(November 7, 2016 at 3:42 am)ReptilianPeon Wrote: [...]
Finally, if I got several million from an Arab dictator I'm pretty sure that money would affect me. Bill Clinton got $1 million from Qatar simply because it was his birthday. If I got a million dollars for my birthday I'm pretty sure that I'd be ready to listen to the person who gave me all that money at every opportunity (even though I would like to think such money wouldn't corrupt me). Are we really naive enough to think the Saudis and the Qataris don't want anything in return for their millions?
Are you really naive enough to think the Clintons have scruples, now? Are you saying they - or more precisely their charitable foundation, but whatever - wouldn't take free money and run? You don't seem to be very consistent, when describing the "monsters" those people are. LOL... Clintons are professional campaigners - they know they can take rich people's money in return for empty promises. I though you'd know that...
A few million dollars here and there is nothing for Saudis and the like - they're perfectly happy to waste that kind of money on entertainment, or just having minor celebrities attend their parties. It's not like they're going to declare war, because Hilary hussled them for some charity money.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw