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In reply to the discussion: Can you spell tone deaf? H-I-L-L-A-R-Y. Hillary Clinton: We Were 'Dead Broke' Upon Leaving WH [View all]joshcryer
(62,287 posts)204. Raise it early, raise it often.
A year and a half from now, no one cares. Clinton knows this is an issue that is not positive. So she raises it early to stem the long term hit from it. Again, as I said to the other poster, it is grotesque, I think she should say she's wrong for accepting the money and that she will choose to use it for good or some shit, but she won't. So it's just a strategic thing. And it's going to work. See you in two years.
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Can you spell tone deaf? H-I-L-L-A-R-Y. Hillary Clinton: We Were 'Dead Broke' Upon Leaving WH [View all]
cali
Jun 2014
OP
MM and Cali both went ad hom, but MM did it first. Yet you give MM a +5 and call Cali a bully.
merrily
Jun 2014
#338
Care to address substance? And speaking of slimy innuendo, did you read your own post?
merrily
Jun 2014
#414
Sorry, but she's being interviewed by Van Sustren & Brett Baeir on Fox. Where ya been?
7962
Jun 2014
#133
Do facts matter at all in this discussion? What does Cali's opinion have to do with the facts?
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#175
A list of approved discussion topics pinned to the top of each forum would help
morningfog
Jun 2014
#222
Gracias, mi compadre. Let's bring the fight to them. I'm tired of this chickenshit.
genwah
Jun 2014
#394
I think that is the law - it was income and they gave the entire after tax portion
karynnj
Jun 2014
#259
All the profits from that book WENT TO CHARITY. You could have looked that up, you know.
MADem
Jun 2014
#100
It says 840K "of proceeds" went to charity. Didnt she get an 8 million advance to write it?
7962
Jun 2014
#132
They had enormous legal bills from the forty four million dollars worth of taxpayer cash used
MADem
Jun 2014
#164
Damn, I'd like to be the kind of "broke" where an Ivy education and plural houses aren't laughable.
LeftyMom
Jun 2014
#6
I said about the same thing where a similar post showed up in Politics 2014 nt
LiberalElite
Jun 2014
#12
No kidding. I'm not envious. I just wish she was a little more tuned in so as not to say something
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2014
#65
Most Congress people own property in their districts because they are required to
pnwmom
Jun 2014
#103
Me too. And so would all the people who lost their jobs and their homes to Wall St. Corruption.
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#187
and snotty answers are your metier. You didn't even provide the information requested.
KittyWampus
Jun 2014
#68
You do realize that no bank would give them a loan? It wasn't a matter of "clearing escrow."
MADem
Jun 2014
#203
its hard to feel bad about their fees because if old bill had kept his pants on they
roguevalley
Jun 2014
#91
The eitc increase and the child tax credit and the subtantial hike in the minumum wage
Vattel
Jun 2014
#58
Plus...all expenses paid to and from speeches, and for staffers needed, etc.
dixiegrrrrl
Jun 2014
#50
Oh like asking people to get a job after being on welfare for a few years??
progressivebydesign
Jun 2014
#70
It is just tone deaf, in the same way that the comments of many Republicans with money often are
Ms. Toad
Jun 2014
#231
uh, no. no, you wouldn't be dead broke in the sense that regular people struggle with it.
cali
Jun 2014
#30
His post at number 55 was hidden SIXTEEN MINUTES before you posted this--he cannot reply to you.
MADem
Jun 2014
#127
There is nothing wrong with responding to someone who gets locked out of a thread
morningfog
Jun 2014
#223
They were saddled with legal expenses. However, it didn't take long to replenish with speaking fees.
RBInMaine
Jun 2014
#27
Her comments have been completely taken out of context by those looking for anything to bash her
Metric System
Jun 2014
#214
Never had money and lost it or been in debt and I am not Trump or Clinton, so no
betsuni
Jun 2014
#239
some of us here are actually progressive dems who don't like war mongerers. Hillary is one.
cali
Jun 2014
#117
How many times did the White House have to disavowal itself from her statements at State?
ieoeja
Jun 2014
#320
Here's a fact. If I were to grant that she was indeed broke because of cost of legal representation
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2014
#158
I don't know if I see this OP as "claws out" or even something that would not be allowed
karynnj
Jun 2014
#276
If the article is correct, the Clintons NOT being reimbursed was part of the deal that there
karynnj
Jun 2014
#306
it's practically like skipping a couple meals waiting for the next welfare check to arrive..
frylock
Jun 2014
#311
"Tone deaf" doesn't begin to describe Hillary. When you have the Presidential pension ....
Scuba
Jun 2014
#74
When I'm flat broke, I stop answering my phone and I stop opening mail because I have nothing
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2014
#80
Holy Crap - I didn't get the memo! It's now time to start discrediting Hillary? Yes, I guess it's
AnotherMother4Peace
Jun 2014
#81
weak sauce, wolf. you call all criticism of Hillary or Obama "right wing". transparent and
cali
Jun 2014
#87
Yeah, you're right. Who do you think I should support? Rand? Jeb? Romney? Cruz? GEEEEZZZ...
AnotherMother4Peace
Jun 2014
#361
Broke and no opportunities. Oh, wait. Broke and all the opportunities in the world. nt
valerief
Jun 2014
#93
The Clintons never had to worry about where their next meal was coming from. "Broke." HA !!!
blkmusclmachine
Jun 2014
#118
An $8 million book advance plus her husband's and montly pension (plus expenses)
dflprincess
Jun 2014
#96
Guess it's time to downsize. I'm guessing a 3 bedroom ranch in the burbs on a 1/4 acre would serve
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2014
#113
Her NY home IS in the burbs. Do you have any idea what homes like that cost in Hillary's district?
pnwmom
Jun 2014
#120
No, I'm not terribly concerned. I'm positive the burbs have affordable homes for firefighters and
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2014
#130
It is entirely conceivable to me that with four years of Stanford (@ around $200K)
pnwmom
Jun 2014
#99
So, when they made a six figure salary for 8 years, they had NO house payment?
joeglow3
Jun 2014
#267
Are you going to praise them as much as we do every other charitable foundation here
joeglow3
Jun 2014
#331
Bill Clinton spent most of his career making $35K a year as the governor of a small state.
pnwmom
Jun 2014
#333
Zero living expenses? Wrong. He had all the regular living expenses except housing
pnwmom
Jun 2014
#374
Her political acumen is greatly overstated. She has never won a seriously contested race and is
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#393
She has very much been against a tax increase. See; Hillary v Obama debate and the subject of how
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2014
#233
Not to the ears of poor Americans who have little frame of reference to make that distinction.
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2014
#141
The ones that support the policies of the rich because they think they are or will be someday?
TeamPooka
Jun 2014
#145
You're describing republicans. She won't be courting their votes. I'm talking about people like my
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2014
#152
Your argument assumes she is worried about courting Democratic Party voters. She is already
TeamPooka
Jun 2014
#347
No. Missing meals would have been the practical manifestation of broke. Making a sacrifice
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2014
#173
I think Hillary should do us all a favor and forget about running for President.
lumpy
Jun 2014
#161
You are only as broke as the resources you DON'T have. They had a lot of resources.
YOHABLO
Jun 2014
#166
No, she has just given the GOP a present that will be opened again and again.
djean111
Jun 2014
#189
The GOP will run against the hypocrisy. The GOP is quite offended when any Democrat
djean111
Jun 2014
#194
Ah. I see that the Left is already being set up as a whipping boy in some quarters.
djean111
Jun 2014
#244
I don't really think conflating not liking Hillary with being all newtie-minded is gonna work
djean111
Jun 2014
#370
Grayson is not being shoved down our throats as if the primaries were a foregone conclusion.
djean111
Jun 2014
#388
What, exactly, is right wing about saying Hillary was tone deaf with the "broke" thing?
djean111
Jun 2014
#390
Don't need your permission to bookmark, my dear. Condescension does not accomplish anything good,
djean111
Jun 2014
#406
Yes. You know, I'm generally not ever going to leave here to be critical of Mrs. Clinton.
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2014
#218
Thank you. I often get lost in the critique and fail to make the argument as to why
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2014
#249
Well, at least she did not say they were "homeless" for the hour it took to move out of the WH.
CBGLuthier
Jun 2014
#226
I imagine people who are subsistence farmers in the sub-Sahara feel the same way about you and I...
LanternWaste
Jun 2014
#240
I think Hillary could throw a naked baby onto a frozen lake and she would have defenders
snooper2
Jun 2014
#242
Tone deaf is absolutely correct, but it likely was technically accurate - if only briefly
karynnj
Jun 2014
#254
“Let me just clarify that I fully appreciate how hard life is for so many Americans today,”
PoliticAverse
Jun 2014
#255
you miss the point. entirely. she gaffed. the press is having a field day and so are the repubs
cali
Jun 2014
#263
How about the disastrous furlough of Willie Horton? Wasn't that also a fact?
RufusTFirefly
Jun 2014
#302
And in 2008 when talking about raising the cap for payroll taxes, she appeared to claim that
JDPriestly
Jun 2014
#307
It's like hearing someone say they know the plight of the homeless because they're in escrow.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2014
#312
I'm divided on this because I do think Hillary is out of touch. But spreading Republican talking
DesertDiamond
Jun 2014
#323
She should have some tea and cookies with Ann ...they can both complain about "you people"...
L0oniX
Jun 2014
#365
HILLARY should have thought of that. NOT OUR JOB to spin and twist whatever she says so it
djean111
Jun 2014
#405
While Bill was Gov.;Hill was named partner @ law firm; made more $$$ than he did
Divernan
Jun 2014
#372
"We were broke" = "I'm trying to find a way to connect with the common citizen" nt
NorthCarolina
Jun 2014
#373
Broke? Like searching under sofa cushions for loose change 4 kids' milk money?
Divernan
Jun 2014
#377