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2016 Postmortem

TalkingDog

(9,001 posts) Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:05 PM Feb 2016

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Clinton's plan to reign in Lobbyists?

Shaming.

Mother President wants you to go to your penthouse suite and think about what you've done.

Asked at a town hall meeting at New Hampshire's Henniker College how to handle the increasing role of moneyed interests in Washington, Hillary Clinton told supporters that lobbyists should be exposed and publicly called out.

"Maybe use social media? Maybe make a concerted effort to really call these people out all the time, get some social pressure on them, get people to know their names,"

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/02/hillary-calls-for-lobbyist-shaming-new-hampshire

Seriously?

Actually passing laws and creating legislation or regulation seems to be at the bottom of the list as possible courses of action.

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Clinton's plan to reign in Lobbyists? (Original Post) TalkingDog Feb 2016 OP

Lobbiest are writing the Bills submitted to Congress - and calling them out hasn't worked so far FreakinDJ Feb 2016 #1

Shake your finger at them? Fearless Feb 2016 #2

knowing the names of 20,000+ lobbyists will not help me in any way. Kip Humphrey Feb 2016 #3

Idiotic whatchamacallit Feb 2016 #4

Maybe she'll give a talk about it to Goldman Sachs...if they pay her enough. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2016 #5

How would that work? They're not ashamed. There's former members of Congress TwilightGardener Feb 2016 #6

That alone proves they have no shame. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #8

What do you expect from the Mother of Deregulation? Baitball Blogger Feb 2016 #7

pssst, Hill, there is website that lists all registered lobbyists. You did know that, didn't you? antigop Feb 2016 #9

Keep lobbyists close (reign in). How better to effect the transfer of their "contributions!" nt TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #10

Campaign manager TTUBatfan2008 Feb 2016 #11

You first, Hills. Call out the last 5 lobbyists who wrote checks to you Divernan Feb 2016 #12

The same people who sold our party out to the lobbyists Mnpaul Feb 2016 #13

Well since most of them work for her campaign I suppose she will just have them wear collars Dragonfli Feb 2016 #14

No, not seriously. She has no intention of any serious attempt to limit money in politics. Motown_Johnny Feb 2016 #15

Shouldn't that be "Abuela President?" Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #16

The lobby queen. Hypocrite. cali Feb 2016 #17

Hillary the comedian? nt malokvale77 Feb 2016 #18

Not fond of your term "mother president" cyberswede Feb 2016 #19

She's willing to bomb the hell out of other countries but all she has to say to lobbyists is liberal_at_heart Feb 2016 #20

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)

1. Lobbiest are writing the Bills submitted to Congress - and calling them out hasn't worked so far

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:07 PM

Feb 2016

Fearless

(18,421 posts)

2. Shake your finger at them?

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:09 PM

Feb 2016

Kip Humphrey

(4,753 posts)

3. knowing the names of 20,000+ lobbyists will not help me in any way.

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:11 PM

Feb 2016

whatchamacallit

(15,558 posts)

4. Idiotic

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:12 PM

Feb 2016

Both her response and those who accept it.

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

5. Maybe she'll give a talk about it to Goldman Sachs...if they pay her enough.

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:12 PM

Feb 2016

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

6. How would that work? They're not ashamed. There's former members of Congress

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:28 PM

Feb 2016

who proudly and openly tout their lobbying work. Wasn't Trent Lott lobbying for Russia?

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

8. That alone proves they have no shame.

Reply to TwilightGardener (Reply #6)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:30 PM

Feb 2016

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

Mark Twain

Baitball Blogger

(46,733 posts)

7. What do you expect from the Mother of Deregulation?

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:29 PM

Feb 2016

antigop

(12,778 posts)

9. pssst, Hill, there is website that lists all registered lobbyists. You did know that, didn't you?

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:32 PM

Feb 2016

nt

TheBlackAdder

(28,208 posts)

10. Keep lobbyists close (reign in). How better to effect the transfer of their "contributions!" nt

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:40 PM

Feb 2016

TTUBatfan2008

(3,623 posts)

11. Campaign manager

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:45 PM

Feb 2016

Does this mean we can call out Hillary's campaign manager John Podesta, his brother Tony Podesta, and Tony's ex-wife Heather? All three of them are lobbyists. Do we get to call out David Brock for all of his shenanigans?

Divernan

(15,480 posts)

12. You first, Hills. Call out the last 5 lobbyists who wrote checks to you

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:48 PM

Feb 2016

or one of your super PACS.

She and her advisers actually think voters are stupid enough to fall for this?

Mnpaul

(3,655 posts)

13. The same people who sold our party out to the lobbyists

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:51 PM

Feb 2016

now want us to believe that they will reign them in.... by shaming them.

Seriously, does anyone believe this?

The ABC panel nailed it this morning. Hillary has to come up with a better answer.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)

14. Well since most of them work for her campaign I suppose she will just have them wear collars

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:53 PM

Feb 2016

and "reign them in" as necessary, perhaps into the break room.

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)

15. No, not seriously. She has no intention of any serious attempt to limit money in politics.

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:54 PM

Feb 2016

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

16. Shouldn't that be "Abuela President?"

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:55 PM

Feb 2016

cali

(114,904 posts)

17. The lobby queen. Hypocrite.

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:56 PM

Feb 2016

malokvale77

(4,879 posts)

18. Hillary the comedian? nt

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 02:10 PM

Feb 2016

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)

19. Not fond of your term "mother president"

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 02:12 PM

Feb 2016

That said, suggesting we call out lobbyists on social media is pretty weak.

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)

20. She's willing to bomb the hell out of other countries but all she has to say to lobbyists is

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 03:39 PM

Feb 2016

"Cut it out." Yeah, that will fix everything.

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