WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton wants voters to know she is no friend of Wall Street. But Wall Street has frequently been a friend to her.
In the 18 months before she announced her second presidential campaign, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination addressed private-equity investors in California, delivered remarks to bankers in Hilton Head, South Carolina, and spoke to brokers at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida.
There is a lame joke about a man who was searching for the meaning of life. He consulted friends, old teachers, and people he considered wise. But none could help him. He scoured libraries in search of the answer. But still, no luck. Finally, someone told the man about a Buddhist monk living high in the Tibetan mountains. Obsessed by his quest, the man traveled and traveled, climbed and climbed, and finally he reached the old monk, sitting quietly in contemplation.
"Oh, wise one," the man said, "I have traveled thousands of miles seeking the answer to one question: What is the meaning of life?"
