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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Find Common Enemy in Drug Exec [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)6. Did she ask for it? No. They donated to play nice with the candidate they believe will be
president in 2016, and who they hope to influence, just as Wall Street sent Obama money when he ran in 2007. It didn't buy Wall Street much back then and it hasn't changed Hillary Clinton's tough stances against the pharmaceutical industry ever.
Thanks for the link to the article you're referring to.
From the article at your link (bold is mine):
Cash from drug companies poured in despite Clintons tough public stance on the industry. Last month, she unveiled a plan to combat rising drug prices by clamping down on the rules for pharmaceuticals. In last weeks Democratic debate, she listed off drug companies among the enemies she is most proud to have made in politics.
Let's also not forget she's written letters to "the heads of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission" regarding Martin Shkreli's Daraprim, where the best chances to curb his greed can happen through the power of the Federal Gov't.
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K&R! The stark difference between the two candidates can be seen in their actions
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#2
Did she ask for it? No. They donated to play nice with the candidate they believe will be
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#6
Of course she did! Would you say NO to free money that you can use? Come on.
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#10
Nope. He accepted the $2700, then donated it to an AIDS foundation and then turns
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#51
Donating it, is not really accepting it, is it? Unless one is attempting to use it against
Live and Learn
Oct 2015
#53
While looking at groups of individual donations to campaigns can give indications
RichVRichV
Oct 2015
#38
Actually Sanders and Cummings raised the issue in Congress first and the NYT spoke
karynnj
Oct 2015
#14
The OP is referring to Daraprim of Turing Pharmaceuticals, not Valeant Pharmaceuticals,
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#23
I miss typed I was talking about the Pharmaceutical industry as not being her enemy
JRLeft
Oct 2015
#13
Bull. Again, would YOU refuse free money if someone offered you it? I don't think so.
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#18
They know who's going to win the presidential election, and that she takes swift action
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#25
Oh brother. The "I know what you are, but what am I?" shtick? I'm done with you.
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#50
His action was first to send out a fundraising letter on "this". The other investigations
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#45
Hillary of course, wouldn't need to do so since she gets funding from them. nt
Live and Learn
Oct 2015
#59
This writer for TIME didn't bother to read the NYT story that led to HRC's tweet
karynnj
Oct 2015
#11
Meh, Bernie was out on this issue long before Shkreli entered puberty and has done much
Live and Learn
Oct 2015
#22
And yet...he didn't write the FDA or the FTC to ask them to come down on Shkleri
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#29
Do you suppose it was the right move to fundraise off of Turing Pharmaceuticals?
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#48
I don't know that he did, but if he did, why would I care? This is one of the strangest bernie
Ed Suspicious
Oct 2015
#55
What the heck are you talking about?? Shkleri was all over the news because of his price gouging
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#28
Did you think I did? Perhaps it would be helpful if you followed my posts in this thread.
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#43
You don't make that easy. Have you admitted that Bernie has done much more on this issue than
Live and Learn
Oct 2015
#47
I'll admit he TALKS a lot about pharmaceutical price gouging. Even to his supporters!
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#49
This is a super weird obsession of yours, trying to paint Bernie as inadequate on this issue.
Ed Suspicious
Oct 2015
#56
ya and he took MILLIONS from big pharma, oh wait that wasn't Bernie that was ummmm
azurnoir
Oct 2015
#63