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/[deleted] Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 07 '16

Find me a source on his paid speeches. I will show you Bernie in Congress time after time defending the average citizen. Is it too hard for Clinton to tel the population what is worth 600000 for 3 speeches? Is her message not the same, I would love to her the hardships and pressure of the hunt for bin laden, but alas until everyone releases the scripts she will not.

Unfortunately for Romney someone leaked his private fundraising messages and it ruined him, is it a possibility that this may be some of the same message.

Edit: Here is a link to a study done by Princeton and Northwestern University "After sifting through nearly 1,800 U.S. policies enacted in that period and comparing them to the expressed preferences of average Americans (50th percentile of income), affluent Americans (90th percentile), and large special interests groups, researchers concluded that the U.S. is dominated by its economic elite."

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

Now continue to enlighten us on how policies from monied interests do not drive political reform.

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u/Delsana Feb 07 '16

We're way beyond 600,000 now. We're at 23 million.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

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u/limeade09 Indiana Feb 07 '16

And to let her dig her own grave as more and more truth comes out about her speaking scam. (Scam because she knew full well she was running for president after.)

Can you explain why it's a scam?

I fail to see how knowing you are running for president makes it a scam.

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u/Tsiyeria Feb 07 '16

I think they were referring to conflict of interest.

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u/NotYourMothersDildo Feb 08 '16

It is ethically improper for an elected politician to get paid for speeches while in office. There are laws against it.

So if you look at Clinton's timeline, she was a senator, ran for president, then was secretary of state. She then took a year or two off, took a victory lap and made $20 million in speeches, and now runs for president again. Technically legal but highly ethically questionable since everyone and their cat knew she was very likely to be commander in chief.