NYTimes: Hillary Clinton again Put on Defensive over Ties to Wall St.

[amborin]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/us/politics/hillary-clinton-wall-street-ties.html

"Mrs. Clinton seems an imperfect messenger for change."

"Bernie Sanders is a serious contender for the democratic nomination............she seemed to struggle....... I also spoke to surgeons............Elizabeth Warren criticized Mrs. Clinton for shifting her policy on bankruptcy to please her Wall St. donors....she couldn't get campaign donations from struggling families"

NY Times is finally recognizing Bernie Sanders!

[99th_Monkey]

1. This meme was born in another OP/string tonight. It kinda fits.

Use it if you like. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1144702

[SHRED]

4. Nice meme...:-)

[Admiral Loinpresser]

2. Apparently Bernie is very effectively occupying Wall Street. n/t

[amborin]

3. more on tonight's debate from DK:

In 2007, while running for president, Clinton made campaign speeches attacking the tax break for hedge-fund and private-equity executives — one of the infamous loopholes that allows rich people to pay way less in taxes than they’re supposed to — but did not sign her name onto legislation that would have ended the tax break and closed the loophole.

Just as she’s doing now, she was “out [t]here every day saying I’m going to shut them down,” but did not actually use her elected-official power to keep her word, and follow through with the simple act of signing her name onto someone else’s bill.

As Politico reports,

When Clinton had a chance to support a 2007 bill that aimed to curb a tax break she publicly decried for hedge-fund and private-equity executives, she failed to sign on.

Clinton said one thing in public, but did another behind closed doors. She attacked Wall Street to voters, but helped them as a senator.

Why?

Because Wall Street executives were the biggest donors to her 2006 Senate campaign and her 2008 presidential campaign.

Clinton got millions from the financial industry while also protecting them — she is most assuredly influenced by her Wall Street donors.

That’s one thing right there, per Clinton’s request — but here’s even more.

In 2007 and 2008, Clinton did not work with the other senators in Congress to pass a housing bill to stop individual financial players from destroying the economy.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/4/1479904/-Clinton-Last-Night-Name-Anything-Wall-Street-Has-Influenced-Me-On-OK-I-Will

[daleanime]

5. Actually, she's the perfect messenger for change....

if you intend to have none.