On yesterday's Hardball, Chris Matthews, smelling a rat, was livid when he learned that the Clintons had failed to file or release their 2007 tax return. But on today's Good Morning America, Kate Snow managed to make a silk purse out of the sow's ear of the Clinton's delay. Far from depicting it as a means to evade the promulgation of inconvenient facts, Snow painted the procrastination as proof of the Clintons' humanity. Compare and contrast . . .
HARDBALL APRIL 4TH
DAVID SHUSTER: As far as the details we do not have the details from last year. We don't have those specific consulting fees for last year.GOOD MORNING AMERICA APRIL 5TH
CHRIS MATTHEWS: I was predicting [that] . . . now Joan [Walsh of Salon.com], it seems to me everybody wanted to know where the Clintons got their income. Is there any sticky income? We're not getting that information. The one thing we were promised to get.Story Continues Below Ad ↓
JOAN WALSH: It's a little disturbing Chris. I think lots of busy people file extensions, and maybe they're going to claim that. They said they were working hard to get the details for 2007 out to people. And they certainly haven't done that today . . .
MATTHEWS: Late Friday afternoon is the garbage dump in journalism. They dumped the bad news, they're not going to tell us where the former president got his income.
. . .
They haven't released their returns from last year. The one thing they promised to do, give us your returns, and they haven't done it. They dumped out the bad news Friday. Joan, all they've done is tell us they're not going to release the [2007] returns. They can talk about extensions. They are not going to give this before April 15th. They're not doing it.
KATE SNOW: Now they were generous. Over eight years they donated about $10 million to charity, also gave family members no-interest loans. And they're human, too, Bill! You know how many of us haven't gotten our taxes done yet? Well they filed for an extension for 2007; they haven't quite gotten them done yet.Aww. Could Kate possibly be that credulous? Does she imagine Hillary up at 3 AM poring over the returns: "Bill, how many ties did you drop off at the Salvation Army last year?" Does Snow imagine that if it had been in Hillary's political interest to have those returns filed, they wouldn't have been? How can the woman "ready on day one" to lead an entire nation not be ready on April 15th to take care of her personal business?
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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Mark, ya gotta stop asking those questions.
April 5, 2008 - 08:12 ET by WhoIsJohnGaltIt's not for mere mortals to know these things. When Hillary says something, you are to believe it.
-Unless she corrects herself later.
-Or her campaign corrects her facts.
-Or she misstates.
-Or misremembers.
-Or eventually makes a joke out of the whole affair, in which case you are to laugh good-naturedly along with the rest of the media and promptly FORGET THE ENTIRE INCIDENT!
Are you with the program now?
Good point. Should Hillary
April 5, 2008 - 08:17 ET by Mark FinkelsteinGood point. Should Hillary be elected I wouldn't want to get audited ;-)
I think she filed them, she
April 5, 2008 - 08:21 ET by USA4freedomI think she filed them, she just miss placed them, I guess its some where around the Rose Law firm papers.
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
Romney / Jendil 2012 (if,we survive)
You have to remember, Mark,
April 5, 2008 - 09:09 ET by motherbeltYou have to remember, Mark, during the Lewinsky thing, the simple answer as to whether there was a relationship was "yes" or "no." But for months Clinton claimed that they were "working hard" to get the answers out to the American people.....
The Clinton's Millions
April 5, 2008 - 08:57 ET by billbBringing the pereneal whipping boys such as, oil executives, investment bankers, pharmacutical companies, etc before congressional kangaroo courts is well documented. These execs head up companies that provide products and services to the US taxpayer. The Clinton's show income over $100M AFTER leaving the White House. The question is; What benefit did the US taxpayer experience as a result of all this income generated by these two individuals?
A sore posterior?
April 5, 2008 - 09:04 ET by NL207A sore posterior?
About That Extension
April 5, 2008 - 09:04 ET by PamThe extension isn't that troubling given the magnitude of the reason for the extension, that being the size of the estate and the dissolving the blind trust. The IRS is used to such requests, so I'm really not all that bothered by this. It can take up to 2 years to get this done properly.
Wooooooweeeee !!!!
April 5, 2008 - 10:03 ET by BlazerWooooooweeeee !!!! 109million clamshell's, boy howdy, capitalism sure has been kind to those two socialist's !
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
"It's 3am in the White
April 5, 2008 - 10:44 ET by Jack BauerI'm Hillary Clinton and I approve this message that I'm not a crook.
Top Ten signs Clinton is human.
April 5, 2008 - 12:05 ET by Gary HallTop Ten signs Clinton is human.
#10 - Forgot to react to the intelligence, the warnings and the calls to act during the 1994 Rwandan genocide - 800,000 humans died in 90 days. Then, forgot to remember the lessons learned from the Rwandan crisis, and looked the other way again in the DR Congo crisis which began in 1998 (4/1/2+ million died). Same for Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast.
#9 - Forgot to address the Global HIV/Aids crisis. Millions would die and millions more would contract the disease, notably in Africa and in Indonesia. Leftist writer David Corn of "The Nation" suggested Clinton didn't act, because "it didn't poll well."
#8 - Forgot to verify N. Korea's adherence to his "agreed framework" accord, allowing them to cheat and to begin developing nuclear bombs.
#7 - Forgot to send his old pal and associate and frequent White House guest, James Riady, a birthday card after his conviction and record USDOJ fine of $8.6 million for federal election law violations.
#6 - Forgot to remain faithful to his wife.
#5 - Forgot to be visible and address the irrationally exuberant tech bubble which, when it crashed, resulted in a US Recession. Millions of Americans would loose their jobs, their health insurance and their retirement and children's college funds. The Federal government would loose almost a $trillion in projected budget surpluses and be driven deeply into deficit spending as a result.
#4 - Forgot to send the weapons inspectors back into Iraq after pulling them out in advance of his 1998 version of "Shock and Awe (Desert Fox bombing campaign)."
#3 - Forgot to be visible and address the 2000 California energy crisis.
#2 - Forgot to address the late 90's takeover of Afghanistan by the radical oppressive regime fo the Taliban.
#1 - Forgot to file their tax returns.
The one person who has been
April 5, 2008 - 13:23 ET by bigtimerThe one person who has been calling for this release of the Clinton tax records the loudest and the most often has been Obama....what does he think now...does he have any astounding inquiries...where is his voice?
Obama...I can't hear you.....
LOL!
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Kate Snow and George Stephie
April 5, 2008 - 15:34 ET by fitzfongKate Snow and George Stephie remind me of parade sweepers. Following behind the Clintons, they're always on hand with shovel and trash bag in an attempt to clean up the messes that Bubba & the Pantsuit leave behind. And like parade sweepers, they may get most of crap off the roads, but they still leave some of the remnants and all of the stink.
@@@
April 5, 2008 - 20:39 ET by docbHuman ??? They are hiding something else...18 million not accounted for...10 million given to THEIR FAMILY CHARITY !!!
They don't have people
April 5, 2008 - 22:27 ET by nkviking75Obviously Hillary was unwilling to dodge sniper fire outside the H&R Block office.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.