“Wall Streeters are Ready for Hillary … How many ways can they give?”
by Gaius Publius
This small piece at The Nation tells a very large tale — actually several. Let’s start with their infographic (click to make big):
And now from their comments:
Hillary Clinton is leaving nothing to chance, and neither is Goldman Sachs.
Since her first Senate campaign in 1999, the firm has been bankrolling
Clinton to the tune of millions. … Citigroup ranks No. 1 in lifetime donations to Clinton; Morgan Stanley is No. 6 and employs Clinton confidant Tom Nides.Wall Streeters are ready for Hillary. …
So what are the tales this tells?
- Clinton is openly called out as a Wall Street Candidate. This has been strongly implied elsewhere. Now it’s said in a big-name left-wing venue, in a way she may not be able to ignore. (I think she’s a Carbon Candidate as well, but more on that later.)
- The Clinton Global Initiative foundation is also called out — as in effect a campaign slush fund, along with whatever else it is. This has also been strongly implied elsewhere — now it’s “out there,” said. (Next we need a call for CGI to make all of its contributions public.)
- It sure look to me like The Nation has come out against her nomination (see also here). The rest of this issue hosts a variety of opinions (one example here), but still, they could have stayed mainly silent. More than anything, this infographic feature seems telling; the editors are concerned.
Remember: No real progressive save Sanders will enter the race until Hillary Clinton is out of it, or until she is painted accurately enough — put on the record enough — to be vulnerable. Thanks, pages of The Nation. No more corporate Democratic presidents, please; sixteen years is enough.
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