On Heels of 9/11, Clinton Fundraiser Raises Eyebrows

[BeyondGeography]

The Blotter
ABC News

Just days after the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Hillary Clinton and several Democratic lawmakers will be getting uncomfortably cozy with moneyed interests who have stood to reap billions in post-9/11 homeland security spending, watchdog groups say.

...One week later, the junior New York senator is scheduled to speak at a homeland security-themed, $1,000-a-plate fundraiser for her campaign in the downtown Washington, D.C. offices of a powerful legal firm.

...Clinton's fundraising audience is expected to include many of the government contractors and lobbyists whose fortunes have soared in the years since the attacks, which triggered a massive government reorganization and billions in new government spending.

But that's not the only objectionable feature of the event, critics say.

For the price of a ticket -- from a $1,000 personal donation to a $25,000 bundle –- attendees will get a special treat after the luncheon: an opportunity to participate in small, hour-long "breakout sessions" hosted by key Democratic lawmakers, many of whom chair important subcommittees on the Homeland Security committee.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/09/on-heels-of-911.html

[Mend]

1. Bill Clinton won two presidential elections...the last Democrat to do that

was FDR. If this is what it takes, so be it. John Dean said the other night on Keith O. that if a republican wins the next presidential election, this country is finished. I believe him. We have to win. Obama can try his way, Hillary her way, who ever wins the nomination gets my vote but splitting us now is not the way to go, as much as the repukes love to see that.

[BobRossi]

3. So.....

What is the difference between Hillary and a repuke again?

[Mend]

9. where were you during the Clinton years? Did you live in this country?

We had peace, we had prosperity, we had advances in civil rights, women's rights, an attempt at universal health care. We were loved around the world, we used diplomacy. We had checks and balances, we had an independent justice dept., we did not torture. Ruth Ginsburg was put on the court by Clinton...bush put on Alito and Roberts. You are so blinded by one candidate that you can't see the difference between Democrats and Republicans and that is a great pity.
I am a Democrat, I always vote Democratic, I support my party and whoever is chosen I will vote for. And I will not pick on another Democratic candidate and tell lies about them. But that is me.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. And May I Add

Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer were put on the court by Clinton...

[blm]

12. We had BushInc getting stronger than ever throughout the 90s when us Dems

had mistakenly believed that they could NOT return after the criminality of the Reagan and Bush years.

The emergence of a stronger BushInc quickly UNDID in 1 year whatever good did come from Clinton's 8 years.


http://consortiumnews.com/2006/111106.html

Was the price the country paid high enough?

[MannyGoldstein]

2. War Profiteers Represent Real People!

A lot of those people are dead, their bodies arriving home in flag-drapped coffins. But, whatever.

[Alamom]

4. So..........a week after the 911 Anniversary Sen. Clinton will attend a

Fundraiser which includes a lot of people and elected Democrats who endorsed her months ago.


Are the other candidates putting their campaigns on hold for 2 weeks, 3, 4, etc.?

It didn't seem so yesterday.

[BeyondGeography]

5. She is HOLDING a fundraiser and selling access

Try reading the story first next time.

[William769]

6. Obama doesn't want to use 9-11 then uses 9-11. Go figure.

[MannyGoldstein]

7. Please Elaborate.

Thank you.

[niceypoo]

8. Heals of 911?

911 happened six years ago. Not yesterday, as many wish.

[oasis]

10. "I'm in it to win it"---HRC.