Hillary and her VAST connections to lobbyists and fat cat money.

[RBInMaine]

Will one single Hillary supporter please dare to defend what you see below.


From Ari Berman: THE NATION

"If Clinton really wanted to curtail the influence of the powerful, she might start with the advisers to her own campaign, who represent some of the weightiest interests in corporate America. Her chief strategist, Mark Penn, not only polls for America's biggest companies but also runs one of the world's premier PR agencies. A bevy of current and former Hillary advisers, including her communications guru, Howard Wolfson, are linked to a prominent lobbying and PR firm--the Glover Park Group--that has cozied up to the pharmaceutical industry and Rupert Murdoch. Her fundraiser in chief, Terry McAuliffe, has the priciest Rolodex in Washington, luring high-rolling contributors to Clinton's campaign. Her husband, since leaving the presidency, has made millions giving speeches and counsel to investment banks like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. They house, in addition to other Wall Street firms, the Clintons' closest economic advisers, such as Bob Rubin and Roger Altman, whose DC brain trust, the Hamilton Project, is Clinton's economic team in waiting. Even the liberal in her camp, former deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes, has lobbied for the telecom and healthcare industries, including a for-profit nursing home association indicted in Texas for improperly funneling money to disgraced former House majority leader Tom DeLay. "She's got a deeper bench of big money and corporate supporters than her competitors," says Eli Attie, a former speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore. Not only is Hillary more reliant on large donations and corporate money than her Democratic rivals, but advisers in her inner circle are closely affiliated with unionbusters, GOP operatives, conservative media and other Democratic Party antagonists."

[NightWatcher]

1. there is a ton of dirt out there on Clinton. why do you think Rush is pulling for her now

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4904345&mesg_id=4904345

If she takes the nom, the repukes will unload the shitstorm from the 90's ALL OVER AGAIN.
Then Newt will come back out with another "Contract for America", the dems will lose their slight majority, the right will bog down the congress with four more years of investigations that will handcuff the president.

[Zachstar]

2. Now this is what I am talking about!

Let every day be for the Clintons one of exposure of their past and their support.

Be sure to forward any findings you make to news sources around the world.

Clinton decided to make tings dirty now her past will be brought forward because the voters want it!

Keep in mind everyone that this is not just for Obama.. America seems to want this to be a fight and it is a fight that must be won so McCain is not guaranteed a win come November.

The gloves are off.

[Windy]

3. agreed!!! get everything out.. it will "season her" as SHE says!! n/t

[aquart]

8. Oh, you sweet, innocent child.

Seriously, it will be good for you. In the end.

[Windy]

4. Did you send this to the Obama campaign? I'm sure they are aware already though, but just in case...

send it.

[RBInMaine]

6. They know this, but did send an email them to go on OFFENSE !

[RBInMaine]

5. This is the crap the MSM and the Obama camp need to be

talking about over and over and over. How the hell is HRC ever going to change Washington when she represents everything that is horrible about Washington?? She takes more fat cat money than most Dems AND Republicans, certainly more than anyone in this presidential race Republican or Democrat. Obama takes individual contributions only and ZERO PAC or lobbyist money. If only the blue collar workers in Ohio and elsewhere really knew the truth about HRC and all the fac cat money she rolls around in every day. Hell, if only ANYONE knew the truth. It is one thing to say you're "a fighter for the people" and another to bathe in corporate lobbyist fat cat money.

[aquart]

7. Guilt by association? Someone she knows does something???

Wow. That's a killer.

This is going to be a huge shock to you, but tons of Americans get paychecks from these huge businesses and they would like to continue with it.

And McAuliffe was okay with the ENTIRE party wasn't he? Lovely credentials that man has. Now he's scum?

BTW, if Clinton people are SO BAD, how come Obama hired so many of them?

[RBInMaine]

9. Hm, Rezco, guilt by association???

Then don't be hypocritical with all this Rezco crap. Obama has been vetted on this, is NOT on trial, and there has been no allegation that he did ANYTHING wrong. Yet your side keeps peddling this crap like some Hollywood movie scene where "something is going to come out at trial."

Hillary is now morphing herself to be the "fighter for the people" and yet takes more corporate lobbyist money than many or most R's let alone Dems. Your side refuses to talk about that. You won't talk about her DEEP connections to the fat cats mentioned (and while McAuliffe raised some money, he refused to be a 50-state party, and lost elections whereas Dean has created a 50-state organization and raised more money with small donations and has won elections. McAuliffe was no DNC chair to write home about.). You refuse to discuss her connections to the convicted Norman Hsu, why she's hiding her tax returns, and all the other dirt we can drudge up about her. Fine for HRC and her attack dogs to go after Obama, then you whine (as Hillary always does) when the shoe is on the other foot. Also fine with you, I guess, that she stoops to gutter levels by embracing the R opponent to attack the other Democrat.
How you can begin to defend that is beyond me.