2016 Postmortem

KoKo

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37. A relative of mine attends ADVAMED and saw Hillary's speech.

Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:51 PM

Feb 2016

The same organization also had Joe and Mika of "Morning Joe" there the year before to give a performance. It is the largest convention for U.S. Med Tech and some participants wondered what Past Politicians and "Morning Joe" had to do with the product management the Med Tech companies were there to discuss.. Some walked out of the "Morning Joe" performance complaining about that.

This wasn’t her only big-money appearance in Chicago. According to her “Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report,” covering January 2014 through May 2015, she also spoke to the United Fresh Produce Association ($225,000) and the Advanced Medical Technology Association ($265,000).

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Hillary Clinton Got $280,000 for One Speech to Bruce Rauner’s Former Firm [View all] think Feb 2016 OP

Do the Clintons store their money offshore like the Romneys? Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2016 #1

I don't know. Hopefully they aren't. The optics are bad enough for them as it is.... think Feb 2016 #2

yes; no time now to research it, but yes amborin Feb 2016 #29

FFS!!!! Rauner? Kittycat Feb 2016 #3

To be clear Rauner sold out before Hillary spoke to GTCR. But the "R" in GTCR use to stand for think Feb 2016 #4

Let me get this straight. Clinton gets paid $280k by some guy named Rauner. Then, Clinton turns Hoyt Feb 2016 #5

The company had one of it's subsidiaries indicted for defrauding Medicare among other things. think Feb 2016 #9

Glad she took their money, and gave them nothing in return. She's done Hoyt Feb 2016 #10

I don't see her supporting single payer but yet she is willing to take money from GTCR think Feb 2016 #11

It's not so simple, think. Nitram Feb 2016 #22

Many Americans see what the other developed nations are doing and those countries are making it think Feb 2016 #24

Lol. Services rendered begin Nov. 9th whatchamacallit Feb 2016 #35

They're not speaking fees. Fuddnik Feb 2016 #6

In Rauner case, it didn't work. I think that will be the case for all of her speaking fees. Hoyt Feb 2016 #8

Glad you trust her. I don't. 840high Feb 2016 #13

That's the cloudiest crystal ball ever whatchamacallit Feb 2016 #36

Bingo. Nyan Feb 2016 #15

Exactly. pacalo Feb 2016 #17

Just Knowing That She Affiliated With Rauner By.... global1 Feb 2016 #7

Ka-Ching! The sound of Democracy being SOLD... No More!! AzDar Feb 2016 #12

Good for her! youceyec Feb 2016 #14

No, no, no, it's not so much that she's as dirty as everybody else... Peace Patriot Feb 2016 #16

Thank you for a well reasoned response. think Feb 2016 #21

..! Well Stated KoKo Feb 2016 #34

When was the last time a Presidential candidate made tens of millions from speeches before running? Fumesucker Feb 2016 #18

Good for her! nt msanthrope Feb 2016 #19

Ya. Good for her. Taking money from corporate filth that defraud the govt think Feb 2016 #20

It is interesting how the money is spent Laughing Mirror Feb 2016 #32

Outstanding thread, thank you so much. K&R Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #23

once again Robbins Feb 2016 #25

Envy is an ugly emotion redstateblues Feb 2016 #26

Do you care to discuss the Medicare fraud and nursing home scandal the company was engaged in? think Feb 2016 #30

She made a truckload of money up here speaking for the two Big Banks pushing the KXL. polly7 Feb 2016 #27

IOKIYAC? matt819 Feb 2016 #28

Nothing like profiting from public service coyote Feb 2016 #31

But of course all us common people are entitled to nothing. libtodeath Feb 2016 #33

A relative of mine attends ADVAMED and saw Hillary's speech. KoKo Feb 2016 #37

Rahm outright endorsed Rauner MisterP Feb 2016 #38