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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumJohn Judis (TPM): I am worried about Hillary Clinton again
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/clinton-debateI don't know who "won" the debate, or even how to decide who won, but I am worried, as I was after the Michigan primary, that Hillary Clinton, who is the odds-on Democratic nominee, will have difficulty in the fall even against Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. I don't understand why she can't put the Goldman, Sachs question behind her. I initially assumed that she either didn't have transcripts or that what she said was the usual milquetoast stuff politicians offer up. But her continued refusal to provide transcripts (which I now assume must exist) suggests that there must be something damning in them.
If she gets the nomination, she'll face these questions again in the fall, and if Trump or Cruz is her opponent, these questions will detract from the attention that their past utterances about Mexican rapists or masturbation or whathaveyou should receive. I also think her refusal to answer straightforwardly questions about social security caps, carbon taxes, Libya and a $15 minimum wage makes her appear scripted at best. Like the Goldman non-answer, these kind of responses sow doubts about trust and credibility.
If she gets the nomination, she'll face these questions again in the fall, and if Trump or Cruz is her opponent, these questions will detract from the attention that their past utterances about Mexican rapists or masturbation or whathaveyou should receive. I also think her refusal to answer straightforwardly questions about social security caps, carbon taxes, Libya and a $15 minimum wage makes her appear scripted at best. Like the Goldman non-answer, these kind of responses sow doubts about trust and credibility.
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John Judis (TPM): I am worried about Hillary Clinton again (Original Post)
antigop
Apr 2016
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He seems to be uninformed on the transcripts. It's well known and widely reported that she has them
Autumn
Apr 2016
#2
You think repukes and their surrogates aren't total fucking hypocrites and wont hit her
Autumn
Apr 2016
#7
Heidi Cruz is a Goldman Sachs manager. She knows what was said so Ted does too nt
riderinthestorm
Apr 2016
#5
Punkingal
(9,522 posts)1. He is just now noticing this?
Autumn
(45,120 posts)2. He seems to be uninformed on the transcripts. It's well known and widely reported that she has them
Yeah she wins the primary we are all fucked.
yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)6. You can be certain Trump will get a copy, and he will read them to us
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)3. Nobody gives a shit about transcripts but desparate Bernie supporters
You think repubs care what Hillary said to Wall Street?
Seems Bernie folks are miffed that his attacks last night will not win him the nomination
Autumn
(45,120 posts)7. You think repukes and their surrogates aren't total fucking hypocrites and wont hit her
on this? You are adorable. Want to buy a bridge?
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)4. Whoever wrote this isn't very well informed
The transcripts exist. Hillary's standard contract, as has been widely reported, had the company she was speaking to paying $1000 for a stenographer with the condition that the transcript was the sole property of Hillary.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)5. Heidi Cruz is a Goldman Sachs manager. She knows what was said so Ted does too nt
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)8. Bernie voter wrings hands over Clinton, shockeroo nt
amborin
(16,631 posts)9. if she were to get the nomination, she's cooked
Dem2
(8,168 posts)10. I'm sure the party of billionaires will be jumping all over this
Because of course they want to expose their benefactors, correct?
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)11. Transcripts == In the Nader interview, he showed her contract
And one of her requirements was that the host pay $1000 to hire a stenographer to transcribe the whole thing and SHE has the sole custody of it.
So there is no doubt they exist.