Lawrence Noble: Clinton hypocrisy on campaign cash

[Omaha Steve]

I did a search and found nothing under this title. Sorry if this is a dupe.


http://www.omaha.com/opinion/lawrence-noble-clinton-hypocrisy-on-campaign-cash/article_1909046a-2d8e-59a5-81b2-a7d9abcc0ec5.html#facebook-comments

POSTED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2015 1:00 AM
The author, general counsel of the Federal Election Commission from 1987 to 2000, wrote this for the Washington Post.


According to Hillary Clinton’s campaign website, “Hillary’s vision for America” includes “campaign finance reform” as an issue “she will fight for as president.”

“We have to end the flood of secret, unaccountable money that is distorting our elections, corrupting our political system, and drowning out the voices of too many everyday Americans,” she says.

These are inspiring words as our democracy devolves into a plutocracy where the wealthiest have the power to select who governs us. But they are hard to square with the way Clinton is running her campaign.

Like most of the major presidential candidates (Sen. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are exceptions), Clinton has a super PAC, Correct the Record, that can accept unlimited individual, labor and corporate contributions to pay for ads and other support for her campaign.

FULL story at link.


THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on stage at the start of a rally Sunday in Boston.

[nc4bo]

1. ugh.

[Ino]

2. She wouldn't fight for it during her first term...

because of course she will need all those billions to win a second term.

Just more of the lip service she's so good at... say whatever you need to say to win, then do what you want because "you know, it's complicated..."

[AzDar]

3. K & R

[Doctor_J]

4. The good news is that no one believes her anyway

So all of her campaign rhetoric is just bogus sound bites for her supporters to litter the internet with