None of the Republican Candidates Have Given Paid Speeches To Wall Street

[berni_mccoy]

According To the Tax Returns they released.

So, given that Hillary is the ONLY Presidential Candidate to have given paid speeches to Wall Street, when is she going to release them?

If she gets the nomination and she waits until the General Election, Any of the GOP candidates is going to be able to bash her with this, and she will lose.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH HILLARY!!!

[SFnomad]

1. If you think that Secretary Clinton not releasing transcipts is going to cause her to lose the GE

You need to come back to reality. The only people that care are those that won't vote for her anyway.

And being that most of the Republicans are currently elected officials, they usually CAN'T give paid speeches because of ethics rules, so it's hardly a surprise not to see any on current tax returns ... duh.

[NanceGreggs]

7. Please refrain ...

... from bringing facts into the discussion. It confuses some people here - in the same way math confuses them when they keep insisting that Bernie isn't losing.

[FreakinDJ]

9. The Indys won't vote for some one so obviously lying

You might want to try "re-crunching" those numbers

These folks dropped party affiliation because they were sick and tired of "Business as Usual" and "The Lesser of 2 Evils" is still Evil to them so why should they bother

[rhett o rick]

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[rhett o rick]

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[questionseverything]

23. yes the rules of congress keep reps and senators from making paid speeches

because of ETHICS

something hc fails to understand

i am starting to wonder if something is not seriously wrong with her, any normal person would never have accepted all this cash from the big businesses most citizens hate if they intended to run for potus

they would realize it looks tainted but she seems to think the rules that apply to everyone else do not apply to her

<shrugs>

[SFnomad]

24. When Secretary Clinton was giving those paid speeches she was NOT an elected offical

She was under no ethics rules that prevented her from doing it. What the hell are you saying? There were no rules that applied to her since she wasn't an elected official. She could give as many speeches as she wanted for as much money as they were willing to pay her.

But according to you, she should have rules apply to her that apply to no one else.

[questionseverything]

26. anyone with a shred of common sense or decency would know, it looks tainted

she knew she was going to run for potus and slurped up the cash anyway

[SFnomad]

27. What a steaming pile n/t

[840high]

28. Slurped up! love it

I've been thinking of her vaccuming it up.

[FreakinDJ]

2. Damm those Pesky Facts

but I'm sure the Hillary Campaign has done their homework and already knows this.

So Hillary is "Simply Lying" when she says she will release hers if all the other candidates do

[NanceGreggs]

3. Keep wishing/hoping that HRC will lose the GE ...

... like the good Democrat you are.

[question everything]

4. Your point being?

I hope that she will never release them. None of your business.

[Barack_America]

6. On.the.fucking.contrary.

Every BIT my business, if she wants my vote.

She doesn't get it without releasing the transcripts.

EOM.

[thesquanderer]

14. Seriously, you might vote for her if she releases her transcripts?

I always figured that the people on her here about releasing the transcripts weren't going to vote for her anyway.

[Goblinmonger]

12. Does she want my vote?

Then it's my business. And if she waits until after the primary, there better not be any "you HAVE to vote for her" nonsense. She needs to earn votes. This isn't how one does that.

[uponit7771]

5. They are not smart enough

[yallerdawg]

8. Why this HIGHER standard?

Why should she be the only person on the planet 'required' to release contractually private speeches?

Do presidential candidates have any expectation of a private life?

Or she is the only one expected to give it all up?

[FreakinDJ]

11. "expectation of a private life" are you kidding

These are "Bought and Paid For" speeches

Clinton was careful enough to ensure she kept the Rights to the content in her speaking contracts - so she knew in advance what she was doing needed to be kept under cover

[thesquanderer]

15. That would be a defensible position.

Unfortunately, that's not the position she took. She has kind of painted herself into a corner by saying that she would release them if others released theirs. She never claimed that she had any kind of general objection to releasing them.

[yallerdawg]

21. I'm not talking about her.

I'm talking about you - and these incredibly higher standards for Hillary!

[thesquanderer]

31. I think you're mixing me up with someone else. (n/t)

[rhett o rick]

20. Because she wants us to believe that she is honest. The speeches will clear that up.

She is a liar. She tells Goldman-Sachs that she wants to privatize SS and tells CfuckinNN that she loves SS. Most Americans don't trust her.

[yallerdawg]

25. So you already know what's in the transcripts.

And nothing she releases will ever impact what you already know.

That's that HIGHER standard for Hillary.

[rhett o rick]

30. No the standard is the same. I want an honest person that thinks more of helping American in

the 99% more than helping her friends in the 1% making bigger profits. I am curious why you would side with the Rich Fat Cats in this class war. Do you believe in trickle down? Or maybe you believe that God wants the Rich Fat Cats to rule us peons. Or maybe you think that the Big Boys will like you.

[dsc]

10. Please let me know when Trump has released his tax return

I don't recall him having done so.

[Goblinmonger]

13. Are tax returns speech transcripts?

Didn't think so. She said she would release then when everyone else did. They all have because they don't exist.

[dsc]

18. No but the OP claimed that he knows the GOP hasn't given these speeches from their tax returns

so again, did Trump release his when I wasn't paying attention?

[dana_b]

22. so everyone else must release EVERYTHING before Hillary does?

That's b.s. She is NOT a Queen and if she expects people in the Democratic party and independents to vote for her IF she becomes the nominee, then she must be transparent in order to prove that she is both trustworthy and worthy of their votes. Period.

[thesquanderer]

19. Has Trump released his returns?

Last I heard he was using the "they're being audited" excuse.

I'm kind of surprised he hasn't either released any paid speech transcripts he has, or come out and said he has no paid speech transcripts to release. Just to put the pressure on Hillary. Maybe he's saving that tactic for the general.

[southerncrone]

29. The Republicans will not press her on this during the primary, because the would rather run against

her than Bernie. They've been preparing for over a decade to challenge her. She's who they are ready for & will just fill this away to use in the General, IF she is our candidate. Wait & see.

[treestar]

32. The GOP is hardly against

Wall Street or making money in any way. It would be so easy to use their own words against them.

[nc4bo]

33. I'm more than certain she knew this in advance. Clinton, Inc. - Slicker than an oil spill. nt

[Trenzalore]

35. John Kasich has in the past and most of Cruz's family Income is from Goldman Sachs.

As a builder and landlord in NY Trump gets significant income from Wall Street employees.