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NanceGreggs

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127. Can't thank you enough ...

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 05:30 AM

Feb 2016

... for breaking this news.

Until now, no one has ever posted a single OP on this topic.

Now that this news is finally out there for everyone to see, I'm sure Hillary will have no choice but to drop out of the race in shame.

THIS is the game-changer, my friends. Count on it.

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Clintons made $153 million off speeches: report [View all] hoosierlib Feb 2016 OP

oh yeah florida08 Feb 2016 #1

They are richly rewarded Geronimoe Feb 2016 #2

They don't make speeches, they pick up paychecks. What are they being paid for? marble falls Feb 2016 #3

Oh for fuck's sake... CSStrowbridge Feb 2016 #43

Let's break that down a bit, OK? HeartoftheMidwest Feb 2016 #50

no one speaks for $250K/speech without donors expecting something in return wordpix Feb 2016 #74

Absolutely. HeartoftheMidwest Feb 2016 #77

Clueless wonder. CSStrowbridge Feb 2016 #85

wow, way to win people to your side telling them "you have no fucking clue" wordpix Feb 2016 #110

U.S. Law Opening Markets To Africa While Visiting Nigeria, President Clinton Urged Leaders NickB79 Feb 2016 #132

that's only $100/second 6chars Feb 2016 #101

Yes khankiso Feb 2016 #100

But we're not considering whether to vote for Palin, etc. Yo_Mama Feb 2016 #107

We're talking about GOLDMAN SACHS the company who last week got off with only paying 5 billion trillion Feb 2016 #114

Do you have any concept of what "bribery" means? Nyan Feb 2016 #125

Nice use of our bailout money. Beats helping someone with an underwater mortgage. corkhead Feb 2016 #4

Good on them. Arby Feb 2016 #5

You've made your position clear. You have a price. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #23

Are you fucking kidding me? CSStrowbridge Feb 2016 #46

not even with a condom and a blindfold. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #54

You know what would help? CSStrowbridge Feb 2016 #56

Regrettably - HRC Does Not Live In The Fact-Based World - She Lives With The 1% cantbeserious Feb 2016 #88

hey, Strowbridge, you need to chill with your 265 posts wordpix Feb 2016 #111

You presume much. Arby Feb 2016 #92

Bah. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #98

I agree with HRC Arby Feb 2016 #134

I agree. nt fun n serious Feb 2016 #135

Easy To Be Bought - We See - One Would Do Most Anything For Money - One Suspects cantbeserious Feb 2016 #24

not one dime to harm people. if you can then you have no conscience roguevalley Feb 2016 #33

Roger That - No More Queens Of War - That Enable Death - Destroying The Lives Of Millions cantbeserious Feb 2016 #37

Do anything for money? CSStrowbridge Feb 2016 #53

Being Paid To Speak - Is A Ruse - Being Paid To Provide Favors Later - Is The Better Truth cantbeserious Feb 2016 #57

So what did Jimmy Carter promise? CSStrowbridge Feb 2016 #62

HRC Is Not A Progressive - HRC Is A Paid Spokesperson - For The 1% cantbeserious Feb 2016 #65

Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #86

Vulgarity - Is That The Best One Has - Too Sad cantbeserious Feb 2016 #87

The jury thought so, too.. MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #102

Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Feb 2016 #103

thanks, jury, good decision wordpix Feb 2016 #112

There is if you're considering running for president cali Feb 2016 #129

Think, Jimmy Carter. jalan48 Feb 2016 #42

Great idea. CSStrowbridge Feb 2016 #51

But, has Carter made $100 million in speeches? Has that been his main focus? jalan48 Feb 2016 #55

No, because he isn't in demand. CSStrowbridge Feb 2016 #61

In Wall Street demand "for fuck's sake"? I feel ya. jalan48 Feb 2016 #66

we don't get offered this sort of money because we don't have power and influence MisterP Feb 2016 #47

Roger That - The Money Goes To Those That Can Make The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Wealthier cantbeserious Feb 2016 #60

I give speeches for free b/c I believe in the cause wordpix Feb 2016 #75

The hubris of the Clintons leaves me breathless and disgusted. CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #6

Cosigned. Every word. FlatBaroque Feb 2016 #8

They've always gotten away with it, and many think they always will. Akicita Feb 2016 #17

And many are cheering them on, to continue doing it.. nt 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #48

Sadly, you're right. Akicita Feb 2016 #89

This message was self-deleted by its author EL34x4 Feb 2016 #106

You expressed my feelings well. The Clintons were always in bed with Wall Street Yo_Mama Feb 2016 #108

We should have seen this coming after the Clinton's took the White House china when they left office jalan48 Feb 2016 #7

How dare you bring that up. Akicita Feb 2016 #19

Hillary Brought Her Own Goldman Sachs Lobbyist to the New Hampshire Democratic Debate appalachiablue Feb 2016 #9

HRC - Forked Tongue - Strident - Overbearing - Visionless - The Perfect Spokesperson For The 1% cantbeserious Feb 2016 #25

Dean is calling unions Dem Super-Pacs after sitting with this Goldman lobbyist? wordpix Feb 2016 #76

Even more reason to never watch MSNBC again. About a month appalachiablue Feb 2016 #99

Good for her! kydo Feb 2016 #10

Except they used to call it "Bribery" n/t 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #49

And every one of them Island Deac Feb 2016 #11

enjoy your chains roguevalley Feb 2016 #36

Are you implying something? LOL, do it to her face! Babel_17 Feb 2016 #12

Ha Ha Bernin Feb 2016 #39

all of this will sink her because she had horrendous negatives roguevalley Feb 2016 #128

Good for them. leftofcool Feb 2016 #13

Senator Sanders will never earn that kind of money giving speeches. EL34x4 Feb 2016 #35

Living the NEW American Dream! It's great work if you can find it. NorthCarolina Feb 2016 #14

Owned by her buyers (nt) bigwillq Feb 2016 #15

It's been a reward for the Clintons for getting rid of the Glass-Steagall. Nyan Feb 2016 #16

So? George II Feb 2016 #18

$153 million CountAllVotes Feb 2016 #20

A person making $10 an hour would literally have to work 7,650 years to make that amount Android3.14 Feb 2016 #21

So, I'm supposed to be against capitalism now? BeatleBoot Feb 2016 #22

Bribery Is Not Capitalism - Or So We Are Taught - Maybe One Believes - They Should Be The Same cantbeserious Feb 2016 #26

Where's the Quid Pro Quo? BeatleBoot Feb 2016 #67

Chuckles - One's Naivety Is Legion cantbeserious Feb 2016 #68

All you have to do is answer the question. BeatleBoot Feb 2016 #136

"Okay. Where's the quid pro quo now?" Nyan Feb 2016 #126

how about capitalism that works for the many, instead of the top 1%? wordpix Feb 2016 #81

sickening Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #27

I've seen both Hillary and Bill speak at GreenBuild VMA131Marine Feb 2016 #28

Yes. Igel Feb 2016 #44

Here we go....................... turbinetree Feb 2016 #29

Another way to see this: A fool and his money is soon parted. alfredo Feb 2016 #30

Apparently people here are okay with Chakaconcarne Feb 2016 #45

disagree---all candidates need vetting and if we're tearing her up wordpix Feb 2016 #78

For me, it is all about keeping a Republican out of the Whitehouse. alfredo Feb 2016 #95

Most of the people who are posting anti-Hillary nonsense Yavin4 Feb 2016 #121

this is all public knowledge questionseverything Feb 2016 #104

capitalism is here to stay ericson00 Feb 2016 #31

Prepare for an epic, dirty battle... because those Banksters aren't going to quietly walk away from AzDar Feb 2016 #32

Yep, she was bought by American Camping Association, Green Building Council, UCLA, Canada 2020, Hoyt Feb 2016 #34

Goldman Sachs citi Corp roguevalley Feb 2016 #38

All or none, I guess. Igel Feb 2016 #52

The two big bank who paid the most were big pushers of the KeystoneXL. polly7 Feb 2016 #40

She actually spoke to clients, some of them Dems, about economy and world. Hoyt Feb 2016 #70

She 'wouldn't take a stand' then (in public) on the KXL, but took their big money. polly7 Feb 2016 #71

The pipeline is dead despite your conspiracy theory. Hoyt Feb 2016 #72

It wasn't dead 'then'. polly7 Feb 2016 #73

You miss the point, neither she nor Obama were influenced by speaker fees or promises of more. Hoyt Feb 2016 #79

No, YOU miss the point. But thanks for playing. nt. polly7 Feb 2016 #83

don't worry, if she becomes pres, these banks will be back wordpix Feb 2016 #80

Exactly. nt. polly7 Feb 2016 #84

She won't release the content of her speeches. former9thward Feb 2016 #91

There are a few videos posted right here yesterday. Look at em, then comeback and report. Hoyt Feb 2016 #94

LOL former9thward Feb 2016 #96

I guess when they pay Jimmy Carter, head of Robin Hood Foundation, sports or entertainment icons, Hoyt Feb 2016 #97

Do they pay Carter, etc. $675,000? former9thward Feb 2016 #105

Sure beats ducking sniper fire. Bernin Feb 2016 #41

A symptom of the problem, for sure. So how do we fix it? Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #58

I'd elect someone who could make $153 million in speeches Tab Feb 2016 #59

The correct term is BRIBE. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #63

They made almost $91 million in 6 years - From 2009 to 2014. Skwmom Feb 2016 #64

I can see them on TV for free Enrique Feb 2016 #69

you can't bribe them if you're watching them on youtube, silly! wordpix Feb 2016 #82

Imagine if they were being given money in suitcases in motel rooms.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #90

A speech a week for 15 years ahimsa Feb 2016 #93

Another day, another smear. Thanks, Sanders supporters! 6000eliot Feb 2016 #109

Playing the victim card for Hillary Bernin Feb 2016 #115

As opposed to playing the bully for Sanders? 6000eliot Feb 2016 #116

I watched the last debate. Bernin Feb 2016 #117

I don't recall accusing either Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton of anything, 6000eliot Feb 2016 #118

You blamed Sander's supporters. Bernin Feb 2016 #119

Not the same thing. 6000eliot Feb 2016 #120

Great to hear. Bernin Feb 2016 #122

As if to prove my point. 6000eliot Feb 2016 #123

Well, Bernin Feb 2016 #124

That's a lot of money. I wonder what those speeches were about? n/t Little Tich Feb 2016 #113

The speeches are irrelevant. It's the backroom conversations after the speech that matters. Throd Feb 2016 #133

Can't thank you enough ... NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #127

Nice to know that we have a candidate Cryptoad Feb 2016 #130

She'll make America great again left-of-center2012 Feb 2016 #131