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100. I think the lack of response means he's trying to Dodge the issue. nt

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Goldman Sachs CEO Key Investor in Hillary's Son-In-Law's Hedge Fund [View all] benz380 Feb 2015 OP

It's all legal like. Octafish Feb 2015 #1

One hand washes the other. n/t benz380 Feb 2015 #2

Well, you've gotten the cliches down pat, it seems. MineralMan Feb 2015 #22

Familiarity Breeds Corruption Octafish Feb 2015 #28

Yeah, and how many degrees of separation can you claim from anyone engaged in wrongdoing? stevenleser Feb 2015 #55

Seeing how repeal of Glass-Steagall cost America untold trillions... Octafish Feb 2015 #56

I see you evaded the question. Tells us all we need to know. nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #57

Who's ''us?'' And how many degrees of separation are needed to gain or lose one's integrity? Octafish Feb 2015 #59

Again, you evade the question. How many degrees of separation? nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #60

Who cares? It has nothing to do with the issue. Octafish Feb 2015 #62

It has everything to do with the issue, because tagging Hillary with this is stupid stevenleser Feb 2015 #66

It has everything to do with Hillary and Bill being millionaires. Octafish Feb 2015 #69

No, it doesn't, any more than the conduct of your third cousin twice removed stevenleser Feb 2015 #71

You know people by the people they hang out with. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #116

Great info. Thanks for the link. nt RiverLover Feb 2015 #78

Thank you. woo me with science Feb 2015 #80

you just keep on trying to sell that steve; maybe you'll find a buyer one day ND-Dem Feb 2015 #90

Not stupid at all. Bill and Hillary Clington tagged themselves with this. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #115

Oh. If you're asking me how many degrees of separation from me to the banksters, a lot. Octafish Feb 2015 #63

No, how much distance is there between you and anyone doing any wrongdoing stevenleser Feb 2015 #65

Like I wrote, none in my family. Octafish Feb 2015 #67

No one in your extended family has ever committed ANY kind of crime? stevenleser Feb 2015 #68

Why is that so hard for you to believe? Octafish Feb 2015 #70

Look up the concept of six degrees of separation. It will explain everything. Nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #72

He's mad because his point went absolutely nowhere. Rex Feb 2015 #83

The guy is relentlessly obtuse. Octafish Feb 2015 #85

Not surprising that self-appointed reporters think everyone is corrupt. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #118

nor mine. do you know a lot of criminals yourself, then? ND-Dem Feb 2015 #91

In my family, you have to look very, very far to find any kind of crime. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #117

the best form of separation DonCoquixote Feb 2015 #74

Lloyd Blankfein: "I held fundraisers for her." (HRC) antigop Feb 2015 #82

GOP/WallST atty:fine w/ Jeb or Hillary;Warren our worst nightmare. Divernan Feb 2015 #96

Wall Street Republicans' dark secret: Hillary Clinton 2016 RiverLover Feb 2015 #101

Probably quite a few when it comes to greed. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #114

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!!!! Romulox Feb 2015 #104

My all time fave since we are on the subject Caretha Feb 2015 #119

+1 It's a cozy, elite club, woo me with science Feb 2015 #30

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. A whole family of grifters. Divernan Feb 2015 #50

Excellent post. nt woo me with science Feb 2015 #75

+100. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #92

Thank you for the heads-up, Divernan. Octafish Feb 2015 #102

And people wonder why some of us do not want Hillary to run. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #34

Some ideas are as old as dirt. Octafish Feb 2015 #61

^^^^^^^^^^^^ woo me with science Feb 2015 #79

NO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MOONLIGHT FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #89

Combine that with the swells going from NSA to private practice and back... Octafish Feb 2015 #103

And this: JDPriestly Feb 2015 #113

I heard his cousin was also best friends in elementary school with Chelsea's neighbor's uncle alcibiades_mystery Feb 2015 #3

Laugh at these links too then. benz380 Feb 2015 #5

These connections between bankers and politicians have been well documented for quite some time btrflykng9 Feb 2015 #32

Chelsea Clinton's Husband Suffers Massive Hedge Fund Loss On Greek Investment Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #4

And one of his major investors just happens to be Lloyd Blankfein. hedda_foil Feb 2015 #24

they are part of the players in game therory Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #25

Like father, like son ... GeorgeGist Feb 2015 #46

Absolutely. I spelled it out in post # 50. Divernan Feb 2015 #51

So what? nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #6

Yeah who gives a shit that politicians and banksters are in bed together. n/t benz380 Feb 2015 #7

So you are outraged that Chelsea Clinton married someone without getting your approval first? nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #8

Yeah no big deal that the undeclared Democratic candidate is in bed with the very people that ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #9

Hillary Clinton is sleeping with her son-in-law? MineralMan Feb 2015 #11

IF you say so, IDC who she sleeps with but if you do, have at it. ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #16

Well, see, you said she was "in bed with" someone. MineralMan Feb 2015 #18

Ahh your are a literalist then, OK ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #21

Cliches are tricky to use. You aren't using them well. MineralMan Feb 2015 #23

Your friend is trying--he/she is trying to bowl you over with his/her "vehicular!" MADem Feb 2015 #27

Well, I'm an expert on the English vehicular. MineralMan Feb 2015 #36

Now that entire post is a keeper.....for pure hilarity!!!! MADem Feb 2015 #26

I think the lack of response means he's trying to Dodge the issue. nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #100

Yes, it's easy to get carried away! The best way to Ford that stream is to MADem Feb 2015 #111

You forgot to tell him to geek tragedy Feb 2015 #29

I call that, "The Call to Stupid," woo me with science Feb 2015 #33

Thank you for the fine compliment. MineralMan Feb 2015 #37

Actually, I consider what you do here woo me with science Feb 2015 #40

Good to know. Really. MineralMan Feb 2015 #41

"...for your little paycheck" What? MineralMan Feb 2015 #58

agree that mm's pretense of not knowing the meaning of 'in bed with' was manipulative == ND-Dem Feb 2015 #93

+1 Marr Feb 2015 #106

You really are unfamiliar with the "in bed with" idiom? n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #38

Of course I'm familiar with that cliche. MineralMan Feb 2015 #39

here's what the man said" ND-Dem Feb 2015 #94

This message was self-deleted by its author Marr Feb 2015 #107

What specific personal relations and relevant careers of in-laws should be used to disqualify LanternWaste Feb 2015 #12

Well, apparently the sins of the son-in-law are now visited MineralMan Feb 2015 #19

You should delete that. Marr Feb 2015 #108

And a similar question, how many degrees of separation do you need from anyone accused of wrongdoing stevenleser Feb 2015 #54

Who is Hillary Clinton sleeping with? Is that what you're suggesting? MineralMan Feb 2015 #13

I know! It's all coincidence! woo me with science Feb 2015 #31

Is it safe to assume you'd react the same if this story was about a republican candidate's family? whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #44

Yes. Whom Chelsea Clinton marries is none of my--or your--fucking business. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #45

The implications go beyond the simple fact of who she married whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #47

No it really doesn't. It's just trashy gossip worthy of a tabloid. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #48

LOL Cali_Democrat Feb 2015 #52

Normally, I'm willing to give some of these stories the benefit of the doubt when there's a lot of hughee99 Feb 2015 #10

Yeah, this is silly. Son in Law? Is that to what the anti-Hillary crowd has reduced themselves? stevenleser Feb 2015 #43

I'm not a Hillary fan, and even I think this is stupid. hughee99 Feb 2015 #49

It would seem he's not a very good hedge fund manager. pa28 Feb 2015 #14

Nothing to see here. It's not like all of us other progressives don't have Goldman investing in us. Scuba Feb 2015 #15

+100. and we all have friends and relatives who are crooks, too. (just not as successful at ND-Dem Feb 2015 #95

So he pays himself $2M/yr to lose his investor's money, while similar hedge funds made Faryn Balyncd Feb 2015 #17

Great post. woo me with science Feb 2015 #35

If Hillary is like my mother-in-law, this would be bad for the Goldman Sachs CEO FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #20

He should've followed in his MIL's footsteps and..... wolfie001 Feb 2015 #42

Mezvinsky Sr.'s victims included family, friends, & his own mother-in-law. Divernan Feb 2015 #98

I'm voting for Hillary anyways. wolfie001 Feb 2015 #112

The Mezvinskys are a colorful lot. AtomicKitten Feb 2015 #53

Better Believe It!... SidDithers Feb 2015 #64

Can't defend the indefensible, so smear the messenger. Octafish Feb 2015 #99

Well, you would certainly know about indefensible messengers, octafish of DU... SidDithers Feb 2015 #105

BOOKMARK THIS. Octafish Feb 2015 #110

makign sure Lloyd Blankfeld DonCoquixote Feb 2015 #73

Is Hillary's son-in-law running for office? n/t pnwmom Feb 2015 #76

isn't this an interesting little thread? grasswire Feb 2015 #77

It's All About Defending The Inevitable Front-Runner Who Hasn't Even Annouced Who's Setting Up... WillyT Feb 2015 #81

Ivan Pavlov would find them interesting. Rex Feb 2015 #84

+1 woo me with science Feb 2015 #86

Well, if you wanna be on the tee vee you gonna have to say the right things. Octafish Feb 2015 #87

Dick Scaife & his newspapers endorsed her last presidential run. Divernan Feb 2015 #97

+1 Marr Feb 2015 #109

kick for plutocracy woo me with science Feb 2015 #88

Impossible! nt NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #120