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Related: About this forumThe Clinton campaign at this point is basically a grotesque Voltron built out of lobbyists
Hillary's campaign has its bases covered, with advisers, officials, and strategists representing:
✓ The health insurance lobby
✓ The Wall St. lobby
✓ The junk food lobby
✓ The private prison lobby
✓ The fossil fuel lobby
Speaking to The Hill last year, Tony Podesta said that unlike President Obama, who instituted a ban on registered lobbyists in his administration, K Street will find a more welcome home in a Clinton White House.
I think Hillary Clinton will be the next nominee and probably be the next president, but whomever the next president is will not maintain the lobbying ban, he predicted. It was a good applause line for Obama, but it didnt seem to make much sense for policy.
I think Hillary Clinton will be the next nominee and probably be the next president, but whomever the next president is will not maintain the lobbying ban, he predicted. It was a good applause line for Obama, but it didnt seem to make much sense for policy.
Full article: https://theintercept.com/2016/02/08/hrc-inner-circle-lobbyists/
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The Clinton campaign at this point is basically a grotesque Voltron built out of lobbyists (Original Post)
Mufaddal
Feb 2016
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immoderate
(20,885 posts)1. You might have missed a few...
Education? Military? I know, it's hard to keep up.
--imm
TTUBatfan2008
(3,623 posts)2. Clinton campaign manager is a lobbyist...
with a lobbyist brother and said brother's ex-wife is a lobbyist. Meanwhile the Clintons have a former right wing race baiter employed as their attack dog against Sanders. This pretty much sums up everything. The Clintons are not "real" Democrats, they are moderate Republicans who loyally serve the war machine and Wall Street.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)3. HRC - A Captured Creature Of Establishment Corruption
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roguevalley
(40,656 posts)4. any thread that includes giant robots is my kind of thread. :D
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