2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton does not regret taking extravagant speaking fees
this tone deafness in the midst of struggling families is one of the many things sinking this campaign
Clinton defends Goldman Sachs speaking fees
Democratic primary front-runner Hillary Clinton on Thursday said she does not regret taking extravagant speaking fees from Wall Street firms before she ran for president, arguing that she cannot be bought at any price.
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Clinton said there was nothing wrong with accepting the money, pointing to the diversity of organizations who solicited her for speeches.
I have spoken to so many different groups, she said.
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Sanders, who has made income inequality one of the pillars of his upstart presidential campaign, has repeatedly hit Clinton over the issue.
Goldman Sachs also provides very, very generous speaking fees to some unnamed candidates. Very generous, the Vermont senator told voters in Carroll, Iowa, on Tuesday, according to the Register.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/266693-clinton-wall-street-cant-buy-me
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)But she does not disclose the speech . If she feels bad about what she may have said, than I can understand why she does not want to release them..
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)and those reasons are in 6 figures...and consummate in agreed upon results. Just like when you get a job. You care what you are paid...and what you have to do for it.
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)That cell phone at the server's station cost him the election...that 47% remark.
Not a snowball's chance in hell.
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)that one can get a 6 figure income with no expectations...really, really specific ones. I guarantee you my little vote makes little or no difference in this scenario. That's the definition of Oligarchy.
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)I'd love to see the speeches!!
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)who want some reassurance would be smart I think.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)eom
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)That's what's wrong with being so high up on the food chain. You forget what it's like to be a plankton.
ejbr
(5,856 posts)but minimum bids start at $250k, thank you.
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)azmom
(5,208 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)if the people are dumb enough to elect her.
Punkingal
(9,522 posts)redstateblues
(10,565 posts)restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Inside a GOP oppo-research factory:
The ad then cut to Mrs. Clinton describing being dead broke when she and her husband left the White House, before a narrator intoned that Mrs. Clinton makes more money in a single speech, about $300,000, than an average family earns in five years.
The message hit a nerve. Shes out of touch, said one of the women, who works as a laundry attendant.
Her reality is just so different than mine, murmured another, as operatives from American Crossroads, a Republican super PAC, watched closely from behind a one-way mirror.
In rooms like this one around the country, an expensive and sophisticated effort is underway to test and refine the most potent lines of attack against Mrs. Clinton, and, ultimately, to persuade Americans that she does not deserve their votes. While the general election is 16 months away, Republican groups are eager to begin building a powerful case against the woman they believe will be the Democratic nominee, and to infuse the public consciousness with those messages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/us/the-best-way-to-vilify-clinton-gop-spends-heavily-to-test-it.html
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)of candidates by big money corps. the fsct that a major dem candidate has a huge conflict of interest is absolutely a campaign issue for the voters.
if she doesn't like it, she can release the transcripts of what she said and we can judge for ourselves.
and crossroad is rove, not bernie.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)And I hope someone has taken secret video or can leaks transcript of what she says to them. I bet it would end her nomination chances.
Ino
(3,366 posts)are worth a Quarter Million Dollars? She's not getting paid for talking, but she has to "do" something for the money so it doesn't look like a bribe or payoff.