2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhy is Hillary hiding her speech transcripts?
I think she is hiding them either because she has lied about what she said in her speeches to Wall Street before and after the crash and because the speeches would destroy her credibility and embarrass her and her campaign.
What is your explanation?
What do you think?
Press Virginia
(2,329 posts)the only thing that could contradict her claim
dana_b
(11,546 posts)She supported (supports?) Wall Street and thinks that they are A-ok with their policies, derivative trading, terrible unregulated practices, and is happy to take their money because she intends on protecting THEM from US.
If she was REALLY telling them to "cut it out" and giving them speeches on what they need to do to change it so that they no longer destroy the economy, take people's homes/pensions/savings/etc., she would be happy to share those speeches with us.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)Simple political calculus.
UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)to her campaign we would never hear the end of them
dragonfly301
(399 posts)And that would mess up the whole Barack and Hillary are best of friends narrative.
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)Bernie is making a strategic mistake in talking about the transcripts. The real issue is the money paid for the speeches. We already know from attendees that her speeches were basically a "rah-rah" cheer session.
Herman4747
(1,825 posts)Why is Hillary so intent on hiding them?
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)whereas the ethical crime is not what she said but how much she was paid. The only thing the scripts will confirm is that the whole speaker thing is legalized bribery.
Herman4747
(1,825 posts)that the whole speaker thing is legalized BRIBERY, then we have a problem, and we should know about it before we vote for Hillary or against her.
Fairgo
(1,571 posts)If I am being generous, I'd say it's because she calculated cost / benefit and mot releasing them is the least damaging tactic. In fact, it provides her low-values supporters with a macguffin upon which to project her victimhood. If I were to speculate deeper, I'd say she actually believes we have no right to know what the president says to the ruling class. So piss off...
madamesilverspurs
(15,805 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)No matter how much we want to see the transcripts, her risk managers know that not releasing them won't hurt her in the primary or the GE.
I'm sure she laughs at how silly we are in demanding them.