HILLARY BECOMES “TRANSPARENT”
March 19th, 2008, 12:28 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Dan Lehr
Hey, folks — got some time on your hands? Then I’m sure you’ll dive right in to the tens of thousands of “First Lady files” from the Clinton library. (UPDATE: ABC News has looked through the files .. & found some memories Hillary would love to forget..)
Today’s release was supposed to counter arguments that the Clintons are not being fully transparent by keeping many documents secret.
In fact, today Clinton told reporters that she sees herself as “possibly the most transparent person in public life.”
As of this afternoon the Invisible Man has yet to respond to that comment.
Seriously, though, these really aren’t the documents that many are asking for; what’s still missing from the public eye are her & her husband’s tax returns since he left the White House. And it doesn’t look like those will be made public anytime soon.
As Obama supporter Bill Bradley put it on the PBS NewsHour earlier this month:
“I think Hillary is flawed in many ways, and particularly if you look at her husband’s unwillingness to release the names of the people who contributed to his presidential library. And the reason that is important — you know, are there favors attached to $500,000 or $1 million contributions? And what do I mean by favors? I mean, pardons that are granted; investigations that are squelched; contracts that are awarded; regulations that are delayed. These are important questions. The people deserve to know. And we deserve, as Democrats, to know before a nominee is selected, because we don’t want things to explode in a general election against John McCain.”
Transparency is also an issue we’re digging deeper into at NewsChannel9 with the Chattanooga Police Department, & the investigation into the expenses incurred in two recent matters involving Captain Jeannie Snyder. The department told us yesterday they erase e-mail records every 24 hours. Depend on us to dig deeper into that matter later today.
Anywho,
endorses transparency. Transparency is good. Especially if you’re running for office. Because, really, what’s the alternative? How do you end up looking if you reject transparency?
What do you think?
