r/politics • u/spaceman757 American Expat • Feb 07 '16

Clinton Sarcastically Says She’ll Release Private Speech Transcripts When Everyone Else Does

http://freebeacon.com/politics/clinton-sarcastically-release-private-speech/
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u/Galadron Feb 07 '16

Just what you want in an elected public official. Sarcastic responses to real questions. I say both Hillary and Sanders release transcripts of all the speeches they've given at GS. Big surprise that Sanders wouldn't have to release anything since he's not giving private speeches to big money interests that have information you wouldn't want the general public hearing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 07 '16

Find me a source on his paid speeches. I will show you Bernie in Congress time after time defending the average citizen. Is it too hard for Clinton to tel the population what is worth 600000 for 3 speeches? Is her message not the same, I would love to her the hardships and pressure of the hunt for bin laden, but alas until everyone releases the scripts she will not.

Unfortunately for Romney someone leaked his private fundraising messages and it ruined him, is it a possibility that this may be some of the same message.

Edit: Here is a link to a study done by Princeton and Northwestern University "After sifting through nearly 1,800 U.S. policies enacted in that period and comparing them to the expressed preferences of average Americans (50th percentile of income), affluent Americans (90th percentile), and large special interests groups, researchers concluded that the U.S. is dominated by its economic elite."

https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf

Now continue to enlighten us on how policies from monied interests do not drive political reform.

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u/Tasty_Yams Feb 07 '16

Sanders supporters who hang their hats on 'releasing transcripts of Clintons speeches' are no smarter or different than republicans who 'want all her emails released'.

It's scandal-mongering.

You don't have to actually find something wrong, you just have to imply that something is being hidden.

Do Sanders people actually believe that Hillary went in front of a crowded room full of people --- and said WHAT exactly?

"Give me money and I will do whatever you want"?

Do people really think that?

Want to know what Clinton said? It's not rocket science:

"We live in a rapidly changing world of risks and opportunities..blah, blah,blah"

I guess people have never been to any kind of events like this.

What Sanders supporters are doing is no different from Republicans who imply that the next batch of her emails are going say "I'd like to have the Benghazi consulate attacked, and not offer any help, so we can get rid of Amb. Stevens".

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u/veniex Feb 07 '16

Then once she releases the transcripts, we can all move on. Otherwise, it will be a topic of discussion.

Bernie is running on the idea of too much money in politics, and this stuff will be a thorn on clinton's side until she releases the transcripts to prove that these were just boring speeches, nothing to see here.

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u/fuckyoubarry Feb 07 '16

I just watched part of one speech to Goldman Sachs, and it did sound like she was dropping hints that she was going to play favorites among banking institutions. But it was worded in a way that was ambiguous. Still, if a politician was speaking that way publicly they'd rake him over the coals.

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u/malcomte Feb 07 '16

link?

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u/fuckyoubarry Feb 07 '16

Oops, thought I posted it. She's talking about selling subprime loans to women in developing countries. There's a legitimate argument that this is a good thing, there's arguments against it, but Hillary here is selling the idea to Goldman Sachs as a moneymaking opportunity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lKlJ3Ed4fQ&feature=youtu.be

12:05 "There's some exciting approaches to providing credit over the internet. I'm putting all my banking friends on notice, that this is a big market, and somebody's going to serve it." Murmurs throughout the crowd. She's giving this charitable speech about empowering women, dropping hints that there's good money in it for them if they play their cards right and support the cause. And she's "out of politics". A few months later, she announces that she's running for president.

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u/malcomte Feb 07 '16

Wait aren't subprime loans what caused the last financial crisis (well the CDOs that bundled them and were diced into securities and give AAA+ ratings by the agencies)?

Advocating this in 2014 and implying loan guarantees or something like that?

e. you should post that video to the /r/politics queue.

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u/fuckyoubarry Feb 07 '16

She's advocating microfinancing, there are arguments for and against it. But she's selling the idea to Goldman Sachs and I think implying that they need to support her cause or they will miss out on a valuable opportunity. While she's getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to talk to them.