prolly has a team of people trying to figure it out
Posted on 02/07/2016 11:52:27 AM PST by Kaslin
Vintage Hillary. As she fashions herself as a hardcore anti-Wall Street progressive in the midst of a surprisingly competitive Democratic primary, she's trying to explain away her six-figure speeches to major financial institutions, who also happen to be her generous campaign benefactors. At Thursday's (very low-rated) debate against Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton claimed that when she delivered these lucrative addresses, she spoke truth to power -- bravely warning about the subprime mortgage collapse prior to the 2008 financial crisis:
Hillary Clinton discusses her speeches on Wall Street
Given this alleged, evidence-free prescience, one might think that Mrs. Clinton would be eager to release video and transcripts of these speeches -- to showcase how right she was, and to highlight her fierce independence. When she was asked about producing these records prior to the debate, she laughed out loud:
Hillary Clinton Laughs When Asked if She Will Release Transcripts of Her Goldman Sachs Speeches
When MSNBC's moderators pressed her on the same question on the debate stage, she served up a quintessentially Clintonesque punt. She'd...look into it:
Hillary Clinton May Release Transcripts Of Speeches | Democratic Debate | MSNBC
Again, if she's the paragon of transparency that she claims to be (snicker), and if her Wall Street speeches were as prophetic and civic-minded as she says, her campaign should be turning them into ads. Instead, surprise:
In response to a question at Thursday night's debate, Hillary Clinton said she would "look into" the possibility of releasing transcripts of her paid remarks to banking, corporate and financial services companies like Goldman Sachs. But by Friday morning, it did not appear that much looking was underway. Joel Benenson, Mrs. Clinton's pollster, gave little indication at a Wall Street Journal breakfast with reporters that the transcripts would be forthcoming. "I don't think voters are interested in the transcripts of her speeches," he said. Whether they are made public is up to the Clinton campaign. Speaking contracts typically give the speaker the right to decide whether any material from a particular speech can be shared beyond the room. Goldman Sachs, for one, declined to make an on-the-record statement...Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Mrs. Clinton's opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination, has accused Mrs. Clinton of being in the pocket of Wall Street and big business by noting that she has received major donations from them and was paid more than $600,000 in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs in one year. She has struggled to explain why she took that money, saying at a CNN forum on Wednesday night: "Well, I don't know. That's what they offered."
One problem with HRC's speaking fee explanation. It's not "what they offered." It's what she charged. pic.twitter.com/PrgJXP48wL— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) February 6, 2016
Is there anything that the Clintons have done in the last 30 years that has not involved some form of criminality or corruption?
Can you name for me any action they have taken that has not had a direct benefit to themselves first, last and always?
With the above questions as a baseline, where do you think Killery's speechifying comes in on that paradigm? Of course it was criminal...it was a bribe for favorable action down the road.
I would argue that Killery can't even take a dump without committing some sort of crime. Criminality is the very essence of her being.
The mainstream political pols and their sponsors have become incestuous with their tangled webs.
prolly has a team of people trying to figure it out
don't know, it's canadian
and that's only two years, and just her
So she knew in advance about the collapse? Hmmm?
If she says they were mostly about recipes and yoga classes, I don’t see why anyone would question that.
Let’s be real here. What is consistently, incorrectly referred to as “speaking fees” are political contributions made with the full expectation that Hitlery would be the next president. Hitlery accepts these “speaking fees” and issues implied IOUs which will be redeemed when she becomes president. Corruption. Influence peddling. Whatever. It’s not complicated. It will cause a serious outbreak of buyers’ remorse if Hitlery is not elected president.
Oh...I would LOVE to see Killery and the entire Clinton crime family (including Chelsea and her husband) taken to gray-bar hotel for an extended stay.
Killery needs to do some jail time (the rest of her worthless life). Her ENTIRE ADULT LIFE has been spent in one felonious activity after another, and has thought herself smarter than everyone else because she has the cover of the mediots to have facilitated her criminality and entitlement.
Hillary's letter accompanying the release stated, "Every word I ever said in those speeches is contained herein, I have nothing to hide. I am sick and tired of the Vast Right Wing, Republicans, and other groups attempting to smear me."
conveniently none of the banking speeches were released though... she thinks we're all as stooopid as her cult followers are
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