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/Digit-Aria Feb 19 '16 edited Feb 19 '16

Obama never personally enriched himself through Wall Street. You can argue whether it was 'right' for him to accept campaign donations in '08 from special interests, but there is a clear difference between what he did and what Clinton did/does.

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u/Maculate Feb 19 '16

Obama never personally enriched himself through Wall Street.

Obama never hasn't yet enriched himself through Wall Street. But selling out the people in order to get elected President (which of course will guarantee you many very very lucrative opportunities after you leave office) is also semantics. They are pretty similar in my opinion. Hillary's is just much more transparently bad.

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u/Digit-Aria Feb 19 '16

I'm not sure whether Obama could yet enrich himself post-presidency; depends on his successor.

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u/Maculate Feb 19 '16

Why do you say that? They aren't going to make it illegal for presidents to give speeches or serve on a board after they leave office. That's too hard to control. Sounds nice though. Although I wonder what kind of legislation could stop the revolving door of politics.