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Omaha Steve

(99,642 posts)
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 10:05 PM Jun 2015

Clinton Labor secretary: Bill Clinton should stop paid speeches

Last edited Sun Jun 7, 2015, 10:40 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: The Hill

By Rebecca Shabad

Former President Bill Clinton’s former Labor secretary is recommending that his old boss stop giving paid speeches and disclose everything for the sake of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

“She has got to, and her husband as well, got to just put everything out. I mean more disclosure than any other candidate,” said Robert Reich on ABC News’s “This Week.”

Bill Clinton, he added, "has to stop the paid speeches."

Reich was asked if he thinks there are any fundamental problems with Clinton’s campaign.

FULL story at link.





Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/244236-clinton-labor-secretary-bill-clinton-should-stop-paid-speeches

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Clinton Labor secretary: Bill Clinton should stop paid speeches (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2015 OP
Bill's not running for anything. Fine line, maybe, but nothing misterhighwasted Jun 2015 #1
Of course you are right but the advice is good advice. It does not matter what the truth is to the jwirr Jun 2015 #2
Of course. You are right about that. misterhighwasted Jun 2015 #4
I will not be forgotten no matter what they do. That is the way the rethugs fight. Unfortunately. jwirr Jun 2015 #9
What's that saying about Caesar's wife? MFrohike Jun 2015 #22
Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #3
And you're immediately banned! 7962 Jun 2015 #5
Oh My. A page from the RW hacks. misterhighwasted Jun 2015 #6
if it was wrong for Reagan, why is it OK for Clintons? ...nt quadrature Jun 2015 #11
Because there's nothing wrong about this. misterhighwasted Jun 2015 #12
I Watched Him Threaten Jerry Brown in 1991 billhicks76 Jun 2015 #25
Cool story, bro! n/t Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2015 #34
Bill Implied Jerry Would Have An "Accident" billhicks76 Jun 2015 #36
Would love to hear your insights re: Vince Foster. Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2015 #37
Have None Fool billhicks76 Jun 2015 #38
Cool story. Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2015 #39
I'm Not Conspiracy Theorist billhicks76 Jun 2015 #43
Waiter, I'll have the balsamic vinagrette with my word salad. Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2015 #44
I Get It...Words Provided As More Than A Pithy Insult Are A little Much For You...Carry On billhicks76 Jun 2015 #45
Just A 1983 Photo Of Clinton And Bush At Kennebunkport Retreat But It Still Stinks billhicks76 Jun 2015 #46
If one searches, Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2015 #47
You're A Fool billhicks76 Jun 2015 #48
Cool story, bro! Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2015 #49
Literally every other thing you've said about the Clinton geek tragedy Jun 2015 #14
All your posts strike me as RW. Beauregard Jun 2015 #30
Your opinion is worth what I paid for the privilege of geek tragedy Jun 2015 #32
I say, just keep take'n in the money Willie! SoapBox Jun 2015 #7
"I gotta pay our bills" - Bill Clinton progree Jun 2015 #8
Well, you can't have them living in a tent! Beauregard Jun 2015 #31
If Hillary wants my dad's vote, the Clintons will listen to Robert Reich Dems to Win Jun 2015 #10
Greed isn't pretty arikara Jun 2015 #13
Your father is right! JDPriestly Jun 2015 #19
your dad speaks for me n/t Psephos Jun 2015 #41
this is one American who thinks this SUCKS !!!!! olddots Jun 2015 #15
I guess allinthegame Jun 2015 #16
That's silly. They want to shut up her best campaign asset. McCamy Taylor Jun 2015 #17
He could make $25 million+ in speeches between now and the elections. joshcryer Jun 2015 #20
I agree. And all Democratic candidates and their spouses should do the same. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #18
Otherwise, this next election LuvNewcastle Jun 2015 #21
Bill Clinton should go away. LeftOfWest Jun 2015 #23
I'm just tired of him. Beauregard Jun 2015 #33
Just curious. Are the spouses of male candidates subject to similar scrutiny? 6000eliot Jun 2015 #24
Ann Romney certainly was TM99 Jun 2015 #28
They're a team. I watched it on Netflix. sofa king Jun 2015 #42
That would be cowering to the rethugs. I say NO! napi21 Jun 2015 #26
He has a job and that makes you mad? stonecutter357 Jun 2015 #27
K&R think Jun 2015 #29
That's Robert Reich, not just any former Labor Secretary. elleng Jun 2015 #35
Politically, that would be the safest option, on paper anyways. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #40

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
1. Bill's not running for anything. Fine line, maybe, but nothing
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 10:12 PM
Jun 2015

..here. Again, no smoking gun will be found but they're all welcome to look.
Same dirt different day

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
2. Of course you are right but the advice is good advice. It does not matter what the truth is to the
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 10:27 PM
Jun 2015

rethugs. And as to the voters - most are easily fooled. And the rethugs have the money to fool them. And they have a lot of "scandal" that they will be using to fool the people. John Kerry was a decorated veteran and they crucified him.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
4. Of course. You are right about that.
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 10:35 PM
Jun 2015

But as with everything else they've dug up to stop Hillary Clinton, this will be brought up & end the same.
Meanwhile the Clinton's should simply go about their business.

Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
6. Oh My. A page from the RW hacks.
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 10:39 PM
Jun 2015

Again, this will go nowhere.
I don't think Bill's too worried.
He's more likely to be laughing and saying " Bring it on. Nothing to hide with this either."

They've been doing this wag & pointing at him for 25 yrs.
He knows who they are.
Meh.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
12. Because there's nothing wrong about this.
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 10:53 PM
Jun 2015

But have a go at it.
I'm sure some will be anxiously waiting for the demise of Hillary & Bill Clinton.
May as well get started, they have been in public office for 40 years. Lots to dig through.
Nite.

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
25. I Watched Him Threaten Jerry Brown in 1991
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 03:43 AM
Jun 2015

And we all know his an honorary Bush family member. How we trust anyone with that title?

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
36. Bill Implied Jerry Would Have An "Accident"
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 03:20 PM
Jun 2015

For challenging a predetermined script. He basically implied it was already decided by Bush Sr that Clinton himself would be the Democratic nominee since Perot was throwing a monkey wrench into Bush's plans of world domination abroad and mass incarceration at home.

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
38. Have None Fool
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 08:07 PM
Jun 2015

I saw this with my own eyes. And it's Ross Perot who admitted a big motivation of his for entering that race was derailing Bush who he knew was aiding importation of cocaine for the Contras as Perot was an actual anti-drug zealot. Clinton was allowed to be the Democratic nominee because of his previous connections and subservience to Bush. You know the difference between your sarcastic, schoolgirl emojis and your opinions??? No one laughs at your emojis.

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
43. I'm Not Conspiracy Theorist
Tue Jun 9, 2015, 06:45 PM
Jun 2015

Even if 500,000 people in the USA are locked up on conspiracy charges alone. Maybe you should try investigating the definition of words. It's a waste of time for many of us to have to defend our observations to smug, holier than thou types like yourself who use deflection to hopelessly make your contrived points. That threat Bill made had nothing to do with Vince Foster. I'm surprised you didn't bring up the moon landing as that's what people like you usually do to distract from any point being made that doesn't fit in with your predetermined view of reality. I understand you may be unwilling to reorganize your belief systems out of fear, spite or intellectual laziness but it's really not my problem. That threat Bill made was in front of hundreds of people at the 1991 PBS Roundtable Primary Debate. He turned beet red and actually wagged his finger there too. If you can find it on video watch for yourself. I was working for Jerry and it was actually kind of scary what Bill did. He made the threat in response to Jerry having the moderators throw a photo up on the big screen for the audience. It showed Bill and conservative blue dog Democrat, Sam Nunn, inspecting a line of prisoners from one of the very first private prison boot camps. All the detainees were Black, in striped fatigues and shackled leg to leg. It made Bill and Sam appear like WW2 Nazi wardens inspecting the prisoners at a POW camp or worse. Bill exploded and threatened Jerry in front of everyone. I remember CLEARLY his words. "You better watch out,Jerry, you don't know what you're messing with." He was red in the face wagging his finger aggressively and giving Jerry the most threatening stare you ever saw. People in the campaign conceded that Bill rose quickly that month because the money put behind him was the same brokers involved with Bush and he was the allowed, safe candidate that would support the Bush foreign policy agenda and let Bush and Co off the hook for Iran/Contra in case Bush lost. Bush only lost because Perot took conservative votes as Bill only won with a plurality and not majority. You should try thinking before you speak. Maybe your fantasies of aluminum foil have clogged your brain with Alzheimer's.

 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
44. Waiter, I'll have the balsamic vinagrette with my word salad.
Tue Jun 9, 2015, 07:10 PM
Jun 2015

You should look up what this symbol means: ¶

 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
47. If one searches,
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 09:55 AM
Jun 2015

one can find a picture of almost ANY political figure with someone undesirable. It's the nature of the game. However, all you've done is made unsubstantiated claims about some made up threat from Bill Clinton to Jerry Brown. You're grasping at straws, trying your damnedest to vilify the Democratic Party's nominee (vis-a-vis her husband). Matter of fact, I don't think I've seen you post much at all in support of the Democratic Party, minus Bernie Sanders. It's telling.

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
48. You're A Fool
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 06:35 AM
Jun 2015

And you hardly pay attention. Go ahead flag me. Usually people like you I ignore after a little back and forth. You are the one grasping at straws. Facts get in the way of your predetermined reality. I didn't say that picture was a crime. But it's says a thousand words. If you can't admit it then you're in denial. Keep idol worshiping and trying to take faithful democrats eye off the ball. Keep hating Bernie. You think we care. We are way beyond your convenient, cardboard cutout viewpoints. Some of us live in reality. And that we suffer fools who try to lecture us about reality when it's obvious they either live in a bubble, are intellectually immature or just haven't had any life experiences to transcend their status quo existence is par for the course. I saw what I saw and I bet I've had a thousand times more experience firsthand with democratic reps and their staff than you could even dream of. Bernie is obviously the best and most real candidate. Who would I like? Someone even more to the left of him. There are no far left candidates. There are far right ones and anyone pushing the center to the right is responsible for their rise. Keep trying though. Maybe one day you will stop believing spoonfed BS.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
14. Literally every other thing you've said about the Clinton
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 12:21 AM
Jun 2015

Foundation has turned out to be rightwing bullshit. At least you are consistent.

 

Beauregard

(376 posts)
30. All your posts strike me as RW.
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 11:08 AM
Jun 2015

You seem to me to be a RW Democrat: authoritarian, intolerant and reactionary. Of course, I am a newbie, and this is just my opinion.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
7. I say, just keep take'n in the money Willie!
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 10:40 PM
Jun 2015

And HRC too!

America will decide whether they like it or not.

progree

(10,908 posts)
8. "I gotta pay our bills" - Bill Clinton
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 10:43 PM
Jun 2015
He also said he would continue to deliver speeches for which he is paid six figures during his wife’s presidential campaign because “I gotta pay our bills.” Clinton asserted that he had “taken almost no capital gains” over the past 15 years — a claim that does not jibe with public tax returns.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bill-clinton-defends-foundation-and-paid-speeches-i-gotta-pay-our-bills/2015/05/04/d3d98b4a-f280-11e4-84a6-6d7c67c50db0_story.html


It sounds like it's been a paycheck-to-paycheck struggle after leaving the White House (in January 2001) "dead broke" (after buying two houses in 1999-2000 for a combined $4.5 million).
 

Dems to Win

(2,161 posts)
10. If Hillary wants my dad's vote, the Clintons will listen to Robert Reich
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 10:44 PM
Jun 2015

Just today, my dad told me he doesn't know who he will vote for if she wins the primary. I asked him what his problem with Hillary is, and he said, "Getting paid $250,000 to make a speech." He mentioned Bill too, and thinks Bill should be able to live on his pension from the taxpayers. He says that no one could make a speech worth that much money -- the banks must be buying something more than a speech.

Hillary has known for a while that she would be making a run for president in 2016. She created hurdles to victory by taking all this money from the 1% for speeches. It was as if she was poking her finger in the eye of the Occupy Wall Street young people, arrogantly assuming they will vote for her because they have no other choice. I don't really think this is going to work out for her and us. My fingers are still crossed she doesn't become the nominee.

arikara

(5,562 posts)
13. Greed isn't pretty
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 12:17 AM
Jun 2015

No matter which candidate or party. Nobody deserves a quarter million dollars for an hour speech, even if the name is Clinton. Or Bush.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
17. That's silly. They want to shut up her best campaign asset.
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 12:44 AM
Jun 2015

He should only give paid speeches at venues that will increase his wife's chance of winning. Then it becomes a money making endeavor and free campaign publicity.

joshcryer

(62,271 posts)
20. He could make $25 million+ in speeches between now and the elections.
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 01:00 AM
Jun 2015

That's just absurd when you think about it. And these aren't campaign speeches for the most part, they're 30 minute intro speeches. It's just not conductive to the campaign though it might garner more inspiration for high value donors.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
18. I agree. And all Democratic candidates and their spouses should do the same.
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 12:49 AM
Jun 2015

We need utter disclosure in this election following Citizens United.

LuvNewcastle

(16,846 posts)
21. Otherwise, this next election
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 01:22 AM
Jun 2015

has the potential to see one of the lowest voter turnouts in modern history, or a large percentage of people voting third party. And we all know who is affected the most negatively by a low-turnout election.

 

Beauregard

(376 posts)
33. I'm just tired of him.
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 11:11 AM
Jun 2015

I'm tired of Hillary, too. They should step aside and give some new people a chance. The same goes for some of our most famous movie stars.

 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
28. Ann Romney certainly was
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 06:47 AM
Jun 2015

and especially so around here.

With that out of the way, this is not just a spouse and it has zero to do with gender.

Hillary's spouse just happens to be a former president. Bill and Hillary sold themselves as a pair during the 1990's elections. They run the foundation together. This is therefore all relevant and is why their former labor secretary says cut this shit out, it looks unethical.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
26. That would be cowering to the rethugs. I say NO!
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 03:54 AM
Jun 2015

IF you want to speak somewhere Bill, then go do it! The rethugs will try anything they can find to hurt the Clintons, no matter if it's the truth or a lie, whether it's legal or not, they don't care. Take anything and through it up against the wall and see what sticks. I don't understand what Reich's thoughts are, but I think he's wrong about this. There's no way the Clnton's can ever stop doing everything the rethugs will criticize so bi;, do what you believe is right and screw the Pubbies!

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
40. Politically, that would be the safest option, on paper anyways.
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 11:05 PM
Jun 2015

But, Bill needs to be kept occupied.

And, being the Clintons, they will do the max permissible under the law.

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