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If Hillary DID release her transcripts, how would one verify that it's legit? (Original Post) Joob Apr 2016 OP
Didn't she contract those services to a company? Couldn't they verify the authenticity? GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #1
Have Podium Bird check em? uponit7771 Apr 2016 #2
LOL, nope podium bird booked the pope for a photo op with bernie. I read that in GDP.... bettyellen Apr 2016 #6
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2016 #8
Because they will match the audio that the RNC will use as a campaign ad in October. n/t lumberjack_jeff Apr 2016 #3
^^^That^^^ onecaliberal Apr 2016 #7
Are you saying HRC might release bogus transcripts? Mon Dieu! nt Xipe Totec Apr 2016 #4
Look, I'm a Bernie supporter. I would rather this be put to bed that way no one questions it nt Joob Apr 2016 #9
Sorry, I should have put a sarcastathingie on my reply Xipe Totec Apr 2016 #11
Ah fair enough, actually I noticed it after I posted sorry haha. And most likely not I guess. Joob Apr 2016 #12
And this is why she doesn't release them. nt geek tragedy Apr 2016 #5
psssst ... NanceGreggs Apr 2016 #13
Never ending process stories are a familiar theme for the Clintons nt geek tragedy Apr 2016 #14
Yeah... TCJ70 Apr 2016 #20
I wondered that too... bobbobbins01 Apr 2016 #10
It's irrelevant. procon Apr 2016 #15
Oh, well guess that's going to be confusing in the General Election if Republicans do Joob Apr 2016 #16
The average voter doesn't care. procon Apr 2016 #19
I remember reading about one of the scandals - she found evidence 2 years later revbones Apr 2016 #17
Heidi Cruz was there as a GS manager. She'll authoritatively speak to their veracity or not nt riderinthestorm Apr 2016 #18
 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
6. LOL, nope podium bird booked the pope for a photo op with bernie. I read that in GDP....
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:53 AM
Apr 2016

so it must be true!

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
11. Sorry, I should have put a sarcastathingie on my reply
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:58 AM
Apr 2016

Sometimes people take my posts at face value.

But my currency is debased.

You seriously think she would release the transcripts?

I don't

Joob

(1,065 posts)
12. Ah fair enough, actually I noticed it after I posted sorry haha. And most likely not I guess.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 01:04 AM
Apr 2016

Though I think it hurts her from not releasing them since the theme of this election is corruption, money in politics and the very issue of trusting Hillary herself. I think people would find her more trustworthy if they didn't feel like something shady was going on there.

And, to top it off. Republicans have nothing to hide when it comes to stuff like that because it's out in the open who they support. So they would release the transcripts. Actually, after giving it some thought.

Her only play would be to not release the speeches, and bet on the Republicans not releasing them either IF she had something really damning in them. Otherwise none of it makes sense. Though honestly, typing this all out feels like she's gambling for the the election in the general on this alone.

bobbobbins01

(1,681 posts)
10. I wondered that too...
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:57 AM
Apr 2016

If I were her, I'd type up some bullshit taking the banks to task and release it. Control the message.

procon

(15,805 posts)
15. It's irrelevant.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 01:15 AM
Apr 2016

Whatever she did wouldn't be good enough. It would encourage the anti-Hillary crowd to make even more preposterous claims against her. It would be no different than when Obama released his birth certificate, the only thing that did was bring out even more crazy birthers and their wildest conspiracy theories. She's ahead, so the smart move is to just let the nutters chew their own legs off in frustration because a woman isn't going to do what they want.

Joob

(1,065 posts)
16. Oh, well guess that's going to be confusing in the General Election if Republicans do
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 01:57 AM
Apr 2016

Since she said she would too. Is she lying and have no intentions?

procon

(15,805 posts)
19. The average voter doesn't care.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 09:40 AM
Apr 2016

Everyone knows that Hillary has been subjected to an unrelenting barrageof attacks for the last 30 years. She has withstood everything, nothing has brought her down, and to the delight of her fans, she wears the scars proudly, taunting her enemies in the process. That's the personna the public sees, and whether its the Rs attacking her or a faction of Dems, she will prevsil just as she always has, and the voters will rely on her as the very epitome of strength through adversity.

 

revbones

(3,660 posts)
17. I remember reading about one of the scandals - she found evidence 2 years later
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 01:59 AM
Apr 2016

that exonerated her.

All this time that has passed, there has certainly been time to create new transcripts...

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