Goldman Sachs Gives Hillary Clinton Almost Half A Million Dollars In Less Than A Week

[ellenrr]

In the meantime, the two parties are moving to ensure that the same faces and choices will be given to voters despite overwhelming discontent over the two-party monopoly on power. With a system protecting incumbents and control of the two main parties, such public opposition remains largely immaterial and business interests are already putting money down on candidates like Clinton — and the “style of honesty” that they crave.

http://jonathanturley.org/2013/11/01/goldman-sachs-gives-hillary-clinton-almost-half-a-million-dollars-in-less-than-a-week/

[FreakinDJ]

1. Guaranteeing no prosecutions of Banksters for another 4 yrs

kinda like "Protection Money"

[Scuba]

2. Yet there are many here in denial about her loyalties.

[4dsc]

3. +1

[coldmountain]

10. So why does Warren support Clinton?

[Whisp]

15. How could she not support her?

If that was asked of her what other answer could she possibly have given?

[Beacool]

17. So, were you questioning Obama's loyalties when G.S. gave money to his campaign?

Or does the loyalty test only apply to Hillary?

[Scuba]

18. Yes. No.

[Beacool]

19. Fair enough.........n/t

[BootinUp]

4. He appears not to be a Clinton fan.

Puts him in the minority.

[bemildred]

5. Pocket change. nt

[Skeeter Barnes]

6. Both parties owned and operated by the 1%.

[leftyohiolib]

7. this and her approval the tpp should exclude her from the 2016

[PeoViejo]

9. Don't forget the 'Coup' in Honduras

That was a real Goat-Fuck.

[Whisp]

14. and Keystone, and the sexual assault pedophelia scandal

that broke in the news in mid June. Cover up from the top floor they say.

Still no report on the re-investigation.
I sure hope this isn't buried with Bill's shovel ready people.

[PeoViejo]

8. 'Family' values

The ties that bind.

[bahrbearian]

11. She hasn't even given speechs for the Waltons or the MIC yet?

[Walk away]

12. Because we all know that Warren would turn down all corporate donations if...

she were running.

[libdem4life]

13. Preferred that she take it rather than have them give it to the Republicans. Not too many options.

The democratic system in the US has always protected the two parties and the Electoral College pretty much enforces it. Nothing new there.

Candidates like Sanders, Cruz, Nader the Greens and other Populist (individual, more localized donors) exist to help define the outer extremities and nominally influence the Left/Right Centrist position candidates that ultimately make it to the national election and actually stand a chance of getting elected.

If not already Centrist, they quickly become such, due to the reality of the appointed, federal government Beltway bureaucracy, largely controlled by the Big Money. That's when promises, even those made in good faith, get broken.

[Beacool]

16. She got paid for two speeches, so?

In 2008, Goldman Sachs gave more money to the Obama campaign than it gave to Hillary and McCain's.

This doesn't bother me, let her take as much money from these weasels as they are willing to pay. BTW, $400,000 is not half a million.

"Wall Street firms have chipped in more than $9 million to Barack Obama

Records show that four out of Obama's top five contributors are employees of financial industry giants - Goldman Sachs ($571,330), UBS AG ($364,806), JPMorgan Chase ($362,207) and Citigroup ($358,054)."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/barack-obama-collected-money-john-mccain-article-1.351304

[stevenleser]

20. If you are accepting money to give speeches, why wouldn't you accept a speaking gig there?

I think a person would need to draw the line at hate groups and other discriminatory groups but G.S. doesn't discriminate.

I know that a lot of very liberal folks have been asked to speak at conservative organizations and vice versa. Assuming the audience is respectful, that makes a lot of sense so you can hear how folks on the other side think.

And no, this is not influence peddling. If someone gives me money to give a speech, they got every bit of what they paid for when I finished uttering the last word of the speech. That's it, thank you and please pay me the balance, bye.