Hillary Clinton denounces income inequality in populist speech

[pnwmom]

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05/16/14 02:54 PM—UPDATED 05/16/14 07:43 PM

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“The dream of upward mobility that made this country a model for the world feels further and further out of reach and many Americans understandably feel frustrated, even angry,” Clinton said.

Clinton told the audience that middle class incomes had stagnated over the last decade even as the average worker’s productivity had increased significantly in the same period. She pointed to studies that showed 4 out of 10 children born into the lowest rung on the economic ladder remained there as adults.

“And where is it all going?” Clinton asked. “Economists have documented how the share of income and wealth going to those at the very top, not just the top 1 percent but the top 0.1 percent, the 0.01 percent of the population, has risen sharply over the last generation,” she said. “Some are calling it a throwback to the Gilded Age of the robber barons.”

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“As Secretary of State I saw the way extreme inequality has corrupted other societies, hobbled growth and left entire generations alienated and unmoored,” she said.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-goes-populist

[cali]

1. her actions have consistently belied this speech

[pnwmom]

2. Yeah, right.

Hint: her name isn't "Bill."

So what actions did she take, as Secretary of State or as Senator, that aligned her with the 1% against the 99%?

[cali]

10. Big honking clue: I said HER actions. I didn't mention bill, did I?

I meant HER actions. and a truckload of her previous words- from supporting outsourcing:

When Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton flew to New Delhi to meet with Indian business leaders in 2005, she offered a blunt assessment of the loss of American jobs across the Pacific. "There is no way to legislate against reality," she declared. "Outsourcing will continue. . . . We are not against all outsourcing; we are not in favor of putting up fences."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/07/AR2007090702780.html

to supporting Wall Street over the middle class:

Hillary Clinton Tells Wall Street She Believes Anti-Wall Street Rhetoric ‘Foolish’

http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/12/12/hillary-clinton-tells-wall-street-she-believes-anti-wall-street-rhetoric-foolish/

She is an opportunist who will say anything and not blink at the starkest contradictions in her own rhetoric.

[pnwmom]

80. You don't think she's changed her views since 2005. I think the 2008 financial crisis changed them.

[cali]

93. I see no evidence of that. Her push for fracking, her support for the TPP

her very cozy relationship and ardent defense of Wall street, etc.

[pipoman]

11. start here

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5523327

[pnwmom]

79. Hillary supported her husband as the First Lady. Would you expect her to oppose him publicly?

But some years later when she voted on CAFTA in the Senate, she voted no.

[pipoman]

94. What indication has she ever made that she opposes

TPP? Has told the truth about the results and continuing effects of NAFTA? Or the GATT? No, on the contrary, she has been nothing but an apologist for the overwhelmingly negative issues with these agreements on the 99%. No, anyone who pretends she isn't all in on the TPP has some proving to do. ..

[magical thyme]

69. TPP. TPPIP. nt

[pnwmom]

78. There is no TPP yet and she's no longer part of whatever negotiations are

still ongoing.

But her job was to represent what the President wanted, not her own views.

[DonCoquixote]

89. oh please

You act like she was in some boiler room having to slave for what Obama wanted, while many times she was kneecapping him. Then again, we all know how Obama told her to wage war in Syria...wait, she just published din her book that she wanted to go to Syria, and Obama refused. She did this at a time when the GOP is attacking Obama for not going to Syria....hmmm.

[bornskeptic]

91. Wrong! She never advocated going to war in Syria.

She wanted to do, two years ago, what Obama wants to do right now - arm and train the Free Syrian Army. I don't know if that can accomplish anything worthwhile now, but if it makes sense to do it now, then it would have made a lot more sense two years ago, begore the FSA was decimated and before ISIL became so powerful.

[DonCoquixote]

104. and what part of that is not war?

Especially since the Russian support Assad, because they have their one base in the Mediterrean there?

[DonCoquixote]

88. ok, here ya go

1) Support the TPP, which will gut the ability of government to resist corporate abuse

2) Support the Trans-Canada pipeline, which eventually will make Deepwater Horizon look like a party, as even if there is no spill into our water, it will help the Chinese burn more of that sulfur laden oil.

3) Support the idea of war in Syria, which means that more of the poor will be spent to die for oil, and then have their Food stamps taken away because that same war machine ate the budget.

All of these thing can be linked to Hillary Clinton.

Oh, and let's not forget being a supporter of H1-b visas.

[still_one]

9. are you that ignorant that you are not even aware of her voting record?

http://www.ontheissues.org/hillary_clinton.htm

No salary increase for Congress until minimum wage increased. (Jul 2007)
Would accept minimum wage as president. (Jul 2007)
Stand up for unions; organize for fair wages. (Jun 2007)
Get tough with China and bring jobs back home. (Feb 2007)
Minimum wage increases haven’t kept up with Congress’ wages. (Dec 2006)
Passed 2 planks of 7-plank platform, “New Jobs for New York”. (Oct 2006)
Minimum wage should be tied to congressional salaries. (Jun 2006)
Pushed for extension of unemployment insurance. (Feb 2004)
The working poor deserve a living wage. (Oct 1999)
America can afford to raise the minimum wage. (Sep 1999)
Recently “we’re in it together” became “you’re on your own”. (Sep 1996)
Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Nov 2008)
Voted NO on terminating legal challenges to English-only job rules. (Mar 2008)
Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Jun 2007)
Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Feb 2007)
Voted YES on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)
Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
Protect overtime pay protections. (Jun 2003)
Rated 85% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
Sponsored bill linking minimum wage to Congress' pay raises. (May 2006)
Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
Sponsored bill enforcing against gender pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)

[cali]

12. I pay attention to her contradictions.

Are you so ignorant that you're unaware that she is a major player on pro-corporate FTAs? Are you so ignorant that you're unaware of her support for outsourcing?

guess so.

[still_one]

24. fair rebuttal, but not everything in that record is a contradiction, and a lot is pro-labor, and she

has been consistent on that.

Regardless, the equating her, (not necessarily by you), but by some as a republican, is about as logically as Nader telling us there is no difference between Democrats and republicans. Even if nothing else was in consideration, the Supreme Court difference should be obvious to most people.

[randys1]

76. Was not aware of some of this...thanks.

How could ANYONE claiming to be progressive or liberal in anyway, look at this list and then say they will risk putting a con in over this person...

That is what I wanna know...

[still_one]

85. I understand how one may not agree with everything, but I really disagree with the characterization

she is a republican. Onost issues she is progressive

[hfojvt]

46. I think the speech is trickier than that

I notice that she mentioned the 1%, the 0.1% and the 0.01%.

One of my main complaint about Clintons, and many Democrats of their type, is that they serve the 80th to 99th percentile and call THAT group the "middle class".

It's like a "kinder, gentler" form of trickle down.

[cali]

3. Hillary is a principle architect of the TTP which will hugely exacerbate income inequality

it couldn't be more pro-corporate

[pnwmom]

5. Oh, that TPP that is still a work in progress, and of which you have no way of knowing

what sort of input she is trying to make?

[pipoman]

14. And why is that?

Oh, that's right, because she has consistently protected and defended the secrecy of the agreement, huh? A true American she is...ffs

[Enthusiast]

97. A secret work in progress that we know will not benefit working class Americans.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

4. Good for her!

Yet another place where she has given a speech in agreement with the standard democratic position.

Are you planning to post a snippet of every single speech she's ever given where she's said that she is in agreement with general Democratic principles just like all of her other potential primary opponents?

[pnwmom]

7. I will whenever I want to. I'm sick of ignorant people misstating her positions. n/t

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

13. You're perfectly free to.

As I'm perfectly free to point out that every other potential challenger holds pretty much the same positions, and that her doing so as well doesn't actually make her anything special in the primary.

Maybe you could point out where she holds positions that are actually better, and farther left than her potential opponents? That's more likely to win over primary votes, after all.

[stevenleser]

16. You attacked someone else for posting a link that I hadn't seen before.

Even if someone posts links multiple times, if its about the potential Democratic nominee's positions I think a little repetition is something we can all handle.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

37. He'd posted it before under another comment of mine just a day or so back.

And I mistakenly thought he'd just done it again, although it turned out I got the nesting wrong, and he was posting it to the person who'd responded to mine.

I'm fine with people posting it as many times as they want to different people, but posting the same thing over and over to the same person is simply spamming, and has no discursive value, which is why I, as you put it, 'attacked'.

Would you want someone posting the *exact* same thing in response to your comments over and over again?

[hfojvt]

36. I think in this case

her position is worse.

Notice how she mentions the 1% the 0.1% and the 0.01%.

Why is that bad?

Because of policy.

Consider this policy - a big giant tax cut. One that gives a whopping 74% of its benefits to the bottom 99%, and doubtless it gives an even greater percentage of benefits to the bottom 99.9% to say nothing of the bottom 99.99%. Truly, this is a tax cut for the "middle class" which obviously will reduce inequality.

The name of that policy? - the Bush tax cuts.

Here's another example. Hillary, bless her dear heart, was strongly against raising the cap on social security taxes. Why? Because, in her words that would be a "trillion dollar tax increase on the middle class".

Of course, in real time, I nailed her to the wall on that BS, in a journal entry I cannot find any more. But then the Obama campaign took a page out of my journal and THIS happened in a debate.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2618869

[still_one]

15. misstating it, misrepresenting it, and obviously not even aware of her voting record. What that

tells me is that some have a visceral dislike for her they will not even look at the facts

No salary increase for Congress until minimum wage increased. (Jul 2007)
Would accept minimum wage as president. (Jul 2007)
Stand up for unions; organize for fair wages. (Jun 2007)
Get tough with China and bring jobs back home. (Feb 2007)
Minimum wage increases haven’t kept up with Congress’ wages. (Dec 2006)
Passed 2 planks of 7-plank platform, “New Jobs for New York”. (Oct 2006)
Minimum wage should be tied to congressional salaries. (Jun 2006)
Pushed for extension of unemployment insurance. (Feb 2004)
The working poor deserve a living wage. (Oct 1999)
America can afford to raise the minimum wage. (Sep 1999)
Recently “we’re in it together” became “you’re on your own”. (Sep 1996)
Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Nov 2008)
Voted NO on terminating legal challenges to English-only job rules. (Mar 2008)
Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Jun 2007)
Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Feb 2007)
Voted YES on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)
Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
Protect overtime pay protections. (Jun 2003)
Rated 85% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
Sponsored bill linking minimum wage to Congress' pay raises. (May 2006)
Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
Sponsored bill enforcing against gender pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)

[cali]

18. go for it. I'm sick of people pretending Hillary is anything but what she is

a corporatist and war supporter. You can post all the paeans to Hill you wish, and I can post evidence that she talks out of both sides of her mouth.

[Laelth]

6. Good, good, and double-good.

I am pleased to see Hillary Clinton addressing the real issues that affect the American people.

-Laelth

[pipoman]

17. Lol...yeah, right

[pipoman]

8. In other news

Echoing promises of lowered trade barriers, improved labor conditions and environmental protections made by NAFTA advocates two decades earlier, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Hanoi, Viet Nam in 2012 promoted the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the most far-reaching trade agreement ever, encompassing 12 Pacific Rim countries. Secretary Clinton stated support for free expression online, and pronounced, "Democracy and prosperity go hand-in-hand," even as the backroom dealings of hundreds of corporate lobbyists have engaged in writing the TPP to challenge everything from Net Neutrality to democratic process and state sovereignty. An amplification of NAFTA provisions, leaked segments of the secretive treaty reveal thatwholesale powers granted by the TPP to corporations would permit them to sue governments for alleged lost profits in special international tribunals that bypass the U.S. court system, and to advocate overturn of regulatory laws intended to protect people and the environment...

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5523327

[pnwmom]

20. These drafts are works in progress put together by people/countries with competing interests

so until there is a final draft and Hilary takes a position on it, we really don't know anything.

[pipoman]

21. When there is a "final draft" nobody can see it but the privileged few

We know that we were collectively fucked by NAFTA and the same bunch of fuckers are working hard to fuck us once again with Hillary leading the charge. No, she is exactly more of the same.

[pnwmom]

23. She opposed CAFTA, which followed NAFTA. She already changed course. nt

[pipoman]

28. Where? when? Has she came out against TPP?

Has she leaked a copy of the draft? No, she is steadfastly in favor after the agreement, in favor of "outsourcing", and is an enemy of US labor and the 99%.

[pnwmom]

31. There's nothing to come out against when the draft is still being negotiated. n/t

[pipoman]

32. Lol.. you are too much...

[nationalize the fed]

19. Secretary Clinton Comments on the Transpacific System (TPP)

The Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty is the complete opposite of 'free trade'
The TPP would strip our constitutional rights, while offering no gains for the majority of Americans. It's a win for corporations

Mark Weisbrot The Guardian Tuesday 19 November 2013

...Exhibit A was released by WikiLeaks last week: the latest draft of the "intellectual property" chapter of the agreement, one of 24 (out of 29) chapters that do not have to do with trade. This chapter has provisions that will make it easier for pharmaceutical companies to get patents, including in developing countries; have these patents for more years; and extend the ability of these companies to limit access to the scientific data that is necessary for other researchers to develop new medicines. And the United States is even pushing for provisions that would allow surgical procedures to be patented – provisions that may be currently against US law...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/19/trans-pacific-partnership-corporate-usurp-congress

Mark Weisbrot is co-director of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research in Washington DC. He is also president of Just Foreign Policy. He co-wrote Oliver Stone's documentary South of the Border.

[pnwmom]

22. As SoS, her job was to represent POTUS's positions, not her own. And the agreement

still isn't even in final form.

[nationalize the fed]

26. So what IS her position on the TPP? nt

[pnwmom]

27. She won't have one until it's final. And she isn't a governmental official anymore,

so she's not directly involved.

[LawDeeDah]

54. The coup in the Honduras was not supported by the President

He denounced it like most of the rest of the world but Hillary had other ideas, one of which was to send that Tower of Integrity Lanny Davis to make business deals to enrich further the rich and to rip Honduras down even further into the poverty and desperation elevator - Hillary contributed to the flow of children from Honduras to cross into America. She does care so deeply about women and children, after all.

The Clintons seem to have their own agenda and it is convenient to blame things that don't go well on Obama, but things that do go well, must be those savvy Clintons ideas, right?

[pnwmom]

82. I'm interested in what Hillary supposedly did in Honduras. Do you have a link for that?

[LawDeeDah]

87. Not handy, no. It will be easy to find on googly

plug in Lanny Davis and Honduras, coup and SoS Clinton and you should find enough material.

[arcane1]

102. If it's that easy, you can do it yourself to back up your claim.

It's impolite to put the burden on others for something you assert without evidence.

[LawDeeDah]

103. This is a subject some people don't want to know about.

The site will be unreliable, the writer a stooge or 'clinton hater', or the many reasons to avoid talking about the facts. So if you really want to know, you will have to find it - it's not difficult and there are many sources.

It's kind of more impolite to support coups and plop the likes of a Lanny Davis in the cash pile.

[Romulox]

25. LOLOL. Good one! nt

[merrily]

29. Re-branding. Different wrapper. Same contents. Don't buy it.

http://election.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5544144

[pnwmom]

30. Your post doesn't contain a single specific. She was an extremely popular Senator

from the very blue state of NY, with a lengthy voting record for progressive bills.

What economic bill did she vote for that you opposed?

[merrily]

34. Doesn't need specifics. I think every DUer will get that post,

especially if the open the link.

They may agree; they may disagree; but they'll know exactly what I mean.

[joeybee12]

33. The haters will pile on, but you have to admit this about Hilary...

She knows which way the wind is blowing.

[merrily]

35. That's why she wears pantsuits. And is trying to rebrand.

All professional pols at that level know which way the political wind is blowing. Internal and independent polling, analysts, strategists. No special skill on her part.

Bill is by far the smartest man I ever heard speak on politics. That's why I was stunned she ran a racially tinged campaign for a Dem primary. And if you do not agree she did, I don't want to re-live it, so I will just say she definitely did.

BTW, the pantsuits bit was intended as humor. Winds are not great if you are wearing fuller skirts and straight skirts are not comfortable for long plane rides, etc.

Haters Ugh. Can't we ever grow up? Disagreeing with her politics and not wanting to vote for her for President doesn't mean hating her. I would not have voted for my mom for President and I mourned her every day for 20 years.

[hfojvt]

38. she will give lip service to the struggling

while she will ACT to help the struggling "middle class" - those households making between $150,000 to $400,000 a year.

Nobody knows the struggles THEY face. Nobody knows, but Hillary.

[merrily]

41. You're preaching to the choir. I'm not Ready for Hillary and

I never did Tell Hillary You Want Her to Run.

For over two years now, I've been hearing that "If she runs, no one will oppose her in a primary. She'll clear the field."


Tell me, when was the last time you heard, four years out from a Presidential primary that, if so and so runs four years from now, there won't even be a primary? Especially when so and so is not the incumbent President?

What happened to democracy with a small d in the Democratic Party?

[hfojvt]

45. Presidential primaries are odd things

Usually they are wrapped up early and the rest is just mopping up. I guess Mondale-Hart went down to the wire, although I did not remember it that way. Carter-Kennedy was kinda bruising, with Kennedy taking it to the convention as he refused to concede.

But quite often, one person wins a few early contests and then everybody else jumps (and is told to jump) on the bandwagon. Look at how quickly Kerry wrapped up the 2004 contest.

As for this, it is fairly predictable
1. Hillary has a name
2. Hillary has personal finances
3. Hillary has connections to donors
4. Just like 2008, Hillary will be endorsed by most Congresspeople and Governors.

It's hard for me to imagine that anybody else can compete against that. It will take a miracle to keep her from the nomination. Obama, to my surprise, then delight, then bitter disappointment, was such a miracle.

I am praying for another miracle, although I do not know where it can come from.

But if I did like her, I probably would be gloating about her inevitability instead of gnashing my teeth about the writing on the wall.

[joeybee12]

39. Racially tinged campaign?

See, that's why I never cared for Obama, it wasn't racially tinged, and he made it out to be...

[merrily]

43. Yep. It was racially tinged. And no, not because Obama made it out that way.

I noticed every single one of those incidents the instant I saw or heard them, before anyone spun it for me, one way or the other.

But, I am not going to type it all up. I fought all those battles with Hillary supporters on another board as they were happening. Not doing it again.

Try posting it was not racially tinged in the African American forum though. I bet they saw it, too. Only people who were not paying attention or chose not to see it didn't see it. Took my breath away. Ted Kennedy's, too, RIP.

[hifiguy]

63. Yep, it was.

And KO pointed it out on a regular basis in 2008. Others probably did as well, but I saw Keith note it fairly often.

[merrily]

66. I was not even watching Olberman.

I would see a clip and my jaw would drop or I'd gasp, before any comments. The photos of Obama in traditional Kenyan clothing. All the stuff about "Black liberation theology."

At first, the identifiable stuff was coming mostly from operatives and Bill, Cuomo, a New Yorker, born and bred, claiming Obama was shuckin' and jivin'. Gee, I wonder who told him using that particular phrase was a good idea. Although there was something in a speech Hillary gave with the owner of Ebony. I can't remember the words but it was a drug selling allusion.

Ferrara saying Obama would never be in the primary if he weren't black (her word; I prefer African American). Bill bringing up Jesse Jackson and being so damn dismissive, as in "This whole thing's a fairy tale." Then finally, Hillary herself saying, "hard working white people." Up until then the Hillary supporters on the board I was posting on then were arguing and arguing. Cuomo words were his own. He intended no harm. Ferrara was right. Besides, what she says is on her not the campaign. The drug-selling reference had nothing to do with Obama's race. It was about his pot smoking. and on and on. One rationalization after another, refusing to see it as a theme throughout the primary.

The most vociferous Hillary supporter on that board was the board owner, a Southern white woman. But the day the hard working white people remark hit the airwaves she posted "And there it is." And never debated the race issue with Obama supporters again.

I keep saying the biggest difference between the two parties now--not the only difference, but the biggest--is culture wars. I don't understand how they can run her for President if they profess to respect African Americans as people and not only as voters. I can't vote for her after that and I'm not even African American.

And how will that demographic vote if she is the nom? Red? Blue? Green? Not at all?

[hifiguy]

68. KO made a pretty big deal out of it.

And I went at more than a few remarks by HRC and her supporters. Admittedly I was an Obama supporter, but I scratched my head more than a few times about things that were said about him in the primaries.

[merrily]

70. I typed that post without refreshing my recollection and it was six years ago.

Supposedly, you remember things better when a strong emotion accompanies them. And my emotions were indeed strong. I was aghast, horrified, heartbroken.

After a few of those "gems," I heard from a source close to Ted Kennedy that he called Bill to tell him "One more race issue from anyone connected with Hillary's campaign and I am done."

Second-hand info, but not inconsistent with Ted Kennedy. But, the incidents did continue and Kennedy did endorse Obama. Also, my source's info kind of fits in with the quote in Game Change of Bill telling Kennedy, "You're endorsing him only because he's black."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bill-clinton-told-ted-kennedy-obama-coffee-years-game-change-article-1.197492

[merrily]

49. As I said, I am not going to type out all the stuff. Too much of it.

But here's one link of many.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bill-clinton-told-ted-kennedy-obama-coffee-years-game-change-article-1.197492

[Puglover]

64. No kidding.

I see the word "haters" used and stop reading. I am not into puerile bullshit.

[merrily]

67. Le sigh. A lot of that kind of thing from DU's center right.

Sometimes I just ignore it; sometimes I don't.

[bullwinkle428]

40. So does Rand Paul, even if that wind changes directions 12 times in a day.

[hollowdweller]

42. Yay Hillary!

I want to hear more of this from her.

[merrily]

44. Let me guess. You were for her before you heard this and would have voted

for her even if she never made this speech.

[pnwmom]

48. Let me guess. It doesn't matter what she ever says or what she ever actually voted for

you'll be against her from now on no matter what.

[merrily]

58. Guessed wrong. In 2007-08 I was for Obama.

At first, it was only because I decided in the Fall of 2007 that he was the most electible of the field. But, once I decided, I was paying very close attention. The more I paid attention, the more I was against Hillary. So, no, not from now on. From then on.

And no, after studying her and watching that campaign closely--both hers and his, I am not changing my opinion based on campaign speeches and attempts at re-branding. I don't think I am alone, either.

[pnwmom]

81. Even better. Your mind has been closed up tight since 2008. What an admission. n/t

[hifiguy]

47. Clear this with your BFFs at Goldman, Hillary?

If not, they won't be happy with you. And if you did, it's meaningless.

[hughee99]

50. Well, at least she didn't say it in one of her $200k paid speeches. n/t

[pnwmom]

51. Yes, it's such a shame that she's donating all that speech money to the Clinton Foundation.

[hughee99]

61. You mean the speeches she's made at colleges over the last 18 months, right?

Not ALL of the $200k speeches she made, just the ones at colleges over the last 18 months.

[pnwmom]

73. No, I was referring to ALL her speaking fees, not just to non-profits like colleges.

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/philanthropy/24491-the-philanthropic-problem-with-hillary-clinton-s-huge-speaking-fees.html

Hillary Clinton defended her fees in an interview with ABC’s Ann Compton. All of her speaking fees (and apparently Chelsea’s as well) are turned over to the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the public charity that the family controls and operates. The high-profile foundation has a laudable mission: “to improve global health, strengthen economies, promote health and wellness, and protect the environment by fostering partnerships among governments, businesses, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and private citizens to turn good intentions into measurable results.” Among its programs are the Clinton Global Initiative; the Clinton Guistra Enterprise Partnership, geared to creating, scaling, and replicating social enterprises in the developing world—a special interest of Canadian financier Frank Giustra, who very controversially used his connection to President Clinton (helped by a $100 million donation to the CGI) to land face time with Kazakhstan’s brutal dictator, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to negotiate a lucrative uranium mining deal; the Clinton Foundation in Haiti; many international health initiatives; the Clinton Climate Initiative “to create and advance solutions to root causes of climate change”; and the Clinton Presidential Center.

[hughee99]

75. Did you read on?

"ABC reports, however, that it has been unable to get Hillary Clinton to provide documentation attesting to the donation of her speaking fees to the foundation. A review of the Clinton Foundation’s Form 990s for several of the past years reveals no disclosure of the names of major donors and therefore no information as to whether Hillary Clinton (or Bill Clinton, for that matter) has been donating speaking fees to their philanthropy. However, Hillary Clinton’s commitment to donate the speaking fees may be a decision of somewhat recent vintage, to be revealed in future 990s. (The most recent Clinton Foundation 990 available to the public on GuideStar or the Foundation Center’s online directory is from tax year 2012.)"

I was referring to this story from 2 months ago where she commented on it.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/07/hillary-clinton-says-shes-donated-all-university-speaking-fees/

Hillary Clinton continued to justify her high-dollar speaking fees on Friday, telling ABC News’ Ann Compton that all of the money she’s made from colleges over the past year and a half has been donated to her family’s foundation.

“All of the fees have been donated to the Clinton Foundation for it to continue its life-changing and life-saving work. So it goes from a foundation at a university to another foundation,” Clinton said when asked about the criticism she and her husband have faced recently for their wealth.

[pnwmom]

77. Yeah, so? I don't think she's a liar, but we'll find out when she runs (if she does) and releases

her tax returns.

The story you referred to was specifically addressing college fees not because those fees were the only ones she donated but because people were objecting that public colleges were paying so much money for their students to hear her speak.

[hughee99]

83. I didn't see any direct quotes from Clinton in this article.

The one I posted did have one. She may not be lying by either of our interpretations of the stories, it's just unclear.

[LawDeeDah]

96. Did I read that the Clinton Foundation's finances are being looked at?

or it it the Initiative one? Anyway, lots of big money spent on schmoozing with movie stars and very expensive plane trips around the world. It is often called a charity, and I am sure they do the required minimum, but it sounds like a country club in the air for the very rich.

[LawDeeDah]

52. That is really sticking her neck out!

Imagine a Democrat saying that!

[pnwmom]

53. Does she sound like a Republican to you? Many people are insisting there's no difference

between her and the GOP.

[LawDeeDah]

62. There is a huge difference between her and the GOP

As much as I do not respect Hillary's politics, I have no doubt she wouldn't get into the 'legitimate rape' sorts of examples of crazyy - that's pretty sad tho if you give some think about it.

People have been saying that the President is like George Bush, for years now. And this comes from the Left.
So if you asked me which of the two, Hillary or Obama are closest to Bush, the answer would have to be Hillary by a landslide. So there is that.

[merrily]

71. Agree. I have criticized Obama plenty, but never said he was just like Bush.

Then again, I have never compared Hillary to him, either.

I would not even compare Dimson to his father or Reagan.

That fucker and that whole fucker of an administration was in a class by itself.

At least I hope and pray so. Never want to see their like again.

[pnwmom]

72. I didn't think Hillary and Barack were far apart in 2008 and I don't now either.

I certainly don't think he is far more liberal. And both of them will be stuck dealing with Congress. It's hard to know what they'd do with a liberal Congress. Maybe it will finally happen, but I'm pessimistic.

[LawDeeDah]

86. I've always felt that at the Presidents core lies a man of integrity

and a wise one, as well.

I don't feel that about the Clintons. I just can't believe much of what they say comes from that same place the President seems to know well.

[closeupready]

55. OMG. I can't roll my eyes enough at her pandering.

So transparent.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

56. Did she make this speech before she was "flat broke"? Or, after her Goldman Sachs gig?

Or, was it around the same time she supported Bush's war?

[Koch Ebola]

57. When Bob Dylan said in 1966....

Everybody must get stoned: He meant throwing stones at someone. He didn't mean getting high. Hillary? Prepare yourself. Obama got stoned for 8 years.

[KG]

59. 'populist'

right-o.

[pampango]

60. No link: Positions on progressive taxes, support for unions, regulation, safety net, etc.? n/t

[BlindTiresias]

65. Pathetic pandering

Sorry Hillary fans, your girl is a joke.

[Rex]

74. Must be running for POTUS.

[Thinkingabout]

84. Hillary can stand on her record, no doubt about it, who else can stand up to her experience?

It is a shame on DU to have hate against a Democrat, this should be reserved for the Republicans. As good as some can be given it can be returned. Read the standing on the issues, probably explains better and has facts.

http://ontheissues.org/hillary_clinton.htm

[KamaAina]

90. I guess she saw Bernie on Press the Meat last weekend

and is running a little scared.

[pnwmom]

101. She's a time traveller then, because her speech was 4 months ago. n/t

[BlindTiresias]

92. Btw

"Middle class" is indeed a code word for the 90th percentile or so, not most people.

[LawDeeDah]

95. Breaking: Hillary Clinton says she likes puppies.

[pnwmom]

100. Repubs hate puppies. n/t

[steve2470]

98. link for the curious (like me)

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-goes-populist

[pnwmom]

99. Thanks. I got interrupted and forgot to put that in. n/t