Embedded giving, The Clinton Foundation and Hillary's presidential campaign
Speaking of embedded giving, what better way to describe the intersection between Bill Clinton's charitable endeavors and Hillary's campaign for president?
The Times today traces a bit of the network overlap, but the real story lies in the reputation effect of Bill Clinton's conveniently timed mass media push for social entrepreneurship.
C'mon, we're all adults here. Just as a commercial business strategically builds builds trust by leveraging the goodwill of the charities it supports, Bill Clinton is just the latest in a long tradition of politicians seeking to win over voters by aligning themselves with good works.
Nonsense like this . . .
As the presidential campaign got under way, foundation officials began working to ensure that none of their enterprises would have political repercussions for Mrs. Clinton.
is just another example of why it's important to distinguish between law and the rhetoric of design. Done well--and Bill Clinton is a master of PR--charity can be used for political ends with nary a complaint, but the key phrase here is "done well." It's going to work only if you know what you are doing and how it will look.
However, tell yourself that you're safe because you're within the current limits of the law and you're begging for corrective discipline. For example, in 1969 Congress imposed stringent limits on private foundations because of their perceived entanglement with political activity. What they had been doing had been legal, but it provoked a negative response and so as of 1970 it was not.
The same fate may yet lie in store for public charities if their political entanglement seems too overt. After all, you know what they say:
Politics makes strange embed-fellows.
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