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Clinton doesn't answer the question

Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 8:21 PM by Mark Murray

From NBC's Mark Murray
In the lightning round, Clinton was just asked why lobbyists -- from whom she'll accept campaign contributions because they represent real Americans -- make more money than average Americans. Didn't really attempt to answer it.

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Why would this question be any different?
That's because making money to her is real estate scams, & cattle futures.
WhiteWater, TravelGate, CigarGate they won't go away...
She never does.
Well she is in Bed with them.
I think a Clinton-Biden running ticket would win.
Obama wins on this point like so many others:  because he speaks from America's heart.  He has the courage to say what millions wish they could.  He will be the first truly great president we've had since JFK.
obama, edwards, and kucinich get it.  why doesn't she?
Not to defend lobbyists, but here we saw a group of candidates speaking to what could be construed as the largest lobbying organization in the country - organized labor. I say every last one of them looked heads and shoulders above the free spending cowboy now in office.
Hillary makes me mad to no end. All she did throughout the entire debate was ignore the questions she was asked, and bash Bush. We understand Bush is a bad president, get off it and answer the questions. The worst thing is, when she does this, people still say she does good.
Too bad in my estimation he cant win the general election!
I'm tired of the Hillary bashing.  It's long since been proven that Whitewater was nothing, "travelgate" was a trumped up, baseless charge, and the cigar had absolutely nothing to do with her.  She's the smartest of the bunch.  I can't wait to see her make mincemeat out of Rudy Giuliani.
Hillary Clinton and Governor Bill Richardson from New Mexico would make a great combination given the fact that Richardson has depth in world affairs, has the Hispanic vote, and as someone mentioned, is under the radar and does not throw blow with the other candidates. Obama would be good except for the fact that he has no worldly experience which has shown through in his statement regarding Pakistan etc.
The correct answer, as John Mclaughlin would say, is that they are corrupt sons-a-wh****!  But you can't really bite the hand that feeds you, can you?
Ask Hillary about her lobby money and travelgate and Rose law firm paperwork and several thousand other controversies at Hillaryclinton.com
Washington "PaperHangers",,Like rats finding their first morsal of cheese! The real truth, everything said had a price tag attached! The American people have lost control! We will be governed again by self serving agenda if these want to be people are given their dream! And their dream brings a nightmare to the common American ""war"" poverty"" homeless"" !

Sad, They eat Steak and we eat hamburger we can't afford!
America does not need another ""Talking Frog""! Wake up America ,,Clinton is only self serving which we don't need!
Could it be that Mark Murray hates Hillary? Ahh that would be YES!! Its so obvious Mark.
Oh I see only tabacco and oil can lobby not planned parenthood or naacp or the aclu only fat cat like murdoch .lobbyists are what happens to a system .Should people not use lawyers because the justice system is a mess ,take away a system where money dominates and see what kind of leaders you get then .politictions make more than the average americans but they still represent us.
Like the current republican administration, Clinton wants to be a secretive "public" official and not tell us what she will do with our "public" government.  She dismisses questions calling them hypothetical.  When a 4x nobel peace prize nominee is running for President and 75% of people's main concern is war, why would people look to junior senators (Hillary, Obama, and Edwards) when Governor Richardson want to get the US out of Iraq and has the Presidential qualifications to do it- popular Governor for balanced budgets, US Energy Secretary when we had inexpensive gas, US Ambassador to the United Nations, and US Congressman for 15 years. Richardson has been nominated four times for the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the release of hostages, American servicemen and political prisoners in North Korea, Iraq, and Cuba. Governor Richardson recently negotiated a 60-day cease fire in war-torn Darfur following direct talks with rebel leaders and the President of Sudan.
   Stop buying into who the corportists want you to vote for and look into the most qualified candidates like Richardson.


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