2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton MUST RELEASE Her Wall St.TRANSCRIPTS Now That the Prerequisite She Set Has Been Met
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In fact, she said quite the opposite she made a promise to the American people to release those transcripts once a specific prerequisite had been met. Not much nuance in that statement.
Which means its time for us to see those speeches Secretary Clinton gave for a total of $25 million in speaking fees. Naturally, the media (still) agrees. Surely the media that was so keen on this topic less than three weeks ago has been knocking down Clintons door to get this information the American people are so invested in? They havent even tapped on that door.
Not a single question about the speeches has been asked to Secretary Clinton in the past two weeks, nor did the end of the Ted Cruz and John Kasich presidential campaigns which immediately triggered the release of Clintons Wall Street speeches, per her own publicly declared standard cause anyone in the massive apparatus of our nations Fourth Estate to start doing their job on this topic.
So the question becomes, outside of a single columnist on The Huffington Post, who in the mainstream media is going to be the first to demand that Secretary Clinton live up to her commitments and prove herself as honest as she says she is? And what will be the consequences if Americans ever get this information theyre undoubtedly entitled to? Is knowing what a candidate believes and says in speeches to large groups not a part of the job interview for Most Powerful Person on Earth? Since when?
cont'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/clinton-must-release-wall_b_9857934.html
Segami
(14,923 posts)stonecutter357
(12,965 posts)DookDook
(166 posts)
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)I do think someone in the GOP will likely release at least portions of them in the GE though.
polly7
(20,582 posts)Segami
(14,923 posts)polly7
(20,582 posts)just missed it?
I can't think of another possible explanation.
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)She is never going to release the speech transcripts voluntarily.
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)Response to Segami (Original post)
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polly7
(20,582 posts)"Ive been the most transparent public official in modern times as far as I know."
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polly7
(20,582 posts)Noooo.
I've just been following this and was sure she'd promised to release them after everyone else had. Then I read of her most transparent claim and was even more sure they were coming.
For example, the speeches given up here paid mainly for by the two big banks pushing the Keystone XL - I have a right to know what she said up here. My taxes help pay for this, in one way or another.
Broward
(1,976 posts)kgnu_fan
(3,021 posts)COLGATE4
(14,883 posts)Abramson, boy English professor who at night dons his super-hero suit and becomes "HillaryMan" isn't able to make any of his famous predictions about how Bernie is (still) winning the nomination he's got a new shtick - "Where o where are the speeches???". I doubt this latest venture into Hillary bashing will do any more for him than his short-lived career as an election pollster.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)No surprises here, just as if she were to be president. Which I will not help her do.
YouDig
(2,280 posts)JTFrog
(14,274 posts)laruemtt
(3,992 posts)leeroysphitz
(10,462 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)"I will never support any legislation that will reduce the profits of (fill in the name of the corp paying for the speech). Make the check out to ClintonCash and have my car brought around."
ViseGrip
(3,133 posts)from someone else in the room.
The fun begins!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)
Segami
(14,923 posts)try starting your own thread in GD...........
riversedge
(79,132 posts)snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)The new statement is "Those transcripts will be released when Hell freezes over!" (massive cheering from Hillary supporters)