Clinton Challenges Special Interests

[ZombieHorde]

By JIM KUHNHENN

LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, criticized for taking corporate special interest contributions, proposed restrictions on a wide array of industries Thursday and stepped up her assault on rival Barack Obama, casting him as the candidate more beholden to corporations.

In a speech to General Motors workers and executives, Clinton trumped Obama's own economic plan from a day before and appeared to be channeling former rival John Edwards' populist anti-corporate message.

"For seven long years, we've had a government of, by, and for the special interests, and we've had enough," the New York senator told an audience at a General Motors plant that she toured here. "It's time to level the playing field against the special interests and deliver 21st century solutions to rebuild the middle class."

She said she would rein in oil, insurance, credit card, student loan and Wall Street investment companies and generate $55 billion a year that would be used for middle class tax cuts, create jobs and pay for an array of domestic programs.

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[peacebird]

1. rebuttal link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4594201

[jsamuel]

2. interesting, thanks

[HeraldSquare212]

3. She's really mixing the messages in her speech

it's a little too much, I think - "level the playing field against special interests to make solutions for the 21st century to rebuild the middle class." I'd get dizzy listening to it, and definitely walk away trying to remember what I had just heard.

[bellasgrams]

6. Maybe you better stick with the guy that only cheers people on

with his slogans.

[HeraldSquare212]

10. Thanks, I'll stick with the guy who doesn't just offer a list of buzzwords and slogans

all tied together with the occassional verb and preposition.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. WTF!

[ZombieHorde]

5. You win!

Best post of the day!

[Moh96]

7. Talk is cheap

[jackson_dem]

12. Like Obama's new talk on trade and him claiming to fight the interests when he often sells out?

The "individuals" who gave him money from Exelon certainly got their money's worth! He also sold out to the drug industry before in Illinois and isn't surprising he is getting more money from the drug industry than anyone else.

[NJSecularist]

8. Hillary IS special interests

She can't distance herself from them.

This is why she's not the frontrunner anymore despite being annointed the inevitable candidate. She's trying to be something she's not. People see right through it.

[geek tragedy]

9. 35 years too late. n/t

[TexasObserver]

11. Hillary is the Special Interests Candidate, moreso than McCain.

She's totally bought and paid for.