The Slickster ignores human rights for a shakedown or two

More fuel for fires of copresidency worries

Bill Clinton just happened to be an “observer” on behalf of his philanthropic foundation when Canadian mining magnate Frank Giustra, running a shell company, visited Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev trying to muscle in on the ground floor of uranium there.
And Guistra, successful with his “muscle” just four weeks later, and Clinton later supported Kazakhstan’s effort to head the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Giustra just “happened” to give Clinton’s foundation $131 million in multiple donations, with a visit to Clinton’s foundation headquarters by the head of Kazakhstan’s government uranium oversight program sandwiched in between.

Read the whole story for how the former president hasn’t been shy “advising” countries with less than stellar human rights records.

If Christopher Hitchens were to rewrite his Clinton bio with an update (which I’d love to see, BTW), he’d probably diss Bill as “the Republican Mike Huckabee.” Of course, I’m not sure which of the two Arkansas governors would be more insulted by the comparison. In some ways, Huckabee might be the loser.

And, for people worried about a copresidency in reverse of 1993-2001, an article like this points out there’s legitimate reason to worry. Not only does it show Bill isn’t really that progressive, he’s promised to continue this type of foundation fundraising if Hillary is elected. That would come even closer to lobbying than he already has.