Posted on 01/24/2016 9:31:43 AM PST by Hojczyk
Republican operative Karl Rove is behind an attack ad aimed at turning Iowa caucus-goers against her, Democrat Hillary Clinton said Sunday on "Meet the Press."
Clinton was asked by moderator Chuck Todd whether big banks paying her more than $200,000 per speech hurt her credibility.
Clinton responded that she gave speeches to a "wide array of groups," after ending her stint at President Barack Obama's secretary of state.
"People were interested in what I saw, what I thought," she said. "Americans doing business in every aspect of the economy want to know more about the world."
"You don’t think they expect anything in return?" Todd asked.
"Absolutely not," Clinton insisted, pointing out that she took on Wall Street during her time as senator from New York.
"And its really interesting to me that now Karl Rove is taking money from the financial interests who run an ad against me to try and influence Democrats not to support me," she said. "Why? Ask yourself why? Because he knows,
1. I know what needs to be done, and
2. I know how to get it done to make sure Wall Street writ large, not just the big banks but the investment banks, hedge funds, and everybody else, can no longer wreck our economy the way they did in 2008."
The ad to which Clinton referred was made by Rove's super PAC, American Crossroads. It accuses Clinton of being able to pay for her massive TV ad buys with money from Wall Street interests.
A graphic in the ad shows Clinton receiving $6.4 million from Wall Street speaking fees and only $118,000 from Iowans contributing to her campaign.
"Hillary rewarded Wall Street with the $700 billion bailout," the ad's announcer says. "Does Iowa really want Wall Street in the White House?"
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Tokyo Rove is a one-man vast right-wing conspiracy!
You didn’t do anything illegal, right **tch? You America haters are all alike.
She is so out of touch and just dialing in her campaign. Kind of sad if it weren’t so scary.
LOL! It's too bad Rove couldn't conspire to put the greatest female criminal in the history of the republic in prison. Karl, YOU'RE FIRED.
And dear ole Chuck Todd sat there, nodding his head and agreeing with every lie Hillary spoke!
Hillary and Obama game plan is to point the finger and blame everyone else for any negative. They cannot accept responsibility for their own incompetence. There are programmed Democrats who believe what they say.
and if they are God fearing upright Americans then I would suggest that is their first mistake.
Rove doesn’t do anything without LOTS of $$$
Hillary is just trying to avoid attacking The Communist.
I love the insanity of her excuse, its something like, ‘people wanted to know what I think’, so for the price of a first class private, five star Hotel accommodations, and $200,000, I’ll them them.
Private Jet.
That’s great because we hate him too! LOL!
Sure he is, granny. Sure he is.
Now, let’s put on this nice warm jacket with the long arms and we’ll put you in the room with the padded walls.
How many times can u call simple truth a vast right wing conspiracy and keep a straight face?
I notice Huma is not wearing a wedding ring in the photo you posted. Is Carlos Danger in the doghouse again? Still?
Mrs. Clinton's innate deceit and congenital mendacity and total lack of that conscience thingy are known to all.
She is a high-stakes grifter who's past misdeeds appear to be catching up with her.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.