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Mufaddal

(1,021 posts)
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 02:30 PM Feb 2016

The 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 didn’t 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 OP
You might have missed a few... immoderate Feb 2016 #1
Clinton campaign manager is a lobbyist... TTUBatfan2008 Feb 2016 #2
HRC - A Captured Creature Of Establishment Corruption cantbeserious Feb 2016 #3
any thread that includes giant robots is my kind of thread. :D roguevalley Feb 2016 #4

TTUBatfan2008

(3,623 posts)
2. Clinton campaign manager is a lobbyist...
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 02:49 PM
Feb 2016

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.

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
4. any thread that includes giant robots is my kind of thread. :D
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 03:27 PM
Feb 2016

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