Clinton's Corporate Ties Are Exactly What's Needed

[cali]

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But to the point: one of Clinton’s greatest assets, and probably the greatest reason I will be voting for her, is because of her corporate connections.


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Similarly, the same can be said for President Obama and his ‘corporate ties’. President Obama could not get most of his agenda through Congress. He had to turn to corporations to get assistance making progress on health care, education, and green energy. Trillions of dollars. Without ‘corporations’, progressive issues would have gone next to nowhere the last eight years.

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Here’s the thing: Clinton is even better connected than Obama.

We are not going to overwhelm the Republicans anytime soon. Even with majorities in Congress, we saw during the fight for the ACA how difficult it is to make anything happen. Progressives desperately need those corporate ties to continue moving our agenda forward with or without the cooperation of wingnut ideologues.


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http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/30/1477342/-CLINTON-S-CORPORATE-TIES-ARE-EXACTLY-WHAT-WE-NEED

[Trajan]

1. Um ...

Wha ?

[FreakinDJ]

2. This sums it up pretty well

[djean111]

3. Total sellout of Progressives and what used to be the Democratic Party.

Let the corporations run things - evidently, that's the Clinton Way.

Not voting for that.

[cali]

4. Crazy bit of advocacy

[jwirr]

21. Yes, it is really hard to understand why they still think that

this is not about being bought and owned by big money. They actually think it is a plus.

I personally think that the big money in campaigns and the corporate connections are one of the biggest problems we have. Oh, well I guess they just want us to get angry and stay home.

I have never stayed home and I am not starting now.

[VulgarPoet]

5. ...Did the Daily Kos just advocate for the oligarchy?

Someone call Greenpeace; cause fuck jumping the shark, I think they just jumped the goddamn orca here.

[cali]

6. It's just a diary.

[VulgarPoet]

8. That horrified me for a moment x_x

[mmonk]

7. And the reason I will fight against her.

At least we have something in common, her corporate ties.

[2pooped2pop]

9. WOW

That's enough spin to power a tornado. WOW

[reformist2]

10. This is a joke, right? Right??!!

Total capitulation to the corporations. Pathetic.

[cali]

14. No, I really don't think it is. Kind of the logical

extension of the commonly held views of virtually all of her supporters that her history with corporations is no big deal. They think it's ridiculous to claim this country is a corpocracy.

[Broward]

11. Wow, could the Democratic Party be headed for a historic split?

I know that sounds hyperbolic, but this tent is getting way too big. The corporate wing and the progressive wing are worlds apart.

[jwirr]

22. I personally think we are already split. Hillary and her supporters

are headed in one direction - as has every president since raygun - and us lefties are trying to return to the ideals of a peoples party such as we had from 1932-1979.

I think the play time is over.

[KoKo]

12. Ha! The Corporate Ties are the very problem..

How long have we heard this DLC/Third Way Crap repeated to us.

And what about Party Building? Since Howard Dean's efforts who has worked to help Build the Dem Party? I say this from a Southern State that went for Obama in 2008 and watched as our Dem Party Activists were ignored by the Dem Establishment. There was no money for Party Building and Tim Kaine and DWS did nothing for us except to support a few handpicked Blue Dog Dems who didn't last.

[PowerToThePeople]

13. Yes, more fascism is what we need.

[reformist2]

16. It's astonishing. "Democrats" are actually claiming that corporations can be our friends!

[DefenseLawyer]

15. I'm not sure what's going on here

Either you really believe that corporations need more influence in our political system (which is insane) or you will latch on to any argument you can, no matter how insane, to support your candidate (which is kind of depressing)

[reformist2]

17. This is what the Clintons do best. They never cave in, no matter how absurd their argument, unless

caught red-handed.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. Yes! We need more politicians to collaborate with the corporations so they'll be nicer.

In the same way that we need more water in our gas tank to make it cheaper. And more termites in our walls to save on air conditioning.

[cali]

19. Perfect.

[Odin2005]

20. What a steaming pantload of shit.

[mhatrw]

23. It's not what you know; it's who you know.

And Clinton knows so many people in the top 0.1% that she is sure to use their contact information to beg them to give us a few more crumbs.