We continue our story, last seen swiftly falling off the list here, with a bit more of Hillary’s Nevada speech and her co-optation of Bernie’s message. Now, in more digestible chunks. Remember, Hillary only plays a progressive on TV. Off the screen, not so much.
Below is a portion of the transcript of Hillary Clinton's remarks after defeating Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucuses.
SPEAKER: FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Clinton: Somebody, some country is going to be the clean energy superpower of the 21st century. It's probably going to be either China, Germany, or us, and I want it to be us, and it will be when I'm President.
Here’s pre-primary Hillary:
Here’s What a Hillary Clinton Presidency Would Mean for Global Warming
For better and for worse, Clinton’s record and stances are cut from the same cloth as Obama’s. Her close confidant and campaign chair, John Podesta, served as an Obama advisor with a focus on climate policy. Like Obama and Podesta, Clinton certainly seems to appreciate the seriousness of the threat of catastrophic climate change and to strongly support domestic policies and international agreements to reduce carbon emissions. But, like Obama and Podesta, she subscribes to an all-of-the-above energy policy. She promotes domestic drilling for oil and natural gas, including through potentially dangerous fracking. (The Clinton campaign did not respond to our request for comment.)
Hey, she might actually keep her promise and make us the clean energy superpower. Yet, her friends can still make money from dirty energy extraction in other countries:
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton State Department Emails, Mexico Energy Reform and the Revolving Door
Originally stored on a private server, with Clinton and her closest advisors using the server and private accounts, the emails confirm Clinton's State Department helped to break state-owned company Pemex's (Petroleos Mexicanos) oil and gas industry monopoly in Mexico, opening up the country to international oil and gas companies. And two of the Coordinators helping to make it happen, both of whom worked for Clinton, now work in the private sector and stand to gain financially from the energy reforms they helped create.
And, some more:
Under her [Sec. Clinton’s] leadership, the State Department worked closely with energy companies to spread fracking around the globe—part of a broader push to fight climate change, boost global energy supply, and undercut the power of adversaries such as Russia that use their energy resources as a cudgel. But environmental groups fear that exporting fracking, which has been linked to drinking-water contamination and earthquakes at home, could wreak havoc in countries with scant environmental regulation. And according to interviews, diplomatic cables, and other documents obtained by Mother Jones, American officials—some with deep ties to industry—also helped US firms clinch potentially lucrative shale concessions overseas, raising troubling questions about whose interests the program actually serves.
This takes care of the environmental portion of our program. Coming soon, families, women, student debt, immigration and more. Stay tuned.
And, remember, why vote for a Hillary who decided to be like Bernie a few months ago when you can vote for a Bernie who’s always been Bernie?