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10-07-2016, 08:24 PM
From:tcarrk@hillaryclinton.com
To: jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com, john.podesta@gmail.com, slatham@hillaryclinton.com, kschake@hillaryclinton.com, creynolds@hillaryclinton.com, bfallon@hillaryclinton.com
Date: 2016-01-25 00:28
Subject: HRC Paid Speeches
Team,
Attached are the flags from HRC’s paid speeches we have from HWA. I put
some highlights below. There is a lot of policy positions that we should
give an extra scrub with Policy.
In terms of what was opened to the press and what was not, the Washington
Examiner got a hold of one of the private speech contracts (her speeches to
universities were typically open press), so this is worth a read
Clintons' speeches are cozy for Wall Streeters but closed to journalists | Washington Examiner (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/clintons-speeches-are-cozy-for-wall-streeters-but-closed-to-journalists/article/2553294/section/author/dan-friedman)
*CLINTON ADMITS SHE IS OUT OF TOUCH*
*Hillary Clinton: “I'm Kind Of Far Removed” From The Struggles Of The
Middle Class “Because The Life I've Lived And The Economic, You Know,
Fortunes That My Husband And I Now Enjoy.” *“And I am not taking a position
on any policy, but I do think there is a growing sense of anxiety and even
anger in the country over the feeling that the game is rigged. And I never
had that feeling when I was growing up. Never. I mean, were there really
rich people, of course there were. My father loved to complain about big
business and big government, but we had a solid middle class upbringing.
We had good public schools. We had accessible health care. We had our
little, you know, one-family house that, you know, he saved up his money,
didn't believe in mortgages. So I lived that. And now, obviously, I'm
kind of far removed because the life I've lived and the economic, you know,
fortunes that my husband and I now enjoy, but I haven't forgotten it.”
[Hillary Clinton Remarks at Goldman-Black Rock, 2/4/14]
*CLINTON SAYS YOU NEED TO HAVE A PRIVATE AND PUBLIC POSITION ON POLICY*
*Clinton: “But If Everybody's Watching, You Know, All Of The Back Room
Discussions And The Deals, You Know, Then People Get A Little Nervous, To
Say The Least. So, You Need Both A Public And A Private Position.”*
CLINTON: You just have to sort of figure out how to -- getting back to that
word, "balance" -- how to balance the public and the private efforts that
are necessary to be successful, politically, and that's not just a comment
about today. That, I think, has probably been true for all of our history,
and if you saw the Spielberg movie, Lincoln, and how he was maneuvering and
working to get the 13th Amendment passed, and he called one of my favorite
predecessors, Secretary Seward, who had been the governor and senator from
New York, ran against Lincoln for president, and he told Seward, I need
your help to get this done. And Seward called some of his lobbyist friends
who knew how to make a deal, and they just kept going at it. I mean,
politics is like sausage being made. It is unsavory, and it always has been
that way, but we usually end up where we need to be. But if everybody's
watching, you know, all of the back room discussions and the deals, you
know, then people get a little nervous, to say the least. So, you need both
a public and a private position. And finally, I think -- I believe in
evidence-based decision making. I want to know what the facts are. I mean,
it's like when you guys go into some kind of a deal, you know, are you
going to do that development or not, are you going to do that renovation or
not, you know, you look at the numbers. You try to figure out what's going
to work and what's not going to work. [Clinton Speech For National
Multi-Housing Council, 4/24/13]
*CLINTON TALKS ABOUT HOLDING WALL STREET ACCOUNTABLE ONLY FOR POLITICAL
REASONS*
*Clinton Said That The Blame Placed On The United States Banking System For
The Crisis “Could Have Been Avoided In Terms Of Both Misunderstanding And
Really Politicizing What Happened.”* “That was one of the reasons that I
started traveling in February of '09, so people could, you know, literally
yell at me for the United States and our banking system causing this
everywhere. Now, that's an oversimplification we know, but it was the
conventional wisdom. And I think that there's a lot that could have been
avoided in terms of both misunderstanding and really politicizing what
happened with greater transparency, with greater openness on all sides, you
know, what happened, how did it happen, how do we prevent it from
happening? You guys help us figure it out and let's make sure that we do
it right this time. And I think that everybody was desperately trying to
fend off the worst effects institutionally, governmentally, and there just
wasn't that opportunity to try to sort this out, and that came later.”
[Goldman Sachs AIMS Alternative Investments Symposium, 10/24/13]
*Clinton: “Even If It May Not Be 100 Percent True, If The Perception Is
That Somehow The Game Is Rigged, That Should Be A Problem For All Of
Us.” *“Now,
it's important to recognize the vital role that the financial markets play
in our economy and that so many of you are contributing to. To function
effectively those markets and the men and women who shape them have to
command trust and confidence, because we all rely on the market's
transparency and integrity. So even if it may not be 100 percent true, if
the perception is that somehow the game is rigged, that should be a problem
for all of us, and we have to be willing to make that absolutely clear.
And if there are issues, if there's wrongdoing, people have to be held
accountable and we have to try to deter future bad behavior, because the
public trust is at the core of both a free market economy and a democracy.”
[Clinton Remarks to Deutsche Bank, 10/7/14]
*CLINTON SUGGESTS WALL STREET INSIDERS ARE WHAT IS NEEDED TO FIX WALL
STREET*
*Clinton Said Financial Reform “Really Has To Come From The Industry
Itself.” *“Remember what Teddy Roosevelt did. Yes, he took on what he saw
as the excesses in the economy, but he also stood against the excesses in
politics. He didn't want to unleash a lot of nationalist, populistic
reaction. He wanted to try to figure out how to get back into that balance
that has served America so well over our entire nationhood. Today, there's
more that can and should be done that really has to come from the industry
itself, and how we can strengthen our economy, create more jobs at a time
where that's increasingly challenging, to get back to Teddy Roosevelt's
square deal. And I really believe that our country and all of you are up
to that job.” [Clinton Remarks to Deutsche Bank, 10/7/14]
*Speaking About The Importance Of Proper Regulation, Clinton Said “The
People That Know The Industry Better Than Anybody Are The People Who Work
In The Industry.”* “I mean, it's still happening, as you know. People are
looking back and trying to, you know, get compensation for bad mortgages
and all the rest of it in some of the agreements that are being reached.
There's nothing magic about regulations, too much is bad, too little is
bad. How do you get to the golden key, how do we figure out what works?
And the people that know the industry better than anybody are the people
who work in the industry. And I think there has to be a recognition that,
you know, there's so much at stake now, I mean, the business has changed so
much and decisions are made so quickly, in nano seconds basically. We
spend trillions of dollars to travel around the world, but it's in
everybody's interest that we have a better framework, and not just for the
United States but for the entire world, in which to operate and trade.”
[Goldman Sachs AIMS Alternative Investments Symposium, 10/24/13]
*CLINTON ADMITS NEEDING WALL STREET FUNDING*
*Clinton Said That Because Candidates Needed Money From Wall Street To Run
For Office, People In New York Needed To Ask Tough Questions About The
Economy Before Handing Over Campaign Contributions. *“Secondly, running for
office in our country takes a lot of money, and candidates have to go out
and raise it. New York is probably the leading site for contributions for
fundraising for candidates on both sides of the aisle, and it's also our
economic center. And there are a lot of people here who should ask some
tough questions before handing over campaign contributions to people who
were really playing chicken with our whole economy.” [Goldman Sachs AIMS
Alternative Investments Symposium, 10/24/13]
*Clinton: “It Would Be Very Difficult To Run For President Without Raising
A Huge Amount Of Money And Without Having Other People Supporting You
Because Your Opponent Will Have Their Supporters.”* “So our system is, in
many ways, more difficult, certainly far more expensive and much longer
than a parliamentary system, and I really admire the people who subject
themselves to it. Even when I, you know, think they should not be elected
president, I still think, well, you know, good for you I guess, you're out
there promoting democracy and those crazy ideas of yours. So I think that
it's something -- I would like -- you know, obviously as somebody who has
been through it, I would like it not to last as long because I think it's
very distracting from what we should be doing every day in our public
business. I would like it not to be so expensive. I have no idea how you
do that. I mean, in my campaign -- I lose track, but I think I raised $250
million or some such enormous amount, and in the last campaign President
Obama raised 1.1 billion, and that was before the Super PACs and all of
this other money just rushing in, and it's so ridiculous that we have this
kind of free for all with all of this financial interest at stake, but, you
know, the Supreme Court said that's basically what we're in for. So we're
kind of in the wild west, and, you know, it would be very difficult to run
for president without raising a huge amount of money and without having
other people supporting you because your opponent will have their
supporters. So I think as hard as it was when I ran, I think it's even
harder now.” [Clinton Speech For General Electric’s Global Leadership
Meeting – Boca Raton, FL, 1/6/14]
*CLINTON TOUTS HER RELATIONSHIP TO WALL STREET AS A SENATOR*
*Clinton: As Senator, “I Represented And Worked With” So Many On Wall
Street And “Did All I Could To Make Sure They Continued To Prosper” But
Still Called For Closing Carried Interest Loophole. *In remarks at Robbins,
Gellar, Rudman & Dowd in San Diego, Hillary Clinton said, “When I was a
Senator from New York, I represented and worked with so many talented
principled people who made their living in finance. But even thought I
represented them and did all I could to make sure they continued to
prosper, I called for closing the carried interest loophole and addressing
skyrocketing CEO pay. I also was calling in '06, '07 for doing something
about the mortgage crisis, because I saw every day from Wall Street
literally to main streets across New York how a well-functioning financial
system is essential. So when I raised early warnings about early warnings
about subprime mortgages and called for regulating derivatives and over
complex financial products, I didn't get some big arguments, because people
sort of said, no, that makes sense. But boy, have we had fights about it
ever since.” [Hillary Clinton’s Remarks at Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd in
San Diego, 9/04/14]
*Clinton On Wall Street: “I Had Great Relations And Worked So Close
Together After 9/11 To Rebuild Downtown, And A Lot Of Respect For The Work
You Do And The People Who Do It.” *“Now, without going over how we got to
where we are right now, what would be your advice to the Wall Street
community and the big banks as to the way forward with those two important
decisions? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I represented all of you for eight
years. I had great relations and worked so close together after 9/11 to
rebuild downtown, and a lot of respect for the work you do and the people
who do it, but I do -- I think that when we talk about the regulators and
the politicians, the economic consequences of bad decisions back in '08,
you know, were devastating, and they had repercussions throughout the
world.” [Goldman Sachs AIMS Alternative Investments Symposium, 10/24/13]
*CLINTON TALKS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES RUNNING FOR OFFICE*
*Hillary Clinton Said There Was “A Bias Against People Who Have Led
Successful And/Or Complicated Lives,” Citing The Need To Divese Of Assets,
Positions, And Stocks.* “SECRETARY CLINTON: Yeah. Well, you know what
Bob Rubin said about that. He said, you know, when he came to Washington,
he had a fortune. And when he left Washington, he had a small
-- MR. BLANKFEIN: That’s how you have a small fortune, is you
go to Washington. SECRETARY CLINTON: You go to Washington.
Right. But, you know, part of the problem with the political
situation, too, is that there is such a bias against people who have led
successful and/or complicated lives. You know, the divestment of assets,
the stripping of all kinds of positions, the sale of stocks. It just
becomes very onerous and unnecessary.” [Goldman Sachs Builders And
Innovators Summit, 10/29/13]
To: jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com, john.podesta@gmail.com, slatham@hillaryclinton.com, kschake@hillaryclinton.com, creynolds@hillaryclinton.com, bfallon@hillaryclinton.com
Date: 2016-01-25 00:28
Subject: HRC Paid Speeches
Team,
Attached are the flags from HRC’s paid speeches we have from HWA. I put
some highlights below. There is a lot of policy positions that we should
give an extra scrub with Policy.
In terms of what was opened to the press and what was not, the Washington
Examiner got a hold of one of the private speech contracts (her speeches to
universities were typically open press), so this is worth a read
Clintons' speeches are cozy for Wall Streeters but closed to journalists | Washington Examiner (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/clintons-speeches-are-cozy-for-wall-streeters-but-closed-to-journalists/article/2553294/section/author/dan-friedman)
*CLINTON ADMITS SHE IS OUT OF TOUCH*
*Hillary Clinton: “I'm Kind Of Far Removed” From The Struggles Of The
Middle Class “Because The Life I've Lived And The Economic, You Know,
Fortunes That My Husband And I Now Enjoy.” *“And I am not taking a position
on any policy, but I do think there is a growing sense of anxiety and even
anger in the country over the feeling that the game is rigged. And I never
had that feeling when I was growing up. Never. I mean, were there really
rich people, of course there were. My father loved to complain about big
business and big government, but we had a solid middle class upbringing.
We had good public schools. We had accessible health care. We had our
little, you know, one-family house that, you know, he saved up his money,
didn't believe in mortgages. So I lived that. And now, obviously, I'm
kind of far removed because the life I've lived and the economic, you know,
fortunes that my husband and I now enjoy, but I haven't forgotten it.”
[Hillary Clinton Remarks at Goldman-Black Rock, 2/4/14]
*CLINTON SAYS YOU NEED TO HAVE A PRIVATE AND PUBLIC POSITION ON POLICY*
*Clinton: “But If Everybody's Watching, You Know, All Of The Back Room
Discussions And The Deals, You Know, Then People Get A Little Nervous, To
Say The Least. So, You Need Both A Public And A Private Position.”*
CLINTON: You just have to sort of figure out how to -- getting back to that
word, "balance" -- how to balance the public and the private efforts that
are necessary to be successful, politically, and that's not just a comment
about today. That, I think, has probably been true for all of our history,
and if you saw the Spielberg movie, Lincoln, and how he was maneuvering and
working to get the 13th Amendment passed, and he called one of my favorite
predecessors, Secretary Seward, who had been the governor and senator from
New York, ran against Lincoln for president, and he told Seward, I need
your help to get this done. And Seward called some of his lobbyist friends
who knew how to make a deal, and they just kept going at it. I mean,
politics is like sausage being made. It is unsavory, and it always has been
that way, but we usually end up where we need to be. But if everybody's
watching, you know, all of the back room discussions and the deals, you
know, then people get a little nervous, to say the least. So, you need both
a public and a private position. And finally, I think -- I believe in
evidence-based decision making. I want to know what the facts are. I mean,
it's like when you guys go into some kind of a deal, you know, are you
going to do that development or not, are you going to do that renovation or
not, you know, you look at the numbers. You try to figure out what's going
to work and what's not going to work. [Clinton Speech For National
Multi-Housing Council, 4/24/13]
*CLINTON TALKS ABOUT HOLDING WALL STREET ACCOUNTABLE ONLY FOR POLITICAL
REASONS*
*Clinton Said That The Blame Placed On The United States Banking System For
The Crisis “Could Have Been Avoided In Terms Of Both Misunderstanding And
Really Politicizing What Happened.”* “That was one of the reasons that I
started traveling in February of '09, so people could, you know, literally
yell at me for the United States and our banking system causing this
everywhere. Now, that's an oversimplification we know, but it was the
conventional wisdom. And I think that there's a lot that could have been
avoided in terms of both misunderstanding and really politicizing what
happened with greater transparency, with greater openness on all sides, you
know, what happened, how did it happen, how do we prevent it from
happening? You guys help us figure it out and let's make sure that we do
it right this time. And I think that everybody was desperately trying to
fend off the worst effects institutionally, governmentally, and there just
wasn't that opportunity to try to sort this out, and that came later.”
[Goldman Sachs AIMS Alternative Investments Symposium, 10/24/13]
*Clinton: “Even If It May Not Be 100 Percent True, If The Perception Is
That Somehow The Game Is Rigged, That Should Be A Problem For All Of
Us.” *“Now,
it's important to recognize the vital role that the financial markets play
in our economy and that so many of you are contributing to. To function
effectively those markets and the men and women who shape them have to
command trust and confidence, because we all rely on the market's
transparency and integrity. So even if it may not be 100 percent true, if
the perception is that somehow the game is rigged, that should be a problem
for all of us, and we have to be willing to make that absolutely clear.
And if there are issues, if there's wrongdoing, people have to be held
accountable and we have to try to deter future bad behavior, because the
public trust is at the core of both a free market economy and a democracy.”
[Clinton Remarks to Deutsche Bank, 10/7/14]
*CLINTON SUGGESTS WALL STREET INSIDERS ARE WHAT IS NEEDED TO FIX WALL
STREET*
*Clinton Said Financial Reform “Really Has To Come From The Industry
Itself.” *“Remember what Teddy Roosevelt did. Yes, he took on what he saw
as the excesses in the economy, but he also stood against the excesses in
politics. He didn't want to unleash a lot of nationalist, populistic
reaction. He wanted to try to figure out how to get back into that balance
that has served America so well over our entire nationhood. Today, there's
more that can and should be done that really has to come from the industry
itself, and how we can strengthen our economy, create more jobs at a time
where that's increasingly challenging, to get back to Teddy Roosevelt's
square deal. And I really believe that our country and all of you are up
to that job.” [Clinton Remarks to Deutsche Bank, 10/7/14]
*Speaking About The Importance Of Proper Regulation, Clinton Said “The
People That Know The Industry Better Than Anybody Are The People Who Work
In The Industry.”* “I mean, it's still happening, as you know. People are
looking back and trying to, you know, get compensation for bad mortgages
and all the rest of it in some of the agreements that are being reached.
There's nothing magic about regulations, too much is bad, too little is
bad. How do you get to the golden key, how do we figure out what works?
And the people that know the industry better than anybody are the people
who work in the industry. And I think there has to be a recognition that,
you know, there's so much at stake now, I mean, the business has changed so
much and decisions are made so quickly, in nano seconds basically. We
spend trillions of dollars to travel around the world, but it's in
everybody's interest that we have a better framework, and not just for the
United States but for the entire world, in which to operate and trade.”
[Goldman Sachs AIMS Alternative Investments Symposium, 10/24/13]
*CLINTON ADMITS NEEDING WALL STREET FUNDING*
*Clinton Said That Because Candidates Needed Money From Wall Street To Run
For Office, People In New York Needed To Ask Tough Questions About The
Economy Before Handing Over Campaign Contributions. *“Secondly, running for
office in our country takes a lot of money, and candidates have to go out
and raise it. New York is probably the leading site for contributions for
fundraising for candidates on both sides of the aisle, and it's also our
economic center. And there are a lot of people here who should ask some
tough questions before handing over campaign contributions to people who
were really playing chicken with our whole economy.” [Goldman Sachs AIMS
Alternative Investments Symposium, 10/24/13]
*Clinton: “It Would Be Very Difficult To Run For President Without Raising
A Huge Amount Of Money And Without Having Other People Supporting You
Because Your Opponent Will Have Their Supporters.”* “So our system is, in
many ways, more difficult, certainly far more expensive and much longer
than a parliamentary system, and I really admire the people who subject
themselves to it. Even when I, you know, think they should not be elected
president, I still think, well, you know, good for you I guess, you're out
there promoting democracy and those crazy ideas of yours. So I think that
it's something -- I would like -- you know, obviously as somebody who has
been through it, I would like it not to last as long because I think it's
very distracting from what we should be doing every day in our public
business. I would like it not to be so expensive. I have no idea how you
do that. I mean, in my campaign -- I lose track, but I think I raised $250
million or some such enormous amount, and in the last campaign President
Obama raised 1.1 billion, and that was before the Super PACs and all of
this other money just rushing in, and it's so ridiculous that we have this
kind of free for all with all of this financial interest at stake, but, you
know, the Supreme Court said that's basically what we're in for. So we're
kind of in the wild west, and, you know, it would be very difficult to run
for president without raising a huge amount of money and without having
other people supporting you because your opponent will have their
supporters. So I think as hard as it was when I ran, I think it's even
harder now.” [Clinton Speech For General Electric’s Global Leadership
Meeting – Boca Raton, FL, 1/6/14]
*CLINTON TOUTS HER RELATIONSHIP TO WALL STREET AS A SENATOR*
*Clinton: As Senator, “I Represented And Worked With” So Many On Wall
Street And “Did All I Could To Make Sure They Continued To Prosper” But
Still Called For Closing Carried Interest Loophole. *In remarks at Robbins,
Gellar, Rudman & Dowd in San Diego, Hillary Clinton said, “When I was a
Senator from New York, I represented and worked with so many talented
principled people who made their living in finance. But even thought I
represented them and did all I could to make sure they continued to
prosper, I called for closing the carried interest loophole and addressing
skyrocketing CEO pay. I also was calling in '06, '07 for doing something
about the mortgage crisis, because I saw every day from Wall Street
literally to main streets across New York how a well-functioning financial
system is essential. So when I raised early warnings about early warnings
about subprime mortgages and called for regulating derivatives and over
complex financial products, I didn't get some big arguments, because people
sort of said, no, that makes sense. But boy, have we had fights about it
ever since.” [Hillary Clinton’s Remarks at Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd in
San Diego, 9/04/14]
*Clinton On Wall Street: “I Had Great Relations And Worked So Close
Together After 9/11 To Rebuild Downtown, And A Lot Of Respect For The Work
You Do And The People Who Do It.” *“Now, without going over how we got to
where we are right now, what would be your advice to the Wall Street
community and the big banks as to the way forward with those two important
decisions? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I represented all of you for eight
years. I had great relations and worked so close together after 9/11 to
rebuild downtown, and a lot of respect for the work you do and the people
who do it, but I do -- I think that when we talk about the regulators and
the politicians, the economic consequences of bad decisions back in '08,
you know, were devastating, and they had repercussions throughout the
world.” [Goldman Sachs AIMS Alternative Investments Symposium, 10/24/13]
*CLINTON TALKS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES RUNNING FOR OFFICE*
*Hillary Clinton Said There Was “A Bias Against People Who Have Led
Successful And/Or Complicated Lives,” Citing The Need To Divese Of Assets,
Positions, And Stocks.* “SECRETARY CLINTON: Yeah. Well, you know what
Bob Rubin said about that. He said, you know, when he came to Washington,
he had a fortune. And when he left Washington, he had a small
-- MR. BLANKFEIN: That’s how you have a small fortune, is you
go to Washington. SECRETARY CLINTON: You go to Washington.
Right. But, you know, part of the problem with the political
situation, too, is that there is such a bias against people who have led
successful and/or complicated lives. You know, the divestment of assets,
the stripping of all kinds of positions, the sale of stocks. It just
becomes very onerous and unnecessary.” [Goldman Sachs Builders And
Innovators Summit, 10/29/13]