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Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being Ive ever known in my life. Frank Sinatra, as Maj. Bennett Marco

His brain has not only been washed, as they say ... It has been dry-cleaned. Khigh Dhiegh, as Dr. Yen Lo

These lines from the 1962 classic film The Manchurian Candidate came to mind after I listened to President Obamas endorsement of Hillary Clinton.

The president said, I dont think theres ever been someone so qualified to hold this office.

Really? She would be equal to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan and himself? Notice President Obama didnt say she is more qualified, because that would diminish him and when it comes to narcissism, Obama and the Clintons make Donald Trump look like a shrinking violet.

In his effusive praise of Hillary Clinton, the president did not mention any specific accomplishments that might qualify her for the office. That is because there are none. There is a lot of symbolism, of course, but no substantive results as secretary of state, an unremarkable single term as a senator from New York, and eight years as first lady when, in 1993, she couldnt get the Clintons health reform legislation through a majority Democratic Congress. There is, however, a long list of dubious and possibly criminal achievements.

Besides the questions surrounding Clintons use of a private server and whether secret government documents were compromised and possibly hacked by Americas adversaries, there is another issue the major media have completely ignored.

It involves an institution known as Laureate Education, the parent company of Walden University, an online, for-profit school, which in its practices, critics of Trump University might say sounds like the allegations made against that school. Several students at Walden claimed to have been repeatedly delayed and given added costs as they tried to obtain their degrees, leaving them in considerable debt. A lawsuit was filed by the students, but a spokesperson for Walden told me the suits were resolved and the students have re-enrolled.

Bill Clinton was paid an obscene $16.5 million between 2010 and 2014 to serve as an honorary chancellor for Laureate International Universities.

With the Clintons, the money tree never ceases bearing fruit. Are people seeking to buy influence with this amount of cash, or do they just like Bill and Hillary?

The major media mainly ignore such things because they function largely as an auxiliary to the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.

This and many other things from what conservative critics call the Clinton crime foundation ought to be red meat for Donald Trump. He should ask why the media are engaging in a near total blackout of Laureate Education and the enormous flow of money to the Clintons and their foundation from governments, institutions and individuals.

Speaking of qualifications, perhaps no president, or presidential candidate, has been bought and paid for more than Hillary Clinton. She comes to this contest not with a long list of accomplishments, but with a trail of receipts and IOUs. If she becomes president, donors might reasonably be expected to collect on their investment.

Cal Thomas is America's most widely syndicated op-ed columnist. He joined Fox News Channel in 1997 as a political contributor.His latest book is "What Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America" is available in bookstores now. Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribune.com.

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BARCELONA Hillary Clinton is too weak and her conclusions after Sundays terror attack in Orlando too timid to be our next president.

Monday, the presumptive Democratic nominee labeled the radical Islamic terrorist who attacked an Orlando nightclub A madman filled with hate, with guns in his hands and just a horrible sense of vengeance and vindictiveness in his heart, apparently consumed by rage against LGBT Americans and by extension, the openness and diversity that defines our American way of life.

The former secretary of state has incredibly bad judgement: she missed the rise of Russia and laughingly pushed a reset button on our strategy to isolate them; she reviewed the intelligence on Boko Haram and decided against putting the group on the terrorist watch list, she was unwilling to stop ISIS in Syria before they began to take hold, and she now diminishes the Orlando terrorist attack to a simple and tragic instance of gay hate.

Radical Islam isnt going to stop attacking us because of a shaming campaign labeling them mean people by Hillary Clinton and her supporters.

She talks of unity and prayers, albeit important messages, but is unable to offer serious government action. While listing the survivors names and occupations, calling the Orlando mayor, and thanking the first responders for their efforts is sweet, it isnt going to stop the growing terrorist threat we face in the U.S.

It is the goal of the terrorists to attack anyone they believe to be apostates.

Hillary doesnt get that. She talks of unity and prayers, albeit important messages, but is unable to offer serious government action. While listing the survivors names and occupations, calling the Orlando mayor, and thanking the first responders for their efforts is sweet, it isnt going to stop the growing terrorist threat we face in the U.S.

The Orlando attacker pledged his allegiance to the caliphate and it is clear that more people will do the same. Every American woman and man who acts Western are targets. Gays are not separate from this agenda. This is the real war on women. This is the real war on gays. This is a war on the West.

As Secretary of State Clinton missed this growing war with Islamic radicals. Her tenure as Barack Obamas lead diplomat saw the Arab Spring turn into the Islamic Awakening. And she was ill-equipped to stop it.

She failed to respond quickly and forcefully enough against ISIS when she was in charge, and that led to her presiding over the growth of ISIS and Boko Haram. It is troubling to hear her now support the exact same strategy weve been pushing for years with our 63 coalition partners one that has failed to even take out the command and control center of ISIS.

Clinton also reacted to the terrorist attack in Orlando with the typical liberal political suggestion of more gun control policies. Her judgement during and after a crisis should be a serious concern for all Americans. She failed to see that the Orlando attacker not only went through a background check but had also been investigated by the FBI. If an FBI investigation isnt going to catch a terrorist before they act, then an increased background check is a weak and insufficient response.

The fact is that the FBI was suspicious of the Orlando attacker months ago. They were investigating him. But since he didnt have a prior arrest record, the politically correct mob demanded that law enforcement agencies leave him alone. Hillary has even mocked policies that push to follow Muslims on suspicions of threats. So while she calls for more action, she ridicules the very thing that could stop the attacks.

Hillarys call Monday to, keep the pressure on ramping up the air campaign, accelerating support for our friends fighting to take and hold ground, and pushing our partners in the region to do even more is a weak, stay-the-course response to a frightening trend.

In other words, she suggests we hug our neighbor and hope that others do something more.

Richard Grenell is a Fox News Contributor. He served as the spokesman for four U.S. Ambassadors to the U.N. including John Negroponte, John Danforth, John Bolton and Zalmay Khalilzad. Follow him on Twitter@Richard Grenell..

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The protesters began chanting "black lives matter" a few minutes into her speech.

At first, the former secretary of state acknowledged them: "Yes they do and I'm gonna talk a lot about that in a minute," she said.

She then tried ignoring the protesters, shouting her remarks over the chants.

"I have some issues to discuss and proposals to make if our friends will allow me to do it. They may actually find them to their liking," Clinton said, while continuing to speak over the disruption, one of the loudest she had faced on the campaign trail.

As the protests continued, Clinton supporters began chanting "Let her talk, Let her talk." Others chanted, "Hillary! Hillary" very loudly, seemingly to drown out the protesters.

Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon who had introduced Clinton just minutes before, personally tried to break up the protests, putting his hands on the shoulders of the protesters and speaking with them.

That effectively quelled the protesters, who were escorted out shortly after the uproar.

Friday evening, #AUCShutItDown, an Atlanta-based group affiliated with Black Lives Matter, said in a statement that they protested Clinton's event so they could press her to directly address issues facing the African-American community, particularly in regard to policing.

"Unfortunately, rhetoric DOES NOT save us, nor does it give confidence to black voters that we can trust Hillary to prioritize the necessity of ensuring our safety," the group said. "We've been waiting for weeks to see the platform that addresses these issues from Hillary Clinton's campaign. We will wait no more."

Clinton went on finishing her speech -- which focused on criminal justice reform and race -- to sizable applause from the crowd.

"I am glad the congressman and the mayor have my back," she said, acknowledging that Lewis and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed had joined her on stage.

Nick Merrill, a spokesman for Clinton, said the candidate would not meet with the protesters.

After walking off stage, Clinton was met by LaDavia Drane, her director of African-American outreach.

"It's always an adventure," Clinton proclaimed.

Speaking to CNN after the event, Lewis said he believes the protesters "represent another time, another period."

"It is unfortunate that they didn't listen to the secretary," he added.

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Private email servers may be off limits for Hillary Clinton, but no one ever said anything about personal cell phones.

While Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio were busy taking jabs at each other during Wednesday night's third Republican debate, the 68-year-old democratic presidential hopeful aired her political concerns to constituents off-camera.

An hour after all 10 lead Republican candidates took the CNBC stage, a tweet arrived from Clinton's campaign camp urging voters to turn their attention to their cell phone screens.

"Text WATCH to 47246 to get live texts from Hillary during the #GOPDebate!" the tweet said.

Shortly after, those who followed the simple directions started receiving messages corresponding with what the candidates were saying on stage, all signed by "H." While they included most of Clinton's typical democratic talking points, they were delivered with a dash of flair.

"For a surgeon, Ben Carson has a pretty poor diagnosis," she sent when he began addressing health care.

"Seems to me: 10 candidates. 0 new ideas." Zing!

Those are definitely fighting words, Madam Secretary.

READ: Hillary Clinton turns 68 years old!

In addition to her private conversations with the public, she also appealed to the overall Twittersphere with tweets on a variety of topics, including women's health, "risky behavior" on Wall Street and even an appeal to the Hispanic community with a tweet entirely in Spanish.

"Las mujeres deberan de ganar lo mismo por hacer el mismo trabajo que los hombres. Punto. #GOPdebate," she tweeted, roughly translating to "Women should earn the same amount for doing the same work as men."

Sure, Rubio is being hailed as the breakout star of this third roundand Bush as the unfortunate loserbut Clinton said her peace without ever having to leave her house. Who's the real winner now?

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ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON Hillary Clinton has served as Secretary of State, Senator from New York, First Lady of the United States, First Lady of Arkansas, a practicing lawyer and law professor, activist, and volunteer, but the first things her friends and family will tell you is that shes never forgotten where she came from or who shes been fighting for throughout her life. Hillary was raised in a suburb of Illinois where she attended public school and was raised a Methodist by her parents. She attended Wellesley College, and went on to study law at Yale. After attending Yale Law School, she went to work for the Childrens Defense Fund, going door to door in New Bedford, Massachusetts. After serving as a lawyer for the Congressional Committee investigating President Nixon, she moved to Arkansas where she taught law and ran legal clinics representing poor people. She co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, one of the states first child advocacy groups. As First Lady under President Bill Clinton, Hillary tenaciously led the fight to reform our health care system so that all our families have access to the care they need at affordable prices. Hillary led the U.S. delegation to Beijing to attend the UN Fourth World Conference on Women and gave a groundbreaking speech, declaring that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for allinspiring women worldwide and helping to galvanize a global movement for womens rights and opportunities. Hillary was then elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman senator from New York. She repeatedly worked across the aisle to get things done, including working alongside Republicans after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. When Congress wouldn't do enough for rural areas and small towns, Hillary didnt back down. She launched innovative partnerships with the tech industry and provided support to local colleges and small businesses. When President Obama asked Hillary to serve as his secretary of state, she answered the call to public service once again. She was a forceful champion for human rights, internet freedom, and rights and opportunities for women and girls, LGBT people and young people all around the globe. Now shes running for President because everyday Americans need a champion and she want to be that champion.

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