What if there were no speeches?

[autorank]

What if somebody just gave her the money and the "speeches" were the cover?

[brooklynite]

1. What if she robbed a bank and used the speeches to launder the money?

What remotely convincing evidence do you have that she didn't actually give speeches?

[autorank]

12. Didn't someone say...

...you can't prove a negative.

The tapes are the proof, imho.

[PufPuf23]

14. Far better to be a Clinton than a bank robber.

Hillary Clinton made more $ in a single speech to a bank than Sanders did in total income.

Hillary Clinton was paid over 4X as much in a single speech than the $56 thousand Sanders deducted in charitable deductions in his 2014 tax return yet Clinton supporters at DU make an issue.

Prolific DU posters are part of the Hillary Clinton campaign and do not openly disclose this fact to the "civilian" posters at DU.

Some folks have far different standards of ethics.

One can be certain that Hillary Clinton said things in those speeches that many would deem inappropriate for a POTUS facing today's economy and any issue of economic justice.

I predict that the transcripts of the speeches will not be provided by the Hillary Clinton campaign.

[AgerolanAmerican]

27. what if she helped a bank to rob us and used the speeches to accept payment for the service?

[NurseJackie]

2. Oh brother!

[revbones]

3. Legitimate question.

If not, then where are the transcripts?

[autorank]

13. Panama?

[Kalidurga]

4. There doesn't have to be an absence of speeches for the speeches to be a cover.

$485,000 really who has something to say that is worth that in a single speech? What did she promise that German bank? What could an American say that a German bank would be interested in to the tune of $485,000?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Exactly. The speeches were probably just a bunch of anodyne blather

with a few little pats on the back for the great job the banksters were doing. The speeches themselves were not the objective. The whole reason for the invitation to speak was the quid pro quo of face time and familiarity (with the hope of future influence) in exchange for a nice fat check.

[autorank]

15. Reagan's Japan tour

He got $2.0 million (1990 dollars) for his speaking tour of Japan after he left office. HRC sold herself short

[Ken Burch]

6. I'm now picturing HRC doing mime for the 1%. n/t.

[autorank]

21. Bingo

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That's why there are no tapes. A presentation with nothing to hear.

And I meant to add, a mime is a terrible thing to lose.

[mac56]

25. Interpretive dance?

[freedom fighter jh]

7. Wouldn't really make much difference.

Looks like the speeches were an excuse to hand her the money.

[autorank]

22. Brother can you spare a dime

The big bankers are all her brothers. That's a lot of dimes roflmao

[Ino]

8. I think there were speeches...

but I also think they were cover, to make the payoffs look legitimate.

[autorank]

11. Makes sense to me n/t

[KPN]

28. BINGO!

[Jefferson23]

9. They go there, they "speak"..it is not likely to be much more than a benign talk.

And that is the problem..who the fuck pays anyone that kind of money to talk
about shit they likely already know...wink wink.

[Sky Masterson]

10. It was actually a concert

You wouldn't believe it by looking at her, but Hillary can sing her ass off! She is a regular Yoko Ono.
Her version of "Sit down you're rocking the boat" is life altering!

[Jefferson23]

16. LOL +1

You have a good sense of humor.

[Sky Masterson]

17. Thank you.

Life is far too short to not be a Smart ass

[Jefferson23]

18. ha ha especially these days :)

[angstlessk]

19. WOW, just WOW...never even thought that!

but it could be a cover..not like the Clintons think they are above the law?

[autorank]

24. Maybe ...

... the money is berried under a rock in Mena

[Lars39]

20. Ha! Been there, thought that already!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1460984

[autorank]

23. Great minds think alike...

to you too!

[KPN]

26. Hillary deserves the money she made in those speeches -- in her mind.