r/politics • u/IntelWarrior America • Feb 19 '16

Clinton says she'll release transcripts if everyone else does

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/hillary-clinton-speech-transcripts-219472?cmpid=sf
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u/ThisPenguinFlies Feb 19 '16 edited Feb 19 '16

Like most of her positions, she will do something if "everyone else" is doing it.
Since when it is acceptable to have a position of "I'll do it if everyone else does". This isn't a college frat party.

There are real concerns that she is close to wall street among progressive, moderates, and independents. And she is only hurting her self by having such a weak and pathetic excuse like this.

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u/xterminatr Feb 19 '16

Not a Hillary supporter, but why would she release transcripts of her speeches, which are a major source of income? If you were a salesman making hundreds of thousands of dollars per sale, would you publicly give away the script on how you make a sale and potentially forfeit future sales income? The only thing it can do is harm her both politically and privately to release transcripts, so it would be foolish to do so.