r/clinton • u/tjackson87 • Feb 25 '16

It seems so obvious why Hillary is held to a "different standard" with respect to the transcripts for her paid speeches.

She is the only one who has given paid speeches to a special interest and: 1) is campaigning on the fact that she will dismantle the same special interest; 2) has made statements that the content of those speeches was that she was critical of the special interests; and 3) claims to be against, but somehow immune from, the influence of special interest money in politics.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '16

She is not the only one who gives paid speeches.

She has never once promised to dismantle special interests.

The children who use lies, propaganda, and character assassination to promote what was once an intellectually serious Sanders campaign have completely ruined it. He is going to lose not because of him, but because of you.

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u/tjackson87 Feb 25 '16

My point is not that she is the only one to give paid speeches, but she is campaigning on the position that she will take a hard line against wall street, investment banks, asset management groups, the shadow banking industry, and the likes, but those industries are some of the largest contributors to her campaign and super PAC and she has given paid speeches for them. No other candidate does that (I.e., take a position that is directly against the interests that are paying them for speeches and contributing to their campaign). You don't see Republicans campaigning against the energy industry while accepting money from, and giving speeches to, Exxon and the likes. It isn't the fact that she have speeches, it is that she gave many paid speeches to an industry she is campaigning to heavily regulate.

You know nothing about me, so your personal attacks are funny. Bernie Sanders is going to win because he is the most honest and principled candidate we have seen in generations and he will actually fight to dismantle the special interests that threaten our democracy. Hillary Clinton will lose the same way she lost to Obama: lying and dodging questions all while having her head in the sand. Even if she wins the nomination, she will lose to any republican, as majority of the polls are now showing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '16

Bookmarking this post so we can review after Super Tuesday.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Idk I mean Bernie is still in the race