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TheDormouse

(1,168 posts)
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 01:06 PM Apr 2016

How Hillary & DNC using loopholes for legal money laundering



Cenk Uygur/The Young Turks

So you wonder why all of the superdelegates went to Hillary Clinton? Well, this is among the reasons. One of the reasons is they're like, "Hey, listen, we'll get some of our billionaire donors to throw some money in your direction too--whether it's the state parties or the DNC; and then you guys can use that for your own re-election."

"Hmmm... Some of the bribes come to me? OK, YES, OF COURSE! I'M WITH HILLARY!"

Or, at a bare minumum, "Nah, I'm not gonna to say who I'm with." -- That's the best case scenario.

Most of them just raise their hands right away: "Hillary! Hillary! I'm with Hillary! Gimme the money, gimme the money, gimme the money!"

Gee, I wonder why these politicians decided they were going to support Hillary Clinton instead of Bernie Sanders. It's because Bernie Sanders forgot to bribe them! (laughs) Silly Sanders!
@5:33

And that's how we wash the money. And then by the time you hand it off to Hillary Clinton, it's all clean. That's called money laundering. Now, it's all legal because they legalize bribery, they legalize money laundering--as long as it goes to politicians, you can bribe them all they want.
@6:56

based on reporting published by CounterPunch
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/01/how-hillary-clinton-bought-the-loyalty-of-33-state-democratic-parties/
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JudyM

(29,251 posts)
1. We could offer the alternative of refusing that $, if they insist on backing Clinton despite votes.
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 01:12 PM
Apr 2016

They should prove it's not about the money.

TheDormouse

(1,168 posts)
4. although it WOULD be worth someone influential making that suggestion very publicly
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 11:15 PM
Apr 2016

then seeing what happens

TheDormouse

(1,168 posts)
3. Btw the CounterPunch writer played Lois Lane in Superman (1978)
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 02:09 PM
Apr 2016

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Margot Kidder.

Joob

(1,065 posts)
7. They're trying to pass laws to regulate information on the internet.
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 04:42 PM
Apr 2016

So I mean, hopefully, we can always search and find information and that'll never be taken away. Like some countries have.

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