Banks Behind Hillary Clinton's Canadian Speeches Really Want The Keystone Pipeline

[azmom]

Two Canadian banks tightly connected to promoting the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in the United States either fully or partially paid for eight speeches made by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the period not long before she announced her campaign for president. Those speeches put more than $1.6 million in the Democratic candidate's pocket.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/31/hillary-clinton-speeches-keystone_n_7463108.html

[Cheese Sandwich]

1. I don't see how anyone can defend that kind of stuff.

[aspirant]

5. Hrc defense,

wait till I'm elected and I"ll share some of the story but after I'm re-elected the story won't matter anymore.

[azmom]

6. They will point out that is legal, and it is for now.; but

It's morally and ethically corrupt. This is why I'm voting for and working hard to get Bernie elected. I'm making copies to distribute at tonight's meeting.

[Cheese Sandwich]

9. Bribery is basically legal in America...

That's a problem.

I read somewhere the reason why the US scores pretty well on international indexes of corruption is because we have simply made it legal for the wealthy to give unlimited sums of money to government officials, through the revolving door and on other means.

[azmom]

16. I predict Latinos will turn away

From Hillary when things like this get around. Latinos from Mexico and South America are very familiar with political corruption. They will have no trouble connecting the dots.

[beam me up scottie]

2. "Both banks have financial ties to TransCanada, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline"

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and TD Bank were both primary sponsors of paid Clinton speeches in 2014 and early 2015, although only the former appears on the financial disclosure form she filed May 15. According to that document, CIBC paid Clinton $150,000 for a speech she gave in Whistler, British Columbia, on Jan. 22, 2015.

Clinton reported that another five speeches she gave across Canada were paid for by tinePublic Inc., a promotional company known for hosting speeches by world leaders and celebrities. Another speech was reported as paid for by the think tank Canada 2020, while yet another speech was reportedly funded by the Vancouver Board of Trade. But a review of invitations, press releases and media reports for those seven other speeches reveals that they, too, were either sponsored by or directly involved the two banks.

Both banks have financial ties to TransCanada, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, and have advocated for a massive increase in pipeline capacity, including construction of Keystone. Further, Gordon Giffin, a CIBC board member and onetime U.S. ambassador to Canada, is a former lobbyist for TransCanada and was a contributions bundler for Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign.

Now I see why HC supporters keep trying to distract us from this story.

[azmom]

7. And that is not all

The newest hire for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is a longtime strategist who played a key role in her 2008 primary defeat while working for then-Sen. Barack Obama.

He’s also a Washington lobbyist who lobbied the State Department -- led, at the time, by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- on behalf of the company seeking to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.

[azmom]

8. This is from 2013

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/03/keystone-xl-contractor-ties-transcanada-state-department

[Cheese Sandwich]

10. I've just seen this as well and was quite surprised

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023022353

[azmom]

11. I saw that. I love the graphic.

Is Clinton too conflicted to decide the Keystone pipeline? I think she is too conflicted to decide anything. We need to keep her far away from the White House.

[Agony]

3. This is Corruption.

[aspirant]

4. Here comes these Banksters again

following the Clintons around with suitcases full of money: Surprise, Surprise.

[Zorra]

12. If Bernie become Prez, this, and other things like it, will become illegal within

one year of replacing the first conservative SCOTUS justice.

And Citizen's United will be numero uno on the list.

[Armstead]

13. Why do threads stating basic problems like this get crickets from her supporters?

I wish some of them would just be honest and say they don;t care who supports her or why.

[Zorra]

14. Maybe there are a whole lot of oligarchists here? nt

[azmom]

15. Who knew?

Sanders is the people's president. No oligarchs allowed.