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Saturday, October 8, 2016

The Real News Of The Day

The mainstream media is awash with all sorts of stories about the tape of Donald Trump talking about some women in a rather rough way.  Trump thought it was a private conversation with another guy; he forgot that he was wearing a microphone in preparation for taping a soap opera segment.  It was eleven years ago.  It's really no worse than many other things I've heard over the years from one guy or another.

The big news today, however, is something else.  Big chunks of Hillary Clinton's speeches to Wall Street banks have finally been made public.  A hacker (who may be working for the Russians) released email taken from the account of Clinton's campaign manager John Podesta.  We now know why Hillary did not want to release these speeches sooner, and we've only seen a small chunk.  Here's some of the main points:

1. Clinton wants completely open borders and completely free trade.  In other words, when Clinton talks about border enforcement, it's just another lie.  When Clinton talks about not supporting the Trans-Pacific Partnership, it's just another lie.  Even when she talks about reforming NAFTA, it's just another lie.  Here is what she said:  "My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders, some time in the future with energy that is as green and sustainable as we can get it, powering growth and opportunity for every person in the hemisphere.”

Notice that Hillary isn't talking about this as her goal; it is her DREAM.  This is what she really wants at the core of her being.  Now it is possible that Hillary was just telling another lie to the bankers, but I don't think so.  Her dream is in line with every position she ever took on these subjects for the last fifty years -- until she suddenly flipped during this race.  She will surely go back to the old positions once the election is over.

2.  Hillary Clinton thinks that people from Wall Street are the best ones to correct the problems that led to the mess in 2008.  For all of Bernie Sanders' talk of breaking up the big banks and Hillary's supposed agreement on that point, Hillary wants Wall Street to decide what needs to be done.

3.  Hillary says that a politician needs a private position and a public one.  I'm not making this up.  Hillary actually tells the Wall Street bankers that she's telling them the truth and that her public positions are just said for political purposes.  In other words, she tells the super rich bankers who give her big bucks that she tells the American people lies on purpose for political purposes.

4.  Hillary tells the bankers that she supports the Keystone Pipeline.  Of course, that was her private position.  Her public position was that she was opposed to it.  Who knows which is the truth.

There's much more, but this gives the flavor.  Hillary Clinton admits that she is a liar.  She admits that most of the positions she took to appeal to Sanders' voters were lies.  She shows just how chummy she is with Wall Street bankers.  It's devastating stuff.

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