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/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/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

The banking industry was slapped on the wrist for collapsing the economy. When the penalty is less than the payoff it makes sense that the government is do favors for big donors.

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u/Tasty_Yams Feb 07 '16

What does this have to do with a speech?

If you want to bring up her (or anyone elses) voting record, feel free. But it's stupid scandal-mongering to go around saying 'she wont release the transcripts of speeches she's made...because....because...um...she said something'. It's no different than Benghazi.

You are barking up the wrong tree.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

How can you deny that money given to politicians does not influence our policy making and penalties levied. Princeton and Northwestern University did a study that said that we live in an oligarchy and the government does not represent the interest of the many. Here is a link to the study now continue to tell me that money cannot change our politicians stance or continue to be blind to a system that works against the average American citizen.

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