2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHILLARY CLINTON PLEDGES TO GET RID OF FRACKING, THEN ATTENDS FUNDRAISER FROM INVESTMENT FIRM SUPPORT
"But critics arent buying the about face Hillary Clinton seems to have done on fracking. Bruce Bullock, director of the Maguire Energy Institute at Southern Methodist University, said her stance against fracking is seen as empty rhetoric.
Secretary Clintons answer is essentially campaign hyperbole, and meant to appease her environmental constituency, he told the Dallas Morning News (via Fortune). In reality, it has little substance to it. "
And the best part.
"Clinton is also having a difficult time backing up her tough stance on fracking. This week, just days after taking what seemed to be a hard-line stance against fracking, she attended a $575-a-plate fundraising lunch from an investment firm that invests heavily in fracking."
http://www.inquisitr.com/2868980/hillary-clinton-pledges-to-get-rid-of-fracking-then-attends-fundraiser-from-investment-firm-supporting-fracking/
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)But during this lull in prices is the time to regulate as much as you can to protect the environment. Hillary IMHO isn't the one who'll do that tho.
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)She SAYS she will do away with fracking. Then takes money from frackers. Casting doubt upon what she SAYS she will do.
Nitram
(22,879 posts)whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)take their chances.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)She confirmed it.
Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)The Intercept has this as well:
https://theintercept.com/2016/03/09/hillary-clinton-wants-to-regulate-fracking-but-still-accepts-a-lot-of-fracking-money/
Prior to announcing her candidacy, Clinton also received $990,000 for speeches she made to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce a heavy investor in TransCanada and the Keystone XL pipeline.
After a rally in Iowa last December, Clinton claimed to be unaware she ever received donations from fossil fuel companies. Well, I dont know that I ever have. Im not exactly one of their favorites, she said. Have I? OK, well, Ill check on that. They certainly havent made that much of an impression on me if I dont even know it.
An investigation by Mother Jones found that Hillary Clinton personally lobbied for U.S. fracking rights overseas as secretary of state. Speaking at a 2010 conference of foreign ministers, Clinton said, I know that in some places [it] is controversial, but [shale] gas is the cleanest fossil fuel available for power today.
It's not that complicated. Just stop hurting yourself. Also, does she think this wouldn't be raised against her in the general election?
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)It wouldn't be brought up but she'd be wrong.
Ferd Berfel
(3,687 posts)- Protecting Social Security and Medicare
- Against NAFTA AND TPP
- etc, etc etc;
The elite know she's just barking at the moon to get elected. None of them are worried about her.
They are very worried about Bernie!
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)Did we ever trust her? If so, we did it by ill-informed assumption.
840high
(17,196 posts)don't trust her now.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)And other Democrats who take money from constituencies in direct opposition to the politicians' supposed policy positions. The shrinking numbers of Democratic faithful don't care but everyone else does.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)then go to the North and say "Do you KNOW what they're saying about you on the South Side?!"
as long as we don't all compare notes, it works
H2O Man
(73,605 posts)Fracking is a key issue, as part of the larger environmental movement. It is evident that Bernie is pro-environment, and that Hillary is not.
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)k/r