2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: TYT: Hillary's "enemies" list [View all]BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)What is really ironic here is that according the story that is the subject of this thread (and plenty credible, based on so many specifics) the Clintons keep a list of friends, enemies, every little favor that needs to be repaid. But she pretends that the people in the top 0.01%, the corporations, and foreign governments who have shoveled money at the Clintons (via speeches, consulting arrangements and donations to their political campaigns, SuperPacs and the Clinton Foundation) not only don't keep such lists of their own for every politician they support, but that they don't expect anything back. And this would also suggest that Hillary and Bill keep a list of everybody they owe favors to and everybody they want to punish politically, but they keep no such list on the financial side. It is preposterous. Nobody but her most naive political supporters would believe it for a minute.
There is a psychological principle called reciprocity. Most of us do not like to be in somebody's debt or to have others in our debt. If you treat me to a meal, I feel the need to treat you to a meal or do something else for you to repay the favor. It is why Sam Walton of Wal-Mart (who Hillary knew well) wouldn't allow his buyers to even accept a meal from a supplier or potential supplier, because he didn't want them to even be subconsciously influenced by it. Judges must recuse themselves from cases where they have a personal or economic interest, or at least disclose such interests to both sides when they don't recuse themselves. But Hillary and Bill pretend that they can take in millions from powerful people, corporations and foreign governments without there being any quid pro quos or it having any impact on their decision making.