Don’t let the “D” that usually follows her name fool you. Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton might be very liberal on most topics, but when it comes to big business and corporate cronyism, she makes most Republican candidates seem more like Bernie Sanders.
Following the Democratic debate on Saturday night, Clinton started getting some fact-checking done on her and the results weren’t pretty. She seemed very indignant when Senator Bernie Sanders pointed out how she was Wall Street’s darling when it came to campaign contributions and insinuated that they had bought her. Her response was almost convincing.
“He has basically used his answer to impugn my integrity, let’s be frank here,” Clinton said. “Not only do I have hundreds of thousands of donors, most of them small — and I’m very proud that for the first time, a majority of my donors are women, 60% of them, actually.”
It was a practiced misdirection response designed to get applause from women and it worked. What it did not do was ease voters’ concerns that she’s bought and paid for by Wall Street, her “big business” cronies, or other entities not popular with the Democratic party.
Bernie Has Three Strong Words for Hillary's Close Ties to Wall Street — And They Pack a Punch https://t.co/yzNdMTGBxe
— ron smith (@ronnieray61) November 15, 2015
Clinton can act indignant all she wants and try to turn things around on Sanders, but the reality is that he’s 100% correct about her attachments and the fact that she “owes a solid” to Wall Street. Even left-leaning publications realize this.
Hillary Clinton says she told Wall Street to "cut it out" in 2007. https://t.co/xrCzxiZ2Ag Not so much: https://t.co/0N8u1mJBUO
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) November 16, 2015
I’m a Bernie Sanders voter who will not support Hillary Clinton: Here are 10 reasons why https://t.co/S0db5B9wpV
— Salon (@Salon) November 11, 2015
As the venerable New York Times points out, she botched her answer to the question, but it’s really more than that. She botched her credibility by not discussing the importance of Wall Street to the economic stability of the country. The reason: it sounds too conservative. She’d rather redirect, misdirect, and get indignant rather than admit that she’s okay with certain conservative ideas as long as they benefit the country and her campaign.
Hillary Clinton's cynical reply to Wall Street questions troubling/ https://t.co/uPoOlA5soz
— Katrina vandenHeuvel (@KatrinaNation) November 15, 2015
Hillary Clinton disgusts most Republicans, but even Democrats should take a close look and decide if they want to take the “anointed” road or the “best Democratic candidate” road with their nomination.
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