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Anyone else despise super pacs?

Hillary Clinton’s super PAC has tried to “flag” stories about Bernie Sanders, but the group does not want its name attached.

Daniel Wessel, Correct the Record press secretary, contacted the Burlington Free Press by email and phone to offer "off the record" story pitches.

The Free Press first attempted to contact Correct the Record officials while writing about the super PAC paying for a poll that named Clinton winner of the Nov. 14 Democratic debate in Des Moines, Iowa.

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what a load of crock

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/28/it-really-doesnt-matter-if-hillary-clinton-is-dishonest/?tid=sm_fb

came across this.

Hillary Clinton:

• Takes millions in speaking fees from Wall Street while pretending to speak for the little people ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 11}
• Says she doesn't know what Bernie Sanders means by "the establishment", says she's not a part of it ^{1 2}
• Transmitted classified intelligence over unsecured channels... ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}
• ... then joked during a press conference about wiping her server clean "with a cloth or something" ¹
• ... and laughs off everything she doesn't want to talk about in general ¹
• ... including when she was asked by a reporter whether she would release the transcript from her paid speeches at Goldman Sachs ¹
• Offered a Vermont newspapers off the record anti-Sanders tips ^{1 2}
• Lies about her opponent's health care program ¹
• Is said, by an ex Wall Street trader with 20 years of experience, to have turned the Democratic Party "from a party against Wall Street to a party of Wall Street" ¹
• Sends her daughter to lie about her opponent's health care program ¹
• ... and to speak to NYC fundraisers hosted by Wall Street bankers, where attendees can "pay $2700 for a picture" with her ¹
• Has a son-in-law who is an ex Goldman Sachs investment banker and hedgefund co-founder ¹
• Voted for the invasion of Iraq ¹
• Voted for the PATRIOT Act ¹
• Voted for the 2006 reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act ¹
• Questions her older opponent's health while she was hospitalized for a concussion and a blood clot 3 years ago ¹
• Voted for the 2001 Bankruptcy Legislation which would have made it harder for struggling Americans to declare bankruptcy, after expressing her opposition to the bill when she was First Lady ¹
• Believed that marriage was defined as between a man and woman and reversed her position only in 2013 when it became politically convenient ¹
• Received millions in shady donations for her foundation while she was Secretary of State... ¹
• ... the same foundation whose donors got weapons deals when she was Secretary of State ¹
• Makes her fans wait hours for a five-minute speech... ¹
• ... while she gives closed doors fundraisers for rich donors ^{1 2 3}
• Is the first presidential candidate in History to be under investigation by the FBI during a campaign ^{1 2}
• Pretends to speak for the black community when she campaigned for Barry Goldwater back in the '60s, who was fighting against civil rights ¹
• Led a legislative campaign against video games in 2005, by pushing for the Family Entertainment Protection Act, which would have criminalized the sale of games rated "Mature" or "Adults Only" to minors, arguing that "violent video games are stealing the innocence of our children" ^{1 2 3 4}
• Doesn't support clemency for Edward Snowden ¹
• Wants a "Manhattan Project" to break encryption and force tech companies to plant backdoors in their products ^{12 3 4 5 6}
• Praised the repeal of Glass-Steagall ¹
• Supports the TPP ^{1 2}
• Opposes a carbon tax ¹
• Took donations from federally registered lobbyists or PACs for private prison companies until October 2015 ¹
• Opposes decriminalizing marijuana, and, despite naming the pharmaceutical industry as one of her greatest "enemies", has received more money from drug companies than any other candidate this cycle ^{1 2 3 4 5}