Mother Jones: Clinton's Top Aides Have Lobbied for Companies Liberals Despise

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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/hillary-clinton-lobbyists-campaign-staff-keystone-lehman

Not only is Hillary taking money from lobbyists; she's also hiring them to run her campaign.

In the 2008 presidential race, Hillary Clinton made no excuses for the $2 million she collected from registered lobbyists, saying, "Based on my 35 years of fighting for what I believe in, I don’t think anybody seriously believes I'm going to be influenced by a lobbyist." But lobbyists would appear to have more than a little influence on her 2016 campaign. Not only is she still accepting donations from them—something President Obama declined to do in his 2008 and 2012 bids—but she is once again stocking her campaign with them.

There are at least six Clinton campaign staffers who, at one time or another, earned a paycheck as a registered lobbyist. They’ve lobbied for a range of controversial special interests, from the Keystone pipeline and Lehman Brothers to SeaWorld and some of the country's largest corporations.

eta: I think the title is misleading.

[Thinkingabout]

1. Maybe Bernie should have been soliciting for lobbyists support when he was meeting with them.

[orpupilofnature57]

3. Only if it's about being an insider .

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5. He has had his opportunities.

[orpupilofnature57]

14. He's more than an Opportunist, unfortunately that's exclusive , and fortunately being inclusive is

what voters are going to see, the billions spent to woo us with idiots for the cause and marginalizing anyone who tells the truth .

[think]

6. What purpose does a lobbyist serve?

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7. A lobbyist is someone hired by a business or a cause to persuade legislators to support that

business or cause. In fact you can hire a lobbyists to present your cause.

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12. But he didn't. Thats the difference. nt

[Thinkingabout]

17. Maybe Bernie can tell the truth now.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0210/Dem_senators_spent_weekend_with_bank_energy_tobacco_lobbyists.html

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18. What are you accusing him of. Going to a retreat? nt

[Thinkingabout]

20. I posted a link where Bernie met with lobbyists, you said

"But he didn't. Thats the difference".

I provided the link and now you say he went to a retreat. Gotcha, now I know every report of someone meeting with lobbyists is a retreat.

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21. No you posted "Maybe Bernie should have been soliciting for lobbyists support when he was meeting

with them" "But he didn't" solicit their support "Thats the difference".

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22. Elected officials all have to meet with lobbyists that part of their job. nt

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24. I said maybe he should have solicited for lobbyists suport when he met with them, I did not say

He did, the difference is I said he should have.

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25. But he doesn't thats the difference. He doesn't take their support (money)

And no he shouldn't, neither should anybody else. Thats why things are so screwed up now.

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26. The "retreat" was at Bernie's cost?

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27. I'm done with this. Have a good day. nt

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23. Maybe you should not try so hard to play "Gotcha" and try following the thread. nt

[orpupilofnature57]

2. That's the disconnect we Can't ignore .

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19. Sorry, deleted wrong spot nt

[virtualobserver]

4. thank god, I was worried that Lehman, Keystone pipeline wouldn't have someone looking out for them

she won't be influenced by them, they will just be pals

[Thinkingabout]

8. Or perhaps those from the tobacco, energy, and oil, there are lots of lobbyists.

[BrotherIvan]

9. We're not supposed to notice that stuff

But damn, is it depressing to read. On the bright side, her slogan isn't about hope or change because that list of corporations portends neither.

[Doctor_J]

10. I'm not really offended by alleged dems supporting her. however,

this fairy tale about how she's not a corporate bootlicker is really insulting.

[840high]

13. ... yep

[MisterP]

16. they honesetly think she's against war, fracking, and Wall Street--that in fact she's America's last

and only hope against corporate rule ... because the GOP stands for corpo rule!

[Enthusiast]

30. Yes. Fairy tale.

[weknowvino2]

11. Taste This & Tell Me If It's Bad

Invite a lobbyist for lunch. YECHT!

GO BERNIE!

[orpupilofnature57]

15. + 1000 Well Put !!!!!!

WELCOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Enthusiast]

28. Why are we expected to ignore this reality? How can Hillary supporters ignore this?

Haven't you been paying attention for the last two decades?

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29. hate to tell you this, but...

some people actually benefit from the status quo.

[emsimon33]

31. She is a 3rd Way Democrat

What do you expect?

[Scuba]

32. Hard to imagine that any well-informed liberal/progressive/Democrat would support Hillary.