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nichomachus

(12,754 posts)
23. Corporations don't make donations -- they make purchases
Wed Feb 3, 2016, 09:11 PM
Feb 2016

They expect something in return.

With Hillary, they get it.

Hillary isn't owned by anyone. [View all] boston bean Feb 2016 OP
It's facile. An indication of the lack of substantive arguments against her candidacy. DanTex Feb 2016 #1
You mean like... HerbChestnut Feb 2016 #20
Non-sequitur, but I can see why you want to change the subject. DanTex Feb 2016 #24
I was responding to your "lack of substantive arguments against her candidacy" remark. HerbChestnut Feb 2016 #29
Well the OP was about the "owned by banks" nonsense. DanTex Feb 2016 #31
If you're talking about a position that he held 30+ years ago, then yeah, I do want to go there. HerbChestnut Feb 2016 #34
Of course you don't. And the guns either. At least we can agree that "owned by banks" is nonsense. DanTex Feb 2016 #37
I think you misread my post. HerbChestnut Feb 2016 #52
From bank employees. Do you know any bank employees? DanTex Feb 2016 #54
I live in the wrong part of the country to know any bank employees. HerbChestnut Feb 2016 #56
I do, I am even married to a former bank employee. Sadly I don't think any of the one's I know A Simple Game Feb 2016 #92
She Is Lying billhicks76 Feb 2016 #105
No, I don't think so, the OP didn't mention banks. You just made that up. notadmblnd Feb 2016 #60
Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Old Crow Feb 2016 #97
Hey, corporations are people! AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #100
LOL! Old Crow Feb 2016 #103
The word banks or any recerence to them is not in the op so..... SwampG8r Feb 2016 #146
LOL! Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2016 #50
What is lacking are substantive arguments FOR her candidacy. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #66
I find it weird that people who don't support her just make these wild assumptions about DanTex Feb 2016 #69
Its not assumptions about people who support her. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #78
^^^ so.much.this ^^^ Hiraeth Feb 2016 #76
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2016 #112
Yes she is....corporate donors own her. Punkingal Feb 2016 #2
This musiclawyer Feb 2016 #7
He sure has a great connection with Lockheed Martin and he has maintained a relationship Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #57
But those corporations are Genuine and Authentic. LuvLoogie Feb 2016 #74
Corporations are the same, and a revolution will never Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #158
Bullshit...that is a blatant lie about the NRA. Punkingal Feb 2016 #110
Nope, it is true, the NRA donated $18,000 to defeat Sanders opponent when Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #159
Sanders does not take money from the NRA which is what you are inferring. That is a lie. Punkingal Feb 2016 #164
Go back and read my post again, I did not say he took the money, I said the NRA Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #165
Please list all his contributions from Lockheed Martin and the NRA. Admiral Loinpresser Feb 2016 #155
Did you see any place I stated he took money? He has talked about going after the defense spending Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #161
Bernie is honest about pork. Hillary lies like a rug about Wall Street and the IWR. Admiral Loinpresser Feb 2016 #162
She is, the op is in serious denial. JRLeft Feb 2016 #17
^^^THIS^^^ valerief Feb 2016 #89
Kinda weird now when I see these silly threads I have to look to see if it's the Hillary section PatrynXX Feb 2016 #90
Sorry but she is the definition of Purchased Politician. RiverLover Feb 2016 #3
How would she provide that payoff? Lucinda Feb 2016 #6
POTUS can influence policy. frylock Feb 2016 #21
With a congress that people say won't work with her? Lucinda Feb 2016 #38
So you're saying that Obama has been ineffective? frylock Feb 2016 #45
Nope. He's done well with the congress he drew. But I'm told Hillary Lucinda Feb 2016 #49
They'll get the things done that they align with. frylock Feb 2016 #58
So the Republicans would help her pay off the guys that helped her take the POTUS Lucinda Feb 2016 #68
They're ALL payed by the same guys. frylock Feb 2016 #72
Not even my second. n/t Lucinda Feb 2016 #124
You should join the conversation over here. frylock Feb 2016 #130
I'm glad she is raising money. You'd better believe Bernie will need piles of it too Lucinda Feb 2016 #134
Try and keep up. Bernie pulled in 3.5 milly from people like me in the last two days. frylock Feb 2016 #136
How far do you think that would go in the GE. Tiny NH has already been hit with 100 million Lucinda Feb 2016 #139
Let me type this out again for you. frylock Feb 2016 #140
100 MILLION DOLLARS for a handful of days worth of ads in one tiny state. Lucinda Feb 2016 #141
Bernie is pulling more money than Hillary. Explain to me like I'm 5 years old.. frylock Feb 2016 #144
As of January 31 Lucinda Feb 2016 #145
POTUS leads Congress HerbChestnut Feb 2016 #22
They purchase both branches of government (and the SC by extebnsion) Armstead Feb 2016 #41
Well...there ya go then! Lucinda Feb 2016 #46
By ensuring the status quo is maintained via veto power if necessary shawn703 Feb 2016 #104
Seems like a pretty bad investment if they have to wait around for congress Lucinda Feb 2016 #118
If you haven't noticed, RichVRichV Feb 2016 #114
So they are going to pass pro-business legislation that she wants passed, to pay off Lucinda Feb 2016 #123
Do you feel the Republicans hate Obama and try to block everything he does? RichVRichV Feb 2016 #135
Ya she may not be owned but she acts like she is rented to the highest bidder awake Feb 2016 #4
My thought exactly! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2016 #30
Perfect. bvf Feb 2016 #39
The OP is correct. Hillary isn't owned by any one... she's owned by a LOT of people! reformist2 Feb 2016 #5
and corporations nt Jarqui Feb 2016 #8
Haven't you heard? KansDem Feb 2016 #80
Uh huh oregonjen Feb 2016 #9
They made her take the money? Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #10
During her career in elected office. Lucinda Feb 2016 #59
I know what it translates to and who they work for, but thanks. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #61
I'm thinking there will be some remorse musiclawyer Feb 2016 #11
Lol! beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #16
just about all politicians are beholding to DesertFlower Feb 2016 #12
Her own mind Carolina Feb 2016 #13
I've never said she was owned. retrowire Feb 2016 #14
She isn't owned, it's more like a partnership. morningfog Feb 2016 #15
+1. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #27
LOL! reformist2 Feb 2016 #55
Took the post right off of my keyboard! dflprincess Feb 2016 #84
It's more like rented, I agree. After the proper favors are granted politically, she will be done Dragonfli Feb 2016 #18
That Jury Is Pretty Much In... But We DO Know She'll Say Almost Anything For Votes... WillyT Feb 2016 #19
Corporations don't make donations -- they make purchases nichomachus Feb 2016 #23
You have nailed it solid! modestybl Feb 2016 #138
Leased, then? AzDar Feb 2016 #25
she is compromised by all of the money that she has taken from the titans of industry and commerce virtualobserver Feb 2016 #26
Agreed. She's more of a series of a short-term leases rather than a purchase. Attorney in Texas Feb 2016 #28
The corporations currently have her on retainer Deny and Shred Feb 2016 #156
No one who gets big corporate donations EVER defies the corporations who made them. Ken Burch Feb 2016 #32
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #33
Let's stop acting like Citizens United doesn't exist for a reason. nt RedCappedBandit Feb 2016 #35
You're not being honest with yourself EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #36
You know what's even more insulting? Android3.14 Feb 2016 #40
I'm sure you would agree that the republicans are "owned" by their donors, jkbRN Feb 2016 #42
Owned implies she is a separate entity from that which does the owning, she is not owned.... JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #43
Precisely my thoughts as well sammythecat Feb 2016 #95
Seems right. HassleCat Feb 2016 #44
No, owned is probably not the proper analogy tularetom Feb 2016 #47
no - she's not owned by the establishment Locrian Feb 2016 #151
You didn't ask with a cherry and sugar on top. earthside Feb 2016 #48
So she'll have no problem returning Goldman Sachs' donations? n/t brentspeak Feb 2016 #51
here's the meaning pinebox Feb 2016 #53
That's the urban dictionary definition, not the real definition. nt Cali_Democrat Feb 2016 #67
Actually it is pinebox Feb 2016 #143
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Feb 2016 #62
She's owned by her own political ambition. Whatever it takes. Broward Feb 2016 #63
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #64
All politicians are owned by someone bigwillq Feb 2016 #65
Those big banks must be run by morons DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #70
Of course she's not . . . Nanjeanne Feb 2016 #71
Thank you mcar Feb 2016 #73
Rented then, fine. Motown_Johnny Feb 2016 #75
Sure she is. And there's no climate change. GoneOffShore Feb 2016 #77
She courts saltpoint Feb 2016 #79
. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2016 #81
You're joking, right? RoccoR5955 Feb 2016 #82
I agree... DUbeornot2be Feb 2016 #83
It's a blanket response NRA has bought and pain for the DNC PatrynXX Feb 2016 #85
Keep repeating that. nt mother earth Feb 2016 #86
Yes, it may well be insulting ... TO YOU. DrBulldog Feb 2016 #87
No of course not because um 911 DVRacer Feb 2016 #88
and she's anti-pharma and anti-Wall Street and anti-war and anti-deportation MisterP Feb 2016 #91
Her corporate funded super PACs say otherwise... hoosierlib Feb 2016 #93
Oh look, another hit and run Bullshit post. litlbilly Feb 2016 #94
Just got a call from John Podesta. saltpoint Feb 2016 #96
:eyeroll: Schema Thing Feb 2016 #98
Right...she's not by anyone Roland99 Feb 2016 #99
Lol Loudestlib Feb 2016 #101
She's Owned By Money And Ego billhicks76 Feb 2016 #102
agree mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #106
ROFLMAO!!! That's a good one!! She is bought and paid for.... bowens43 Feb 2016 #107
She is owned by entities, not actual humans AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #108
Thank you. What's the real stinker is she wants that for the rest of us too. nc4bo Feb 2016 #115
She's using those big bank SOB's! Taking $250k a speech from them.. And that's all they're getting.. raindaddy Feb 2016 #109
This is all Sanders has right now, impugn her integrity and claim he's running a clean campaign uponit7771 Feb 2016 #111
"It's insulting as all hell" mindwalker_i Feb 2016 #113
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold... Tommymac Feb 2016 #116
Yes she is. Three SuperPAC's Flying Phoenix Feb 2016 #117
Bain Fucking Capital Fuddnik Feb 2016 #119
Yes, Bain Capital is the cherry on top of the corruption sundae. virtualobserver Feb 2016 #122
Well corporations aren't people so yeah, she isn't. Fearless Feb 2016 #120
So Where Did The Clinton's Get Their $130 Million Dollar Nest Egg? scottie55 Feb 2016 #121
HaHaHaHa! Good One! mckara Feb 2016 #125
I don't believe she is owned by anyone. I respect Hillary Clinton. californiabernin Feb 2016 #126
lordy, sweetheart ellennelle Feb 2016 #127
Most wrong post of the year Doctor_J Feb 2016 #128
It's hard, I know. But the truth shall set you free. azmom Feb 2016 #129
She isn't owned by any one. Red Oak Feb 2016 #131
Then you should say the same about republicans Nyan Feb 2016 #132
No one person owns her. She is traded publicly. Katashi_itto Feb 2016 #133
ROFLMAO SoapBox Feb 2016 #137
Hillary is not owned by the 1%er club Cassiopeia Feb 2016 #142
She's owned and her voting record proves it. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #147
I wonder why the people saying Hillary is owned by (fill in the blank), don't show the evidence. betsuni Feb 2016 #148
OK here is some evidence for you AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #149
OMG WORDS!111!!!!! betsuni Feb 2016 #157
And dollar figures! AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #166
So what? If I give you a dollar will you do whatever I tell you to do? betsuni Feb 2016 #167
If you were paying $500k, plenty of people would do whatever you asked. nt LittleBlue Feb 2016 #170
But I wouldn't. Maybe that's why I don't understand this. betsuni Feb 2016 #172
"It's insulting as all hell." ... I think that's their motivation. NurseJackie Feb 2016 #150
Hillary merely belongs to a club that pays her to stay as a member.... islandmkl Feb 2016 #152
Thanks for the laugh 4dsc Feb 2016 #153
Maybe. Maybe not. She certainly has conflict of interest problems. cali Feb 2016 #154
Clinton is forced to take the money? Clinton is forced to take money from those she claims Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #160
What a load of crap. alarimer Feb 2016 #163
She just rents herself out SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #168
Understand the word context? cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #169
Yeah. keep telling yourself that. kath Feb 2016 #171
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