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In reply to the discussion: Hillary comforts the crying bankers. [View all]WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)65. Finally letting us know what her platform will look like...
Last edited Thu Dec 12, 2013, 02:40 PM - Edit history (1)
"Striking a soothing note on the global financial crisis, she told the audience, in effect: We all got into this mess together, and were all going to have to work together to get out of it. What the bankers heard her to say was just what they would hope for from a prospective presidential candidate: Beating up the finance industry isnt going to improve the economyit needs to stop. And indeed Goldmans Jim ONeill, the laconic Brit who heads the banks asset management division, introduced Clinton by saying how courageous she was for speaking at the bank. (Brave, perhaps, but also well-compensated: Clintons minimum fee for paid remarks is $200,000)."
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I'm so thrilled to see her compassion for this despised and misunderstood minority. (nt)
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2013
#76
Electing Sen Warren as vp would be such a waste. Either president or Senator. nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2013
#18
I will not vote for Hillary. Sanders yes. 3rd party if it comes down to it.
Katashi_itto
Dec 2013
#47
The Oligarchs And Corporations Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us
cantbeserious
Dec 2013
#8
Voting for that mentality is "Chickens for Colonel Sanders" territory on the best day.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2013
#14
That's just what she hopes the rest of us to buy into. She's bull$hitting us and letting those
SammyWinstonJack
Dec 2013
#44
How ironic that Citizens United may help Clinton win the nomination. A Clinton vs. Christie ticket
rhett o rick
Dec 2013
#17
The problem is, which populist nominee would be able to raise a billion (or more...)
Amonester
Dec 2013
#29
I think Howard Dean proved that you can crowdsource/crowdfund a semi-populist campaign
foo_bar
Dec 2013
#32
That's one of the first reasons why a Public Campaign Funding Act is badly needed
Amonester
Dec 2013
#36
Hillary a clue? Good one! I am pissed beyond belief with her Wall Street love affair. Vote for her? Never!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2013
#33
Yes, and Hillary's fee can run upward of a cool half million. No favors expected of course. Surely, we can do better.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2013
#34
Well, to be fair. She probably isn't incuding US, the little people, in that statement.
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#66
Nominate Hillary, say hello to President Christie. Sounds like a win-win strategy to
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#28
‘Here’s someone who doesn’t want to vilify us but wants to get business back in the game’
deutsey
Dec 2013
#40
Of course there will be criticism, but this constant almost daily bashing is just ridiculous.
Beacool
Dec 2013
#58
What's her "vision" - to give what's left of this country to her corporate friends?
polichick
Dec 2013
#70
Better than Hillary is 44 - which is filled with a bunch of racist PUMA assholes.
Drunken Irishman
Dec 2013
#67
If Hillary didn't pull stunts like this, there wouldn't be articles written about her.
Major Hogwash
Dec 2013
#63