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cui bono

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18. Am I RW? No. Am I a Hillary basher? No. Did you answer my questions? No.
Sat May 30, 2015, 06:48 PM
May 2015

Am I Donald Rumsfeld? No.

I'm asking if she's spoken about re-instating Glass-Steagall. I think that's a very important issue and we need this type of regulation back. The banks have only gotten bigger since the bail out. So we need to take care of this very soon. I know it was Bill Clinton who repealed GS, all the more important for Hillary to tell us her position on it or to speak to reinstating it if she thinks it's important. I would like to know where she stands.

And I wonder if she's said anything about prosecuting the banksters because I believe both O'Malley and Sanders have, so I would like to know her positions.

You know, the big meme on DU is that Sanders supporters are big meanies, but here I ask a question about Hillary and you attack me as a "RW Hillary basher". Why? What in my OP was RW or bashing?

As to some of your comments... Can you show me where Hillary had been the main voice of income equality? Did she support the Occupy movement then?

It has been reported (I heard it on NPR) that Hillary met with Obama and agreed not to criticize his current efforts and he would not criticize her campaign efforts. So far, that includes the TPP, Obama's efforts to get Wall Street to pay fines, education policy (different than Hillary's) and Obama's mid-East policy on his side.
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It's unlikely they will not keep their agreement as long as it benefits them both and the Democratic party over the next couple years. As such, she will eventually get into details on issues closer to the election, and after the primary (if she wins).


Interesting. That's just awful. So she's already making deals in order to keep her campaign safe from criticism and those deals involve her not letting the public know how she stands on major policies/issues? Wow! HUGE red flag there. Those are some big issues that affect the American people, her making a deal to not speak to them in order to avoid criticism from POTUS is a sign to me that she cares more about winning the presidency than she does about the people she wants to preside over. Thanks for the info.



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Can't jail those who keep your bank account bloated CTBlueboy May 2015 #1
or how everyone for it is trying to hand the country over to the GOP and falling MisterP May 2015 #7
It's pretty pathetic, isn't it? Art_from_Ark May 2015 #47
IMO the repeal of Glass-Steagall was one of the jwirr May 2015 #8
Yeah, I think it is a legitmate question because both Sanders and O'Malley cui bono May 2015 #9
Slick Willie was in bed with the banksters before he ever became president. hifiguy May 2015 #22
The repeal of Glass. Steagal, combined with NAFTA & most favored nation status for China peacebird May 2015 #51
Absloutely agree - those three. When I was in college in the 70s one of my history professors jwirr May 2015 #62
Yes it was key Man from Pickens May 2015 #54
Which of course leads us to computer banking. Over night deals based on nothing. I suspect one of jwirr May 2015 #63
*** L0oniX May 2015 #26
I'm reaching into your popcorn box, L0oniX... MrMickeysMom May 2015 #34
She wants to have a serious discussion Jackpine Radical May 2015 #2
Hopefully they will recommend convening a blue ribbon commission to study the issue Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #3
I don't know if we can actually afford a Blue Ribbon panel any more. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #4
We need a brown ribbon commission on banking reform right now Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #5
The natural color of the TPP-- Jackpine Radical May 2015 #6
Except toilet paper is actually useful to people other than billionaires and corporate cronies. nt Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #10
Not much market for the used stuff, though. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #11
If it is determined to be something worth considering then we should consider thinking about Warren DeMontague May 2015 #14
Provided the sponsors approve. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #15
Yes. Hillary's also waiting for polling data to see what position she should take, while Bernie shows us, once again, why he's a decisive leader. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2015 #57
O'Malley did: FSogol May 2015 #12
Surely O'Malley is a RW troll posing as a Leftie if he said this!!! (sarcasm~~~) RiverLover May 2015 #16
Yeah, me too. Hopefully, at some point, the two will combine forces and with Elizabeth's backing, will gain the nomination. It's definitely doable. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2015 #59
That's what made me want to know where Hillary stands on these things. cui bono May 2015 #19
"They were the ones who turned our economy upside-down in the first place" Exactly! L0oniX May 2015 #27
Guy put his finger on it. Octafish May 2015 #64
Are you one of the RW Hillary bashers? Did you fall for this trap... Sancho May 2015 #13
wow. claiming that Hillary "has been the main voice form income inequality" cali May 2015 #17
You apparently don't understand how Obama got elected, and got the GOP out of the WH... Sancho May 2015 #20
candidates owe voters the truth about where they stand on issues. period. cali May 2015 #21
Am I RW? No. Am I a Hillary basher? No. Did you answer my questions? No. cui bono May 2015 #18
I asked if you weren't repeating the trap as described in the link.... Sancho May 2015 #24
Do you think she really is "considering" her "platform"? cui bono May 2015 #30
Patience mortal!!! Sancho May 2015 #32
You don't think a candidate should speak out about the TPP? cui bono May 2015 #38
Hillary has spoken on trade agreements.... Sancho May 2015 #39
She doesn't have to discuss details of the TPP, we already know congress was threatened with arrest cui bono May 2015 #40
I added links to my previous response.. Sancho May 2015 #41
You don't know there will be a GOP congress. cui bono May 2015 #42
I don't agree with this, so don't say it's my position! Sancho May 2015 #43
Putting the criminals in jail.. sendero May 2015 #53
Ah ...the same NYTimes that conveniently puts anything Bernie in the back pages? L0oniX May 2015 #28
You're right that Clinton didn't vote on it. That's why the question is being asked. Jim Lane May 2015 #33
So you think O'Malley should ask Maryland to get rid of military academies... Sancho May 2015 #35
So many straw men in one post Jim Lane May 2015 #44
Then you don't get my point... Sancho May 2015 #48
your sole point, if one wishes to dignify it as point, cali May 2015 #50
How is asking a candidate's position on something a strawman? cui bono May 2015 #66
Your point seems to be that certain forms of criticism of Clinton over public issues are not OK. Jim Lane May 2015 #67
I posted because I wanted an answer to this issue after I read O'Malley's stance on it cui bono May 2015 #65
Hillary the "main voice" on income inequality? Nope. Elizabeth Warren is the one who did that peacebird May 2015 #52
What a dishonest argument nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #58
I don't think her BFFs/owners at Goldman hifiguy May 2015 #23
No she has not. She is on a listening tour, where people listen as she talks. In the Exilednight May 2015 #25
Along with other 'wall street' issues, elleng May 2015 #29
I'm not sure why we never hear about G-S it's a cause of the 2008 banking crash...nt Jesus Malverde May 2015 #31
No, even Warrren has said keeping Glass-Steagall wouldn't have impacted the 2008 crash Recursion May 2015 #36
Absolutely untrue. The reason she tried to introduce a "21st Century Glass-Steagall" in 2013 was to RiverLover May 2015 #49
"the whole point of a bank is to take your money and gamble it for you" Scootaloo May 2015 #55
Welcome to fractional reserve banking Recursion May 2015 #60
He obviously has never heard Caretha May 2015 #61
IKR!? Rex May 2015 #69
Not quite MFrohike May 2015 #68
Glass-Steagall was pre internet, can it be rewritten to include the internet when CK_John May 2015 #37
Per one source, as of May 21 she had not Jim Lane May 2015 #45
K&R Katashi_itto May 2015 #46
She didn't in the 2008 campaign and evidently hasn't since Scootaloo May 2015 #56
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