Hillary just said she was going to cut 500 private contractors from gov and end no bid contracts!

[Didereaux]

this on the live stream
http://townhall.hillaryclinton.com/

[robbedvoter]

1. Lots of good stuff we never got to hear about, huh? really glad I am watching

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Hurray!

[neutron]

14. This is the most interesting talk I've seen

this season. She is highly informational. Totally personable.
She will win this election.

[Alamom]

3. k&r

[ingac70]

4. I'd prefer she just brought everybody home...

500 contractors out of 100,000

:woohoo:

Way too go Hillary! :sarcasm:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/04/AR2006120401311.html

[bowens43]

5. Hllary will say what ever she feels she needs to say

to get what she thinks is rightfully hers. She's not believable . She lacks credibility.

[Didereaux]

6. she specifically referenced Blackwater! now that alone is worth a vote

[bunnies]

9. Its not worth MY vote. But whatever. nt

[bunnies]

7. 500? A drop in the bucket me thinks.

But she trusts her supporters dont know that. :eyes:

[Didereaux]

13. she named some big ones, believe me your spin otherwise is meaningless.

[bunnies]

25. MY spin?

Give me a fucking break. She says 'blackwater' and suddenly its a grand accomplishment? Talk about fucking spin! :eyes: Shit. I wrote government contracts at a laser sighting company for years. If the number 500 and a few names you've heard of makes you warm inside. You're the one being spun... And thats what shes counting on.

[katmondoo]

8. She is doing great

You all can think whatever,

[goldcanyonaz]

10. The town hall meeting is excellent.

[kurth]

11. They're gonna really go after her now

Can B.O. make the same pledge?

[LoverOfLiberty]

12. 500,000

She said 500,000, not 500. And 18 billion dollars.

[ingac70]

17. There aren't 500,000 contractors in Iraq...

There are roughly 100,000.

[Didereaux]

23. I think the big number was no bid contracts...yes $18 billion savings

[ErnestoG]

15. Lets see her cut Halliburton and Blackwater, and then we'll talk.

[Didereaux]

19. hey so far she is the only one to publicly promise to cut those bastards out...I believe her.

She owes those bastards nothing, in fact I suspect she has a rather long grudge list with HAlliburton topping the list and Blackwater and the Bushies Data companies all in the top 10 of those first 500 casualties. It's worth the gamble!

[ErnestoG]

20. Talk is cheap. But, Her Majesty knows that. You forget the Defense Industry are her friends.

Go look into how close she is to them.

[HopeforChange]

21. DITTO ! n/t

[Didereaux]

24. Ditto? DITTO! Hi Rush, welcome to DU-P

[creeksneakers2]

26. She's talking about taking $billions from the defense industry

She's not their girl.

[jlake]

16. K&R Hill Yes!

[MadMaddie]

18. Well does she mean 500 individual contractors or 500 contracting

companies. See there's a big difference.:shrug

[goldcanyonaz]

22. She doesn't avoid the BIG issues. She's a fighter and a work horse.

[Bread and Circus]

27. She's got an awesome record on this kind of thing check this out!!!

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-earmarks10dec10,1,6056064.story

Clinton rolls a sizable pork barrel

The senator embraces 'earmarks' as a way to help N.Y. She's received campaign funds from project beneficiaries.
By Tom Hamburger and Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
December 10, 2007

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It's a real estate developer's sugar-plum dream: a mega-shopping mall complete with 10 Broadway-style theaters, an indoor river, a Tuscan village and a 39-story luxury hotel sheathed in green solar panels shaped like giant blades of grass. Plus as much as $1 billion in government-backed financing, thanks in part to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
...
Since taking office in 2001, Clinton has delivered $500 million worth of earmarks that have specifically benefited 59 corporations. About 64% of those corporations provided funds to her campaigns through donations made by employees, executives, board members or lobbyists, a review by the Los Angeles Times shows.
...
Because of her perch on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Clinton has been able to earmark $1.4 billion for defense contractors in New York state since she arrived in the Senate, including $140 million this year, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense. Her record of home-state defense earmarking on that panel is second only to that of Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who is chairman of the committee and has served in the Senate since 1979.

Clinton has raised more than $270,000 for her campaigns from defense companies with New York operations that have received federal money with her help.

Change is on the march!!!! Mission accomplished!!!! Crony Government beware, there's a new Sheriff in town!!!!

[NashVegas]

28. Oh Oh

Get ready for the Hillary hate!

[Didereaux]

29. morning k

[bidenista]

30. she named BLACKWATER as one of the contractors to go! great job. nt