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Auntie Bush

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22. So if you're paid for working...you are doing NOTHING!

Reply to snooper2 (Reply #20)

Fri Nov 1, 2013, 02:12 PM

Nov 2013

Yes, public funding would solve a lot of problems. I'm all for it! But, until the law changes...and Dems want to win the next election...they must go where the money is! She can do what she wants and thinks what is right after the election. I'm sure Obama and Bush disappointed some of their donors.

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Hillary Clinton Rakes in Big Money from Two Goldman Sachs Speeches in One Week [View all] xchrom Nov 2013 OP

Why we don't need another Clinton in the White House. Scuba Nov 2013 #1

+1 xchrom Nov 2013 #2

That's the kind of bold, imaginative thinking that helped sink her last time BeyondGeography Nov 2013 #3

Nauseating, but not exactly surprising hatrack Nov 2013 #4

how dare you slime our nominee??? cali Nov 2013 #5

! xchrom Nov 2013 #6

I thought we had to wait at least to the primaries? warrant46 Nov 2013 #27

It's inevitable!! jsr Nov 2013 #7

Oh NO! DURHAM D Nov 2013 #8

helping the people that made them poor look good is wrong. roguevalley Nov 2013 #9

Her concern must be overwhelming, considering the TPP she's pushing for. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #12

Yes, Isn't she awful? Raising all that money from the rich and giving Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #18

The Clinton Foundation does a lot of good work. KY5 Nov 2013 #32

"or why she in particular was invited to the events" NuclearDem Nov 2013 #10

she did a Carlyle one a short time ago too. Whisp Nov 2013 #11

money for doing nothing, must be a nice gig snooper2 Nov 2013 #13

at least in what they used to call "third world banana republics" datasuspect Nov 2013 #16

Doing NOTHING? Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #19

I thought she got paid for being SoS... snooper2 Nov 2013 #20

So if you're paid for working...you are doing NOTHING! Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #22

So the End Justifies the Means ? warrant46 Nov 2013 #31

Do you not want the Dems to win? Look how much money the Kock brothers Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #33

Yeah, if the Republicans win they might push for the biggest corporate power grab since CU. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #34

I bet she will shatter Barack Obama's 2008 record and Mitt Romney's 2012 record in raising money Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #14

Money is MONEY! Unfortunately, something needed to win an election. Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #21

well since Wall Street gives this money out of the goodness of their heart and does not expect Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #25

+1 N/T warrant46 Nov 2013 #29

And this kind of generosity has NOTHING to do with whose phone calls get returned . .. hatrack Nov 2013 #38

GO BIG MONEY GO! datasuspect Nov 2013 #15

Is she doing it for their money, or because she needs their support... joeybee12 Nov 2013 #17

Yes. WilliamPitt Nov 2013 #23

$200,000 per speech? Well, good for her DFW Nov 2013 #24

Don't worry - if she becomes prez, she'll put the people over Wall Street. polichick Nov 2013 #26

LMAO! 4dsc Nov 2013 #36

If only Hillary sounded more like this... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Nov 2013 #28

Good for her. KY5 Nov 2013 #30

Of course, GS and Carlyle expect nothing in return for their benevolence.... Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #35

Another in the long line of reasons... 99Forever Nov 2013 #37