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Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:42 AM Nov 2015

HILLARY'S concern for WALL STREET during 9/11

Hillary: "I represented New York and I represented New York on 9/11 when we were attacked. Where were we attacked? We were attacked in downtown Manhattan where Wall Street is. I did spend a whole lot of time and effort helping them rebuild. That was good for New York. It was good for the economy, and it was a way to rebuke the terrorists who had attacked our country"

OMG this is the most lame thing Hillary has said ifor a long time. What about the victims that were killed in the Towers? I guess she was also worried that Wall Street buildings with their plush offices were damaged by the attacks?

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HILLARY'S concern for WALL STREET during 9/11 (Original Post) Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 OP
K&R! marym625 Nov 2015 #1
Several threads on this, but I don't mind chiming in again. Juicy_Bellows Nov 2015 #2
Yes Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #4
With her help they got the new willvotesdem Nov 2015 #3
A noun a verb and 9-11. Referring to "the homeland". pa28 Nov 2015 #5
The other lame/facepalm comment... MrMickeysMom Nov 2015 #6
Like an own goal Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #8
Wow! You just gave a song a greater meaning to me! arcane1 Nov 2015 #29
Haha yep! Juicy_Bellows Nov 2015 #9
It did Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #15
you really do not get the HUGE and lasting impact 9/11 had on thousands of lives? bettyellen Nov 2015 #7
The concern for Wall Street Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #12
We lost a huge amount of firms- both large and small. I don't know how to explain to you the bettyellen Nov 2015 #36
A lot of people died Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #40
Are you actually saying this to a New Yorker? What the FUCK? bettyellen Nov 2015 #48
Pffft! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #50
So nice that you and Rosa are yukking it up about 9/11. Awesome. bettyellen Nov 2015 #54
Sorry. I must have misunderstood your intent. Disregard the post. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #56
But what does this have to do with her being cozy with Wall street now? nt artislife Nov 2015 #45
Her donor base has been heavily NY and NYC in particular. 9/11 is actually a real reason for that. bettyellen Nov 2015 #58
Thanks bettyellen. Sorry you have to restate the obvious. R B Garr Nov 2015 #61
She is also not supposed to talk about being a woman. If 60% of her donors are women..... bettyellen Nov 2015 #63
Tha's funny artislife Nov 2015 #68
As long as we have framed it as all about you, sure. Way to go. bettyellen Nov 2015 #69
Whatever. artislife Nov 2015 #70
It's a ridiculous argument that doesn't make sense... MrMickeysMom Nov 2015 #13
This will come back to haunt her Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #16
Sounds like that and more... MrMickeysMom Nov 2015 #20
Watch for the 'spin doctors' Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #22
That's all they got, Rosa... That's all they got. MrMickeysMom Nov 2015 #32
Yep! Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #33
that was meant for her donor class, not for us. putitinD Nov 2015 #26
What is this? Fucking India? MrMickeysMom Nov 2015 #34
At the WTC...Wall Street itself was unscathed. Ken Burch Nov 2015 #52
Wall St is not literally all on Wall St. WTC was targeted because of finance. bettyellen Nov 2015 #55
Not her finest moment tonight. EndElectoral Nov 2015 #10
When in doubt...9/11! votesparks Nov 2015 #11
Doing a Giuliani Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #14
omg Cheese Sandwich Nov 2015 #18
I haven't seen that before. Lol. pa28 Nov 2015 #21
lol - You should see 840high Nov 2015 #43
It's heading towards becoming a famous quote Babel_17 Nov 2015 #17
Yet ANOTHER fabrication by the supporters of Grandpa Bernie. Got sources? Beausoir Nov 2015 #19
Que? Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #23
And by fabrication you mean the words she said during the debate. pa28 Nov 2015 #24
I watched the entire debate. She said nothing of the sort. Get it? Beausoir Nov 2015 #25
what of the sort? Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #27
The OP provided a direct quote from the debate. pa28 Nov 2015 #31
Google confirms it Babel_17 Nov 2015 #57
Then your cable went out JackInGreen Nov 2015 #35
Holy mother of denial. Juicy_Bellows Nov 2015 #39
Ha ha ha ha artislife Nov 2015 #46
Apparently "Grandpa Bernie" has better hearing than that poster. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #49
Grandpa Bernie Lordquinton Nov 2015 #51
Grandpa Bernie!?! WTF, sexist, ageist much? Cosmic Kitten Nov 2015 #67
Won't somebody please think of the investment banks. Cheese Sandwich Nov 2015 #28
but...but... Wall Street... the humanity! ! Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #30
People are going to ask, "What did she DO?".... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2015 #37
We were attacked in Manhattan where coyote Nov 2015 #38
This has had a chilling effect on DU. Has it not? Enthusiast Nov 2015 #41
Yes Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #42
Cantor Fitzgerald lost 650 people flamingdem Nov 2015 #44
And that is why she takes so much money from them now? nt artislife Nov 2015 #47
That's to the point that Wall St flamingdem Nov 2015 #53
A rare bit of honesty from Ms Hillary Goldman Sachs Clinton. n/t 99Forever Nov 2015 #59
That was 15 years ago. Then we had the Wall St crash, when apparently they needed help AGAIN sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #60
It does show that she cannot handle 'an unprepared for question' Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #62
She was angry. Inappropriately imo. We have a right to know these things about sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #64
I think she should have stayed a senator Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #66
resentful NYC got "bailed out" after 9/11? When the rest of America grabbed the 9/11 pork and bettyellen Nov 2015 #65
Psssst.... MohRokTah Nov 2015 #71

Juicy_Bellows

(2,427 posts)
2. Several threads on this, but I don't mind chiming in again.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:48 AM
Nov 2015

It was ridiculous! Unbelievable and just about the worst response possible to the question. If she said, "Excuse me, I just farted a little" it would have been a better response.

 

willvotesdem

(75 posts)
3. With her help they got the new
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:49 AM
Nov 2015

super leather (vegan friendly) executive chairs. Made from un-dead cow hides.

Her lameness will put a republican in the presidents office and will give him broad coat tails. If we nominate HRC it will set back the Democratic party (and America) for a decade or several.

pa28

(6,145 posts)
5. A noun a verb and 9-11. Referring to "the homeland".
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:50 AM
Nov 2015

That might have worked to the advantage of a cynical politician trying to use a terror attack for political points ten years ago. Fortunately it's not ten years ago.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
6. The other lame/facepalm comment...
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:50 AM
Nov 2015

... going after those hedge fund managers... Her daughter's profession!

Gahh!

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
29. Wow! You just gave a song a greater meaning to me!
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:17 AM
Nov 2015

The song "Helium" by the British band Skyclad uses the phrase "own goal" which I always assumed was a reference to someone's life goals, in general. Thanks to you, I now know it's a soccer reference and it makes the lyric SOOOOOO much more meaningful!!

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
7. you really do not get the HUGE and lasting impact 9/11 had on thousands of lives?
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:51 AM
Nov 2015

A hole sector of the city was cordoned off and pretty much died for a while. The impacts lasted for many years.

Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)
12. The concern for Wall Street
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:54 AM
Nov 2015

the people who lost their lives and are sick from the attacks....but Wall Street?

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
36. We lost a huge amount of firms- both large and small. I don't know how to explain to you the
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 03:58 AM
Nov 2015

enormous economic impacts, I know three people who lost their small businesses. Tons of office workers were relocated to NJ. A huge section of NYC was a ghost town just long enough to kill off tons of businesses and force thousands of people into relocating out of the area. It was a much bigger thing for NYC than many people realize. The rest of the country was grabbing up the pork and buying fucking tanks and anti-terrorist shit they didn;t need. We got fucked. I guess that kept em all busy.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
58. Her donor base has been heavily NY and NYC in particular. 9/11 is actually a real reason for that.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:30 PM
Nov 2015

I'm kind of shocked to find out that people think this is weird. It was a very difficult period (of years) for NYC, not limited to but particularly people (of all strata) that worked in finance in any way. It's not always about the 1%. Take your blinders off, it's insulting.

R B Garr

(16,990 posts)
61. Thanks bettyellen. Sorry you have to restate the obvious.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:57 PM
Nov 2015

I'm dismayed that 9/11 is used as a means to malign New York now just because Wall Street is the new BS chew toy.

I say that and don't even know who you support, but it's obvious that anyone and everything, including common sense, is to be tossed aside to support the BS narrative. Only BS can embrace 9/11 now, Clinton can't even respond to his smears without being smeared again. It is offensive.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
63. She is also not supposed to talk about being a woman. If 60% of her donors are women.....
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 03:09 PM
Nov 2015

is anyone (supporting Bernie) connecting the dots that they are also fucking underpaid, and not part of the 1%?

There seems to be an anti- NYC sentiment brewing. Maybe because we don't like guns? It kind of pisses me off because it was those gun owners across thew country beating the fucking war drums after 9/11, and not NYers. HRC did a great job for NYC when we were in dire straights, and it's amazing people can't even give her that. I feel like they have some idiot notion we are all millionaires here.

 

artislife

(9,497 posts)
68. Tha's funny
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 03:52 PM
Nov 2015

I find her relationship with Wall Street and the rest of the financial community insulting after 2008.

But then my stocks and condo weren't worth millions. I had a crappy little condo in the the poor town by the Boeing plant. My stocks were less than 20,000 but both together were to build a little nest egg so I wouldn't have to face retirement with just SS.

All gone. The condo never recovered it to the price I bought it for in 99. Still.

Yeah. I find her backers and the people she "protects" insulting.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
13. It's a ridiculous argument that doesn't make sense...
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:55 AM
Nov 2015

If you're going to talk about 9/11 out of context, just bringing it into a defense position when it didn't even support the argument, then it's fair game to think it's RIDICULOUS.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
20. Sounds like that and more...
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:03 AM
Nov 2015

The brutality of the DLC polls, audience make-up, trolls on this discussion board and MSM are stunning!

Once these people are revealed for who they are, I hope it comes back to haunt all of them!

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
34. What is this? Fucking India?
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:20 AM
Nov 2015

Are we supposed to think we're in a class system?

Lords and surfs? Wall Street, and for the rest of us, a useless fucking survey they were going to pay attention to?

WOW, man... I gott shower now.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
52. At the WTC...Wall Street itself was unscathed.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:46 AM
Nov 2015

It was justifiable helping at Ground Zero...not blocks away where no one was even harmed and the investment bankers were back to emptying out pension funds within a week.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
55. Wall St is not literally all on Wall St. WTC was targeted because of finance.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 06:16 AM
Nov 2015

oh jeeze, this is crazy.

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
17. It's heading towards becoming a famous quote
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:59 AM
Nov 2015

And it will focus attention on donations from Wall Street and other groups.

pa28

(6,145 posts)
31. The OP provided a direct quote from the debate.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:18 AM
Nov 2015

Here is a link to a third source. Pardon my abruptness if you happen to be living in an alternate universe where Hillary said nothing of the kind. I envy you if that's the case.

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/14/9737026/clinton-wall-street-911

Juicy_Bellows

(2,427 posts)
39. Holy mother of denial.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:13 AM
Nov 2015

Seriously? It's all over the internet, not only that, it's in the OP!

Grandpa Bernie?

Come on!

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
67. Grandpa Bernie!?! WTF, sexist, ageist much?
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 03:17 PM
Nov 2015

Leys see how this fits...

So *Grandma Hillary*
didn't invoke 9-11 as an
excuse for becoming Wall St's
most valuable defender?

 

coyote

(1,561 posts)
38. We were attacked in Manhattan where
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:10 AM
Nov 2015

8.5 million people live.... That would've been a more appropriate response. Goes to show where her priorities are, the people versus Wall Street

flamingdem

(39,331 posts)
44. Cantor Fitzgerald lost 650 people
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:25 AM
Nov 2015

New York is a company town and the company is Wall Street.

Like the film industry in LA. When Wall Street went down in 1989 New York fell down.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
60. That was 15 years ago. Then we had the Wall St crash, when apparently they needed help AGAIN
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:36 PM
Nov 2015

this time to get themselves bailed out AGAIN by the tax payers.

It was not her finest moment. Invoking 9/11 should be left to Giuliani who just can't stop himself from blurting out '9/11' every time he's allowed near a microphone. He has profited greatly from that terrible tragedy.

Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)
62. It does show that she cannot handle 'an unprepared for question'
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 03:03 PM
Nov 2015

A president should be able to think on their feet not produced canned responses. You could see that she was caught. Bernie played well.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
64. She was angry. Inappropriately imo. We have a right to know these things about
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 03:09 PM
Nov 2015

those who want the job of leading this county. It would be better to admit her close ties to Wall St and explain why she keeps those ties, what is her reasoning, how can she serve the people when their interests are so threatening to Wall St's. She still hasn't explained that and her diversion to 9/11 pretty much shocked a lot of people.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
65. resentful NYC got "bailed out" after 9/11? When the rest of America grabbed the 9/11 pork and
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 03:11 PM
Nov 2015

armed themselves to the teeth for no goddamned reason? Those being the same places that were beating the war drums.
Awesome guys, thanks a fuck ton for your aggressive and greedy ass response to our tragedy.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
71. Psssst....
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:45 PM
Nov 2015

Most of the victims in the towers were financial industry employees. The World Trade Center is where many of the traders worked, not on the actual Wall Street.

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