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JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 05:33 PM Jan 2016

Hillary's Future.

Hillary has painted herself into a corner.

Let's assume that she loses the 2016 election. She will be very sad, and the many very rich people who have donated to her campaign will be, shall we say, disappointed???

Let's assume that she wins the 2016 election.

Think about it.

Every move she makes, every appointment she makes, every company or town she visits, every deal she makes, every law she signs, every provision she promotes, every regulation her appointees agree to, every enforcement that any department from Homeland Security to the FCC to the Justice Department undertakes will be scrutinized by bloggers and all of us out here in internetland and compared to her donor list.

And that doesn't just go for Hillary. But it especially goes for Hillary. Hillary or any other president elected after accepting big donations from very wealthy donors and after support from Superpacs is going to discover that every move he or she makes and every position he or she takes including anything that happens in that person's administration will be compared to the donor list.

We will either end corporate domination of our elections by electing Sanders who refuses the big donations and the corporate support in the form of money or we will use the donor information to confront and embarrass any president who sells influence for campaign donations.

Either way, say goodbye to Citizens United and unlimited donations. They will be a thing of the past in the next presidential election. This, 2016, is the last chance for corporate rule. We will end it.

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thereismore

(13,326 posts)
1. Let's assume that she wins the 2016 election.
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 05:36 PM
Jan 2016

Then nothing, because that is all she cares about. Her presidency will be mired with scandal, real or perceived, just like her husband's. It's the Clintons. It's how they roll.

thereismore

(13,326 posts)
3. I think you are right about the emails being her No. 1 worry, but she has so many to choose from
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 05:56 PM
Jan 2016

these days. She is solely focused on IA. If that doesn't work out for her, she could melt down before the emails hit.

We have a major candidate under a threat of indictment, like some Latin American country.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
5. Yes, and when it gets out, as many IT people have said here, it's flat out illegal what they
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 06:01 PM
Jan 2016

did, not to mention wiping servers clean and her IT guy, Pagliani, pleading the 5th? Oh yeah, it's serious. The one I'm sorry for is Huma Abedin. She seems warm and real...but she may take the place with her husband as being a pair of sleazebags. Thanks, Hillary.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
10. Exactly! And we will be keeping the score.
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 06:07 PM
Jan 2016

She is sold out to her donors. Sold. Out the door. Sold. And we will never let her forget that.

NowSam

(1,252 posts)
4. If she wins its business as usual
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 06:00 PM
Jan 2016

and the status quo continues unabated. Those struggling will still struggle and those slipping will keep slipping. The rich will get richer. The argument for Bernie, in my opinion is that we want a more perfect union. One that cares for all its citizens.

NowSam

(1,252 posts)
11. Thank you...Wish I was wrong
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 06:07 PM
Jan 2016

But she is a owned by her sponsors and what they want is not in harmony with what the people need.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
8. I don't think so any more. I think the barn door has been opened and the word on the street
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 06:05 PM
Jan 2016

is out that "we're not going to take it any more." She'll be hounded, down ticket challenges have started...it's far from over no matter which way the Electoral College votes.

The Liberals/Progressives whatever we are called now, have found our way back in...thanks to Bernie...whether he's President or not, I doubt he'll sit down and shut up and go back as a docile Senator. He's a political rock star now.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
13. On the outside chance that she wins, think of it. All of the Republicans hate her with an
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 06:25 PM
Jan 2016

hot and unreasonable hatred, a lot of it likely unfair, but they do. The Liberals will be at the ready to block her every Oligarchic move and appointments, the young aren't going anywhere but up. No.

Someone mentioned that the Republicans have likely already started planning for impeachment hearings...especially when Emailgate gets out. Pretty sure they know more than a lot of us do. And this time, the Republicans have a majority in the House.

I think that she's dead in the water, however, because Emailgate is likely to come out during the campaign and her lead is not robust, if it exists at all.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
14. eventually she'll be selling reverse morgages between speaking dates
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 07:25 PM
Jan 2016

at big pharma casino junkets .

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