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amborin

(16,631 posts)
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 11:30 AM Mar 2016

remember when Hillary tried to defend herself by falsely tarnishing Obama?

Hillary continued her attempts to confuse voters regarding her paid Wall Street speeches; she keeps trying to pretend that the issue is campaign donations. Well that is NOT the issue. And she knows that.

Hillary said:

Well, Barack Obama took more money from Wall Street than any candidate who's ever run for president.


Clinton On Not Releasing Wall Street Speeches: 'I'm On The Public Record'

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hillary-clinton-wall-street-transcirpts-question


even the pro-Hillary NY Times pointed this out:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/us/politics/in-race-defined-by-income-gap-hillary-clintons-wall-street-ties-incite-rivals.html?_r=0

(she keeps) comparing herself to President Obama, who took millions of dollars in campaign contributions from Wall Street but went on to enact some of the furthest-reaching financial regulations in decades.

But the new attacks strike at what even some allies believe may be one of Mrs. Clinton’s biggest vulnerabilities: not her positions on financial regulation, but her personal relationships with Wall Street executives, along with the millions of dollars Mrs. Clinton, her husband, and their family foundation have accepted in speaking fees... from banks, hedge funds and asset managers.

Unlike Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Obama has never earned speaking fees from Wall Street.


“The reason that Bernie is focusing on the speaking fees is that Hillary can’t use the Obama defense,
” said Ed Rendell, a former Pennsylvania governor,
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remember when Hillary tried to defend herself by falsely tarnishing Obama? (Original Post) amborin Mar 2016 OP
Not to mention that "he did it too" is not exactly a great defense. EmperorHasNoClothes Mar 2016 #1
"the furthest-reaching financial regulations in decades"? technically true MisterP Mar 2016 #2

EmperorHasNoClothes

(4,797 posts)
1. Not to mention that "he did it too" is not exactly a great defense.
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 11:45 AM
Mar 2016

I feel like asking her, "If Obama jumped off a cliff, would you jump off a cliff too?"

We see how "tough" Obama has been on Wall Street after receiving that money. I guess she's saying she'll be as soft on them has Obama has been?

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
2. "the furthest-reaching financial regulations in decades"? technically true
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 02:14 PM
Mar 2016

since a centimeter is infinitely larger than zero

the reform could fit on a piece of confetti

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