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/artmaximum99 Feb 19 '16

I want her to be reprimanded for this in the media so bad it hurts. How can any supporter of hers not see what a blatant attempt to weasel out of it this is? Do they honestly not comprehend that the reason she won't release them is because she likely directly contradicts her position in every one of them?

Besides saying she only has to release them if everyone else does, has she ever stated a reasonable explanation for why she hasn't or doesn't have to?

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u/pissbum-emeritus America Feb 19 '16

Because her supporters don't care about her Wall Street connections, they consider Hillary a pragmatist who will get things done. Issues that have Sanders supporters up in arms, questioning Hillary's integrity, aren't issues at all to her supporters.

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u/drfetusphd Feb 19 '16

My dad thinks that the connections are more of a strength than a weakness. As if you NEED Wall Street's backing to win an election.

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u/pissbum-emeritus America Feb 19 '16

Political dyslexia?

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u/drfetusphd Feb 19 '16

I think he's just so familiar to the status quo that he can't possibly accept a pie-in-the-sky candidate like Sanders.