Hillary weaseled yesterday on Citizens United litmus test for SCOTUS

[grasswire]

She was directly asked on MSNBC if she would consider Citizens United repeal a litmus test for appointing members of the Supreme Court.

The best she could say, in repeated tries by the reporter to get an answer, is that she would "certainly look at" the matter.

She would NOT SAY YES.

[Duckhunter935]

1. and that surprises you

[grasswire]

6. no

just noting for the history books.

[tk2kewl]

7. easy to say it before the rubber actually hits the road

[SCantiGOP]

30. doesn't surprise me either

Any ethical judge, or President for that matter, who not enter into a quid pro quo requirement for someone to be appointed. Any judge with an understanding of judicial ethics would refuse to answer the question since they would later have to hear - as an unbiased judicial official - the facts of a case before rendering a decision.

I know that is not what you want to hear but ask any member of the bar (like my wife) if that is not the case.

[Empowerer]

42. Thank you

[gyroscope]

2. Why on earth would she be against it?

she benefits from CU Wall Street money more than anyone.

The Clintons are 100% bought and paid for.

[Ed Suspicious]

31. That's what I keep asking myself. She loves it. It is fantastic

for her.

[TCJ70]

3. Oh, she's going to "look into it"?

Like with the transcripts?

[Dragonfli]

10. I think I see a pattern here. /nt

[floriduck]

4. Until it gets poll tested, and approved by Podesta,

she's likely not allowed to take a firm position. If she said yes, there would have been no ability to compromise with Repubs.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. At least she didn't lie. For her, that is a good thing.

I kinda gotta give her credit for that.

[Ferd Berfel]

8. Definately Weasel-words

BTW she also used lame weasel-words regarding protecting Social Security and Medicare - on her website.

She's a creature of Wall Street and the 1%. That's the beginning and end of it.

[sadoldgirl]

9. She seems to

"look into" and to "look at" more and more issues,

but then she has a hard time to stand firm on
anything; thus no surprise.

[OilemFirchen]

11. First hit:

Hillary Clinton’s litmus test for Supreme Court nominees: a pledge to overturn Citizens United

Hillary Clinton told a group of her top fundraisers Thursday that if she is elected president, her nominees to the Supreme Court will have to share her belief that the court's 2010 Citizens United decision must be overturned, according to people who heard her remarks.

Clinton's emphatic opposition to the ruling, which allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited sums on independent political activity, garnered the strongest applause of the afternoon from the more than 200 party financiers gathered in Brooklyn for a closed-door briefing from the Democratic candidate and her senior aides, according to some of those present.

[grasswire]

12. Just six months ago, and she's already weaseling from that firm position. nt

[OilemFirchen]

15. Cite it. (n/t)

[grasswire]

16. cite what? nt

[OilemFirchen]

19. Your undocumented claim. (n/t)

[grasswire]

20. if I find video, I'll post it.

But you can just as easily look for it.

[OilemFirchen]

21. I'll hold my breath.

Meanwhile, I'm not doing shit.

[emulatorloo]

22. I saw the interview live, and you are twisting her words

She said CU overturn was one of the top issues she'd talk to potential nominee about. She said other issues would be reproductive rights, voting rights, et cetera. CU was definitely on the top of list, despite what you claim.

[grasswire]

23. he asked her repeatedly...

...and she would not utter the words.

[emulatorloo]

24. She said "Of Course!" when Matthews asked if CU would be a litmus test for nominees

[OilemFirchen]

25. Not exactly.

OTOH, she did not say "that she would 'certainly look at' the matter:

MATTHEWS: Let me ask you about your position about appointing Supreme Court justices should you be elected president. You rival, Senator Sanders said he would put a litmus test. It must be someone who wants to get rid of Citizens United. Where are you on that?

CLINTON: Well, I had hoped that anybody I appoint would understand the grave damage that Citizens United is doing to our democracy. I think we need to appoint Supreme Court justices who are living in the, you know, the real give-and-take of the world, and can see with their own eyes how some of the decisions, whether it's voting rights, or Citizens United, made by this Court are having very pernicious effect. I would be looking for people who understood that.

MATTHEWS: Would you set that as what we call a litmus test? In other words, talk to the possible nominee and say, I want to know where you stand on getting rid of Citizens United as a prerequisite to naming them? Would it be a litmus test?

CLINTON: Look, I will be — I'll be talking in detail with anybody that I appoint. It's not just that decision, I have a whole range of decisions that I think are really important. So yeah, it would factor very much into who I nominated.

Her remarks comport exactly with what she's been saying all along.

[BlueJazz]

13. I'm one of those people that used to be quite fond of Hillary. I don't know if she changed or...

..I changed but damn!, she has changed into a "can't commit" mealy-mouth politician and that's something I will not support.

[farleftlib]

28. Same here

It was she who changed. She's intelligent, capable and determined, no doubt about it. But she sold herself to the highest bidders and she can't hide her fealty to her corporate masters. My vote goes to the guy who isn't an establishment marionette.

[rhett o rick]

14. This is typical Clinton rhetoric. She will "certainly look at" the matter.

What's her position on medical marijuana? She thinks it needs more study. How about helping college students? What was her answer? They should get a job like she did. Where does she stand on the TPP? Fracking? Nothing concrete.

[TTUBatfan2008]

17. So basically...

...she confirmed what Sanders' campaign guy said. If she's waffling like that in a primary, what's going to happen in the general election and more importantly after she gets elected?

[Cassiopeia]

29. I don't think she would waffle at all as President.

She would be very firm in her support of Wall Street, the MIC, war, pharma profits, and job outsourcing trade agreements.

[UglyGreed]

18. Look into this, look into that,

a lot of looking going on these days....

[Cassiopeia]

32. Maybe she needs an optometrist?

She seems to be having trouble getting any firm positions with all that looking around.

[UglyGreed]

34. Single payer would cover that

for her if she is having trouble.........

[Avalux]

26. Sounds a lot like "I'll look into it".

If she can't unequivocally commit to overturning CU, I won't be able to vote for her in the GE if she's the nominee.

[azmom]

27. Weasel words once again.

[one_voice]

33. When did this exchange place?

[ladjf]

35. She is a champion of using "weasel words and phrases". nt

[daleanime]

36. ......

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

37. Is the Supreme Court nominee a valid issue? Or, are you just being mean to poor Hillary?

[AlbertCat]

38. she would "certainly look at" the matter.

Is she finished listening yet so she can get onto looking? She has a lot to look into.

[retrowire]

39. From the first debate

Moderator: "Hillary would you vote to Expand Social Security?"

Hillary: "I would.... (thinks of any other word but expand for some reason) ENHANCE Social Security."

She really dodges giving straight answers. Doesn't that concern anyone?

[Unknown Beatle]

40. That's Hillary's stock answer...

If she's against something that people are for and they ask her about it, she'll say, "I'll look into it."

If she's for it and people are against it and they ask her about it, she'll say, "I'll look into it."

Asked if she'll release her Goldman Sachs speech transcripts, "I'll look into it."

She should try being honest for once.

[thesquanderer]

41. Here's what her site says...

Hillary will:
Overturn Citizens United. Hillary will appoint Supreme Court justices who value the right to vote over the right of billionaires to buy elections. She’ll push for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United in order to restore the role of everyday voters in elections.

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/campaign-finance-reform/

So she seems to be saying that she prefers a constitutional amendment... but that's very hard to do.

[grasswire]

44. good point

thank you. Do you want to make this into an OP?

[thesquanderer]

45. I see you've got it covered. ;-) (n/t)

[AllyCat]

43. It benefits the establishment. Of course she won't answer.

[TBF]

46. She is certainly "looking into" many matters. nt

[Lucinda]

47. The audio here says something totally different from 3 days ago:

https://grabien.com/file.php?id=78203

[amborin]

48. "Look into it" She won't commit to a position on any crucial issue. Same with TPP