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Divernan

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18. CLINTON TRADE DEALS - NOT JUST FOR LETHAL ARMAMENTS ANYMORE!
Wed May 4, 2016, 09:38 PM
May 2016

As Hillary's "minister of trade", he can drum up billions in "contributions" to the Clinton Family Foundation.

Wow! The ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, profiteering opportunity for Bill. Those slick Clintons - always thinking ahead to grow their wealth.

This would be the perfect area to set Bill loose - trade deals! I mean, they pulled this shit before with tradeoffs on State Department weapons approvals in exchange for hefty "donations" to the Clinton Foundation. Now they can expand their quid-pro-quos to the entire broad spectrum of trade.

CLINTON TRADE DEALS - NOT JUST FOR LETHAL ARMAMENTS ANYMORE![/b

HILLARY AND BILL - THE WORLD IS THEIR OYSTER!


During a campaign event this week, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton capitalized on the nostalgic popularity of Bill Clinton when she told a room full of supporters that she plans to put Bill to work because he has so many “good ideas.”

Clinton was talking extensively about trade, an issue that she has gotten a fair amount of push-back on from opponent Bernie Sanders. While Sanders opposes the Trans-Pacific partnership and rails against NAFTA, Clinton has always supported these trade deals.

But just because you feel Clinton has bad judgement on trade doesn’t mean that she can’t put someone even worse behind that wheel. Clinton said that when it comes to trade, a President Hillary Clinton would call on the first husband to broker deals and “be in charge.”

“I told my husband he’s gotta come out of retirement and be in charge of this.”

To many who are critical of Bill Clinton’s trade policy during his time as president in the 90’s, saying Clinton would put her husband in charge of trade is akin to putting him in charge of the White House interns: Just a bad idea.

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A shout-out for waking the fuck up. K&R GliderGuider May 2016 #2
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they are all prompting violent revolution with their behavior too. roguevalley May 2016 #42
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they FAILED at letting Trump happen? THEY WERE COMPLICIT Skittles May 2016 #4
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Complicit is the correct word. bvar22 May 2016 #43
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Our choices this election. ZX86 May 2016 #7
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Caption contest? Califonz May 2016 #57
They did NOT fuck each other indiscriminately! Divernan May 2016 #9
This is the same Bill Clinton that Hillary wants to have do all our Trade Deals. Melissa G May 2016 #16
CLINTON TRADE DEALS - NOT JUST FOR LETHAL ARMAMENTS ANYMORE! Divernan May 2016 #18
I think it was Digby who coined the term "the Villagers" truebluegreen May 2016 #10
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BTW, I don't think Rachel Maddow cares who wins the Democratic nomination so long as she... StarzGuy May 2016 #17
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Why I am voting for Bernie. JDPriestly May 2016 #20
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