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In reply to the discussion: Salt of the Earth Hillary Clinton wants $300,000 from you PLUS your vote [View all]ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)175. can you people debate anything without attacking others? in this thread alone, people have
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been called conspiracy theorists, old, ignorant, and implied to be both racist and sexist.
Yeah, it really makes me want to vote for Hillary, if that's the kind of politics her supporters do.
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whereisjustice
Feb 2015
OP
We should just get our candidates from India on an H1B and pay them, like $5K, and no benefits
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#5
Lol, what a great idea, Globalization! Cheap labor. I like the H1B method, we are told it is
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#101
Absolutely, we must support corporate profits & globalization. But new H1-B Reps. are only for the
appalachiablue
Feb 2015
#250
That's known as the "1%'er fee." Pay to play, boys and girls. PAY TO PLAY.
blkmusclmachine
Feb 2015
#8
News flash: There is a Speakers Circuit out there and some folks get a lot of money
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#10
Speaking fees are indeed, a most heinous and grievous crime; and it's time people knew...
LanternWaste
Feb 2015
#204
Nope, the price is based on demand. Sorry, it's not as exciting as your conspiracy
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#77
Do you really not understand this? Do you think attendees of speeches pay for them? Nt
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#164
can you people debate anything without attacking others? in this thread alone, people have
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#175
students just *love* hillary. they all think it's worth $300K to hear her, and they're happy
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#100
Some folks just figured out there is a speakers circuit because someone they don't like is on it
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#13
women here (at DU and in the US) are *not* "considered the lowest common denominator".
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#118
Amazing how fast calling "sexist" on every DU critic of Hillary got old and transparent, isn't it?
merrily
Feb 2015
#160
and how old it's gotten, and how hopeless it makes me feel. what kind of solidarity can
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#178
"for the first time, people of advanced age have decided that income inequality...is a problem"
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#42
right because those people "of advanced age" never once complained about income inequality
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#95
Now you're trying to rationalize your BS charge: this time *you're* old, but unprivileged,
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#159
Brilliant rant, BB. Some will deliberately misunderstand you, but you got it right.
Hekate
Feb 2015
#116
yes, using ageist slurs to pretend people are racist and sexist is a brilliant technique.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#139
Okay Einstein, then why do all the Hillary haters all tend to like Elizabeth Warren? Sexist? Nt
Logical
Feb 2015
#50
because the hillary haters are all so old. according to the poster. though it doesn't make
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#97
please explain then her meaning then, because i didn't deliberately misunderstand anything.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#120
You mean you can't explain, because it's clear what the poster meant. She meant old
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#132
you support clinton because (you perceive) some people see putin as a hero? i see why
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#99
he apparently gets way less than anyone else, including ex-vps and failed presidential
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#54
I make minimum wage. I'm not willing to pay *anyone* diddly to give a speech. But if
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#65
Clinton doesn’t have to wait “for these folks to get their act together.”
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#22
i wonder who they are, those folks who take so long to get their act together, and where
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#180
Or the two teleprompters and special podium. After all if you are going to save the middle class
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#27
For $300,000 she can buy her own gd wedges. A rock star can be afforded arrogance. They are not
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#31
Yes, of course, Goldman Sachs is OK with it too. I'm glad the lower classes keep you amused. Too bad
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#45
well, fuck us, do you think she'll make her speeches to anyone who can't afford $300,000 or
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#37
More correctly, it takes money to buy an election. And she's buying this one.
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#40
Name a politician who won that didn't have the financial backing in the last 30 years?
still_one
Feb 2015
#46
For someone who doesn't want to talk to me, you sure are talking to me a lot. I guess
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#135
and she's got plenty of it..I loved it when, after her 2008 run, she went around
whathehell
Feb 2015
#161
Yes, she will. When the time comes she will speak in some big open venue and it will be free.
Hekate
Feb 2015
#181
"Clinton went to a different part of town and held a fundraiser at a very rich person's home,
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#188
Maybe, or might be what he charges. Elizabeth Warren as an example usually doesn't take a fee
still_one
Feb 2015
#55
You are right. However, as a Senator, Warren is prohibited from taking speaking fee
still_one
Feb 2015
#67
however, it's apparently because sitting congresspeople have to donate their speaking fees
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#167
Hey, give her a break, she was in near poverty when she left the White House!!! nt
Logical
Feb 2015
#33
So poor, her daughter had to work for $600,000 at NBC as a special correspondent to help
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#93
yeah, poor chelsea had to go out at a young age to support bill and hill. luckily she was
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#106
Yes, she's unbearable. Tone deaf, entitled 1%er who should run as a republican since she
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#39
I'm no fan of HRC and will not vote for her in the primary, but I think
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2015
#210
So is Charlie Sheen. I'm pretty sure he gets high fees and wouldn't be a good president.
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#47
Hillary Clinton would be a horrible President. More poverty, more jobs to Asia, higher CEO pay, low
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#51
It's a violation of DU's terms of service, so you take your chances. You also risk a hide.
merrily
Feb 2015
#169
Do you hate JFK and FDR, too? As I remember, they were pretty rich. Can the rich not allow
CAG
Feb 2015
#59
JFK and FDR didn't charge $300,000 a speech during time of the worst income disparity in US history
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#69
wow - you are insulting JFK & FDR in order to buff up Hillary? That's very third way of you.
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#89
Silly. Both JFK and FDR inherited their money from their fathers, grandfathers, and in the case of
Hekate
Feb 2015
#142
It's almost like he's got a meme-generator that flags words and riffs off them randomly
Hekate
Feb 2015
#186
What you doubt is not the issue. Hillarys fees are not out of line with other
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#171
Hillafarian pill heads paying $300,000 to hear her lip sync and pander...
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#73
Most speakers of her notariety expect certain things. But I do have a question
rpannier
Feb 2015
#86
Still water as in "don't make waves". A Democrat only a conservative would love.
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#90
If it's coming out of a tap, it's moving, not still. If it's moving through pipes, it's moving.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#141
are you serious? you don't know what still water is? (sorry, i refuse to be so puerile as
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#147
who pays for a speech given to students at a university? unless some private party made
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#102
Where do you think that budget money comes from? Unless it comes from some billionaire's
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#115
Poster pretends to not know that universities have major funders and endowments for such things
Hekate
Feb 2015
#155
I did specify "little or nothing" for the students. UCSB has a terrific Arts & Lectures program....
Hekate
Feb 2015
#176
well, i suppose we'd have to check out each university individually to see exactly where
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#192
Hillary is selling future favors for $300,000. The 1% are buying future favors for $300,000. That's
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#105
What misleading Bullshit. There's backers and there's voters, and they're not the same.
Hekate
Feb 2015
#108
she's 5'7". not exactly 'short' for a woman. she's a couple of inches taller than the US average
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#184
Its even more bullshit than that. Her speech was funded by a University endowment
onenote
Feb 2015
#226
I think most of the people in the film were non-professionals. But Grandpa Walton was in it.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#177
Bwahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Sure, Goldman and Citi pay her to fill seats. Yeah, that's it.
Scuba
Feb 2015
#195
Tap water in a paper cup, a crust of dry bread, a hard bench, a light shining in his eyes.
Hekate
Feb 2015
#242
When you have to distort to make your point, you probably don't have a point worth making
onenote
Feb 2015
#219
One more time for clarity 's sake: the $300,000 was paid out of an endowment. Tickets were free
onenote
Feb 2015
#230
...The speech was a fundraiser. Tickets cost $100 and up. Attendance was about 1800 because
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#237
Because we need overpaid Wall Street shills stumping for overpaid Wall Street CEOs, Hillary
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#251