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CEO of Goldman Sachs Lambasted Sanders as Grave Threat, but Not Clinton. Why?
Mark Karlin, one of DU's earliest supporters, asked.
CEO of Goldman Sachs Lambasted Sanders as Grave Threat, but Not Clinton. Why?
by Mark Karlin, editor
Buzzflash at Truth-Out, Feb. 25, 2016
According to an article in The Hill a few weeks back, Lloyd Blankfein - head of Goldman Sachs and symbol of Wall Street's lack of accountability - warned that Bernie Sanders is "dangerous." Blankfein told CNBC that Sanders is too set in his ways, adding, "It's a liability [in this anti-Wall Street environment] to say, 'I'm willing to compromise'… It's just incredible. It's a moment in history. Eventually people, the electorate, will notice nothing is getting done."
At no time did Blankfein, who personally supported Hillary Clinton against Barack Obama in 2008, find fault with Clinton; his alarm is solely focused on the senator from Vermont. He contrasted Sanders with more flexible candidates who are willing to work with Wall Street when he emphasized that a candidate must be "willing to compromise."
SNIP...
Indeed, in the same Washington Post article cited above, the newspaper reports: "Our campaign finance reporters estimated that Clinton and the PACs supporting her had received more than $21 million from Wall Street donors -- and more than that in total for her other campaigns in 2000, 2006 and 2008." By shifting attention to Republican political partisans who oppose her, she attempted to divert attention from the Wall Street money that is pouring into her effort to be elected president.
Lloyd Blankfein and his fellow masters of the universe know that they don't need to ask for a specific quid pro quo from Hillary Clinton; she is a member of their elite neoliberal economic club.
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http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/ceo-of-infamous-goldman-sachs-lambasted-sanders-as-grave-threat-but-not-clinton-why
by Mark Karlin, editor
Buzzflash at Truth-Out, Feb. 25, 2016
According to an article in The Hill a few weeks back, Lloyd Blankfein - head of Goldman Sachs and symbol of Wall Street's lack of accountability - warned that Bernie Sanders is "dangerous." Blankfein told CNBC that Sanders is too set in his ways, adding, "It's a liability [in this anti-Wall Street environment] to say, 'I'm willing to compromise'… It's just incredible. It's a moment in history. Eventually people, the electorate, will notice nothing is getting done."
At no time did Blankfein, who personally supported Hillary Clinton against Barack Obama in 2008, find fault with Clinton; his alarm is solely focused on the senator from Vermont. He contrasted Sanders with more flexible candidates who are willing to work with Wall Street when he emphasized that a candidate must be "willing to compromise."
SNIP...
Indeed, in the same Washington Post article cited above, the newspaper reports: "Our campaign finance reporters estimated that Clinton and the PACs supporting her had received more than $21 million from Wall Street donors -- and more than that in total for her other campaigns in 2000, 2006 and 2008." By shifting attention to Republican political partisans who oppose her, she attempted to divert attention from the Wall Street money that is pouring into her effort to be elected president.
Lloyd Blankfein and his fellow masters of the universe know that they don't need to ask for a specific quid pro quo from Hillary Clinton; she is a member of their elite neoliberal economic club.
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http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/ceo-of-infamous-goldman-sachs-lambasted-sanders-as-grave-threat-but-not-clinton-why
DUers and Democrats: Ask yourself who do you really believe will put Main Street ahead of Wall Street?
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name I believe.
She's part of the club, folks - the club that you and I will never be asked to join.
That's rich!
Nothing is getting done about corporate welfare.... and I think they are beginning to notice...hmmmmm
