2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Problem With Hillary Clinton Isn’t Just Her Corporate Cash. It’s Her Corporate Worldview.
There arent a lot of certainties left in the US presidential race, but heres one thing about which we can be absolutely sure: The Clinton camp really doesnt like talking about fossil-fuel money. Last week, when a young Greenpeace campaigner challenged Hillary Clinton about taking money from fossil-fuel companies, the candidate accused the Bernie Sanders campaign of lying and declared herself so sick of it. As the exchange went viral, a succession of high-powered Clinton supporters pronounced that there was nothing to see here and that everyone should move along.
The very suggestion that taking this money could impact Clintons actions is baseless and should stop, according to California Senator Barbara Boxer. Its flat-out false, inappropriate, and doesnt hold water, declared New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman went so far as to issue guidelines for good and bad behavior for the Sanders camp. The first guideline? Cut out the innuendo suggesting, without evidence, that Clinton is corrupt.
Thats a whole lot of firepower to slap down a non-issue. So is it an issue or not?
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http://www.thenation.com/article/the-problem-with-hillary-clinton-isnt-just-her-corporate-cash-its-her-corporate-worldview/
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