Posted on 06/23/2014 8:42:44 AM PDT by PoloSec
CLINTON CAN’T STOP GAFFES ON CRONY CAPITALISM Can Hillary Clinton, who says she and her husband went on from being “dead broke” in 2001 to rake in an estimated $155 million, run for president as the nominee of a party that is obsessed with income inequality? No problem, she told The Guardian, because the Clintons pay their taxes. The Democratic 2016 frontrunner dismissed the idea that voters would see a corporate-connected candidate with a nine-digit income in the past decade as part of the problem: “‘But they don't see me as part of the problem,’ she protests, ‘because we pay ordinary income tax, unlike a lot of people who are truly well off, not to name names; and we've done it through dint of hard work.’” The name she was not naming, presumably, was that of Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP nominee famously called “a vampire” by President Obama’s re-election campaign for his work in private equity. Untold billions of pixels were slain in the name of discussing Romney’s tax payments, with Team Obama arguing that Romney paying the lowest possible tax rates was an unpatriotic act.
[In a new Quinnipiac poll, former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton slips a bit among Iowa voters, although they continue to choose Clinton when matched against each of the top potential GOP 2016 contenders.]
Worse than Romney - Clinton’s holier-than-Mitt stance misses two things. It wasn’t Romney’s taxes that did him in. It was the “out of touch” label. The tax stuff was a painful jab, but what hurt Romney was the coverage of car elevators, horse dancing and Romney’s own penchant for gaffes in his bid to relate to ordinary voters – some of his best friends own NASCAR teams, etc. Romney’s tax rate was important not because of the percentage paid, but because of the idea that he was using his status to beat the system with Cayman banks, etc. Clinton, who claims that giving speeches and writing books is earning $155 million “through dint of hard work” is already blowing past the famously awkward Romney for an inability to talk about her riches. And we also know that the Clintons do plenty to exploit loopholes in the tax code, even as they call publicly for their closure.
Crony Government...not crony capitalism.
This woman is picture perfect of everything that is wrong with DC specifically and government in general
Hillary Clinton’s failed & flopped book, “Hard Choices” is now #16 on the best seller list of Amazon.com!!! That says it all!!! Bye, Hillary, the role of Grandmother, POTUS beckons!!!
Hillary Clinton’s failed and flopped book, “Hard Choices” is now #16 on the best seller list of Amazon.com. That says it all!!! Bye, Hillary, the role of grandmother, not POTUS beckons!!!
Crony Socialism is even better ....
People don’t see her as part of the problem because they only hate rich people who are actually productive. Entertainers,celebs, sports stars and Clintons get a free pass. Business executives, entrepreneurs and such are the evil ones.
That she enjoys, still, and forever, a 50% favorability rating and is favored to be the next president, is what speaks volumes to me about what is wrong.
Good thing Hillary looks after her own.
Yes just like us eh Hillary? So ordinary. SPIT!!
She’s actually as bad a liar as odumbo and would probably make a great president for the demodummies and “takers”.
She sounding as bad a Pelosi.
That they could go from dead broke to $155,000,000 in such a short time tells us what a rigged system we have.
Then unashamedly takes NBC $ 600,000 dollars.
I hope she tries to sell the “we made our money through hard work” meme.
That’ll be good for a few laughs.
“Chelsea Clinton tried to care about money but couldn’t “
If you Google “Chelsea Clinton net worth” you find out she’s worth $15 million.
So yeah, I suppose she doesn’t care if that becomes $16 million any time soon.
I think her chances of becoming president are diminishing at a rapid pace. The current favorability ratings are based on nearly no thought - just name recognition. Zero had no accomplishments and no record, still got elected based on making history. By 2016 almost a full generation will have passed since her husband’s time in the Whitehouse, and recognizing that the large dependent class that mostly will vote for whoever has a D behind their name is large, hopefully not a majority of actual voters, even the low information voter will have difficulty pointing to any accomplishments she made as either a Senator or as Secretary of State. It is apparent from breaking stories about the Clinton-Obama feuds that her team is leaking information in an effort to distance herself from the imploding president. Too little, too late. In a way I hope she somehow gets the nomination after being torn to shreds by her primary opponents in order to enable the Republican (and hopefully conservative) candidate to simply highlight what has already been shown about her record of accomplishment - nothing but disaster (Russia, Benghazi, ...).
Her book sales are a strong indication people really don’t care about her at the moment - not interested in her story because it simply is irrelevant.
Give me a freaking break.
Her lack of accomplishments mean nothing to her supporters
The Clinton’s got into power by being good at what they do- campaigning
When people negate that we get wimpy republicans
Hillary has a 50% approval rating.
Anyone who things she can’t get that ridiculous number for a supposed educated first world country and past all gaffes and them attack any opponent with total support from this media news and cultural, academic and business , is not paying any more attention that’s the lame RNC
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