{"id":47779,"date":"2016-09-04T19:25:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T23:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=47779"},"modified":"2016-09-04T19:25:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T23:25:28","slug":"hillary-promises-to-deliver-regular-press-conferences-on-one-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=47779","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Promises To Deliver Regular Press Conferences… On One Condition"},"content":{"rendered":"

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

As of today, it has been 273 (call it an absolute zero) days since Clinton\u2019s last formal press conference on December 4, 2015, something even the left-leaning WaPo and NYT have expressed outrage against. Naturally, as questions mount if and when the Democratic Presidential candidate will finally speak to the press, overnight Clinton’s press secretary, Brian Fallon, had some good news, when heassured an ABC News podcast <\/a>that she will hold regular press conferences, but under one condition.<\/p>\n

That she is president<\/strong>, or as Nancy Pelosi might put it, “you have to elect her, to ask her questions.”<\/em><\/p>\n

This is not a joke: this is how ABC <\/a>put it, “Clinton\u2019s lead press secretary, Brian Fallon, vowed that if elected, \u201cHillary Clinton will hold press conferences.\u201d <\/strong>And here we were worried that if elected, Hillary would serve Clinton Foundation corporation and Middle Eastern donors for (at least) 4 years without speaking to the press at least once (an idea Trump may want to consider).<\/p>\n

Fallon, seemingly unaware of how this statement sounded, added that “The amount of interaction can only go up,” noting that the traveling press will soon be flying with Clinton on her new campaign plane.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure that will bring with it a lot of opportunities for additional access to the candidate and interactions between her and the traveling press corps that covers her every day,\u201d Fallon told ABC News\u2019 chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl, and political director Rick Klein on the podcast.<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cwe are very respectful of the press and the job that they have to do. We have done a lot of interviews, but I know that no matter how many questions we answer in a variety of formats, it is the press\u2019s job to always demand more access. We respect that, and so we\u2019re going to seek further ways to accommodate that in the remaining months of the campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

So… maybe at least one more press conference before November 8?<\/p>\n

Of course, it’s just the press <\/strong><\/em>that a “very respectful” Hillary has shut out: as the NYT’s Amy Chozick put <\/a>it, “Hillary hasn’t been hiding this summer. She’s been answering constant questions… from the ultra wealthy<\/strong>.” In other words, if anyone wants to know what Hillary is thinking just ask her. But first make sure you have at least 8 figures in your bank account, and are willing and able to “donate” a substantial portion of it.<\/p>\n

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At a private fund-raiser Tuesday night at a waterfront Hamptons estate, Hillary Clinton danced alongside Jimmy Buffett, Jon Bon Jovi and Paul McCartney, and joined in a singalong finale to \u201cHey Jude.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mr. Trump has pointed to Mrs. Clinton\u2019s noticeably scant schedule of campaign events this summer to suggest she has been hiding from the public. But Mrs. Clinton has been more than accessible to those who reside in some of the country\u2019s most moneyed enclaves and are willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to see her<\/strong>. In the last two weeks of August, Mrs. Clinton raked in roughly $50 million at 22 fund-raising events, averaging around $150,000 an hour, according to a New York Times tally<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What the NYT is really telling us is that just as Hillary collected anywhere between $150 and $250k per hour-long “speech” before her presidential campaign from influence peddling corporations and sovereigns, she is now doing… pretty much the same.<\/p>\n

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And while Mrs. Clinton has faced criticism for her failure to hold a news conference for months, she has fielded hundreds of questions from the ultrarich in places like the Hamptons, Martha\u2019s Vineyard, Beverly Hills and Silicon Valley.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It also appears that Hillary’s a la carte pay-to-play menu has expanded:<\/p>\n

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For a donation of $2,700, the children (under 16) of donors at an event last month at the Sag Harbor, N.Y., estate of the hedge fund magnate Adam Sender could ask Mrs. Clinton a question. A family photo with Mrs. Clinton cost $10,000, according to attendees.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Rotschilds were particularly caring:<\/p>\n

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Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a backer of Democrats and a friend of the Clintons\u2019, made sure attendees did not grill Mrs. Clinton at the $100,000-per-couple lamb dinner Mrs. Forester de Rothschild hosted under a tent on the lawn of her oceanfront Martha\u2019s Vineyard mansion.\u201cI said, \u2018Let\u2019s make it a nice night for her and show her our love,\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mrs. Forester de Rothschild said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Justin Timberlake, just another member of the middle class, was especially thrilled with a recent close encounter with the presidential candidate “for the people.”<\/p>\n

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Look WHO DID come over for lunch… Wow. #<\/span>ImWithHer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n