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In reply to the discussion: De Blasio: Bernie’s Attacks on Hillary’s Climate Change Record Are ‘Flat-Out False’ [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)22. It's all legal.
Which is the interesting part. From the other day...
If you want to learn WHY Bill and Hillary Clinton are so close to Wall Street...
...helped repeal Glass-Steagall, became empathetic with those in natural gas and fracking and other mineral extraction industries, and seemed content with irregular international banking practices a la BCCI; then check out this article from the great Barbara Demick, once of The Philadelphia Inquirer, which ran three days before the inauguration of President Clinton in 1993:
Clinton's Wealth Of Support
An Arkansas Family Has Been A Backer,
And A Source Of Controversy.
By Barbara Demick
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER STAFF WRITER, January 17, 1993
EXCERPT...
Early in the game, the Stephenses raised $100,000 in Arkansas to get Clinton's candidacy up and running. Then last spring, when Clinton was trailing both George Bush and Ross Perot, Worthen Bank supplied the cash- starved campaign with a $3.5 million line of credit.
SNIP...
The centerpiece of the family's $1 billion empire is Stephens Inc., one of the largest investment banking firms off Wall Street. In addition to its 38 percent interest in Worthen Bank, the family owns stakes in oil and natural gas, utilities, nursing homes, waste management, diamond mining and hog farming.
SNIP...
The Stephens businesses are often represented by the Rose law firm, where Hillary Clinton has been a partner. Until the mid-1980s, they owned Arkla Inc., the Shreveport, La., natural-gas utility from which Clinton tapped chairman Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty as his White House chief of staff. Their investment firm serves as business manager to Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason, the Hollywood couple who helped choreograph Clinton's public image.
SNIP...
In 1978, federal securities regulators alleged that Stephens, along with Lance, helped Middle Eastern investors linked to BCCI secretly buy up shares in a Washington bank. Stephens and the others settled the civil lawsuit by signing a consent decree in which they neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing.
SNIP...
The Stephenses have extensive holdings in natural gas, a resource strongly supported by Clinton. They, along with Bradbury, have been vocal proponents of easing banking regulations - in particular the limits on interstate banking and the Glass-Steagal Act, which separates banks from brokerage firms.
CONTINUED...
http://articles.philly.com/1993-01-17/news/25959645_1_worthen-bank-stephens-family-bill-clinton
The whole article is worth reading if you want to understand Ms. Clinton and where she's coming from -- and where she will lead.
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De Blasio: Bernie’s Attacks on Hillary’s Climate Change Record Are ‘Flat-Out False’ [View all]
onehandle
Apr 2016
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When part of your appeal is: a) "I won't go negative"; and b) "I tell the truth," an untrue neg. at
riversedge
Apr 2016
#79
If he has such low opinion of his colleagues, why soil himself by associating with their party?
beastie boy
Apr 2016
#94
I notice you have no anger over the clinton campaign's many, many lies agaisnt Sanders
Scootaloo
Apr 2016
#85
Exactly! Where was he when Clinton and her surrogates were actually lying and misrepresenting
Dustlawyer
Apr 2016
#35
I'm a supporter. Private meetings with lobbyists could be a conflict of interest.
seabeckind
Apr 2016
#8
Exactly as I said, he voted against the Brady Bill five times. It is a fact the NRA
Thinkingabout
Apr 2016
#111
Attacking the messenger is an old Rovian trick: Three Pinnochios for @BernieSanders Liar, Liar, Pant
riversedge
Apr 2016
#23
Thanks! The impact of 25 years of right wing propaganda has brainwashed a lot of people against HRC.
greatlaurel
Apr 2016
#107
Hard to pass stuff with republicans willing to throw a spanner in the works.
killbotfactory
Apr 2016
#30
As a scientist familiar and enthusiastic for the world's largest, by far, source of climate...
NNadir
Apr 2016
#93
He's right...but what's worse is that the Sanders plan for the climate is absurd, unworkable...
NNadir
Apr 2016
#36
As a scientist myself, I can say that if Sanders has consulted with scientists...
NNadir
Apr 2016
#91
Anyone casually accepting fracking, w no mention of Hillary's support for Keystone XL
riderinthestorm
Apr 2016
#114
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stupidicus
Apr 2016
#43
Now that we are suddenly talking about career totals rather than the subject of the thread...
beastie boy
Apr 2016
#58
He's the mayor of NYC, birthplace of ACT UP and other AIDS activism groups Hillary claims took no
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#45
as the bullshit continues to pile up i do not know if i could support hrc if the nominee
dembotoz
Apr 2016
#105