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NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 11:36 AM Mar 2016

Hillary Clinton and the ‘giant vampire squid’: How dangerous is the Wall Street connection?

"That Hillary Clinton accepted $675,000 from Goldman Sachs for three speeches in 2013 probably did more damage to her battle for the Democratic nomination than any other single issue. Even for Clinton, half of a political couple with an estimated net worth of $110m and 2014 earnings of $28m, that figure was not insignificant. For most Americans, it’s more money than they can imagine seeing in a single year or even a single decade, absent a lottery win.

Worse still, it came from Wall Street. And not just from Wall Street, but from Goldman Sachs, the infamous “ giant vampire squid ”."

So many potential landmines with this candidate.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/hillary-clinton-and-the-giant-vampire-squid-how-dangerous-is-the-wall-street-connection/

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Hillary Clinton and the ‘giant vampire squid’: How dangerous is the Wall Street connection? (Original Post) NWCorona Mar 2016 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author PonyUp Mar 2016 #1
Good one! NWCorona Mar 2016 #4
You better believe any largesse distributed from her to other candidate vintx Mar 2016 #2
True! NWCorona Mar 2016 #3
This is another reason I oppose her so strongly. vintx Mar 2016 #5
Agreed! NWCorona Mar 2016 #7
Matt Taibi said it just right. pdsimdars Mar 2016 #6
Too dangerous to release the TRANSCRIPTS, apparently... AzDar Mar 2016 #8
Yup! NWCorona Mar 2016 #9

Response to NWCorona (Original post)

 

vintx

(1,748 posts)
2. You better believe any largesse distributed from her to other candidate
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 11:49 AM
Mar 2016

comes with strings to not disturb the giant squid

 

vintx

(1,748 posts)
5. This is another reason I oppose her so strongly.
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 12:11 PM
Mar 2016

IMO she won't just not help us move in the direction we need to go, she will actively move us in the opposite direction using that $$$$/influence.

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