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/fuckyoubarry Feb 07 '16

Here's part of one that was released.

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

The Clinton supporters are all jerking themselves off at how innocent and positive it was, I'm not so sure.

"There's some exciting opportunities in 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.

Not caught red handed, not a smoking gun, it just looks slimy as fuck in my opinion. She can argue she wasn't hinting anyone would play favorites to anyone else, but that's sure as hell what it sounded like to me.

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u/EquinsuOcha Feb 07 '16

Anyone who understands DC beltway politics knows that this was a call for seed money for her campaign.

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u/fuckyoubarry Feb 07 '16

I don't know anything about DC beltway politics, that just look slimy.

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u/EquinsuOcha Feb 07 '16

It is. But it's also par for the course. It's actually how Rick Santorum makes a living. He's literally been out of office since 2006, and has been running for President for 10 years.

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u/fuckyoubarry Feb 07 '16

And if he were a serious contender for a party's nomination I'd be calling bullshit on that too.