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3. Didnt Hillary have some sort of trading controversy
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 06:48 PM
Jan 2016

back in the mid-90s where she made thousands overnight without having a minimum amount in her account when the trades (cattle) were intimated... I thought this guy,Gary Gensler, Clinton’s chief financial officer and the former chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission might have been the chairman then.

Oh ya Hillary bought several cattle contracts which normally required a $12,000 investment with only a Thousand dollars in her account and made a very substantial profit.Then she went on make earn a bundle in just one year which usually requires the trader to be very knowledgeable about commodity pricing history etc.

Here is the link: Its very interesting.
Here is my question for Hillary after reading this paragraph


Hillary Clinton has said "she made all the trading decisions herself" and has tried to play down Blair's role. But she acknowledged in April, three weeks after her trades were first disclosed, that Blair actually placed most of the trades.

So Hillary if you could make this kind money on the mercantile commodities market what the hell were you doing traveling around the world giving those pocket change speeches for?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/stories/wwtr940527.htm

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Well she's an expert... SandersDem Jan 2016 #1
This is going to be good. Phlem Jan 2016 #2
Didnt Hillary have some sort of trading controversy INdemo Jan 2016 #3
Cattle futures. She's good at that too! thereismore Jan 2016 #25
Jack(ie) of all trades, I'd say. nt nc4bo Jan 2016 #28
the headline I should be reading: Baitball Blogger Jan 2016 #4
well, that would put the onus where it belongs nashville_brook Jan 2016 #13
Good point. n/t zentrum Jan 2016 #15
swinging for wall street is the truth. she Is pathetic roguevalley Jan 2016 #24
The "shadow banking" shit is smoke and mirrors. Fawke Em Jan 2016 #5
She's not that great at shadow boxing. Major Hogwash Jan 2016 #6
Just because he hasn't released it, doesn't mean she hasn't seen it nxylas Jan 2016 #8
+10100110001000110011 nashville_brook Jan 2016 #11
Reminds me of a Little Rascals episode with shadow boxing. Fuddnik Jan 2016 #17
Those that benefitted from the financial meltdown are going to tell us how to reform rhett o rick Jan 2016 #7
"Champagne wishes and caviar dreams." Major Hogwash Jan 2016 #10
Let's not forget the direction these rich want us to move towards. PyaarRevolution Jan 2016 #23
Fuck no. sonofspy777 Jan 2016 #9
This is the silliest stuff I've heard from a presidential candidate since 2000 when Jack Rabbit Jan 2016 #12
Barfo...she makes me sick. SoapBox Jan 2016 #14
she sure does... ViseGrip Jan 2016 #27
Shadow banking is something that abelenkpe Jan 2016 #16
well we know hers azurnoir Jan 2016 #18
Seeing how Bill Clinton created the mess Geronimoe Jan 2016 #19
LOL leftcoastmountains Jan 2016 #20
That one statement said it all INdemo Jan 2016 #29
Swinging at balls that haven't been pitched? Seems legit. Blue State Bandit Jan 2016 #21
Isn't that something Republicans do oh wait nevermind :P n/t PatrynXX Jan 2016 #22
I see what you did there. nt thereismore Jan 2016 #26
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