2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Hillary denounced MoveOn at a private fundraiser but told a very different story in public. [View all]
Maybe this is why her high dollar donor class feels so comfortable when she employs populist rhetoric when speaking to the rest of us. It's just rhetoric.
Here's what she said about MoveOn at a private fundraiser in 2008 (that wasn't quite as private as she might have hoped).
I don't agree with them. They know I don't agree with them. So they flood into these caucuses and dominate them and really intimidate people who show up there to support me.
Here's what she told MoveOn during a public conference call.
You've been refusing to back down when any of us who are in political leadership are not living up the standards that we should set for ourselves. I think you have helped to change the face of American politics for the better - both online and in the corridors of power.