Clinton: I’m not ‘truly well off’

[Spatula City]

Originally Posted by KUchief25

Ah yes and once again in a thread about Hillary the barkers can't defend her nonsense so yammer about Romney and now Santorum. Typical. Hey go start a thread about em if you so choose but stop trying to change the subject. Of course that is all many do when they can't defend the lies of their heroes.

She's not my hero, she's the lesser of two evils... that's sort of my point.

[remoddahouse]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

LOL..this Dem hatred for the "rich" is coming back to haunt her isn't it.

Romney was a greedy tax cheat for making money and deferring taxes.
Hillary though.."works hard".

ROFLMAO..Dems with $$$ is ok but Repubs with $$$ is not ?

Nothing that they've proposed has been hatred for the rich. Even if all of the Bush tax proposals were repeated, the US is still a low income jurisdiction. She definitely misspoke, but there are much, much wealthier people in this country many of whom only had to stay alive to get that way.

[janelle144]

Originally Posted by camaro69

She is really clueless and still has no real experience in order to run for President.
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Hillary Clinton, who has a net worth upwards of $50 million, said in an interview that she is "unlike a lot of people who are truly well off."

Clinton was derided for comments made last week that her family was "dead broke" when it left the White House in 2000 although they were far from the poverty line. Bill and Hillary Clinton have reportedly made more than $100 million since leaving the White House.

But Hillary, who charges a six figure speaking fee, says with a burst of laughter that she is not "truly well off" and that her wealth is the result of "hard work," according to The Guardian:

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those who know her say she always tries to get the electorate to be on her side like she is one of them. with the economy like it is she is playing the "I'm not filthy rich card."

[jasper1372]

As many others have said, she's definitely tone deaf. While it's probably true that they left the White House in debt, the fact that both Hillary and Bill had and currently have the ability to command hundreds of thousands of dollars for a hour long speech make it kind of misleading to claim you're "broke" in the truest and most used sense of the word.

The majority of people toil for 4 or 5 years (or more) at 40 hours a week to make something close to what the Clintons (including their daughter) make in a matter of a few hours. Sorry Hillary, I'm not feeling your pain here !

Then of course we have Chelsea who can't seem to find her way to being concerned about money. Well that's great, and probably true. Of course the largest fact seems to be that if you can afford a 10 million dollar condo, and make 600 grand a year for a few minutes here and there on NBC doing special interest stories.....do you think that might be why she's not concerned about money ? If you have tons of money, it's really easy to rise above the frey that is where most people live and experience daily.

I think most people don't resent others who've made money (if done honestly and with some effort on their part), but don't try telling me you're "broke" or "aren't concerned about money" when you're earning millions a year and living in 10 million dollar condos or own several homes in posh neighborhoods.

Hillary needs to stop this conversation now and stop pleading poverty and that's she's not truly rich if she want's to have any chance of higher office....this is just a losing conversation for her with absolutely no upside. The fact that she can't figure this out is a major problem in itself since it's painfully obvious to the other 99 percent !

[Minethatbird]

Originally Posted by daylux

Next she will be telling us she's an African American woman.

Well she's married to the first black president, does that count?