In May of 1871, William M. (\u201cBoss\u201d) Tweed ruled New York City through Tammany Hall, a Democratic Party Political Machine. (Some things never change.) His daughter had a lavish wedding that showcased his wealth.\u00a0 Some estimate the value of the wedding gifts to be as much as $750,000 which would be over $14 million today.\u00a0 Tweed began wearing a 10 \u00bd carat diamond stickpin.\u00a0 Although Tweed was hopeless corrupt and everyone knew he was hopelessly corrupt, no scandal seemed to touch him.\u00a0 That was about to change.<\/p>\n
It all started with an event that meant almost nothing at the time.\u00a0 The man who kept the books for Tammany hall was killed in Central Park.\u00a0 Tammany Hall was too slow to realize the threat and under cover reporters managed to get their hands on crucial documents.\u00a0 The main stream media began to report on this and the corruption became too well documented to ignore.\u00a0 But even this wasn\u2019t enough to take down Tweed.\u00a0 What finally turned the tide was a parade.\u00a0 New York City had a lot of Irish, most of which were Catholic but there were also a lot of Irish Protestants.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t exactly like each other.\u00a0 In previous years when the Orange (Protestant) Irish tried to have a parade the Green (Catholic) Irish attacked them.\u00a0 The Orange wanted to have another parade and Tammany Hall reluctantly agreed.\u00a0 It was a hot mess with over 60 people killed.\u00a0 That ultimately was the straw that broke the camel\u2019s back for Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall.\u00a0 It turned out that the Democrats of the time were willing to overlook some corruption, but they weren\u2019t willing to overlook riots and chaos.\u00a0 In other words, it was the incompetence, not just the corruption that brought down Boss Tweed.<\/p>\n
Keep this in mind when evaluating Hillary Clinton.\u00a0 There is a parallel here.\u00a0 In May 1871 everyone knew Tweed was hopeless corrupt but no one thought it would matter. They were wrong.\u00a0 It is increasingly obvious that Hillary Clinton is hopelessly corrupt.\u00a0 She is not only a pathological liar; she is a bad pathological liar.\u00a0 For example the real question is not whether or not she is lying about trying to join the Marines.\u00a0 It is why she would tell such a stupid story in the first place.<\/p>\n
Democrats sure appear to be ready to ignore all this.\u00a0 But corruption is not the only issue.\u00a0 Our foreign policy under the Obama administration is a complete mess.\u00a0 Now we have an airliner allegedly brought down by an ISIS bomb. \u00a0If the incompetence of this administration results in a significant terrorist attack in this country, Hillary could find herself floating to jail on the newest version of the River Tweed.\u00a0 The River Tweed is very real and it can move faster than you think..<\/p>\n
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In May of 1871, William M. (\u201cBoss\u201d) Tweed ruled New York City through Tammany Hall, a Democratic Party Political Machine. (Some things never change.) His daughter had a lavish wedding that showcased his wealth.\u00a0 Some estimate the value of the … Continue reading