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The Clinton's didn't just "make" 100 million. Their current net worth is said to be in the $100+ million range (about $150 million, I heard) ...

How Hillary and Bill Clinton Parlayed Decades of Public Service into Vast Wealth

2014 family Income: $28 million
Estimated family net worth: $110 million

Few people resent politicians who make lots of money from selling memoirs, or starting a business. But the Clintons’ particular business—getting paid a multiple of the typical American family’s annual income for a 40-minute speech—raises some appearance problems. It’s hard to come across as a credible critic of Wall Street when your bed is feathered with six-figure speaking payments to investment banks and private equity firms.

How Bill And Hillary Clinton Made $240 Million In The Last 15 Years

Since Bill and Hillary Clinton left the White House in 2001, they have turned political fame into a personal fortune, raking in more than $240 million, according to a FORBES analysis of 15 years of their tax returns

[Bill Clinton] made $15 million advising billionaire Ron Burkle’s investment firm Yucaipa and another $24 million consulting for-profit education companies Laureate Education and GMS Education.

Although Hillary’s earnings lagged during her years in the Senate (2001-09) and President Obama’s cabinet (2009-13), she quickly made up for lost time after leaving public office. She earned $9 million in speaking fees in both 2013 and 2014.

The Mystery Of Hillary's Missing Millions

“That’s kind of strange,” says Joe Biden’s accountant, Walter Deyhle. “You have to report all of your assets. You have to report assets that are owned by your spouse.”

WHERE COULD THAT much money have disappeared? The Clintons did not respond to repeated requests for comment. Others were just as perplexed as we were.

“I don’t see how that would be possible,” said Jeff Mussatt, a certified financial planner who helped put together the financial disclosures for Republican presidential candidate Jim Gilmore. “That’s quite a mystery you have on your hands.”

Well, ya know, straight up lies often raise questions that the perps are unwilling to answer, so.....

The thought is taboo, the Revolution being still sacred in its self-directed propaganda.

By myth I do not mean an idea that is simply false, but rather one that so effectively embodies men’s values that it profoundly influences their way of perceiving reality and hence their behavior.

there's an interesting geographical difference

From the very start they sought to create new societies free of the flaws of the Old World, and the intolerance and prejudices of England in particular.

Politicians are pragmatists. Republican leaders urged Nixon to leave office rather than have to vote on his impeachment. Similarly, it’s possible that when Trump becomes too politically expensive for them, the current Republicans might be ready to dump him by one means or another. But the Republicans of today are quite different from those in the early 1970s: there are few moderates now and the party is the prisoner of conservative forces that didn’t exist in Nixon’s day.

Trump, like Nixon, depends on the strength of his core supporters, but unlike Nixon, he can also make use of social media, Fox News, and friendly talk shows to keep them loyal. Cracking Trump’s base could be a lot harder than watching Nixon’s diminish as he appeared increasingly like a cornered rat, perspiring as he tried to talk his way out of trouble (“I am not a crook”) or firing his most loyal aides as if that would fix the situation. Moreover, Trump is, for all his deep flaws, in some ways a cannier politician than Nixon; he knows how to lie to his people to keep them behind him.

The critical question is: When, or will, Trump’s voters realize that he isn’t delivering on his promises, that his health care and tax proposals will help the wealthy at their expense, that he isn’t producing the jobs he claims? His proposed budget would slash numerous domestic programs, such as food stamps, that his supporters have relied on heavily. (One wonders if he’s aware of this part of his constituency.)

People can have a hard time recognizing that they’ve been conned. And Trump is skilled at flimflam, creating illusions. But how long can he keep blaming his failures to deliver on others—Democrats, the “dishonest media,” the Washington “swamp”? None of this is knowable yet. What is knowable is that an increasingly agitated Donald Trump’s hold on the presidency is beginning to slip.

It's like a bad dream and you can't wake up. Apparently his supporters are sheep.

I haven't read or seen anyone applauding the man's behavior

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I haven't read or seen anyone applauding the man's behavior

Not saying I "applaud" it, but I defend the guy's action. I think that, legally, he has every right to eject an unwelcome, uninvited intruder from his private office using whatever force might be required. On the audio tape of the incident, he repeatedly tells the guy to "get the hell out of here," which seems to have been his primary goal. It's not like he's trying to detain him so he can beat his ass.