Did I just hear that Hillary Clinton came out against the Keystone pipeline today?

[malaise]

Can I ask this in GD????

[elleng]

1. Yes.

Dunno.

[randys1]

2. Not only that but someone posted that she actually said this a month ago in some

open forum.

[beam me up scottie]

6. No, that op was mistaken. She said this a month ago:

In response to several questions in July on her position, she declined to comment and eventually said:

"This is President Obama's decision, and I am not going to second-guess him," she said, adding: "If it's undecided when I become president, I will answer your question."

The Clinton camp doubled down soon after, with a spokeswoman saying: "...Given her former role as Sec state and having been part of the Keystone process, she believes that weighing in now could be disruptive to the process and not responsible to do. She is just in a different situation than other candidates."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/29/the-6-big-issues-where-we-still-dont-know-where-hillary-clinton-stands/

The article was updated to add this:

That appears to have suddenly changed Tuesday. At a appearance in Des Moines, Iowa, Clinton said it’s time to state her opinion because the review process is taking too long. “I oppose it," she said.

Here's the op:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=614097

[bigwillq]

3. Yes, she did. She evolved again.

[Scootaloo]

8. Our first Pokémon president n/t

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. Sounds like she's feeling the Bern.

[truedelphi]

5. It seems to be quite true.

The very woman at top of the State Department when the State Department first decided to attempt to get the permit for the Keystone XL has now rescinded her belief in having that Pipeline.

The world gets more and more curious.

And of course, this means that we should now stop in our tracks, Bernie Sanders-wise, and support Candidate Clinton as our hero.

In news about to come, dare I say it, down the Pipeline, Donald Trump renounces his wealth.

(I think this is called election season. Like a person can "elect" to believe what candidates say, or NOT!)

[Maedhros]

7. Yet she presumably still employs Jeffrey Berman...

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122147/hillary-clinton-has-hired-former-keystone-pipeline-lobbyist

Hillary Clinton has hired a former lobbyist for the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, further upsetting environmentalists who have long been wary of her commitment to fighting climate change.

BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith reported on Wednesday that the Clinton campaign has hired Jeffrey Berman as a campaign consultant. Berman, who began working for the campaign earlier this month, once lobbied on behalf of TransCanada, the company that hopes to build a pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada to the southern coast of the U.S.
. . .
"For us it’s a signal that she continues to be willing to work with oil and gas interests and take money from folks who are committed to have a pathway to fossil fuels," said Ben Schreiber, Friends of the Earth's climate and energy program director.