To put it simply... (Reply #43) - Democratic Underground

In the discussion thread: Hillary Clinton is rich. She is not Mitt Romney rich. [View all]

Tue Jul 22, 2014, 06:23 PM

Iggo (47,073 posts)

43. To put it simply...

I don't care if they're rich. In fact I'm glad for them. It must be nice, for reals.

What does rub me the wrong way is when one of them tries to convince me they're not rich.

That makes it look like they think I'm stupid.

I do care about that.

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48 replies	Author	Time	Post
Hillary Clinton is rich. She is not Mitt Romney rich. [View all]	ErikJ	Jul 2014	OP
Her cars have to use the stairs?	NightWatcher	Jul 2014	#1
Ba da…	Jackpine Radical	Jul 2014	#6
DUzy!	KamaAina	Jul 2014	#12
Bill and Hillary's net worth is $101.5m	LittleBlue	Jul 2014	#2
She's making Romney's mistakes, though	Warpy	Jul 2014	#3
Bingo. Anyone playing this game is wrong.	DirkGently	Jul 2014	#26
To be fair ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2014	#34
Agree it was a careless exaggeration. Unfortunately for her,	DirkGently	Jul 2014	#36
My only concern for HRC is ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2014	#37
And no matter the legitimacy of the criticisms, some will support her.	DirkGently	Jul 2014	#45
True ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2014	#46
I don't dislike rich people. I dislike rich people who screw the poor like Romney	Lex	Jul 2014	#4
RW rich want their taxes cut vs LW rich who dont	ErikJ	Jul 2014	#7
As others are saying, I actually like rich people. My experiences with them	closeupready	Jul 2014	#5
Oh wait - this is from the Washington Post, Beltway Bubble Bible.	closeupready	Jul 2014	#8
The problem is not how rich she is. the problem is how poor she claimed to be	CBGLuthier	Jul 2014	#9
But they WERE in debt to lawyers which can be scary even for very rich.	ErikJ	Jul 2014	#10
When you owe $12M and do not have even 20% of it, then you are broke.	Beacool	Jul 2014	#19
Well they made up for lost time didn't they?	former9thward	Jul 2014	#28
Yeah, they made money.	Beacool	Jul 2014	#39
Doesn't bother me.	former9thward	Jul 2014	#44
You don't need to buy a house in New York State to run for Senator.	closeupready	Jul 2014	#29
I see, a former WH couple should just trent a railroad apt. in the Bronx.	Beacool	Jul 2014	#40
Thank you ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2014	#35
They were broke because they owed millions of dollars and they didn't have the money.	Beacool	Jul 2014	#41
Yes it is ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2014	#47
She is still richer then I ever expect to be n/t	Lurks Often	Jul 2014	#11
How rich were they before Bill became president?	IronLionZion	Jul 2014	#13
They had trillions (aka 4,500 dollars in liquid cash) says the haters	uponit7771	Jul 2014	#22
Not rich at all. But they were well off for Arkansas,	pnwmom	Jul 2014	#24
Wealthy politicians, 'relating' to the working classes	leftstreet	Jul 2014	#14
like FDR - what ever happened to him? Or Jack Kennedy?	rurallib	Jul 2014	#30
What does that have to do with me or anyone else besides the Clintons? n/t	Dawgs	Jul 2014	#15
GOP now heavily using Hillary's wealth to "tarnish" her as a 1%er	ErikJ	Jul 2014	#16
I believe she is still out of touch	bigwillq	Jul 2014	#17
You gonna stay home then like the GOP wants you to?	ErikJ	Jul 2014	#18
Nope. I have never missed an election	bigwillq	Jul 2014	#21
I'd prefer Warren but GOP propaganda machine attacking her wealth too.	ErikJ	Jul 2014	#25
I want Warren to stay in the Senate	bigwillq	Jul 2014	#27
I copletely agree ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2014	#38
She's not out of touch, could care less if she's rich... she can relate at some level to the rest of	uponit7771	Jul 2014	#20
it's not the Clinton's wealth that's the dealbreaker for me. it's their 3rd Way, neolib, politics.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jul 2014	#23
Hilliary Clinton made her money the old fashion way -- cattle futures!	former9thward	Jul 2014	#31
She's rich. He's wealthy	CincyDem	Jul 2014	#32
all our politicians are rich. nt	La Lioness Priyanka	Jul 2014	#33
This message was self-deleted by its author	1000words	Jul 2014	#42
To put it simply...	Iggo	Jul 2014	#43
Once your net worth is over $100 million,	Jenoch	Jul 2014	#48

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