2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSlate: Sanders campaign is telling the truth about Hillary's fossil fuel money
Clinton Says Shes Sick of the Sanders Campaign Lying About HerWhich It Isnt Doing
Hillarys total, though, climbs higher still if you factor in money raised by fossil-fuel lobbyists who bundle donations on her behalf. A recent Greenpeace report, for example, found that Clinton received more than $1.2 million in donations raised by fossil-fuel industry lobbyists, a number that climbs to $4.5 million if you add the money those same lobbyists also raised for her aligned super PACs. All that cashto say nothing of the millions companies like ExxonMobil have given to the Clinton foundationremains a sore spot for many climate activists who remain skeptical that Hillary will deliver on her green promises if shes elected. Her aggressive response is unlikely to put those fears to rest.
Still, given her commanding delegate lead, Clinton appears to believe she wont need to fully win over the climate hawks, nor convince Sanders supporters to love her come November. Instead, shes banking on the idea that progressives fears about what a Republican president would do in office will be a much greater motivating force on Election Day than their doubts about Clinton ever could be. In many ways, that was her plan all along (particularly on climate). But that looks like a safer strategy each day closer she gets to a general election matchup with Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/04/01/hillary_clinton_says_bernie_sanders_is_lying_about_her_he_s_not.html
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)help her with Democrats.
I think it is a really, really bad move on her part.
enigmatic
(15,021 posts)They don't matter to her.
CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)Rosario Dawson Is Awesome... Warm Up For Bernie!
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)Very moving. Thanks. Democracy, albeit troubled, in action.
revbones
(3,660 posts)This is an twofer. She got to attack Sanders and a lefty organization in one bout of anger.
840high
(17,196 posts)think. We are not her $$$ people.
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)We all know what is being said and we all know that Clinton gets more money from individuals who work for oil and energy companies. But we also know that Bernie gets some money from them too and Hillary and her camp have not complained or put out innuendo about his integrity for doing so UNTIL she was attacked by the BS camp on this issue. A President and supporters like BS is just what this country does not need at this time.
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)an agreement not to take money from the fossil fuel industry. Which she does, no matter what bullshit David Brock has been whispering in your ear, Besides these industries giving her PACS huge money, she even takes it from industry lobbyists whose job it is to dispense legalized bribes for influence from the corporations that hire them, Do you think they are paid to do nothing?
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/07/hillary-clinton-bundlers-fossil-fuel-lobbyists
If She Doesn't want to start a war with Greenprace, she should stop being so abusive to their members - if she does not take money from the fossil fuel industry she should just sign their agreement not to do so, but she won't of course because she relies heavily on their money which has been tracked not only by Salon by the way (everyone not workings for her super PAC outlets agrees she is and is doing so very, very, well- her promotion of frakking was in part to insure that) Sale Of Blue Nation Review Gives Hillary Clinton Camp Its Very Own Media Outlet
Get in the real world, and learn something, one thing you should learn is that real Democrats do not start wars with Greenpeace because so many Democratic voters not only respect them and contribute to their cause, they vote AGAINST those against them and against the goals of a living environment. If you wan't to be anti-Greenpeace and anti-environment , just join the Rebublicans they are already on that page and don't even have to lie about it.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)Well written.
"Climate hawks"? ... What, akin to War Hawks? As if there is such an easy (sic) choice?
There is no choice. There is, now, only inevitability.
Please deal with it, USA, as the rest of the world are here trying to.
Thanks. Vote Sanders.
Fairgo
(1,571 posts)There has long been only the illusion of choice. Now, the illusion is in tatters.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)By now everyone knows she lied and her nasty attack on the GreenPeace protestor including blaming Bernie makes her look unhinged and paranoid.
Rebkeh
(2,450 posts)more than they hate her? People seriously think that? Really? That's how she wins? It boggles my mind. That goes beyond laziness, it's letting the other side dictate the terms. That is NOT leadership. Leaders give you a reason to follow them, they don't wait for an enemy to chase you to them. That's how you set traps, actually.
God help us all.
Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)it's all they have.
And they wonder why we keep losing Congress.
AzDar
(14,023 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)RiverLover
(7,830 posts)Its a progressive magazine.
I'm surprised you didn't know that.
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)from public scrutiny? How is it possible to discern where the money is coming from if the law was written to prevent just that?