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nadinbrzezinski

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58. What a dishonest argument

Sun May 31, 2015, 08:14 AM

May 2015

so since she herself had no vote on the repeal of Glass Steagal, done during her HUSBAND'S administration, she does not need to have an opinion on this? You serious? So can she have an opinion on the US Civil War, or the Great Depression? Perhaps even WW II? She was not even alive for those.

Most of the field on the Republican side was too young to vote on it as well. So is O'Malley. Though Bernie Sanders was a congressman at the time and voted NO.

This is one slimy little argument. So we should consider HRC to be a de-novo candidate who has no opinions going to before she served for herself in Congress? Never mind that she was also part of the lobbying team from the WH during her husband's administration.

Look, my candidate will win (big money, good odds), but this is just some really dishonest partisan tripe that deserves a really loud laughing tract.

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Has Hillary Clinton stated how she feels about Glass-Steagall? [View all] cui bono May 2015 OP

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