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RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:16 PM Feb 2016

Yahoo guide to some of the KEY PLAYERS in Clinton’s $157 million campaign

Hillary’s Financial Armada
Michael Isikoff
Chief Investigative Correspondent
February 4, 2016

On the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton has repeatedly said she will stand up to big banks, drug companies and other special interests. “Democracy can’t just be for billionaires and corporations,” she proclaims.

But she has struggled to answer questions about her ties to Wall Street, telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper Wednesday night she accepted $675,000 in speaking fees from one investment bank because “that’s what they offered” and that financial firms are not giving her “very much money now.”


In fact, as new campaign disclosure reports filed this week reveal, Clinton has been fueled by millions from a network of well-connected Washington lobbyists, Wall Street bundlers and billionaire donors.







Here is a Yahoo News guide to some of the key players in Clinton’s $157 million campaign:




A savvy political operative who was once chief of staff to Democratic Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, Elmendorf now runs Subject Matter, a go-to Democratic lobbying firm for corporate interests, raking more than $10 million in fees last year.

Among its top clients:

Wall Street banks (Goldman Sachs and Citigroup),

the casino industry (the American Gaming Association),

telecoms (Verizon and Time Warner),

tech firms (Facebook and Microsoft),

agribusiness (Monsanto)

and the NFL....

....huge snip....didn't want to.....


PLEASE See the rest of the PLAYERS playing US & PAYING Hillary~
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/hillarys-financial-armada-233033648.html


The lowdown on the rest are found at the link. VERY insightful read!! It certainly helps explain why our Democratic Elites in DC have been the party for Big Business more often than not.
Thank you Yahoo!!
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Yahoo guide to some of the KEY PLAYERS in Clinton’s $157 million campaign (Original Post) RiverLover Feb 2016 OP
HRC - Forked Tongue - Strident - Overbearing - Visionless - The Perfect Spokesperson For The 1% cantbeserious Feb 2016 #1
Smooth more so than Forked Tongue RiverLover Feb 2016 #2
Forked Tounge In That HRC Lies cantbeserious Feb 2016 #4
Smoothly forked. ;) RiverLover Feb 2016 #5
Roger That cantbeserious Feb 2016 #6
Kick! RiverLover Feb 2016 #3
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #7
Thank you for the kick, Uncle Joe! /nt RiverLover Feb 2016 #8

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
2. Smooth more so than Forked Tongue
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:27 PM
Feb 2016

Campaign as a Populist,

Govern as a Conservative, on behalf of the 1% paying for the "populist" run.

Its how they roll.

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
5. Smoothly forked. ;)
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 11:27 PM
Feb 2016

(Sorry I wasn't familiar with that colloquialism. Learned something new tonight! Thanks!)

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