Hillary Defends Wall Street Ties With Tasteless 9/11 Reference

[GoLeft TV]

Hillary Clinton was asked during the second democratic debate about her Wall Street ties, and her response isn’t sitting well with Democratic voters. Using an old staple of the Republican Party, Hillary defended her ties to the criminals on Wall Street by invoking 9/11.

Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

[misterhighwasted]

1. No she didn't. The tweet is whats tastless.

But run with whatever you can twist into a smear. Its been debunked.
Have a nice afternoon!

[bjobotts]

4. I love Hillary but don't ignore the facts.

[misterhighwasted]

6. I doubt you really "love" Hillary.

The facts are more like this statement (in part) from your guy bernie:
"Later in the debate Bernie Sanders agreed: “I applaud Secretary Clinton. She did. She's the senator from New York. She worked – and many of us supported you – in trying to rebuild that devastation.” 

The Beltway pundit class did not approve of Hillary’s answer, exposing the always lurking media antipathy toward her, the constant search for a scandal. Politico chief political correspondent Glenn Thrush (a veteran reporter we know and like) went so far as to label the former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State’s words “cray cray.” We do not believe Glenn would use the same language against, for argument’s sake, President Obama. 

Furthermore, as Bernie Sanders explicitly agreed, her remarks were accurate. Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta noted after the debate: "When people attack her and call her quote-unquote the 'Senator from Wall Street,' they ought to remember that she was instrumental in trying to rebuild an important part of the New York economy." 

Indeed they should – because in some ways helping to rebuild lower Manhattan and defending a crippled New York City economy against cuts in post-9/11 aid demanded by right wing Republicans was a defining moment in the newly-elected senator’s career. And Hillary did it without grandstanding; she simply dug in and fought for New York.... "

[raindaddy]

9. The tweet seem tasteless in Republican circles....

"Why candidates who receive large sums of money from Wall Street should be trusted to regulate it".. Should be asked by every Democrat who is thinking about voting for Hillary Clinton.. In fact the question that really needs to be asked is.. When did protecting Wall Street banks that have become so big they can collapse our economy become a policy of a potential Democratic President??

And what was really tasteless was evoking the attack on 9/11 as a way to avoid directly answering the question...

[misterhighwasted]

2. Andy Grewal. GOTV dredges up the Federalist Society??

Good lord, the desperation.
http://www.fed-soc.org/experts/detail/andy-grewal

The tweet that started this came from Mr Andy Grewal.
Ring of Fire's' credibility sinks to new a low as they out their sources.

[Skidmore]

5. One and the same...

[misterhighwasted]

7. Yup. and that's the final gasps of a dying campaign.

Federalists, Libertarians, ..its a mixed brew.
They appear every election cycle, still regurgitating from the last one.
Figures it came from the fringe.

[mcar]

8. Wow

[riversedge]

11. yes, see my

post here....small discussion at this thread.
I used to like R of F but not the last several months.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=816799

[misterhighwasted]

12. OMG..This is slander, really Ring of Fire?? Ya dug down to the Federalist Society Level for the dirt

What a bunch of sick ****s

[MissDeeds]

3. Ouch!

[Unknown Beatle]

10. Whether Clinton supporters like it or not,

Hillary coddling up to Wall St. is on the record. And no amount of spin is going to change that fact.

What is it with facts and truth that bothers her supporters so much. Going so far as to claim facts and truth are smears and lies.

The simple fact is that Hillary invoked 9/11 in protection of her Wall St. ties.

[riversedge]

13. Madam President has it and now amount of smearing form Sander fans will

get her down--and you know it.


Silvina Alarcon @salarcon1

Together we will SHATTER the glass ceiling with @HillaryClinton ! @HillaryforSC #ImWithHer
8:12 PM - 14 Nov 2015 · Myrtle Beach, SC, United States

[Unknown Beatle]

14. Why do you continue to conflate truth with smears?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. That's the debate that she "won",...right?