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NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 12:57 PM Apr 2016

'I can never tell what he's talking about': Hillary Clinton dismisses Bernie's ' Wall Street attack

"In a Thursday interview with Business Insider, Hillary Clinton pushed back on Bernie Sanders' accusations about her relationship with the financial industry.

Business Insider's CEO and editor-in-chief, Henry Blodget, asked Clinton about Sanders' frequent criticism of her ties to Wall Street and why the financial industry is so demonized in the first place.

"Why is it so bad to be close to Wall Street?" Blodget asked during the interview at Purchase College in New York.

"I never can really tell what he's talking about," Clinton, the Democratic presidential frontrunner, said of her sole remaining primary rival. "It's just one of these sort of attacks that he pulls out all the time."

The two Democratic candidates are locked in tight battles in the next two primary states of Wisconsin, which votes Tuesday, and New York, which votes April 19 and holds particular significance for both. Sanders, who was born in Brooklyn, is vying to cut into Clinton's double-digit polling advantage in her adopted home state."

http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-wall-street-2016-3

It would seem that Hillary just doesn't get it.

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'I can never tell what he's talking about': Hillary Clinton dismisses Bernie's ' Wall Street attack (Original Post) NWCorona Apr 2016 OP
She is bought and paid for... Of course she doesn't get it nt GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #1
She gets it, she just isn't going to fill in the details for them. GreatGazoo Apr 2016 #2
Please proceed, Mrs. Clinton ... Myrina Apr 2016 #3
Yep. n/t Tom Rinaldo Apr 2016 #12
is this how she intends to win the hearts and minds of Bernie supporters? Nevada Blue Apr 2016 #4
There's not much else she can say except to feign ignorance. Avalux Apr 2016 #5
She too busy listening to banks, oil, and big corporations to hear anything he says. onecaliberal Apr 2016 #6
Hillary voted for the Wall Street bailout. Sanders voted against it. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2016 #7
So, Hillary's strategy is to play dumb? CoffeeCat Apr 2016 #8
Perfectly said. Bernie's going off the rails these days. He should have stuck to a positive DanTex Apr 2016 #9
Meanwhile at team Hillary NWCorona Apr 2016 #10
What is dishonest? Avalon Sparks Apr 2016 #13
Most recently, supposed oil and gas industry money going to Hillary's campaign. DanTex Apr 2016 #14
I've got a raised finger and a downshift next to her while in a puddle. VulgarPoet Apr 2016 #11
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something... lumberjack_jeff Apr 2016 #15
Great quote. JudyM Apr 2016 #16
Hillary, come on girl you are smarter than that. Attempting to play dumb Autumn Apr 2016 #17
Fitting that Henry Blodget would be asking Hillary what's wrong with being close to Wall Street BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #18
Here's Hillary from that interview parroting Wall Street bullshit BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #19

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
5. There's not much else she can say except to feign ignorance.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 01:04 PM
Apr 2016

Her campaign is funded by Wall Street and Corps, there's no denying it no matter how much her supporters want to parse words and make it appear to be perfectly OK.

Hillary gets it; but she can't acknowledge it or she really is sunk. See what happens when you make a deal with the devil?

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
8. So, Hillary's strategy is to play dumb?
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 01:37 PM
Apr 2016

Yeah, I don't know what the issue is. I meet with the banksters a few times a month. They hold parties for me. I take their money.

I don't get why this is a problem.

I don't know what any of you are talking about.

Where am I?

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
9. Perfectly said. Bernie's going off the rails these days. He should have stuck to a positive
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 01:39 PM
Apr 2016

issue oriented campaign, rather than trying to smear her with these dishonest attacks.

Avalon Sparks

(2,567 posts)
13. What is dishonest?
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 01:47 PM
Apr 2016

What did he lie about?

If the Clinton campaign wants to argue that industry lobbyists giving thousands of dollars to her campaign won’t affect her decisions if she’s elected, that’s fine,”

Why call Bernie and his supporters liars for pointing out basic facts about Hillarys fundraising?

This is all public information, and quick frankly it looks like both you and Hillary must think it's a bad thing to accept all that money, if instead of justifying it Instead of claiming people lying about it.


DanTex

(20,709 posts)
14. Most recently, supposed oil and gas industry money going to Hillary's campaign.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 01:49 PM
Apr 2016

Corporations don't and can't donate to campaigns, and Bernie knows that.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
11. I've got a raised finger and a downshift next to her while in a puddle.
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 01:45 PM
Apr 2016

That's about it as far as support goes for me; especially when that car finally dies, with her or a repub in office, the economy will be shit enough that I likely wouldn't be able to get one again.

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
15. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something...
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 01:50 PM
Apr 2016

... when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
- Upton Sinclair

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
17. Hillary, come on girl you are smarter than that. Attempting to play dumb
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 01:56 PM
Apr 2016

does not become you, anymore than the company you keep.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
18. Fitting that Henry Blodget would be asking Hillary what's wrong with being close to Wall Street
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 01:58 PM
Apr 2016

As if he doesn't know what Wall Street is all about. Blodget is banned from the securities industry for life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Blodget

<In 2002, then New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer published Merrill Lynch e-mails in which Blodget gave assessments about stocks which allegedly conflicted with what was publicly published.[6] In 2003, he was charged with civil securities fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[7] He agreed to a permanent ban from the securities industry and paid a $2 million fine plus a $2 million disgorgement.[2]>

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
19. Here's Hillary from that interview parroting Wall Street bullshit
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 02:03 PM
Apr 2016

<"But you also have to make sure that you've got the credit flowing, the financial instruments, that are going to enable Main Street to be successful.">

The "financial instruments" she's talking about, derivatives, are not required for Main Street to be successful. They are instruments for Wall Street to extract money from the real economy.

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