Hillary Clinton Says She's UNAWARE Of Receiving $150,000 In Oil & Gas Contributions

[Segami]

"Have I? OK, well, I'll check on that."

Who me?...take money from Oil & Gas Industry?......nah,...but let me tell you about the time I was in Bosnia.......



At a campaign stop in Iowa on Wednesday, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton claimed to be unaware that she'd ever received campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry -- even though she has received over $150,000 from oil and gas representatives during the 2016 cycle alone.

When asked by a member of the audience if she would follow Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, her rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, in rejecting fossil fuel donations, Clinton initially demurred.

"Well, I don't know that I ever have [accepted donations from the fossil fuel industry]," the former secretary of state said. "I'm not exactly one of their favorites."

"Have I?" she went on. "OK, well, I'll check on that. They certainly haven't made that much of an impression on me if I don't even know it."

Clinton has in fact received $159,944 during the 2016 cycle from members of the oil and gas industry, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. That's more than every Republican candidate except Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. HuffPost reported in July that Clinton's biggest campaign bundlers are fossil fuel lobbyists, including lobbyists for Chevron.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-fossil-fuel-donations_56733683e4b0b958f655fc87

[beam me up scottie]

1. Not one of their favourites?

Didn't she sell fracking to the world?

And who loses 150K?

[monmouth4]

2. She seems quite uninformed about many things for someone who wants to be POTUS. I'm finding her

not qualified for the office in many areas..

[Fawke Em]

16. She's either a bald-faced liar or suffering from some form of dementia.

Neither one is a good quality in a president.

[nc4bo]

3. Oopsie, again.

Words escape me at this moment.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. She doesn't REMEMBER?

How do you explain this, Madame Secretary?

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5. LOL!

Man Asking Question:

Both Senator Sanders and Governor O'Malley have both committed to not taking money from the fossil fuel industry. I'd like to know if you'd be willing to sign a pledge that you will not take money from the fossil fuel industry, and you'll stop immediately.


Secretary Clinton:

Well I don't know that I ever have, I'm not exactly one of their favorites--


Man Asking Question:

You have.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Chump change for her.

[HerbChestnut]

7. Dual post.

[Autumn]

8. "They think I'm a lost cause"

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10. Sure, sure...

The Oil & Gas Industry Dons are always in the habit of firing off donation checks to 'lost causes'.......its part of their business strategy.

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. Wow.

That takes a lot of chutzpah for her to play dumb when EVERYONE, including her, knows who contributes to her campaign. She thinks we're as uninformed as people who support her. Pretty insulting, actually.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[kenfrequed]

11. Not one of their favorites???

She supports the Third Way.

On their goddamned website it basically spells out that they support an "all of the above" energy policy.

I simply cannot believe what she has to say these days.

[99Forever]

12. That woman lies more naturally than..

...fish swim.

[Bjorn Against]

13. This is why people don't trust her

Nobody takes $150,000 without noticing the source, there is no way that she is telling the truth here.

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14. Hillary Clinton's Biggest Campaign BUNDLERS Are Fossil Fuel Lobbyists

Clinton's top campaign financiers are linked to Big Oil, natural gas and the Keystone pipeline.


Nearly all of the lobbyists bundling contributions for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign have at one time or another worked for the fossil fuel industry. A list of 40 registered lobbyists that the Clinton camp disclosed to the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday revealed a number of Democratic Party lobbyists who have worked against regulations to curb climate change, advocated for offshore drilling, or sought government approval for natural gas exports.

Clinton, the former secretary of state, has called climate change the most “consequential, urgent, sweeping collection of challenges we face as a nation and a world” and says it would be a major focus of her administration if she wins the White House. But having so many supporters who have sold their services to fossil fuel companies may complicate her emphasis on pro-environment policies.

Scott Parven and Brian Pomper, lobbyists at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, have been registered to lobby for the Southern California-based oil giant Chevron since 2006, with contracts totaling more than $3 million. The two bundled Clinton contributions of $24,700 and $29,700, respectively. They have helped Chevron over the years resist efforts to eliminate oil and gas tax breaks and to impose regulations to reduce carbon emissions.

The two Clinton bundlers also were part of a much-criticized campaign by Chevron to manipulate Congress into inserting language into the Andean Trade Preferences Act that would require Ecuador to dismiss a longstanding lawsuit against the company for polluting the Amazon jungle. Democratic lawmakers pushed back against the campaign and the lawsuit is continuing.

One prominent lobbying topic embraced by Clinton bundlers is the expansion of liquefied natural gas exports and federal approval of new LNG terminals. Ankit Desai, vice president for government relations at top LNG exporter Cheniere Energy, bundled $82,000 to the Clinton camp, with much of it coming from Cheniere Energy executives. Cheniere executives, including Desai, have donated $38,800 to Clinton’s campaign.

The company has lobbied hard in Washington and maintains close ties to the Obama administration. The company won the first approval to export gas to countries outside of U.S. free-trade agreements. The company is seeking approval to open additional terminals to export LNG, and will likely need a friend in the White House come 2017.

ML Strategies’ David Leiter lobbied in 2014 on behalf of Sempra Energy when the company received approval for its LNG export facility in Hackberry, Louisiana. Leiter, who bundled $36,550 for Clinton’s campaign, also is a lobbyist for ExxonMobil. Steve Coll noted in a New Yorker article derived from his book on the oil giant, Private Empire, that Leiter, an ex-staffer to former Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), was retained, along with a host of others, to increase the company’s reach into the Democratic Party it had ignored for years.

ExxonMobil’s top lobbyist in Washington, Theresa Fariello, may not be a bundler for Clinton’s campaign, but she is a donor. Fariello, who was a Department of Energy official in President Bill Clinton’s administration, gave $2,700 to Clinton’s campaign. Another Washington-based Exxon lawyer, Judith Batty, donated $2,700.

Clinton also got contributions from others involved in the fossil fuel business. Her campaign received $2,700 from BP America’s Mary Streett, formerly the top lobbyist for the nuclear power utility Exelon. Anadarko Petroleum lawyers Amanda McMillan and Richard Lapin each gave $2,700. Sarah Venuto and Martin Durbin, both lobbyists for America’s Natural Gas Alliance, the top gas industry lobbying group, gave $2,910 and $1,000, respectively. Celia Fischer, an America’s Natural Gas Alliance representative who is not a lobbyist, gave $2,700.

Aside from lobbyists currently working to advance fossil fuel interests, there is one Hillblazer bundler -- the name for Clinton boosters raising more than $100,000 -- who stands out. Bundler Gordon Giffin is a former lobbyist for TransCanada, the company working to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Giffin sits on the board of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, an investor in the pipeline. The Canadian bank paid Clinton $990,000 for speeches in the months leading up to her presidential announcement. Another Canadian financial institution with an interest in Keystone XL, TD Bank, paid her $651,000 for speaking engagements.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-bundlers-fossil-fuel_55a8335ee4b04740a3df86c5?ts4f5hfr

[beam me up scottie]

17. Not one of their favourites, eh?

You should repost that as an op!

[WillyT]

15. K & R !!! - LOL !!!

[Ino]

18. Is she in a church here?

Telling lies in a church?