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Kathleen Willey Warns Obama About Clintons

January 30, 2008 3:41 PM

In an open letter to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, on the conservative website WorldNetDaily, self-described Clinton victim Kathleen Willey warns him to no be naïve….to watch out …and to get a shredder…among other advice.

Among the unusual warnings she issues, she tells Obama to beware of "the Clintons' secret private-investigator army, which no doubt has already been deployed to counter the threat that you present. I know that army's tactics well. They have threatened my children and my friend's children. They've threatened and killed my pets. They've vandalized my car. They've entered my home and stolen my book manuscript."

Well!

-- jpt

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Kathleen, story is truely sad -I deplore any acts of violence on animals. The "secret security army" sure sounds intimating and menacing. If they are out there... how can I can contact them... maybe they can get us out of this never ending war. Compared to having thousands of American men die and hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians slaughtered for payback and control, the Clintons sins are minimal.

Posted by: Cindy | Feb 6, 2008 11:56:23 AM

this is a silly story. The things I worry about with the Hillary are this

Im very worried about Hillary becoming the nominee. One of the biggest reasons being, the republicans. They are salvating at the thought of going up against her. They have been gearing up for this, for years. And I know so many Hillary supporters are saying shes been there before, she knows how to fight them and win. But to me thats the the whole piont. Yes, maybe she will win. But why on earth would we as democrats nominate someone that has to fight off years of controversy and questionable practices that she and her husband have been involved in. And if she were to win, how many more enemys will she have created in the process. And in the end will that give us the kind of bipartisan Leadership that this country desperately needs right now. I know any democrat that we nominate is going to be given a hard time by the republicans. But Im absolutely convinced that Obama has much firmer ground to stand on.
In point, This is the message voters need to be getting.

Posted by: Joel Mcnair | Feb 3, 2008 10:57:42 PM

Maggie said that Hillary's IQ is at least 20 points higher than Obama's.

Maggie needs to support her argument with facts. If Hillary's IQ is 20 points higher, then it is 20 points higher. You said "at least", so I don't know if you even know whose IQ is what.

How about an educated guess? Obama was in the Harvard debate team, law journal editor, while Hillary FAILED bar exam 3 times...

Well, I don't know their IQs. But Maggie knows even less. She just grabs from the thin air saying Hillary's IQ is at least 20 points higher. Why did you say that? Maggie? Just because you LIKE her? Oh. Please.

Maybe there should be an IQ limit for people who post here to at least reach 90 before they are allowed to open their mouths...

Posted by: Jen | Feb 1, 2008 1:15:34 AM

No Third Term!!

Posted by: boonbee | Jan 31, 2008 11:29:31 PM

Have you even read the final report, in which Ken Starr's replacement stated that Kathleen Willey had repeatedly been untruthful with investigators? Don't you think this is relevant when you post a story containing her allegations?

Posted by: Roy Wulf | Jan 31, 2008 8:34:41 PM

It is obvious that both of these political parties and their candidates are nothing more than power hungry entities who care nothing for our constitution or the rights that our forefathers died for.
They are addicted to legalized corporate graft.
Can you imagine any honor in an elected official who continually votes against the well being of his country and his constituants in order to vote for the corporations who just happened to be donateing huge amounts of money to his campaign. This has become the norm, not the exception. I dont know how these sleeze balls can look in the mirror.
As for the Clintons, you cant get much deeper in the sleeze than these people. They have been in bed with the Chinese since before Bills presidency. Chinese money is what put him into office. He is also the signer of the NAFTA and GATT Treaties, which have totally destroyed the productivity of this great nation. This is why you are jobless or working for the fast food industry. Anyone in their right mind could have forseen the results of these treaties. Bill Clinton, along with every politition who allowed this to happen, knew what was down the road for the USA. The amount of money was just too much for these weaklings to turn down while selling out their country.
Every politician who has allowed our great country to be degraded in this manner should be tried for treason and all the people in power today who are continueing the degradation should be tried along with them. To think that they are actually planning more free trade agreements is unconsionable.
The American People had better rise up and take this country back or it's over for the USA. This is not a long range possibility, this is todays business.
Please do not vote for any of these slime. There is only one candidate that is even worth your consideration.That is Ron Paul. You have all been conditioned to think that he is too radical and it is just out of the question to beleive we can elect him, so you will through your vote away on the status quo. That is what they hope will happen.
Over the past few elections, there have been other Ron Pauls and they did not get your votes either. You let these honorable people get defeated while you put the current sleeze into public power. Look what it has got you. A country that has gone from being the envy of the world, to a country whose money is being rejected by places such as India. In my 60 years of life, i could not imagine that anyone would not welcome the American Dollar. This is where we are today under the leadership of the free traders. We will soon be a third world country who will have to pay a premium fee top get our money accepted anywhere. These people have ran the USA into the ground.
I do not work for the Ron Paul campaign, nor have i been in contact with them, i am not saying that he is the solution, but someone like him is the beginning of the solution and we must get the status quo out of public office and prefferably out of our country.


Posted by: Chuck Morris | Jan 31, 2008 5:07:23 PM

Came to WHAT David? Have you drank the Clinton cool aid too? You honestly don't think the Clinton are above playing dirty politics do you?

Posted by: Jeff Whitaker | Jan 31, 2008 3:52:58 PM

"Jake Tapper is ABC News' Senior National Correspondent based in the network's Washington bureau"

Has it really come to this?

Posted by: david | Jan 31, 2008 3:40:31 PM

I echo the first comment. If you objectively look into the number of articles pro-Obama (and unfortunately automatically against Clinton) to the number for Clinton, we recognize that there is no objectivity in the American media. It is completely biased. Otherwise really junk information with no basis would not be posted here. Have you ever heard about being innocent before proven guilty?! Hilary is a descent, intelligent leader with an IQ at least 20 points higher than Obama's . Let's give her a fair chance.

GO HILARY GO :)

Posted by: Maggie | Jan 31, 2008 3:39:28 PM

Now I know for sure that the media is in the tank for Obama. To post something from Kathleen Willey! My goodness, what have 'journalism' come to.

Posted by: shark | Jan 31, 2008 2:52:06 PM

Someone asked why Gennifer Flowers hasn't warned people about the Clintons. Well, read the book she wrote some years ago. I do think that someone has gotten to her these days..perhaps a little threat against her life or maybe a big payoff. From someone who destested Hillary and laughed at her (saying Bill told her Hillary had more women than he did), she now expouses the line that we're ready for a woman Prez and actually likes Hillary. This is a complete turnaround. No doubt "the word" has gone out to former and current bimbos to SHUT UP about Bill so that Madame can claw her way to the White House. Imagine when she has full control of the FBI, CIA, NSA, IRS...what a field day she'll have going after her enemies. She will then say, as she recently has, "Now the fun begins"

Posted by: faye dolan | Jan 31, 2008 2:29:54 PM

Sounds like Scientolgy.

Posted by: Scott | Jan 31, 2008 1:27:22 PM

To Neal Lawrence: What Civil Liberties have we lost under Pres. Bush? The spying on Americans has to do with monitoring telephone calls from known terrorists to Americans, or when a terrorist is captured, downloading info from his phone to find out if he's contacting anyone in the US and monitoring that persons activities.
BTW the ACLU was founded by an avowed communist who once wrote that the US could not be destroyed by a foreign power (i.e. the Soviet Union) but must be beaten from within. That is the true goal of the ACLU.
For those interested, another interesting book to read is Gary Aldrich's best seller "Unlimited Access". You'll find that with the exception of Bill unable to keep his johnson in his pants, most of his administration's scandals involved Hillary, starting with the White House Travel Office.

Posted by: DJ | Jan 31, 2008 1:23:12 PM

I certainly hope Americans aren't so stupid as to actually elect Hillary. She and her husband give meaning to the term "White Trash"! We are already giving Bill a Presidential retirement income (something I wish he had the good graces to actually do, retire. If she gets wins the election then both of them will be getting a Presidential retirement check in addition to all the perks and Secret Service entitlements that go with it. Please, America, we can't afford these people anymore. They already receive enough to finance a small country. Enough already!!!

Posted by: HLH | Jan 31, 2008 12:36:41 PM

Neal Lawrence is a moron. The libs are soooooo blind esp when they say we've lost so many civil liberties, freedom,etc, etc since being under the Bush administration. ARE YOU BLIND? Who REALLY is big brother? The Dems/Libs who now want to control, that's right, control our thermastats, where we smoke, when we can talk and WHAT we can talk about! Libs are totally blind. What they accuse conservatives of, they themselves are guilty of in spades, but for them to be that way it's okay because it's PC.

Posted by: e.miller | Jan 31, 2008 12:36:19 PM

I for one believe Kathleen Willey. May I suggest that you idiot libs that think the Clintons are as pure as homemade soap actually read Mrs. Willey's book "Target". How anyone in their right mind could vote for Hillary Clinton is beyond comprehension. Hillary's 35 years of experience includes enabling her sexual predator husband and harrassing all of the women that Bill has accosted, assualted or raped. Hillary's feminism is a JOKE!!!!! She is a serial liar and hypocrite!!!!!! Women who claim to be die hard feminists and support Bill and Hillary Clinton are MORONS!!!!!!! You women gave Bill a pass because he believes in ABORTION and he has a D after his name. If a republican had behaved the way Clinton did in the Whitehouse the feminists would have had a witch hunt and you know it!!! Look what you stupid feminists tried to do to Clarence Thomas? Anita Hill has been proven to be a liar. Double standards of course only apply to liberals and demoRats!

Posted by: Tami | Jan 31, 2008 12:30:30 PM

This all seems reasonable. I'm wondering at what point the campaign will come to a stop while the Clintons figure out how to finally respond to Juanita Broderick's rape accusation against Bill.
So far, they've only had a lawyer deny it (which for the Clintons means nothing).

Posted by: Chip | Jan 31, 2008 12:12:56 PM

aren't we fed with BUSH after BUSH, and CLINTONS after CLINTONS?and CLINTONS.In the near future another CLINTONS will come out and tell AMERICANS,my father was this,my mother was that and i'm also vying for this.they will do whatever they can to get nominated.it is not their fault,they are just power drunk

Posted by: political dynasties | Jan 31, 2008 12:01:34 PM

i would like to thank Kathleen Willey for coming out with all these revelations about the CLINTONS and sometimes i just don't understand what is wrong with AMERICANSfor letting BILL CLINTON to go free from this disgrace behaviour without paying for it AND his wife,a hypocrite couldn't say anything about her husband's behaviourand these are the sort of people AMERICANS want to send to the OVAL HOUSE AGAIN.Despite G.BUSH economic failures,the white House is CLEAN AND HOLY.

Posted by: zoe | Jan 31, 2008 11:43:30 AM

Oh come on! let's keep on rewarding the clintons..they keep us entertained. hollywood loves them and we love sleeeze entertainment. why not hillary?

Posted by: crazyone | Jan 31, 2008 11:37:57 AM

Oh come on! let's keep on rewarding the clintons..they keep us entertained. hollywood loves them and we love sleeeze entertainment. why not hillary?

Posted by: crazyone | Jan 31, 2008 11:37:35 AM

I put nothing past the Clintons - they are as dirty as they come. As far as one posts asking "could Ms. Wiley have an ax to grind" I would say hell yes she does - and rightfully so. What the Clintons and their "army" have done to her is simply awful. The sad thing is there are many more Ms. Wiley's out-there that have suffered the same or worse. I have several friends who used to work "security" details for Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas - they said that he had women in nearly every town - and they paid-off and "bought" (threatened) many of them. What scumbags they are

Posted by: Mike | Jan 31, 2008 11:17:31 AM

The comment above that the Clintons are "both are left leaning, big government in your face, liberals," sounds like a line from the political entertainer/demagogue Rush Limabugh. I am no fan of the Clintons; I do NOT support Hillary. But if you want to talk about big government getting in your face, take a look at what has happened under the Bush regime, with all the rollbacks of our civil liberties, spying on Americans without court approval, suspension of habeas corpus, etc. Bush has transformed this country into the very sort of police-state nation that the terrorists want it to be. He has used the very real terrorist threat as a pretext for destroying Constitutional protections and claiming for himself the powers of a tyrant.

Posted by: Neal Lawrence | Jan 31, 2008 11:01:30 AM

The Clintons want power so bad, and that is the exact reason why they shouldn't have it. Who would spend millions and destroy other people for a job that pays $400,000/year?

These people are blood sucking parasites, and have been sucking since the early 70s.

RETIRE ALREADY!

Posted by: blanket | Jan 31, 2008 10:51:52 AM

They both are left leaning, big government in your face, liberals. If either gets into the white house better build a bunker under your house, or locate the nearest civil defense facility - neither has enough on the ball to put a foreign policy into place that is worth a dime.
And what about those "Green Collar" jobs she touts in order to enhance the economy - while Bill indicates austerity is better than "Global Warming". There's a new twist on politicians talking out of both sides of their mouths.

Posted by: Jim | Jan 31, 2008 10:33:00 AM

Interestingly true

See the modern day dems are so blinded to there Socialist Candidates that the candidates get away with murder!

Obama uses the race card evertime someone says something about his credentials (yes thru his minions), The Clintons use intimidation against anything bad against them. Just ask ABC when they wanted to do the miniseries.

Hilary forced them to take out parts that made them look bad like when Albright hung the phone up on the CIA when Bin Laden was in there sites!!

If Obama is really for the Black man why was he in cohoots with Rezko the Slumlord to the Blacks of Illionois. And Obama needs to answer it

Do not let these libs go on with unanswered questions.

Posted by: spock | Jan 31, 2008 10:23:10 AM

James, you sense the truth in Willey's story because of what Bill Clinton has conspicuously NOT done. This very capable lawyer has not sued, nor even threatened to sue, Willey for libel.

Posted by: Ross Odom | Jan 31, 2008 10:22:02 AM

Isn't it funny that the Clinton defenders are always quick to bad-mouth anyone who doesn't think they're the greatest show on earth -- and equally quick to believe falsified rumors about their political opponents from Obama to Willey?

That's called a double standard, folks.

Posted by: Paul in NJ | Jan 31, 2008 9:58:20 AM

Are we allowed to know the personal sexual habits of the candidate? If so, who is Hillary having sex with? It obviously isn't Bill? Who will the Secret Service be sneaking into the White House if she is President?

Posted by: Kris | Jan 31, 2008 9:55:08 AM

The Clintons are evil doers for sure. How about all of the dead people left in their wake let alone Wiley. They will do anything and say anything to get power. EVIL

Posted by: JamesM | Jan 31, 2008 9:54:15 AM

It occurred to me that the anti-Willie posts are all strangely similar. Could Slick Hilly's minions have received their talking points so quickly?

Posted by: BlueMax372 | Jan 31, 2008 9:49:28 AM

Could Ms. Willey possibly have any axe to grind with the Clintons? Could she be feeling somewhat angered that her allegations were never fully resolved? Could she be shilling for the Repubs to embarass the Clintons? Could she be writing such turgid prose to hawk a book of hers? I think the answer to all of those questions is painfully obvious.

Posted by: chuck | Jan 31, 2008 9:09:16 AM

Obama was listening to my phone calls. Thanks to the PATRIOT ACT that he signed into legislation.

Watch out for the kenyan.

Posted by: dkki | Jan 31, 2008 3:33:38 AM

Funny how anytime someone exposes Obama as a fraud, liar, fake, phony or crook your labeled a racist. OBAMA and his partner Rezko used money meant for the poor for special favors and campaign money and Obama knew it. Obama does need to be dragged into court to find out what really went on with REZKO.

Posted by: ggghfgg ggggddf | Jan 31, 2008 3:31:04 AM

HILLARY AND JACK PALLADINO'S TERROR CAMPAIGN ON KATHLEEN WILLEY (1997-98)
THE BOTTOM LINE: HILLARY IS IRRESPONSIBLE WITH POWER.

Kathleen tells what Hillary’s
Goons did to her (1997-98):

“They threatened my children. They threatened my friend’s children. They took one of my cats [Bullseye] and killed another [Blarney]. They left a skull on my porch. They told me I was in danger. They followed me. They vandalized my car. They tried to retrieve my dogs from a kennel. They hid under my deck in the middle of the night. They subjected me to a campaign of fear and intimidation, trying to silence me.”

[Kathleen Willey, Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton, p. x]

Jack Palladino says “The only regret that I have about that whole thing was that Hillary did not pay me in a timely fashion.” [Kathleen Willey, Target, p. 212]

Posted by: Robert Morrow | Jan 31, 2008 2:02:13 AM

Be afraid America...be very afraid of the Clintons.

As far as there being so many negative posts on the Clintons...there are many reasons why and so many negative things for us to voice our opinions on.

If the blogs and news come out negative, it's because it is truthful.

Posted by: Texan for Obama | Jan 30, 2008 9:53:06 PM

If any one has seen Willey on tv with Sean hannity, you would realize she is a nut job. She is just trying to sell her new book, which most of America is using as toilet paper!! Kathleen your 5 mins. of fame are over!!

Posted by: S. Arabia | Jan 30, 2008 6:46:51 PM

Allison H - If you can use a computer to post to blogs, it's just as easy to use it to visit the candidate's websites to read their position papers.

The press isn't going to be able to do that in 30-second sound bites.

Posted by: sue | Jan 30, 2008 5:53:43 PM

Big news!! Anything lately from Gennifer Flowers!?!?!?!

Posted by: DKNY | Jan 30, 2008 5:13:45 PM

So, someone trying to sell a book is trashing the Clintons...whoppee. So what else is new? Unless you personally know this woman and know that she doesn't have an axe to grind, or isn't trying to make money with publicity, I would take her proclamations with a grain of salt. I agree with the previous poster who wondered why ABC is broadcasting this story.

Posted by: evenhanded | Jan 30, 2008 5:11:47 PM

is it the position of most people here that Kathleen Wiley should not be allowed to speak, or that her comments are not newsworthy?

Would they say the same about Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones, etc.. are these woman not allowed to make their case.

Does anyone believe that Bill Clinton did not attempt to have some type of sexual relation with these women?

Does anyone believe that the Clintons did not try to silence them?

Does anyone believe that Hillary was not complicit in charging that there was a right wing conspiracy when in fact it was shown that Bill did have sexual relations with these woman?

Why should this information be disregarded?

If people feel that in spite of this they still want the Clintons back in the White House, so be it ,but they do not have the right to tell everyone in the country to be quiet and not talk about facts that are there for everyone to see.

Posted by: Juan Betancourt | Jan 30, 2008 4:56:50 PM


Can someone in the media please focus on planned POLICIES please before next Tuesday. Surely someone can get the candidates to lay out specific plans, and if not - that tells us something too.

Posted by: Allison H | Jan 30, 2008 4:40:54 PM

How do l respond to such stupidity by ABC .

Posted by: Iffymens | Jan 30, 2008 4:30:02 PM

The strange thing is - there are A LOT of these Clinton detractors and nonbody says such stuff about Obama. This tells you something about character, people. No smoke without fire. Clinton is polarising and power hungry. Obama is a uniter.

Posted by: Richard (CF) | Jan 30, 2008 4:20:19 PM

The only strange thing about this is how it wound up on the web site of an organization like ABC News.

Posted by: commonsensenj | Jan 30, 2008 4:19:36 PM

For some reason I do not doubt her!!!

Posted by: James | Jan 30, 2008 4:07:00 PM

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