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Money, money, money! Maureen Dowd WASHINGTON Clinton nostalgia is be- ing replaced by Clinton neuralgia. Why is it that America's roil family always seems better in abstract than in concrete? The closer it gets to running the world once more, the more you are reminded of all the things that bugged you the last time around. The Clintons' neediness, their sense of what they are owed in material terms for their public service, their as- sumption that they're entitled to every- one's money. Are we about to put the "For Rent" sign back on the Lincoln Bedroom? If Americans are worried about money in politics, there is no larger concern than the Clintons, who are cos- seted in a world where rich people end- lessly scratch the backs of rich people. They have a Wile E. Coyote problem; something is always blowing up. Just when the Clintons are supposed to be floating above it all, on a dignified cloud of do-gooding leading into 2016, pop-pop- pop, little explosions go off everywhere, reminding us of the troubling connec- tions and values they drag around. There's the continuing grotesque spectacle of Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin. And there's the sketchy in- volvement of the Clintons' most prolific fund-raiser, Terry McAuliffe, and Hil- lary's brother Tony Rodham in a ven- ture, GreenTech Automotive; it's under federal investigation and causing fire- works in Virginia, where McAuliffe is running for governor. Many Israelis were disgusted to learn that Bill Clinton was originally sched- uled to scarf up $500,000 to speak at the Israeli president Shimon Peres's 90th be- ingbirthday friends with PerestiwesinJune d b . nguesrso ing the accord that won Peres e Nobel g gthe Peace Prize were not reasons enough tofoofrtdhBoenil jla ett oew chi sea 1111 ef Nba ramat n. t Toa iht the eul am. he tlaoi dbn aragnr e ch foun- dation. Isn't the J.N.F. "supposed to plant trees with donor cash?" Haaretz chided before the fund pulled back. "l guess […]