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Hillary Clinton Wears $12,495 Armani Jacket During Speech About Inequality

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I thought this was a Sex and the City thread with all the bitchy little republican girls gettin' all catty about some other woman's fashion.

lol.... yer a bunch of real he-men....😀
 
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The rich can obviously spend their money how they want, but for god's sake, a $13K jacket just screams decadence to me and is just (another) proof how far this supposed "representative of the common people" is detached from reality and absolutely not qualified for the position she THINKS she is qualified for.
We have some US states where this jacket is like a 1/3rd of the median HOUSEHOLD income. Some unemployed people won't probably see $13k in an entire year.

This is not some Kardashian who spends money on a $500k Lambo for their birthday, or a $50k outfit and a $250k watch. I could care less there.

This is a woman who aspires to become president, has pictures taken with her and black children, SUGGESTING that she is familiar with and cares for the struggles of every-day people, including the poor and very poor.

I however claim that for this task, you would need to know what you're talking about. Someone who spends $3M on their daughter's wedding, makes $250k per speech (sometimes multiple times/day) and wears a $12k rag I DON'T think is qualified.

That always reminds me of that historic female leader, forgot the name, who was told that her peoples are starving because there is no bread. She then replied well if there is no bread, just give them cake. "Where is the problem??"

A person like this is (IMHO) mentally not even able to understand what struggling means respective such would have a rather low priority on her list.
 
flexy said:
The rich can obviously spend their money how they want, but for god's sake, a $13K jacket just screams decadence to me and is just (another) proof how far this supposed "representative of the common people" is detached from reality and absolutely not qualified for the position she THINKS she is qualified for.
We have some US states where this jacket is like a 1/3rd of the median HOUSEHOLD income. Some unemployed people won't probably see $13k in an entire year.

This is not some Kardashian who spends money on a $500k Lambo for their birthday, or a $50k outfit and a $250k watch. I could care less there.

This is a woman who aspires to become president, has pictures taken with her and black children, SUGGESTING that she is familiar with and cares for the struggles of every-day people, including the poor and very poor.

I however claim that for this task, you would need to know what you're talking about. Someone who spends $3M on their daughter's wedding, makes $250k per speech (sometimes multiple times/day) and wears a $12k rag I DON'T think is qualified.

That always reminds me of that historic female leader, forgot the name, who was told that her peoples are starving because there is no bread. She then replied well if there is no bread, just give them cake. "Where is the problem??"

A person like this is (IMHO) mentally not even able to understand what struggling means respective such would have a rather low priority on her list.
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At the end of the day, the choice is Trump or Hillary - Hillary wears 13k jackets. Trump flies around everywhere on his private plane. Neither one will ever live like the rest of us.
 
Ns1 said:
At the end of the day, the choice is Trump or Hillary - Hillary wears 13k jackets. Trump flies around everywhere on his private plane. Neither one will ever live like the rest of us.
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Here is a fact: trump has never been poor or lived a middleclass life, Hillary has.

I'm not sure why anyone would want their politicians to be unsuccessful people. When the right rallied around Joe the plumber it made no sense to me. We done elect officials because they live like us, we elect them because we want them to help us live like them.
 
Can't wait to hear her explanations on "cattle futures".

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/barbara-olson-on-hillarys-cattle-futures

Hillary’s cattle futures were purchased through Robert L. “Red” Bone of the brokerage firm of Refco, Inc. It was Jim Blair who had put her in touch with Bone—who had previously worked for Tyson for more than a decade. Bone was an inveterate gambler, a high-profile, high-stakes poker player well known to the pit bosses of Las Vegas. He was a gambler at the office as well. The year before, Bone’s sharp practices had led the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to accuse him of allocating trades to investors after determining the winners and losers, a practice known as “straddling.” Bone was punished by having his license to trade pulled for one year.40

The deal was arranged in the following way. All Hillary had to do was put $1,000 of her own money into a block of cattle futures at a time when her husband, then the attorney general, had a thirty point lead for the governorship. How did Hillary make out?

From her initial investment of $1,000, she came away with $99,537. Among the community of experts, there is general agreement that between 75 percent and 90 percent of commodity players lose. And no one turns $1,000 into $100,000. “The average retail customer has about as much chance of that kind of success as I have of driving to Hawaii,” one Chicago-based investment advisor noted.41
 
ivwshane said:
Here is a fact: trump has never been poor or lived a middleclass life, Hillary has.

I'm not sure why anyone would want their politicians to be unsuccessful people. When the right rallied around Joe the plumber it made no sense to me. We done elect officials because they live like us, we elect them because we want them to help us live like them.
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Yeah, she was dirt poor. Till people began to bribe her.
 
LegendKiller said:
You must think Putin is awesome. Bribed to hundreds of millions in wealth, just like hillbilly.
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Are you seriously talking about fucking bribes right now while your guy is said to have bribed multiple AG's to drop fraud charges against him?
You are beyond stupid!
 
“But let me just point out that people give lots of money to presidential campaigns, don't they? They give lots of money to political parties as well so, you know, that is money that goes directly to support political activities of candidates,” she said., “Money that has been given to the foundation goes to support humanitarian work, and if people wanna influence anybody in office, I think they would choose the political route, and indeed the work of the foundation really speaks for itself.”. HRC
 
Guurn said:
“But let me just point out that people give lots of money to presidential campaigns, don't they? They give lots of money to political parties as well so, you know, that is money that goes directly to support political activities of candidates,” she said., “Money that has been given to the foundation goes to support humanitarian work, and if people wanna influence anybody in office, I think they would choose the political route, and indeed the work of the foundation really speaks for itself.”. HRC
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And what about the 111mm they accumulated from speaking and the 16.5mm from the "honorary chancellorship" of a for profit private equity controlled college that took in 55mm in state department grants while hillbilly was in charge.

Taxpayer money funneled to the school and the CEOs pockets, to charge people 60k a year for a shitty degree that was funded by loans made by taxpayers.
 
LegendKiller said:
And what about the 111mm they accumulated from speaking and the 16.5mm from the "honorary chancellorship" of a for profit private equity controlled college that took in 55mm in state department grants while hillbilly was in charge.

What about it?

Taxpayer money funneled to the school and the CEOs pockets, to charge people 60k a year for a shitty degree that was funded by loans made by taxpayers.
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Again, what about it?
 
ivwshane said:
I don't remember him getting a hard time at all, in fact I remember his clothes and car were part of his shtick.

If you are concerned with a presidential candidates attire then save yourself some time and simply vote for trump, he's the candidate you deserve.
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Choice between Trump and hitlery is simple, anyone but her.

If she is stupid enough to sport a 12K jacket paid for on our dime then you're that much stupider for supporting her.

As I said before, at least other presidents knew their audience and were aware that overly showy displays of wealth given that they were mostly career politicians is beyond stupid....as another mentioned it is all about the optics and its impossible for folks to relate with 13K jackets and 40K handbags.

But sure tell me she can still "relate and sympathize" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/06/psychology-of-wealth_n_4531905.html

http://archive.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/gallery/brownjacket/

With Trump you can bleat on and on about bankruptcy, working the system to his advantage, or being the result of a successful parent, but the perception isn't that he has been in the system benefiting from public funds...Hillary is a life long civil servant...wearing a 13K coat.
 
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bozack said:
Choice between Trump and hitlery is simple, anyone but her.

If she is stupid enough to sport a 12K jacket paid for on our dime then you're that much stupider for supporting her.

As I said before, at least other presidents knew their audience and were aware that overly showy displays of wealth given that they were mostly career politicians is beyond stupid....as another mentioned it is all about the optics and its impossible for folks to relate with 13K jackets and 40K handbags.

But sure tell me she can still "relate and sympathize" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/06/psychology-of-wealth_n_4531905.html

http://archive.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/gallery/brownjacket/

With Trump you can bleat on and on about bankruptcy, working the system to his advantage, or being the result of a successful parent, but the perception isn't that he has been in the system benefiting from public funds...Hillary is a life long civil servant...wearing a 13K coat.
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But we're supposed to relate with the trump?

😕


Let's be real here, in terms of wealth neither one is relatable.
 
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Ns1 said:
But we're supposed to relate with the trump?

😕
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Yeah, well, you can at least eat trump steaks and go to trump U, wearing trump clothes and don't forget the "make America great again" hat. It appears all trump is doing is selling products to people who want to relate to trump.
 
PokerGuy said:
Yeah, because there's nothing between $12k outfit and a plastic bag. Derp indeed.

If you're going to go out and preach that wealth inequality is a big problem and that you're going to fix it, then perhaps you might not want to be a hypocrite about it.
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The problem with wealth inequality is that poor people can't afford basic necessities. No one is preaching that rich people shouldn't exist.
 
zinfamous said:
lol. It's like they never learn that context matters. 😀


By the way, how much does a low-rent shitty Trump suit cost, anyway?
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For the shlubs like me who shop at Amazon they look to be pretty cheap

https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/re...rump+suit&qid=1465437533&sort=price-desc-rank

I particularly liked this suit (note the bold):


  • 100% Wool
  • Imported
  • Dry Clean Only
  • Two-piece set includes two-button jacket with side vents and notched lapel and flat-front pant with jetted back pockets
  • Front flap pockets, welted chest pocket, and four internal pockets on jacket
  • Made in USA
http://www.amazon.com/Donald-Trump-...8&qid=1465437547&ref_=sr_1_2&s=apparel&sr=1-2

Note the linked comment :biggrin:

http://www.amazon.com/review/R8ZK4H...el=detail-glance&nodeID=1040658&store=apparel
 
Damn, I wonder if the RNC is now investigating how expensive her undergarments are so as to further the argument about how out of touch and two-faced she is with the working class folks she and the Dem Party represent.

But I guess the Repubs running for office will never have the problem they are accusing Hillary of simply because they never claimed to represent the concerns of the working class like Hillary does, and their legislative record proves that beyond a shadow of doubt.
 
bozack said:
Choice between Trump and hitlery is simple, anyone but her.

If she is stupid enough to sport a 12K jacket paid for on our dime then you're that much stupider for supporting her.

As I said before, at least other presidents knew their audience and were aware that overly showy displays of wealth given that they were mostly career politicians is beyond stupid....as another mentioned it is all about the optics and its impossible for folks to relate with 13K jackets and 40K handbags.

But sure tell me she can still "relate and sympathize" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/06/psychology-of-wealth_n_4531905.html

http://archive.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/gallery/brownjacket/

With Trump you can bleat on and on about bankruptcy, working the system to his advantage, or being the result of a successful parent, but the perception isn't that he has been in the system benefiting from public funds...Hillary is a life long civil servant...wearing a 13K coat.
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So you go with the snake oil salseman every time, eh?

PT Barnum sure would have loved you.
 
bozack said:
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If she is stupid enough to sport a 12K jacket paid for on our dime then you're that much stupider for supporting her.
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With Trump you can bleat on and on about bankruptcy, working the system to his advantage, or being the result of a successful parent, but the perception isn't that he has been in the system benefiting from public funds...Hillary is a life long civil servant...wearing a 13K coat.
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You realize most of her wealth isn't from her salary, right?

She could give back every dime she's been paid by the government and still buy hundreds of these jackets...
 
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