Hillary: 'I would consider Constitutional Amendment-If no other way to deal with Citizen's United'

[kpete]

"I would consider supporting an amendment among these lines that would prevent the abuse of our political system by excessive amounts of money if there is no other way to deal with the Citizen's United decision.


MON JUL 21, 2014 AT 03:25 PM PDT
Hillary's short statement on overturning Citizen's United via Const. Amendment
by Jeremimi

Hillary did a very short Q&A on Facebook as part of her promo for her new memoir.

I posed the question:

"Would you support a Constitutional Amendment overturning the Supreme Court's "Citizen's United" ruling, limiting the amount of money corporations and outside influences can contribute to political campaigns?"

My question received the most likes by other users. She answered:

"I would consider supporting an amendment among these lines that would prevent the abuse of our political system by excessive amounts of money if there is no other way to deal with the Citizen's United decision. -Hillary"

I believe I am the first person to get her on record on this issue. I'm happy she answered it, but slightly concerned about her word 'consider'.

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https://www.facebook.com/hillaryclintonbook/posts/622957164479061?comment_id=622957527812358&offset=0&total_comments=402
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/21/1315624/-Hillary-s-short-statement-on-overturning-Citizen-s-United-via-Const-Amendment

Source: https://www.facebook.com/...

[ReverendDeuce]

1. Hmm... mmhmm...

"I would consider* supporting an amendment among these lines that would prevent the abuse of our political system by excessive amounts of money if there is no other way to deal with the Citizen's United decision. -Hillary"

* and then reject

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. I know, really, way to take a brave stand Hillary. How bout start by considerin not taking dirty money from Wall Street for political favors? . . .

lol, no chance of that ever happenin!

[Wait Wut]

2. "Consider" is the only word she can use.

I couldn't come up with anything better, tbh. It's a brave answer, no matter what word she chooses and I'll put that in the "Pros" column of her file.

[CanonRay]

4. How about "YES"

Sounds like a half-hearted dodge to me.

[Wait Wut]

7. She's not a mind reader.

If that amendment contains language that would be more harmful than good, her 'yes' would come back to bite her in the ass. This isn't a black and white issue until/if she's in office and has it in front of her. Or, I guess she could just lie to us. That would get her more votes, correct?

[wyldwolf]

5. Constitutional Amendments are a DLC thing. Now let's parse the word 'consider' and gnash our teeth.