2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton is pro-choice only when it comes to the Keystone pipeline.
Just 11 months' worth of Hillary Clinton's Speaking Fees
01/22/2015 - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Keystone Pipeline) - Whistler, Canada - $150,000
01/21/2015 - tinePublic Inc. (Keystone Pipeline) - Winnipeg, Canada - $262,000
01/21/2015 - tinePublic Inc. (Keystone Pipeline) - Saskatoon, Canada - $262,500
10/06/2014 - Canada 2020 (Keystone Pipeline) - Ottawa, Canada - $215,500
06/18/2014 - tinePublic Inc. (Keystone Pipeline) - Toronto, Canada - $150,000
06/18/2014 - tinePublic Inc. (Keystone Pipeline) - Edmonton, Canada - $100,000
03/18/2014 - Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal (Keystone Pipeline) - Montreal, Canada - $275,000
03/06/2014 - tinePublic Inc. (Keystone Pipeline) - Calgary, Canada - $225,500
03/05/2014 - The Vancouver Board of Trade (Keystone Pipeline) - Vancouver, Canada - $275,500
TOTAL: $1,919,00.00
So there were almost two million reasons for her to support this environmental disaster, yet Sanders still forced her to pay lip service to being against it.
That must have been the most agonizing decision of her life.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Does the silliness of this bother you just a little?
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)Doesn't the obvious CONFLICT OF INTEREST of this bother you just a little?
Doesn't our entire PAY TO PLAY current federal political system bother you just a little?
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)The is no "pay to play" unless there's a dividend in the end. Keystone was stopped, so .... what now? Where's the corruption?
And how the hell could Clinton have a conflict of interest with a couple of Canadian companies?
This nonsense has become so reflexive with you people that you cannot see the incredibly obvious.
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)a cool TWO MILLION directly from Keystone Pipeline lobbyists, you are simply willfully pro-corruption.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)So, what did they get?
Are you just going to sit there screaming, "CORRUPTION!" at the top of your lungs without any shred of evidence?
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)You would make a great FIFA spokesperson. You are willfully promoting corruption.
Obama did not take $2 million from these fuckers. Luckily for the American people, Obama had the power to kill the Keystone XL pipeline, the fourth phase of the pipeline, after supporting the first three phases.
Transcanada said it remains "absolutely committed" to the project. "We will review our options to potentially file a new application for border-crossing authority to ship our customer's crude oil, and will now analyze the stated rationale for the denial," said company CEO Russ Girling.
So phase 4 of the pipeline is not dead and could well be revived and rammed down our throats during a corrupt Clinton administration.
Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)...to sucker voters but she will be there for them on a sliding scale basis, according to size of their $$$ giving now, once she has the power. The speaker fees were a preliminary contract to establish her as one of their own (one of the 1%). It is utterly naive to believe that she will not serve the fossil fuel industry and all the other planet-killer and people-killer industries that she is so willingly beholden to, once she has the reins 'our' government.
Don't be a sucker! Vote for Bernie!
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Do YOU have an answer?
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)Transcanada said it remains "absolutely committed" to the project. "We will review our options to potentially file a new application for border-crossing authority to ship our customer's crude oil, and will now analyze the stated rationale for the denial," said company CEO Russ Girling.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Thanks for playing. I'm done here.
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)the very same lobbyists whose projects and interests she will soon be in a position to rule on if she gets her way and becomes our Corruptor in Chief.
thesquanderer
(11,991 posts)...because market forces have shifted. There's a glut of oil, and prices are low. So even the people who want to build the pipeline don't have great incentive at the moment. But look for the keystone pressure to come back if and when the market shifts. If gas approaches $5/gallon again over the next 8 years, or if oil again tops $100/barrel, I'd fully expect Hillary to rediscover her support for the pipeline.
Attorney in Texas
(3,373 posts)Broward
(1,976 posts)Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)but would that end racism?
Uncle Joe
(58,417 posts)Thanks for the thread, mhatrw.
Vinca
(50,303 posts)The speaking fees would be nice after a presidency, too.