Yearly Kos: Hillary Clinton on Accepting Lobbyist Money

[CryoKeen]

this was the 3rd result for "loads of money"

[stevin47]

unless lobbyist are stopped bribing senators our system will never recover

[Bowarcher]

LOADS OF MONEY

[kirbyman1kanden7pf]

I hate lobbyists.

[MiraginXXX]

If she cares so much for Real Americans such as nurses and social workers why do they need to have Lobbyists pay her to look out for their interests ??? ..

[witecracker2]

call me stupid but where does all the money go???

[Kennewick101]

Lobbyists are what the country was built on....you people need to realize...lobbyists help sway the government for what is best for the organization (what are organizations made of? THE PEOPLE) therefore, they are doing what is best for their corporation AKA THE PEOPLE. Now....yes some lobbyists are bad by making false statements and also being corrupt but that is a VERY SMALL portion. In all there are Pros and Cons for lobbyists but i feel they do more good then harm.

[looopandlooop]

lobbyists dont represent the american people. they represent the greedy and power hungry

[PheesKMPAccount]

I will only vote for a candidate who calls lobbying what it is - bribery - and bans it. Elected officials should only be responsive to the people who elected them. Anything else should be a crime.

[omgwtfbbq6666]

This is the cause of our recession, not so much because of the lobbyists, but because of corrupt "people" (make a note of the quotes) like this fucking worthless piece of shit. This "human being" has no right to live in a free country like this, this garbage needs to be thrown out, literally.

[omgwtfbbq6666]

Thrown out and burned like the garbage this piece of shit is.

[kjogar]

Congress people have made it legal for their surrogates to do insider trading but not anyone else. They have their own Social Security system, their own health care system. You are just their taxpayer base that keeps sending them your paychecks and keep voting them into office. You DESERVE to be broke.

[superoctane]

watch?v=ykUiTHRCy4A

[superoctane]

Check your cable bill lately?Expensive isnt it?Lack of regulations=Lack of consumer protections.Paid for by the telecom lobby.

[orien2121]

And high prices set by the company - less consumers purchasing the product. It's how a free market works.

[superoctane]

Look up the 1996 telecommunication act and see what the Clintons really did for big globalist powers.Not influenced by lobbyist dollars?Grow a brain.See how the world has changed since then.See who controls polls and opinions now.The media tells you how to think and who you should vote for...and you do because the globalists control information.Since 1996 news has become 50% facts and 50% opinions painted as facts.That 1996 telecom act turned Orwells nightmare into a real possibility.

[modz74]

hilary clinton is a fuckin lizard!!

[whoo689]

I find it funny but sad at the same time how ignorant Americans are of campaign finance regulations. They're much more restrictive than Ralph Nader or people who bitch about regulations would have you believe. Corporations CANNOT donate to a campaign. It's been illegal since the Tillman Act of 1904. Individuals can only donate a max of $2300. The thing is that oftentimes 'bundlers' get people in their organizations to all donate for the same candidate, and that info appears on the record.

[whoo689]

So all that money is combined under the same corporation, and it just looks like the corporation donated 100 grand to the candidate, for example. But legally they can't do that. PACs and special interest groups are a little more able to spend funds freely, but there's still a limit.

Nader is totally wrong when he says that the Democrats are somehow just as corporate as the GOP. There's no evidence for that. They may be career politicians as much as the gop, but they are not corporate.

[whoo689]

Lobbyists simply go to the Congressmen or their staffers and argue their case. That's pretty much all they do. They usually do not bribe. They do not say "Vote for this bill or I'll kill you." I know people like to believe it's that way, but it's not.

Lobbyists will always have influence, so what's the point of bitching and complaining? Lobbyists DO sometimes represent real people, believe it or not. Don't be a fucking moron.

[whoo689]

Does that make me or the other attendees "evil"? No! It's the politicians who do the voting, not lobbyists.  And it's not true that corporations have some kind of excessive influence on politicians. Politicians attract individual contributions from corporate leaders because they're pro-business, not so that the politicians will do their bidding. Republicans tend to be pro-business. "Big Oil" or "Big Pharma" doesn't have them on a leash. Stop believing in these fairy tales.

[whoo689]

I hate to admit it, but even Congressmen have minds of their own. We whine about career politicians and politicians saying whatever it takes to get into office, but then we bitch and whine about "the excessive influence of lobbyists" as if every lobbyist bribes a politician to do his bidding. That's just ignorant. It doesn't work like that.

Besides, the term "lobbyist" is so vague that anyone can be one. Hell, at the SSDP conference, we lobbied against the crack-cocaine disparity.

[whoo689]

You know, when you really get down to it, all this focus on 'lobbyists' supposedly having an iron fist over Congress is just silly. It's bullshit. Lobbyists are not brainwashers. A contribution means "We agree with your policies or record". Or "We agree with your platform", if you're running for the first time. This notion that somehow getting a contribution means you're automatically beholden to that corporation or group and that somehow you're gonna always vote with them is ridiculous.

[SmerkNomGool]

Unqestionably Hillary Clinton is the most brazen creature to ever weasel into politics and the public eye! She is a consummate spin artist, who is proud, like the devil himself, of her misdeeds and questionable behavior! Cleverly twisting wrongdoing into a virtue.

Take a very much misused practice, like lobbying, and point out a good thing about it, and get applause!

How many cash pay-offs in suitcases from lobbyists did she get and "salt away" for herself?

Millions, I've heard .

[crazyxo4]

youtube keeps taking down my strip tease videos

[iwinallarguments29]

bitch

[shuu7777]

how did everybody sit there and listen to that BS with a straight face? After that statement that lobbyists represent real americans I almost suffocated from laughing so hard.

[KillWoundedEatDead]

she wants to represent everyone and thats why she takes there money? as if that money isnt to get you to change your views you value so much? and if you valued your views so much you wouldnt take money from lobbyists because they wouldnt be able to get you to change your views

[odyssey234]

Nobody is giving you money because they don't expect something in return.

[thejerseydog]

I love the eye-rolling by Edwards when she says "I want to represent everybody."

[MrsTechn9ne]

wow how fucking dumb do you have to be to sit in this audience and clap when she says that lobbyists represent real american people! Shes basically showing the stupidity of American people nowadays..we will never learn until its too late...

[bmone]

I don't think that "real Americans" are corporations, special interests, dirty industries...

[chuckinla]

hahahaha!!!! BILARY is T O A S T!!!!!!!!

She deserved to lose because she is truly a mean arrogant lying WITCH!!!!!!!!!!

[activistmusician]

she'd make a fine nominee.

/for the Republicans

[jbvoter]

Obama accepts money from freudulent activities. I guess that makes him a transparent candidate?

[jennanov77]

Release your taxes Mrs. Clinton, why wont you release it, Obama and McCain have... what are you hiding??

[bongpsumera]

i think she was referring to unions being lobbyists as well... unions are some of the biggest political lobbyists

[highlander924]

Lobbyst are destroying America

[SylviaDouche]

OHIO FOR HILLARY 2008!

[mingwei99]

Obama just use very short words to misleading people, as most people they don't careful read Clinton's plan and idea, even Obama just copy and past the same to looked like he have something to say on the webpage or in the speech.

short word is powerful and easy to remember such as" lobbyist"—-that must be evil, "Yes, we can" how short and powerful and inspirational, or Just one word "change" plus one word "hope",

Obama will steal this beautiful country by only few cheap words.

[mingwei99]

If Florida lobby for their vote is lobbyist, they do have the right to lobby.

The question is what we lobby for ???

Toy company lobby to asking fair competition from oversea's import,

local farm industry lobby for a better policy so they can develop world market,

Clean energy or green energy industry lobby for support so they can bring clean energy to American's homes reduce the depandent form foreigh oil.

[whoohaa123]

You're nuts!!!

[mingwei99]

Who is Lobbyist and lobby for what?

the people or organization lobby for human right is lobbyist, lobby about the global warming is lobbyist, for animal right is lobbyist, for Chindren or Woman's right is lobbyist, for nationwide service industry such as millions restaurant worker's right is also lobbyist,

Lobby for prevent poverty is lobbyist,

Lobby is legal. People have the right to have their voice to be heard.

[rockondon]

they represent kaisers big drug companies

not social workers/they represent exxons oil

companies/shes such a republican

[bordersoldier]

they represent social worker" so you will take money from them. r u out of your fucking mind! i hope u loose and loose bad. you are an evil women, man... i dont no what u r but u r evil and god hates you and so does AMERICA!!!

[royalqueencaribean]

Hilary Clinton is so full of Sh*t that I don't know how anyone can consider voting for her!....if you would have posted the rest of this tape you would have seen Obama expose the lying load of crap she is trying to peddle us!

[spiritoceanmistress]

John Edwards is looking at her like, "Witch, you know you're lying."

[rockondon]

hillary eats lunch with edwards at the bilderburg meetings

[spiritoceanmistress]

Okay, so how exactly are you going to take billions of dollars from insurance and drug companies and then try to peddle your health insurance program? How can you in the very next breath say that you will be the president for all people? You should practice your rehearsed answers a little better than that, Hillary, because you did not sound like you knew what the hell you were talking about.

[mismindles]

She says it w/ such paternalism as if the average voter is so stupid to think that a lobbyist represents our interest. Lobbyists R not voted for by the people, which is the ONLY way that would make her statement true. Instead, the big drug companies among others spend millions of dollars to pay lobbyists & fund campaigns like hers b/c they know in the big picture they stand to gain more than millions.

[rockondon]

lobbyist represent real americans?how many people in here lobbyed for there jobs?shes

a liar shes taking money from big hospitals

who dont want universal healthcare and what about those high gas prices?shes not change

shes big money

[2oss7uprey]

Individuals represent individuals, groups do not represent individuals. Her logic is wrong. If someone agrees with her platform they will donate as an individual. Groups of people can not speak for one person, people do that on their own.

[Leinieslightman]

GO! John Edwards all of the way!

Edwards for 2008!!!!!!!

[Leinieslightman]

WOW! Hillary you have got to be the dumbest women on earth. Thank you for making the healthcare system completely suck ass. You are the one out of many that have contributed to the many thousands of lives that have been turned down when in desperate need for healthcare and have then sadly died becauase of it. And YOU maddam are a part of this cause. I hope you know this voters. And this is comming from a liberal Democrat. ME!

[iscorpio]

go Bill Richardson, the most experienced person running.

[ruppertknickerbocker]

Obama sent hillary crying to Bill.

[jkpcguru]

Hill your dirtying my screen with the crap that comes out your mouth

[Yourfriendfromiran]

Please don't bomb my village!

[Ralphdraw3]

See my video, "Hillary: the Rightwing is gearing up"

[eldickorocksyrmommy]

jesus christ...david icke is full of bullshit, get yr heads out of yr asses, ppl!

[drannor420]

I heard Bill was part repetillain as well. I guess thats why they get along so well.

[Bladecrimson]

I don't think thrillary is a skull and bonesman, however I have heard she is a 33 mason and a blood sucking repetillain alien, so maybe that makes up for it.

[F4O4U4R4S]

put all your political views aside and pick the candidate with the most revolutionary and great ideas and america will be fine

[Ralphdraw3]

Hillary is laying on the BS pretty thick. Talking about vague generalities of "fighting" for the American people.... what fluff. She has done little or nothing of consequence in the Senate except follow George Bush and support his endless, strategy-less war on terrorism...

[LeftLiberalSoCal]

How sad. How true. (sniff)

[Ralphdraw3]

I called Hillary's campaign office about which political action committees of "nurses" and "social workers" (the real people, HIllary mentioned in this clip) had donated money to HIllary's campaign. Hillary's people could not name a single organization of this type (made of "real people") that had donated to her campaign... The fact is that HIllary is taking much of her money from wealthy insiders....

[LeftLiberalSoCal]

Thank for this information. That is why the only people I want to vote for in the DNP are Kucinich and Gravel. I don't think I will vote for her assuming she gets the final nomination. The democrats have changed too much.

[iscorpio]

you go girl!! tell em. kiss her ass obama. all u haters too! hillary wants and will be president for everybody.

[michaelchainsaw]

You're a stupid fuck! This bitch is on the same payroll as George Bush: Oil Companies, Pharmaceutical Companies, Insurance Companies, Weapon and Defense Companies.

Fucking douche.  You are just another Band Wagon rider. I bet you like Paris Hilton and Brittany Spears as well.

[MrsTechn9ne]

Seriously shut the fuck up. You sheeple

[Farooq87]

"Follow the Money" -Mike Gravel.........

[iscorpio]

too bad mike gravel isn't getting anywhere with that. attacking the front runner may sounds like a good idea but its not working...go Hillary!

[Farooq87]

Yeah cause they try so hard to get not invite him to debates where Hilary knows she will get exposed. You dont have to be a genius to see through the bull shit these so called "top tier" canadidates are spewing.

[Farooq87]

^to not invite him...(my apologies)

[greenorama]

Hillary is drifting to third in Iowa. Edwards and Obama are neck-and-neck. With Obama having about $50 million more to spend than Edwards it's almost a lock. Hillary is where Howard Dean was in 2004. The national front runner while being third in Iowa. John Kerry ended up beating Dean. Funny that the same woman who managed Kerry's campaign is managing Obama's.

[michaelchainsaw]

Yeah Go Hillary! Go To Fucking Hell You Evil Bitch!

[balofur]

Now I know why Mrs. Clinton is so hesitant to talk about her feeling on stopping the Iraq War. She takes lobby money, big time! Israel needs the troops in the Iraq or in the Mideast as a safety net for them. Israel is a big lobbyist and Mrs. Clinton is on the take.

[greenorama]

Your wisdom is so refreshing!

[thedrax]

"The Idea that, somehow, a contribution is going to influence you..."...Then what the fuck is it for Hillary? I used to like her until I just heard that. Of course it fucking influences you. That's why they do it. Just because she takes cash from causes she already believes in doesn't make it right.

[eekdog2005]

How is she leading in the polls? Do you trust the polls or your media? I don't! She's the establishments choice for president, but who is the "people's" choice?

[Ralphdraw3]

Polls are tied in Iowa.. I think they very close in New Hampshire too

[ryanjones620]

She's right, lobbyest represent nurses, police officers, unions, firefighters, and even large corporations that employ a lot of americans. I see nothing wrong with accepting donations without being influenced by the size of the money involved. Senator Clinton has a very clean record of separating the two. Good for you Hillary!

[dlbu1987]

Hillary is a great candidate. She is smart, she has got an eye for understanding people, and she takes all things into consideration before making a decision. She also has the ability to change and evolve has times and information change. That's called leadership. Whining and moaning like Obama and Edwards is not leadership. It is whining and moaning. President Bush has done enough of that for me thanks.

Vote Hillary!

[genYprogressive]

Pandering to big money and special interists is not leadership. Stop Daydreming!!! Hillary Clinton is no progressive, she is a neo-conservitive in Democrats clothing.

[eremor]

Yes you'd be correct. I seem to notice he is not one of our senators.

[nullusclementia]

Hillary "Politics As Usual" Clinton!! Jesus Christ, people are stupid.

[tooltalk]

Hillary is absolutely right. The lobbyists do represent all stripes of Americans: rich HMO executives, highly-paid lawyers, multi-millionaire wall-street traders to name a few. This is hilarious!

[2Halifaxion2]

Its openly orwellian at this point. Everyone complains about big time lobbyists, but i bet the same people complaining were cheering for hillary. Abramoff is laughing at this shit. RON PAUL 2008 DOT COM

[oolong2]

lol...

It's like the crowd was waiting for something to clap about without actually thinking about what she said.

Oh, gotta go my lobbyist just called...

[JohntoELEN]

Obama other hand, he is speaking only truth, Always in real world the truth will hurt. That's why she is saying Obama "irresponsible and naive" .if people are concern about Experience .they couldn't have such  as like president like JFK and Bill Clinton

[JohntoELEN]

Obama is absolutely correct. Hillary is bush-Cheney lite not only in foreign policy. When she wants to lie something like Bush. She is using the same mannerism like Bush, coming forward with two hands exactly like him and stress the word. "Lobbyist representing people ".if lobbyist representing people .then she is going to work for lobbyist because they are representing people.

[iscorpio]

u go girl. that money does represent real people no matter what people want to say or think about it. kiss her ass obama.

[eremor]

Texans are not even for Ron Paul. Not for Hitlary either.

[iscorpio]

someone gave u the wrong facts mister. hillary was top fundraiser in texas and well i dont care about silly ron paul. go Hillary!!!...and Bill Richardson!!!

[MrsTechn9ne]

your right in a time of bullshit when someone speaks the truth like Ron Paul it is quite silly.

I cant wait till hillary becomes president so she can tax us more so you morons that voted for her can look like fucking idiots! God damn!

[trudrewski]

Texans are for Ron Paul.

[eremor]

Wake up...you're having a bad dream.

[oolong2]

I'm for Ron Paul, screw texas. Oh wait, wasn't it texans that voted him into congress?

[josiahdallas]

what a load of shit.....i hope Obama crushes her

[dejahthoris]

How can she reason that this is all right?

[lenaw70]

The only HONEST one is Dennis Kucinich! NO LIES. NO CORPORATE MONEY.

[LayneRoxxx]

I love how she seems so happy and eager to take lobby money!

I'm a RN and my views sure as hell aren't represented by Hillary Clinton.

[BigFatTonyCal]

I love how they use the word lobbyists like it nice clean money. Real Americans. I don't know any Nurses and social workers with millions of dollars.

[johnlepo]

"I want to reprsent the entire country". That is the problem with representative democracy, you would struggle to represent 5 people, never mind 260 or so million. Most lobby groups that represent people can't afford to donate money to campaigns and simply lobby by presenting ideas. It is from corporate and industry lobbies that the money comes from.

[eremor]

You left out the Lawyers lobby (which most members of Congress are). Sweet deal isn't it. Change our tax system and the industry/corporate lobbies cease to exist on the scale they are now.

[AlisonChaynz]

Take America back.

Restore the Constitution.

Join the Ron Paul revolution.

[asdffd]

I'd almost rather see another Republican elected than this woman. Wake up people. This country needs MAJOR change, not the weak window dressing Hillary will do. VOTE FOR EDWARDS!

[KEYEDE]

and ur telling me that ur change would be Edwards?? come on now he would be right in that window fixing his hair.. hahah alright enough with the childishness, if u really want change u have to stop thinking about partisinship, register as a republican(i know hold on keep reading) look at the candidate named Ron Paul and understand that the only real change that will happen in this country can really only be done by him.... VOTE RON PAUL 08

[Cynder83]

hell ya ron paul!!!!

[westphalianprinz]

I'd ask her about that money that Rupert Murdoch gave her.

[voyzovrezon]

Bingo! Yeah, why are you taking money from Murdoch?

[da0217]

Money! She should give the list of everyone she takes money from. Pretty sure there some questionable sources. Lobbying is legalized bribery.