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Related: About this forumYahoo guide to some of the KEY PLAYERS in Clinton’s $157 million campaign
Hillarys 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 cant just be for billionaires and corporations, she proclaims.
But she has struggled to answer questions about her ties to Wall Street, telling CNNs Anderson Cooper Wednesday night she accepted $675,000 in speaking fees from one investment bank because thats 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 Clintons $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
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 cant just be for billionaires and corporations, she proclaims.
But she has struggled to answer questions about her ties to Wall Street, telling CNNs Anderson Cooper Wednesday night she accepted $675,000 in speaking fees from one investment bank because thats 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 Clintons $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
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cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)1. HRC - Forked Tongue - Strident - Overbearing - Visionless - The Perfect Spokesperson For The 1%
eom
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)2. Smooth more so than Forked Tongue
Campaign as a Populist,
Govern as a Conservative, on behalf of the 1% paying for the "populist" run.
Its how they roll.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)4. Forked Tounge In That HRC Lies
eom
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)5. Smoothly forked. ;)
(Sorry I wasn't familiar with that colloquialism. Learned something new tonight! Thanks!)
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)6. Roger That
eom
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)3. Kick!
In honor of SEGAMI.
Uncle Joe
(58,362 posts)7. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, RiverLover.
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)8. Thank you for the kick, Uncle Joe! /nt