Counter Clinton Library Gets IRS Tax Exemption

DealMonkey

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What in the world? Why would Republicans build a "Counter Clinton Library?" Jesus, can't Republicans let it go already? He's not the president anymore -- who cares?

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. ? A group dedicated to building the Counter Clinton Library (search) ? a rebuttal to the Clinton Presidential Library (search) ? has been granted status as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization.

The move could help the group with fund-raising but also requires it to be more public about its supporters.

Counterlibe Corp. (search) of Washington, D.C., received word this month from the IRS that it had received the tax-exempt status to pursue its goal of responding to what it sees as "propaganda" planned for the official $160 million presidential library, which is scheduled to open Nov. 18 in Little Rock.

To keep its tax exemption, the Counter Clinton Library must fulfill its plans of building bricks-and-mortar museums in Little Rock and Washington displaying what it promises will be documented negatives from Bill Clinton's eight years in the White House.

Counter Clinton Library founder Dick Erickson (search) envisions 16 rooms of multimedia-based exhibits in Little Rock in time for the opening of the presidential library. Hard copies of documents will be kept primarily at the Washington museum, he said.

Erickson is visiting Little Rock this week from Houston to woo secret support and secure a museum location in the Little Rock area. He said Wednesday that both efforts require secrecy to avoid subterfuge from Clinton's Arkansas friends.

But the tax-exempt status means that Erickson and co-founder John LeBoutillier (search), former Republican congressman from New York, will not be able to keep names of contributors or land acquisitions secret for long. Counterlibe Corp. will have to file that and other information with the IRS next year.

Erickson said his organization also needs overt financial and public relations support from prominent Republicans. Erickson already has help with documents from insiders including fired Clinton adviser Dick Morris (search).

Skip Rutherford, president of the nonprofit foundation building the presidential library, was teaching a university class in Fayetteville and could not be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon.
 

glenn1

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Counter Clinton Library Gets IRS Tax Exemption

My tax dollars going to waste on yet another incredibly stupid idea. I think there ought to be a provision in the tax code that allows us to smack the stupid out of someone before we give them their Treasury check.
 

alchemize

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Originally posted by: glenn1
Counter Clinton Library Gets IRS Tax Exemption

My tax dollars going to waste on yet another incredibly stupid idea. I think there ought to be a provision in the tax code that allows us to smack the stupid out of someone before we give them their Treasury check.

Well, technically it's your tax dollars going to pay for what they don't pay in taxes. But who is counting.

Nice one on the NAMBLA ;)
 

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Originally posted by: DealMonkey
What in the world? Why would Republicans build a "Counter Clinton Library?" Jesus, can't Republicans let it go already? He's not the president anymore -- who cares?

Again a fundamental flaw in your thinking.

Cliton continues to build his legacy, and it is important to the future generations that will
look will back on this period in history not to make the mistakes that he made.

I care.
 

DealMonkey

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Well, to be fair and balanced, I think we need a Counter Reagan Library. Wonder what the repubs would think of that?
 

glenn1

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Again a fundamental flaw in your thinking.

Cliton continues to build his legacy, and it is important to the future generations that will
look will back on this period in history not to make the mistakes that he made.

I care.

I somehow fail to see how anyone in a future generation look with anything but a sad pity for the utter pathetic nature of a "Counter Clinton Library."
 

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I live in the city of Little Rock, and we mostly welcome the Counter Library.

Arkansans are a funny lot. While most Arkansans aren't happy with the job that Clinton did, he is still dear to their hearts, and now all is forgiven, but not forgotten. He is always welcome, even if we did bar him from ever practicing law again. Arkansans may be Dems, but Conservative Dems, not rabid liberals.

 

DealMonkey

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I guess I'm just missing the point here . . . Is it just pure spite and anger that leads the Repubs to do something like this?
 

sMiLeYz

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jesus christ, for its about time people move on with their lives.

CLINTON ISN'T PRESIDENT ANYMORE, AND HIM AND HILARY ARENT THE VOICE OF THE LEFT. FOR GODSAKES LET THE MAN BE.
 

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I can hardly wait to see the Counter Bush library! That thing is gonna be friggin HUGE!
 

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I heard Kenneth Star Was going to Be the museum Curator.


Something Tells Me That "Compasionate Conservatives" Will donate More money to this than actual charities.
 

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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
I can hardly wait to see the Counter Bush library! That thing is gonna be friggin HUGE!

It's will take more than two cities for that one,

R.I.P State of Texas



It will Be So Big that the Exit will be harder to Find than WMD's.

 

dmcowen674

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Originally posted by: smashp
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
I can hardly wait to see the Counter Bush library! That thing is gonna be friggin HUGE!

It's will take more than two cities for that one,

R.I.P State of Texas

It will Be So Big that the Exit will be harder to Find than WMD's.

Or could save Texas by simply making the Bush Museum as it truly is, just dig a small 6x8 hole in the ground and post a sign by it - Real Bush Presidential Library.