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28. How is that quote a problem?

Fri Jan 30, 2015, 11:08 AM

Jan 2015

It supports financial reform. Do you have a link?

I found it. You disagree with this?

Attacking financial reform is risky and wrong. Better for Congress to focus on jobs and wages for middle class families.

https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/556163273738166272

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Clinton looks to build support on left while keeping Wall St. friends [View all] RiverLover Jan 2015 OP

I've seen that trick before ... AtomicKitten Jan 2015 #1

It's a good thing that she has a sturdy net under that tightrope she's gonna try to walk. Autumn Jan 2015 #2

Lots of luck with that . . . hatrack Jan 2015 #3

Acting lessons might help. RiverLover Jan 2015 #6

That was cringe inducing MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 #83

Rerun of a bad movie...... marmar Jan 2015 #4

In 2008 it was pretty clear a Democrat was going to win Renew Deal Jan 2015 #10

This is always the balancing act for a credible Democratic candidate Renew Deal Jan 2015 #5

Yes, but usually vi5 Jan 2015 #8

Hillary's "talk" about income inequality and wage growth isn't exactly believable Autumn Jan 2015 #23

That's the same thing Romney said yesterday. Renew Deal Jan 2015 #24

Well damn, that sucks. Broken clock and all that shit. Autumn Jan 2015 #25

How is that quote a problem? Renew Deal Jan 2015 #28

Depends on how you read it and what class you belong to and how much faith in congress you have. eom Autumn Jan 2015 #53

“Attacking financial reform is risky and wrong,” Clinton wrote Ichingcarpenter Jan 2015 #7

That one cracked me up. RiverLover Jan 2015 #11

Just another quote we need to save...... Ichingcarpenter Jan 2015 #14

No, you need to say more. Renew Deal Jan 2015 #29

What a joke .......the two are tied together like a knot Ichingcarpenter Jan 2015 #31

Your post doesn't make sense. Renew Deal Jan 2015 #34

No profile in courage and the truth is Ichingcarpenter Jan 2015 #36

What is risky and wrong about attacking financial reform? Renew Deal Jan 2015 #48

Hell, Gramm Leach Bliley was "Financial Reform" - you do remember that, don't you? hatrack Jan 2015 #49

Who signed it? Renew Deal Jan 2015 #50

That would be her husband; and the squishy fruit doesn't fall far from the neolib tree hatrack Jan 2015 #72

Bill said we get him and her with her presidency Ichingcarpenter Jan 2015 #74

Oh please. HappyMe Jan 2015 #9

I would respect her more if she didn't bother, djean111 Jan 2015 #12

Well good luck with that. SamKnause Jan 2015 #13

Yep! Voters will be under the bus while her Wall Street buddies & their money will be in the bus. nt benz380 Jan 2015 #17

Looks like the over and over again attack on working people of the US, sounds like you would rather Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #15

You are so obvious. nt RiverLover Jan 2015 #16

What is wrong with doing both? HappyMe Jan 2015 #18

+1. We're not going to significantly raise wages without going after the 1%. winter is coming Jan 2015 #20

Nothing wrong with doing both but right now the working people needs priority. Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #33

Not necessarily. HappyMe Jan 2015 #37

I need to be able earn enough money to support myself, this is important to myself plus others Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #42

The Wall Street people and big corporations HappyMe Jan 2015 #45

Tell a kid who has to go to bed at night hungry prosecuting Wall Street is more important. Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #51

I saw what you did there. truebluegreen Jan 2015 #63

Since many are wondering why there are not some involved with Wall Street in prison, how does one Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #66

Good question, and totally off the point of the posts you were addressing. truebluegreen Jan 2015 #86

One needs to be prosecuted before going to prison or normally this is part of Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #88

Gosh I never knew that, about due process and stuff. truebluegreen Jan 2015 #90

where you gonna get the money? Ichingcarpenter Jan 2015 #38

But...but...it won't trickle down? HappyMe Jan 2015 #39

No it will not trickle down, this was Reagan's folly, started in the 80's, it has not happened, in Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #44

Fine. But you still can't yank HappyMe Jan 2015 #46

You missed the complete statement Hillary made, she said better to focus on jobs and wages. Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #54

There's a GOP Congress because Democrats didn't show up. HappyMe Jan 2015 #56

Do you know there are more Democrats than Republicans? Go figure, somebody did not show up to vote Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #61

Um, they don't like the current crop of Democrats? truebluegreen Jan 2015 #64

Exactly what I said before, they don't have a perfect candidate so they don't vote. This is a Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #67

Since when is wanting a candidate that represents you a demand for "perfect"? winter is coming Jan 2015 #78

Then if you choose not to vote because the candidate does not stand with you Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #79

Who said anything about "every issue"? Only you. winter is coming Jan 2015 #81

As I said be happy with the Republican, apparently you think not turning out to vote Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #82

I haven't said that not turning out vote "fixes the problem". winter is coming Jan 2015 #84

What? Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #89

What did Bill Clinton do to end Reaganomics & trickle down? nt RiverLover Jan 2015 #47

+1. There will be a lot of candidates talking about income inequality next year. winter is coming Jan 2015 #77

you post sounds like Ichingcarpenter Jan 2015 #19

I am neither oblvious nor naive, I wonder about those so interested in placing Wall Street above Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #35

She places Wall Street and the Financial system above the people Ichingcarpenter Jan 2015 #52

You have it backwards, you want Wall Street above the people, change your priorities, put the people Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #55

Good Grief......you are dense Ichingcarpenter Jan 2015 #57

Let's see, could having jobs at livable wages helpful to people interested in providing for their Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #60

Of course we do but Ichingcarpenter Jan 2015 #68

And you illusion of how to help working people helps who? Get the jobs going, reform the taxes Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #69

get the money from wall street, taxes and the banks Ichingcarpenter Jan 2015 #70

Oh, yea, she was for the WORKING PEOPLE. She knew Americans having jobs and a livable wage was very Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #71

I am no friend of Hillary bigwillq Jan 2015 #21

You need to take out the square brackets in the last paragraph. jeff47 Jan 2015 #22

Done. RiverLover Jan 2015 #40

Didn't she have a role in starting this TPP thing? She is going to have to learn to twist herself jwirr Jan 2015 #26

Exactly. RiverLover Jan 2015 #41

It started under W. jeff47 Jan 2015 #43

At the end of the day fredamae Jan 2015 #27

BS words for the left, all action for the right. No thanks on point Jan 2015 #30

Oh, Really libodem Jan 2015 #32

Why would a Democrat have to 'try to balance' anything when it comes to Wall St V The People? sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #58

"Isn't she aware of the evidence that Wall St is the ENEMY of the Working class?" FiveGoodMen Jan 2015 #59

A few years ago, voters might have been that stupid. But a lot has happened sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #65

No Democrat is capable of winning the presidency in 2016 without raising $1 billion. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #62

Bingo. Like it or not...it's unemotional, non-partisan fact. And the other would-be libdem4life Jan 2015 #87

We will embrace this rebellion. You will support it from our lands in the north aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2015 #73

England is too rich and powerful and we will lose this rebellion because Washington is weak. Ichingcarpenter Jan 2015 #76

Ha! YOu can't be just a little bit corrupt, Hil. hifiguy Jan 2015 #75

The Problem is DonCoquixote Jan 2015 #80

Well, this guy "on the left" isn't fooled by this bullshit. 99Forever Jan 2015 #85