Reminder: Lobbyists for Monsanto, Exxon Raise Money for Hillary Clinton

[think]

Lobbyists for Monsanto, ExxonMobil Raise Money for Hillary Clinton

By BenBrody - July 17, 2015 — 3:50 AM CDT

The former secretary of state raised more than $2 million from 40 "bundlers"—fundraisers who get their contacts to give to campaigns—who were also lobbyists, according to financial forms released Wednesday by the Federal Election Commission. In all, the Clinton campaign raised $46.7 million between the beginning of April and the end of June.

Bundlers, who are often wealthy or well-connected individuals, do more than donate to campaigns. They put their social networks to work for favorite candidates, persuading (often equally wealthy and well-connected) family members, friends, colleagues, and other contacts to donate as well, effectively bringing in far more money than they could under the current legal donation limits. Individuals can contribute $2,700 to candidate committees (as opposed to super PACS) for the primary election and the same amount for the general election, for a total of $5,400 in a campaign cycle. Campaigns don't have to disclose their bundlers—unless those bundlers are also lobbyists.

Clinton's bundlers include some familiar names: Jerry Crawford, an outside lobbyist to Monsanto and Iowa kingmaker, put together another $35,000 or so. Tony Podesta, a mega-lobbyist who co-founded the Podesta Group and is the brother of Clinton's campaign chair John, bundled almost $75,000.

John Podesta himself previewed the open-for-lobbying-donations strategy back in April, telling PBS' Charlie Rose show, "I think that our judgment was we will take money if it's legal, obviously" because of how much opponents were raising. "So, we're going to raise the resources that are necessary," he said....

Read more:
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-17/lobbyists-for-monsanto-exxon-mobile-raise-money-for-hillary-clinton

[bkkyosemite]

1. And right now on MSM they are all pushing for Bernie to get out. HELL NO!

[DanTex]

2. LOL. This silliness didn't work when it was first posted last July.

I don't get it, is it like some kind of religious devotion to Hillary-bashing? Do you expect these smears to accomplish anything?

[think]

4. Is Bloomberg lying about these lobbyists raising money for Hillary? Doesn't it bother you to have

huge corporations that spend millions upon millions of dollars to influence our govt are actively working to raise money for your candidate?

And these corporations are among the most corrupt corporations out there.....

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/exxon-chevron-oil-fixers-silverstein

http://www.salon.com/2015/03/13/politics_are_so_sick_jon_stewart_blasts_chris_christie_bob_menendez_and_corruption_in_politics/

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/10/20/3713761/exxon-climate-denial/

etc etc etc.....

[DanTex]

5. I doubt it. Individuals can donate to whoever they want, and records are kept, so I'm confident

it's accurate. Claiming that corporationsare raising money for her is dishonest. Corporations, as I'm sure you know, can't donate to campaigns.

[think]

7. The company lobbyists are RAISING the money. Why do you think Bloomberg published the article?

[DanTex]

8. As individuals, they can contribute to whoever they want. Bloomberg published the article

to get clicks.

[Matariki]

6. Of course it doesn't bother them

they are either lying to themselves or they are neo-cons 'third way' democrats

[think]

12. Sadly you are probably correct....

[H2O Man]

13. It does not

bother them. At all.

[think]

14. That's unfortunate to say the least..../nt

[Scootaloo]

3. How much did she suck in from that NRA fundraiser?

[AtomicKitten]

9. In the words of Cenk Uyger:

[think]

10. too funny! thank you!

[AtomicKitten]

11. :)

[ladjf]

15. Why would they do that? Aren't they aware that she has "never changed her vote...."

"Time and time again, by innuendo, by insinuation, there is this attack that he is putting forth, which really comes down to—you know, anybody who ever took donations or speaking fees from any interest group has to be bought,” Clinton said. “But you will not find that I ever changed a view or a vote because of any donation that I ever received.”

But, we are all familiar with the philanthropic practices of Monsanto and Ex on Mobil.



People, are you paying any attention at all?