Clinton Campaign Video: Don't follow rules Whatever you can get away with, do it

[Indus]

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhI6bMbhsDE&t=0m49s

Hidden cameras capture Clinton campaign staff in Nevada not only skirting election law but mocking it.

Christina Gupana, a Hillary campaign worker and Las Vegas attorney: is caught by Project Veritas Action journalists advising her fellow campaign workers to “do whatever you can, whatever you can get away with just do it.”

Project Veritas Action cameras capture numerous Clinton campaign workers boasting that it is better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission.

Monkey see, Monkey do!

 

[Double Trouble]

I'm sure that's the exact same thing that you could catch campaign workers for any politician saying. Unless you catch Hillary or someone close to her saying something like that, it's a non-story for me.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Am I the only guy who has heard that saying used in day to day work business?

 

[Newell Steamer]

In this case, both parties are NOT the same.

 

[MagickMan]

I'm sure that's the exact same thing that you could catch campaign workers for any politician saying. Unless you catch Hillary or someone close to her saying something like that, it's a non-story for me.

"B-b-but they do it too!" Fuck, really? That's the goto reply? The difference is, THEY'VE not been stupid enough to get caught saying it on camera.

and I doubt Sanders would condone this, whereas Hillary... I could see her giving those orders, without even flinching.

 

[Attic]

do whatever you can, whatever you can get away with just do it

Couple things here:

1) This type of behavior is rewarded, so it's not surprising it continues and is found in politics and in Wall Street and other business.

2) Even though that behavior is rewarded, many/most of us do not engage in it.

3) This paradigm puts the decent folks at a disadvantage to the scumbag/low morals/highly selfish crowd when trying to get a piece of the pie.


Result, scumbags engage in that behavior and are rewarded with more power and money and control. Eventually you get the biggest/best scumbags (sociopaths) running things at the very top.


Interestingly the driver of this behavior and it's negative results on our society is money. Not that money is bad, rather that's where the solution is.

 

[Sonikku]

Until the day comes that engaging in this behavior becomes more detrimental than it is worthwhile, you will continue to have scumbags continuing to do it. Unfortunately, once scumbags get to positions of power they use said power to skew the system in such a way that insulates themselves from such asshatery.

Of the scumbags, by the scumbags, for the scumbags. Sad thing is the partisan hacks think this is a thing exclusive to only one side.

 

[Strk]

I'd say the 'do whatever until you get kicked out' part needs a little more context, since that could apply to anything. The rest is definitely partisan.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Ask any lawyer, you are only guilty if you are convicted. Also the "GUNGHO" overzealousness of underlings.

 

[WHAMPOM]

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhI6bMbhsDE&t=0m49s



Monkey see, Monkey do!

Well if you are into old saws, "if you're not cheating, you're not trying!"

I can condone a little hyperbole but not outright lying

 

[werepossum]

Am I the only guy who has heard that saying used in day to day work business?

The only one outside of politics and perhaps very high level business. For most of us, the potential downside is far in excess of anything we might hope to accomplish, so there's not even any temptation to break the rules.

Until the day comes that engaging in this behavior becomes more detrimental than it is worthwhile, you will continue to have scumbags continuing to do it. Unfortunately, once scumbags get to positions of power they use said power to skew the system in such a way that insulates themselves from such asshatery.

Of the scumbags, by the scumbags, for the scumbags. Sad thing is the partisan hacks think this is a thing exclusive to only one side.

Well said, miss.