Clinton Campaign: “Our Supporters Aren’t the Grubbers”
EmailOn a conference call this morning, Sen. Hillary Clinton’s communications team was asked about a comment the candidate many in the media thought she made yesterday in Indiana: "Why don’t we hold these Wall Street money-grubbers responsible for their role in this recession?"
(In actuality, Clinton had said "money brokers," not "momey grubbers." But at the time everyone including the Clinton campaign thought she’d said "grubbers.")
So the question — given the support for Clinton’s campaign on Wall Street from investment bankers and hedge fund managers and employees (including Chelsea Clinton), how does one distinguish between the good folks on Wall Street and the "money-grubbers"?
Joked Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson: "Our supporters aren’t the grubbers!"
Then Clinton campaign strategist Geoff Garin jumped in and said that Clinton’s "abiding principle is that in America we need to have shared prosperity… The truth is there are a lot of people on Wall Street who take a much more selfish view of things."
The campaign is happy to have the support of folks on Wall Street, Garin said, "they probably share her value of shared prosperity."
- jpt
This post has been corrected with the proper quote.
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Money-grubbers -the hedgefund people respented by Joe Andrew and his firm who contribute bundled money to Obama.
Posted by: geevill | May 5, 2008, 10:39 am 10:39 am
What happened to “Rich people, God Bless Us”, as Hillary said to O’Reilly?
Is there ANY issue where she doesn’t take both sides?
Posted by: Jay Biggs, Fairfax, VA | May 5, 2008, 10:40 am 10:40 am
and they are correct, the two extremes of both parties are all out for their own interest, whether it helps the masses or not.
better to stay in the middle-with the shared prosperity people.
and that would be sen. clinton
Posted by: jgaw | May 5, 2008, 10:41 am 10:41 am
Obama is a money-grubber who is against people not paying the gas tax
Posted by: geevill | May 5, 2008, 10:43 am 10:43 am
What Recession? Don’t the libs know what they are talking about, don’t they read we are in a slow down NOT a Recession. You need two quarters of negative growth in a row, the first quarter there was very little growth and the last quarter there was growth larger then expected.
So when are we going to get politicians that stop with the propaganda and lies.
Definitely not from the libs; their chairman loudmouth Dean was defending there lies about McCain and in the same interview acknowledging they were lies!!
Posted by: spock | May 5, 2008, 10:45 am 10:45 am
When Senator Hillary Clinton was doing the “Grubbing” it was OK? The Clinton’s are desperate for any thing they can use against anyone to win the nomination.
Obama all the way!
Posted by: Lookup | May 5, 2008, 10:46 am 10:46 am
and anyway the real money-grubbers on wall street know who they are. I wonder just who they are supporting?
I know they are well-educated and probally young-but I don’t see them going with comrade obama.
and would sen. mcsame be good for them?
interesting?
I am just typical middle class working folk, but black-don’t own a gun, but cling to god.
I think they should go with sen. clinton.
wall street money-grubbers for sen. clinton. Brilliant!
Posted by: jgaw | May 5, 2008, 10:46 am 10:46 am
Hillary and Bill are reaching for straws and trying to fool the people in NC and IN it wont work the American people are fed up with the Clintons, Bushs, and the old sneaky McCain Bush want-to-be politics as usual. The American people are to smart for that and will turn the page. The talk radio Conservatives shook Jocks want the American people to believe that their for Hillary but they want the fight between Hillary and Obama to continue until November to try and make McBush look good that want work either.
Obama’s state wins 30 lost 15, Delegate count 1737 +/-, Negatives are way down, Better nominee
Clinton’s state wins 15 lost 30,
Delegate count 1601 +/-, Negatives way up. Not a good nominee.
Fund Raising Obama beats Clinton or McCain Expediently.
Registering new voters Obama beats
Clinton or McCain.
Bring the country together Obama beats Clinton or McCain.
Overall, Obama beats Clinton or McCain.
Race against McCain, Obama better nominee.
Obama all the way!
Posted by: Lookup | May 5, 2008, 10:51 am 10:51 am
Hmmm….wasn’t Robert Reich one the main economics architects of the Clinton years that left this country with a surplus? And now he disagrees with HRC? Must be another one of those ungrateful former Clinton-backer traitors…However, I would put my faith in Robert Reich before I put my faith on Hillary here. But then again, since I have no faith in HRC that’s really not saying much…
Posted by: indy_voter | May 5, 2008, 10:54 am 10:54 am
Spock you must be referring to the Right Wing Nut GOP party then, huh?
“April 23 (Bloomberg) — Republican John McCain, saying the nation is in a recession and “families are hurting,”
Posted by: Progressive Democrat | May 5, 2008, 10:56 am 10:56 am
Looks like Hilliary’s supporters have the battered wife syndrome. No matter how often this woman insults you, you still come back for more. I guess the true meaning of feminism is that women are assured of being exploited by two genders, instead of one!!!
Posted by: Blog | May 5, 2008, 10:57 am 10:57 am
geevil – so, what happens if we don’t pay the gas tax? this is what happens: the oil companies raise the price so that we wind up paying as much if not more than we would have. in addition, this tax which we supposedly won’t be paying but would have gone to support our bridges (remember Minnesota?) and highways and tunnels, will wind up being instrumental in our construction people losing their jobs. this is a very, very bad idea, won’t help us at all. aside from the fact that clinton is not in a position to pass this, bush has already said he’s not buying into this because the economists have said it’s not going to work.
Posted by: nikita | May 5, 2008, 10:58 am 10:58 am
Once again, Hillary reveals her hypocracy…it’s okay for her daughter to benefit from employment on Wall Street, but everyone else working there are ‘money grubbers’.
A vote for Hillary is a vote for socialism.
Posted by: Suzanne | May 5, 2008, 11:02 am 11:02 am
Good question. Less than satisfying answer. Who’s president would she be?
Posted by: Sara B. | May 5, 2008, 11:04 am 11:04 am
Hillery is a …..joke! Now she is insulting her own daughter and her NY base to get votes in Indiana. She and her machine are shameless
Posted by: Jim | May 5, 2008, 11:06 am 11:06 am
What about Obama promising the teamster’s union that he will get rid of federal oversight of the unions if elected president, as talked about in the same phone call, reported by the WSJ, and confirmed by the Obama campaign. Obama does not think that there is an “organized crime” problem in the unions anymore. Obama knows all about organized crime. More omens of the new washington headed our way.
Hillary did say this morning if the government can bail out Bear Stearns for 30 million, then it should be willing to give working americans a tax break.
GO HILLARY 08!
Posted by: calli | May 5, 2008, 11:08 am 11:08 am
Calli,
You are an elitist criticizing the blue collar union workers. Hillary will now be losing the blue collar vote with this elitist attitude and you are calling union members corrupt.
Posted by: Progressive Democrat | May 5, 2008, 11:13 am 11:13 am
Both candidates grub for money. Both have their eyes on grossly more taxation. When corporations are taxed, they pass the extra cost to consumers and get a tax break on the taxes they pay.
In short, both candidates favor big business and additional taxes for the masses. From Econ 101, all taxes are ultimately paid for by the poor!
Posted by: A | May 5, 2008, 11:14 am 11:14 am
I can’t wait for Hillary to get the Presidency. All you need to do to get away with a Federal Crime is to get to know Hillary’s two brothers and bribe them for a Presidential Pardon. It worked in the first administration.
Posted by: Progressive Democrat | May 5, 2008, 11:16 am 11:16 am
Let’s get Bob Rubin to explain all this. Clintons Treasury Secty. He became Enron’s banker at Citi. And seems now to be way deep in the subprime loan swamp.
Posted by: JW | May 5, 2008, 11:17 am 11:17 am
Jim, if you’re not a racist why is it that you think Obama is a black man why is he not a white man, his mother is white, so you think he hates his mother who raised him as a single parent..His African father was no where to be found. If Obama is a black man, he is a white man also, the fact that you don’t see that, should make you question your own prejudices…Based on the history of slavery if you had one drop of black blood you were tainted and you were black..Do you believe that? Sounds like it to me!
Nicky
Posted by: Nicky | May 5, 2008, 11:22 am 11:22 am
Nicky
That’s really goofy.
Posted by: A | May 5, 2008, 11:24 am 11:24 am
Progressive Democrat: It’s not the workers who are corrupt, it’s their leaders if they are left unchecked and to their own devices. Much like Obama caucus organizers taking control of caucuses. Just wondering how a presidential candidate can promise to do away with federal oversight on corruption, that’s all. Just like Obama seems to think it’s okay to bail out huge hedge funds, but just don’t offer regular working americans any relief.
GO HILLARY 08!
Posted by: calli | May 5, 2008, 11:27 am 11:27 am
Oil companuies raise the price of gas if there is no gas tax? What kind of insane Obamanomics is that? Why not then triple the gas tax so oil companaies will lower the price?
obamanomics is scary.
Posted by: geevill | May 5, 2008, 11:31 am 11:31 am
The only money-grubbers are the Clintons. They got $110,000.00 from multi-million dollar businesses. Hillary does not care for the poor nor for women. She cares about getting into power in any form and in any way.
It is very strange: We raise children to be good, honorable citizens, and then we vote for an aggressive, competitive and lying woman who displays all the attributes we do not want in our society.
Posted by: Alma | May 5, 2008, 11:37 am 11:37 am
I hope all her lies come back and bite her in the aqq.She would sell her mother if she could win ths campaign….
Posted by: older wh lady | May 5, 2008, 11:39 am 11:39 am
It is very strange:
We raise our children to be good citizens, not to lie, to share with others, to have good manners…
And then we go and vote for a woman who is extremely aggressive, competitive up to the point of lying about others, and who displays all the attributes that we do not want in our society.
Posted by: voter | May 5, 2008, 11:40 am 11:40 am
To every story… Spin, Spin, Spin… there is an excuse… Spin, Spin, Spin… And a flip-flop for every position, under heaven.
Posted by: Deep Release | May 5, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am
Shared prosperity = communism; I don’t want that. A level playing field so everyone can reap the benefits of their hard work….that’s what I want. GO OBAMA!
Posted by: LowB44 | May 5, 2008, 11:57 am 11:57 am
Uh, Low, you do know that Obama is for shared prosperity, correct? In fact, the rich will have to pay even more to make up for his blanket tax cuts for the middle class. Hillary supports targeted tax cuts for healthcare and education.
Posted by: HoosierSue | May 5, 2008, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm
The fact that Obama and his wife are so out of touch she said she has trouble paying $14,000.00 ayear for extras for the girls he say’s most people would only save $30.00 on a gas tax relief and the sad part is most of us work from birth to grave and if the economic majors are so smart why do all of us not benefit I think they should teach econimics in first grade not your senior year of school if you go to a private or magnet school you do learn about economics early and often.
Posted by: Bishop | May 5, 2008, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm
I fail to see how the Clintons could be called money grubbers; Hillary’s tax cuts are certainly going to affect their financial bottom line. I would call a money grubber those who put the accumulation of personal wealth above national debt, as we’ve seen over and over again during the Bush administration.
Posted by: HoosierSue | May 5, 2008, 12:04 pm 12:04 pm
I am so hopping mad at this thing that is called a woman>>>>>>>>>She defending her wonderful gas cut now calles AGAIN Obama an ELITIST.WOW she is begging to pi– me off.Like she has bought gas in the past 24+ years.Damn her we but her gas annd all the oil companies will do is raise the price just like they do everyday to make up for it Let her keep talking and soon we all will be paying 5.00 a gal.
Posted by: older wh lady | May 5, 2008, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm
lets see 33million paid in taxes more then most rich people would pay because they think the rich should pay more than the poor. The Clintons have always cared about the blue collar workers.
Posted by: Bishop | May 5, 2008, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm
People should get the facts straight and get facts from independently source. Fact 1 Obama receive campaign money from oil companies. Fact 2 Why did Sen.Obama take his oath on the bible like other Officials????? Muslim???? Yes!!!! If U want a president Vote Clinton or McCain!!!! Don’t slap US veterans or the Miliary in the face with a person take a oath with karon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: veteran | May 5, 2008, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm
Obama has his share of “money grubbers” too such as Exelon, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, UBS, Exxon Mobil, British Petroleum and so on. Both of the Democratic candidates are Wall Street darlings.
Posted by: alpaig | May 5, 2008, 12:27 pm 12:27 pm
Oh my God- Where is Obama? We need to start labeling Hill-Bill as the money grubber! Here’s miss rich B telling the poor people of Indiana that she is one of them (not counting her millions of course). She should be thrown in jail for lying about this gas tax “Fairy Tale” as Bill-Hill put it. She has been in Washington for decades and done nothing that she promises today. What an Elitist MONEY_GRUBBER you are hill-bill.
Posted by: CJ PALMER | May 5, 2008, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm
Ask Alice Palmer about Obama’s tactic of throwing out votes and signatures.
Posted by: geevill | May 5, 2008, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm
It does not surprise me that she places all the blame on them also. Tell me, hasn’t she been serving us in Washington for 35 years and has she not been voting against the American dream that long?? She will say and do anything for that one vote. We are so in trouble if she wins this.
Posted by: Becky | May 5, 2008, 12:52 pm 12:52 pm
when are you all going to listen and learn?O- he is going to destory this country if he makes president!he is not his race but the man himself, he is false and needs to be booted out of the race- ask him his favorite movie, and you can decide for your self, he watched it and decided to run for the president- and it is about hiding all of his connections that are crooked, and he being so innocent- that came out in Iowa and folks were blinded by him and didnt pay attention to what he was saying- time to wake up folks and listen and read- use some common sence
Posted by: pearl elliott | May 5, 2008, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm
According to their tax returns, Hillary gave 10% of her income to charity, a much higher percentage than Obama did. That is not a money-grubber if you ask me.
Posted by: JDavis | May 5, 2008, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm
geevil writes:
“Ask Alice Palmer about Obama’s tactic of throwing out votes and signatures.”
Yes. PLEASE. And about Axelrod’s tenure at the Chicago Sun-Times. And about Dohrn and Ayers and Exelon.
And about Obama’s domestic partner before he married into the local Democratic machine.
Posted by: Belle Starr | May 5, 2008, 2:10 pm 2:10 pm
belle starr,
what do you mean obama’ domestic partner?
Posted by: jgaw | May 5, 2008, 2:13 pm 2:13 pm
jgaw writes:
“what do you mean obama’ domestic partner?”
Before Michelle, he lived with a white woman in Hyde Park. Don’t know if SHE was also an associate of Ayers-Dohrn, but presumably lots of people DO know.
Posted by: Belle Starr | May 5, 2008, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm
Belle Starr….is there a problem with Obama living with a “white woman?”
Posted by: LowB44 | May 6, 2008, 10:58 am 10:58 am