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2016 Postmortem

pinebox

(5,761 posts) Sat May 7, 2016, 10:51 AM May 2016

Is this why Hillary backtracked on coal?

Some of her biggest donors happen to lobbyists for the coal and gas industry.

Here are Hillary's FEC filings which list them http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/827/201507159000221827/201507159000221827.pdf
Of course this doesn't include bundlers.

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/07/hillary-clinton-bundlers-fossil-fuel-lobbyists

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Is this why Hillary backtracked on coal? (Original Post) pinebox May 2016 OP

Hillary backtracks and unbacktracks depending on her audience. BillZBubb May 2016 #1

I'm sure that her polling in WV was a factor. Positions are just something CentralMass May 2016 #2

Yup always follow the money gopiscrap May 2016 #3

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)

1. Hillary backtracks and unbacktracks depending on her audience.

Reply to pinebox (Original post)

Sat May 7, 2016, 10:55 AM

May 2016

Right now, she needs coal worker votes and coal money, so she's not going to be tough on them.

When she needs environmentalist money or votes, she'll be anti-coal again.

When she gets elected, the coal guys will be happy--they have more money than the environmentalists.

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

2. I'm sure that her polling in WV was a factor. Positions are just something

Reply to pinebox (Original post)

Sat May 7, 2016, 10:56 AM

May 2016

that you take to win votes. You apparently can change them at will for political gain and expediency.