing them to reinstate Zelaya, for a tiny 6 months?

Interview with Micheletti

Source: Ex-President Micheletti: The US Asked Me to Return Power to Zelaya

Interview with Zelaya.

here is an interesting interview with former President Zelaya's, on Democracy Now

at about the 13:30 Mark is where they ask about Hillary's roll in the aftermath of the

"Coup.

Source: VIDEO: Full Interview with Former Honduras Pres. Manuel Zelaya, Ousted in U.S.-Backed Coup

Here's the funny part, even though Amy Goodman is trying to paint Hillary as being at fault,

as much as possible, Zelaya's says that she is a very competent and intelligent leader,

and he believes that she bowed to the pressures of the Republicans in the USA,

when as I said before, Hillary was acting on behalf of President Obama and Obama is the

ONE who was deciding how we would deal with this, with Zelaya only having 6 months

left in his final year of office.

an explanation on why the Obama administration was not at fault for the Coup

The real problem here is that the left still looks at Latin America like it’s 1985 and Reagan is funding secret wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador. And it’s just not. First, Latin America simply is not as important to U.S. geopolitical strategy as it was then, especially compared to China, India, Southeast Asia, and of course the Middle East. Supporting coups in Latin America aren’t worth it. Neither are taking huge steps to reverse them, not unless they threaten the United States in some way. This one didn’t. This has generally been great for Latin America as the U.S. simply stopped interfering to overthrow governments like it did dozens of times between 1898 and 1989. Even the ill-fated Venezuelan coup against Chavez that totally failed only had limited support from the Bush administration. In the past, the Marines would have finished the job. This has allowed nations like Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and many others to gain greater stability and develop democratic institutions. It’s allowed trade to expand and the region to experience an unparalleled period of growth and geopolitical importance. No, that hasn’t been reflected in Honduras, but there are reasons for that much greater than continued U.S. interference. Or non-interference in this case. So can one blame Obama and Clinton for deciding that going to the mat for Zelaya, who was not a close ally to begin with, was simply not worth the political cost at home? I don’t know, but I think that decision is not surprising at all. And I think it’s just kind of dumb to blame Hillary Clinton for what has happened in Honduras, not because her actions were perfect but because the claim simply doesn’t fly.

Source: Lawyers Guns & Money: HILLARY AND HONDURAS

The coup in Honduras matters now because history is being rewritten to drive a wedge between Hillary Clinton and her Latino supporters for political reasons. According to the current propaganda, the deposed President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, was a good Leftist. Since this is propaganda written to tug at progressive heart strings, it doesn't mention that Zelaya was "a wealthy cattle rancher" and "in fact a member of the established elite," as Spiegel pointed out when it reported on the coup in 2009. Either way, man of the people or privileged elite, the coup wasn't advisable. Honduras was governed by ruthless oligarchs for as long as anyone can remember and Zelaya wasn't better or worse than the others. In 2006, Reporters Without Bordersranked Honduras #62 in the world for press freedom. By 2009, they dropped Honduras to #128. Zelaya raised the minimum wage but it didn't help much if you were a journalist.

Source: Daily Kos: It Takes Fortitude and Hillary Clinton Has It: The Honduras Edition

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Board of Walmart-

Yes, Hillary dd serve on the board of Walmart..

Now, keep in mind that this was in the mid-1980’s and she was the FIRST FEMALE to be on the Board at Walmart… She only had so much power, and did try to champion

causes where she felt she could make a difference.

“according to accounts from other board members, Clinton was a thorn in the side of the company’s founder, Sam Walton, on the matter of promoting women, few of whom were in the ranks of managers or executives at the time. She also strongly advocated for more environmentally sound corporate practices. She made limited progress in both areas. In 2005 she returned a $5,000 contribution from Wal-Mart, citing “serious differences” with its “current” practices.”

Source: On the Issues: FactCheck: Pushed Wal-Mart for women managers & environment

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Even since her time as First Lady, she did not just sit around, and do nothing,

she became concerned that our Gulf War veterans were coming home sick…

So, she created a panel to investigate Gulf War Syndrome.

Source: Hillary Clinton Urges Attention to Gulf War Ailments

Hillary Clinton Urges Attention to Gulf War Ailments

Published: August 15, 1995 WASHINGTON, Aug. 14— Hillary Rodham Clinton urged a Presidential commission today to leave no stone unturned in investigating why thousands of veterans of the Persian Gulf war returned with various illnesses, even as a panel of independent medical experts suggested that the Pentagon might have been too hasty in concluding that there was no evidence of a "gulf war syndrome." ___________________________________

While she was Secretary of State, Hillary created a program called AWEP. African Women's Entrepreneurship Program

To help combat extreme poverty, and help to empower women in Africa.

Source: The State Department: African Women's Entrepreneurship Program

Source: Ghana Chapter of Hillary Clinton’s AWEP initiative launched

The US Secretary of State, initiated the programme to empower women entrepreneurs in Africa to take advantage of the US Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which offers favourable terms of trade for select African countries. AWEP has trained selected women from across the continent to form NGO chapters in their respective countries since its inception. Already, the initiative has empowered business owners and provided them with knowhow to export under the terms of AGOA.

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Hillary helped to get SCHIP Passed. providing health insurance to millions of children across the United States.

Source: Bill Clinton says Hillary Clinton helped 'get done' the Children's Health Insurance Program

The late-Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass. received much of the credit for CHIP, because he shepherded the legislation through a Republican-controlled Congress. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch was the lead Republican cosponsor. In 2007, Kennedy told the Associated Press that Hillary Clinton played a critical role. "The children's health program wouldn't be in existence today if we didn't have Hillary pushing for it from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue," Kennedy said. Nick Littlefield, a senior health adviser to Kennedy at the time, agreed. "She wasn't a legislator, she didn't write the law, and she wasn't the president, so she didn't make the decisions," Littlefield told the Associated Press. "But we relied on her, worked with her and she was pivotal in encouraging the White House to do it." ____________________________________

People get on Hillary, because the Clinton Foundation accepted donations from Arab Muslim countries, that have terrible gay rights and woman’s rights records..

Do you know what a LOT of the money is used for?

it is helping 8.5 MILLION people who have HIV, get medicines they need.

the Clinton Global Initiative:

"The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) has helped over 8 million people living with HIV/AIDS obtain medication. CHAI strives to make treatment for HIV/AIDS more affordable and to implement large-scale integrated care, treatment and prevention programs."

Source: Clinton Foundation

Quite frankly, I think it is brilliant…

and in case people don’t know this.. MANY Arab countries also donate to the Red Cross.

and fact is, Bush had much closer ties to Saudi Arabia, Hillary is not even in the same ballpark.

Source: Clinton: Clinton Foundation helped 9 million with lower-cost AIDS drugs

Clinton said 9 million people have lower-cost HIV/AIDS medicine thanks to the efforts of the Clinton Foundation and her husband. Bill Clinton started the foundation and its first big project was the Clinton Health Access Initiative. The program focused on using market mechanisms to reduce treatment costs. Costs have fallen dramatically and the initiative remains a key global player in maintaining a steady supply of affordable drugs. If anything, Clinton understated the number of people who have benefited from the program.

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Helping Children with Special Needs-

While working for the Children’s Defense Fund, Hillary Then a law student at Yale University, went door-to-door in New Bedford to find students, many with disabilities, who were not attending school. The effort was sponsored by the Children’s Defense Fund and led to national legislation guaranteeing special needs children the right to an education.

Source: Activist remembers visiting girl in wheelchair with Hillary Clinton

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Hillary went undercover in the South, to investigate race discrimination in schools, in the South.

Source: How Hillary Clinton Went Undercover to Examine Race in Education

The future Mrs. Clinton, then a 24-year-old law student, was working for Marian Wright Edelman, the civil rights activist and prominent advocate for children. Mrs. Edelman had sent her to Alabama to help prove that the Nixon administration was not enforcing the legal ban on granting tax-exempt status to so-called segregation academies, the estimated 200 private academies that sprang up in the South to cater to white families after a 1969 Supreme Court decision forced public schools to integrate. Her mission was simple: Establish whether the Dothan school was discriminating based on race. “It was dangerous, being outsiders in these rural areas, talking about segregation academies,” said Cynthia G. Brown, a longtime education advocate who did work similar to Mrs. Clinton’s. She added, “We thought we were part of the civil rights struggle, definitely.”

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When Hillary was Secretary of State, she often carved out time in her busy schedule, to meet with activists and women’s groups in various countries.

She was one of the most female friendly SoS, and really pushed countries to rethink how women are treated.

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As Secretary of State, Hillary helped to save numerous orphaned children get out of Haiti, after the earthquake.

Source: Hillary Clinton Time Magazine Most Admired Woman