2016 Postmortem
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..."Clinton"?
Do we really want a dynasty in this country?
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firebrand80
(2,760 posts)I don't care what her last name is
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Hillary was paid heavily for speeches to the same institutions who crashed the economy with their hedge fund schemes and toxic mortgage-backed securities.
Her son-in-law worked 8 years in the hedge fund industry at Goldman Sachs before starting his own hedge fund group into which the Goldman Sachs CEO is invested.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/business/dealbook/for-clintons-a-hedge-fund-in-the-family.html
And her campaign manager John Podesta (Group) handles PR (public relations) for billions of dollars in arms sales to the Saudis from such big players like Lockheed Martin.
You know Saudi Arabia?... the country responsible for 9/11?
Well the John Podesta Group is essentially a go-between that helps Saudi Arabia with their image to further sales growth in weaponry, etc.
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/01/07/washingtons-multi-million-dollar-saudi-pr-machine
In Latin America her support for coup regimes, militarization, and privatization; trade deals that wreak economic havoc, all of which have resulted in death.
http://www.thenation.com/article/a-voters-guide-to-hillary-clintons-policies-in-latin-america/
"Hillary has nothing to brag about: Her foreign policy record is a disaster"
http://www.salon.com/2016/01/23/there_is_no_foreign_policy_d_league_hillarys_foreign_policy_disastrous_experience_partner/
She has waffled mightily regarding the potentially disastrous Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal (TPP).
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/oct/08/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-now-opposes-trans-pacific-partners/
She was for fracking and the Keystone XL pipeline before she told us she isn't.
"Hillary Clinton's State Department Sold Fracking to the World"
http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/hillary-clinton-fracking-shale-state-department-chevron
She is a recent convert to supporting same sex marriage after a decade of opposing it.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jun/17/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-change-position-same-sex-marriage/
Look...the military industrial banking complex is powerful and they want her at the helm.
The .1%'s gravy train must be protected in their view.
Bottom line...The powers that be are much more comfortable with her as President rather than Bernie.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511761019
Dawgs
(14,755 posts)NV Whino
(20,886 posts)onecaliberal
(32,882 posts)uponit7771
(90,348 posts)DemocracyDirect
(708 posts)But yes Bernie's plans are far more inspiring.
uponit7771
(90,348 posts)DemocracyDirect
(708 posts)... then someone whose every answer is support the rich.
uponit7771
(90,348 posts)Wilms
(26,795 posts)uponit7771
(90,348 posts)Wilms
(26,795 posts)Bernie gets called out for having been an independent. Meanwhile, no one in Congress has a better record voting with Democrats.
Strange.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)uponit7771
(90,348 posts)EmperorHasNoClothes
(4,797 posts)Seems the Repubs didn't want that dynasty continuing either.
DemocracyDirect
(708 posts)That's why whenever they get to vote they vote for Bernie.
Ino
(3,366 posts)as Reagan's VP for 8 years.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)Clinton impeachment bookends. That's going to hurt Democrats for a good while.
brooklynite
(94,686 posts)And RFK?