Clinton Angrily Defends Paid Speeches, Defiant On Releasing Transcripts

[mhatrw]

[jwirr]

1. Let's face it - what else can she do? If she releases them

she is apparently going to be in even more trouble.

Hillary you cannot play both sides.

[apcalc]

6. Maybe the transcripts n can be found in the basement with Bernie's taxes?

[Omaha Steve]

56. Or Hillary's missing millions as reported & printed in Forbes!

Forbes: The Mystery Of Hillary's Missing Millions: http://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2015/09/29/the-mystery-of-hillarys-missing-millions/#20f560905505

SEP 29, 2015 @ 08:30 AM

Dan Alexander

Since Bill and Hillary Clinton left the White House in 2001, they have earned more than $230 million. But in federal filings the Clintons claim they are worth somewhere between $11 million and $53 million. After layering years of disclosures on top of annual tax returns, Forbes estimates their combined net worth at $45 million. Where did all of the money go? No one seems to know, and the Clintons aren’t offering any answers.

From 2001 to 2014 the power couple spent $95 million on taxes. Hillary’s 2008 presidential run cost her $13 million. Their two homes cost a combined $5 million, and the Clintons have given away $22 million to charity. All of this is according to FEC filings, property records and years of tax returns. Add it up and you get $135 million. If the Clintons made $230 million, spent $135 million and have just $45 million left over, what happened to the other $50 million?

“That’s kind of strange,” says Joe Biden’s accountant, Walter Deyhle. “You have to report all of your assets. You have to report assets that are owned by your spouse.”

It seems unlikely that the Clintons could have spent all of it. Over 14 years $50 million averages out to $3.6 million in extra expenses per year, or $9,800 per day.

FULL story at link.

[BeanMusical]

62. Two words:

Cayman Islands. And/or Luxembourg, Panama etc.

[Baobab]

19. She's being so evasive for a reason

I have a feeling something really important is in those speeches.

[Bubzer]

36. I have absolutely no doubts that discussions about the TPP are in transcripts.

[Jopin Klobe]

41. Yeah ...

... about $245,00.00 ...

... EACH ...

[roguevalley]

23. the wite noise machine was incredibly stupid

[BeanMusical]

64. Yeah, unbelievable.

SMH.

[daleanime]

26. Well, to be honest. She doesn't play both sides....

she's paid by one side to play the other.

[jwirr]

35. Okay I accept that. I was thinking about worshiping money.

[lewebley3]

30. Hillary is right to say no to a double stanard:Sanders wont release

his taxes

[BeanMusical]

40. What's a stanard?

[lewebley3]

43. Do you know how to use googlr

[BeanMusical]

53. What's a googlr?

Never heard about stanards or googlrs. Are they exotic animals?

[lewebley3]

55. your post was moot

[BeanMusical]

57. Do you even know what the word moot means?

I doubt it, for some reason.

[greiner3]

44. And when he does, what'll be the reason she won't at that time?

[Omaha Steve]

65. What about Hillary's medical records then?

[Lil Missy]

2. It's another manufactured crisis by the extremists - left and right. There's nothing wrong with

her paid speeches. It's supply and demand - she's in demand and a highly coveted speaker.

[revbones]

5. Really manufactured by her.

It's surprising people are ok with secret speeches to people that she says she'll regulate.

[Hoppy]

29. To quote Forrest, "Stupid is as stupid votes."

[lewebley3]

32. Sanders has secrect taxes he wont release

[BeanMusical]

45. Oh wow, please tell me more. Sounds fascinating.

You are talking about the remake of Plan 9 from Outer Space, right?

[SammyWinstonJack]

51. Secret taxes......

[BeanMusical]

54. I know, right?

[revbones]

59. So if he releases them, you'll call for the speeches to be released too then? nt

[mhatrw]

10. Yep. It's just supply and demand. There is a large supply of money to bribe potential

future Presidents and only so many potential future Presidents to spread all those millions in corporate bribes around to.

[BeanMusical]

46. +1000!

[Duckfan]

67. I'll take your +1000 and raise you +1000

+2000!!!!!!

[BeanMusical]

68. Cool!

[jonestonesusa]

24. Self enrichment with connections gained on public office

Nothing wrong with that, conflicts of interest, be darned!!

[daleanime]

27. If she was just selling herself, that would be great....

problem is neither of us believe that's what she is selling, and that's not what the buyers are after always.

[YOHABLO]

74. Supply and demand. Are you kidding me. Really? I don't care what she got paid.

I want to know what she said in those speeches. For all I care, they can pay her a million per speech ... but I want to know if she's hoodwinking working class folks. Whose side is she really on?

[apcalc]

4. Damn right

[DJ13]

7. The longer she protests and refuses, the more obvious it becomes she made specific promises to GS

All to secure funding for her campaign.

The real question is, how much is it going to cost the rest of us in fulfilling those promises?

[2pooped2pop]

8. exactly

[ish of the hammer]

14. that IS the question isn't it?

[Plucketeer]

16. You NAILED IT!

Funny to think that Hillary's deathly afraid of HER OWN words! Yeah - this is the sorta person I want in our public mansion!

[BeanMusical]

58. The lady (and her fans) doth protest too much.

?w=642

[Duckfan]

70. Hello! Paging New York!

Are you paying attention to this?

[tomm2thumbs]

9. since releasing the transcripts would make this go away, it shows that there is something to hide

the path of least resistance is to simply prove herself trustworthy and release them, but obviously her having to deal with this issue over and over and over again is somehow more advantageous than releasing what was said in those quarter-of-a-million-dollar speeches .... which tells me there is something worth hiding.

• Below is just ONE example where she wants to grant more job waivers than the government limit for foreign workers over equally qualified Americans who could aim for the same jobs. I can only imagine what she is hiding in the other 'closed-door speeches' if this is an example of a speech that was actually public.

It is obvious that it would immediately end the questions if she released the transcripts, so no doubt there is something worth keeping hidden... and Republicans who attended those events in great numbers will be willing to release the audio recordings they no doubt made, once a General Election contest begins....

[yourpaljoey]

11. I am starting to feel bad for her... her trouble has just started

[downeastdaniel]

12. I've got a great idea! Just make the transcripts to the 3 Goldman speeches and let the

Public decide if these little talks would encourage actions from her that would be unseemly, so to speak. If they look innocent to most, then drop the matter...ok?

[ish of the hammer]

15. no.

[jwirr]

22. K&R

[Herman4747]

13. HILLARY: "i WON'T DO THE RIGHT THING UNLESS...

OTHERS DO THE RIGHT THING."

That is not leadership. That is amorality.

[Plucketeer]

17. Perfect!

[Duckfan]

69. Apparently the title or phrase "Public Service" is not understood

by her. Public means public--the working stiffs. Not the greedy bastards on Wall St.

Jim Hightower had a great line last night in his speech before Bernie: They think they are the top dogs, and all of us are the fire hydrants.

[Schema Thing]

18. God she's horrible.

[SammyWinstonJack]

42. She really is.

[MissDeeds]

47. +1

[Geronimoe]

20. She has my no confidence vote

Sorry but thus appears to be a Romney moment for her.

If you said nothing wrong. you have nothing to hide.

[dorkzilla]

25. This also highlights the difference between Hillary and Bernie

He gets outraged over what is being done to the PEOPLE. She gets outraged over what the people are "doing" to her.

Poor Mrs. Clinton. Why do they oppress her so????

[Jackilope]

38. ^^^^ This! ^^^^

It cannot be more obvious. Bernie is for the people, HRC is more about herself and her puppet masters.

[KentuckyWoman]

50. This has always been a part of the Clinton playbook

"I am a victim" is just part of the charm. She does take a lot of arrows, most deserved but some not. It's the ones she didn't earn that she magnifies to excuse the ones she did earn. It's a politician thing and a lot of them do it.

[dorkzilla]

61. As a business woman/owner the fake victim thing makes me SO FUCKING ANGRY

This PISSES ME OFF to the nth degree. I accept SOLE responsibility for everything that goes wrong in my business and when we have triumphs it is because the people who work for me have made it happen. If someone is critical of my business, I know it's because of something I have done...not my staff, ME.

I have, in my estimation, many people - 30 whole families! - counting on me to provide for them. I will go hungry before they do because that is what I owe them for their loyalty and labor. To my mind, Hillary is applying for the same position I hold as "president" of my modest business. And it sure seems as though she isn't prepared to go hungry so everyone else can eat. And as a 50 year old white woman - her demographic - I cannot in good conscience vote for her.

[KentuckyWoman]

76. wish you'd post that as an OP

I'd love to rec your post multiple times. You put very elegantly exactly how I feel.

thank you

[Plucketeer]

73. SPOT ON!

[cantbeserious]

28. HRC - You Took The Money - Live With It - Retire Already - And Leave The Real Work To The 99%

eom

[azmom]

31. Hiding speeches, hiding e-mails, hiding

foundation donations. So much for transparency which she so often speaks about.

[Duckfan]

71. And her minions wonder why we call her untrustworthy.

[FailureToCommunicate]

33. Now THAT was a squirrelly answer. And then, oh poor me, everyone's piling on me

it's SO unfair. They've been doing this for decades.

Yeah and we the public are NOT ready for four more years of Clinton drama!

[86derps]

34. For years we said Republicans were bought and paid for.

Repulicans took money from everyone and now when Hillary takes the same money its not influencing. Can we get real.

[Maedhros]

37. Good, good, Hillary.

[Bubzer]

39. "I'm not doing it cause they didn't do it" isn't a winning argument for a presidential candidate.

She should be leading by example. Transparency shouldn't be dependent on another person's level of Transparency.
That's like saying I'm only going to have as much integrity as that other guy... in fact, that's exactly what she's saying.

[Helen Borg]

48. She sounds very angry here...

[mckara]

49. And She is the Best We Can Do?

Geeeez

[BeanMusical]

52. Kick and R

Reminds me of the Nixon tapes.

[drokhole]

60. Way to lead by example, Hill!

Also, love how it has pivoted from "everyone - Republicans included - must first release all their speech transcripts" (not sure which other remaining presidential candidate gave 3 speeches to Goldman Sachs for $250,000+ a pop, but whatevs) to "tax returns are the standard!" Sorry, but there is no "standard" of someone - shortly before running for president - receiving close to $1,000,000 for less than 3 hours work from a company (and industry) that nearly tanked a country, WHICH MAKES THIS A WHOLLY UNIQUE SITUATION! And, even if that wasn't the case, and every other politician had give quarter-of-a-million dollar speeches to fat cats in the financial industry, SHE SHOULD STILL RELEASE HER TRANSCRIPTS WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO BE PROMPTED ONCE (much less A THOUSAND TIMES)! Why? Because that's what a decent, honest, trustworthy, virtuous, self-less would-be leader should and would do (and set an example of doing). And speaking of failing to initially fully report tax information...

Presidential!

[ALittleBirdie]

63. Here are the speeches transcripts:

You can learn all about it here:

[BeanMusical]

66. Lol!

[Duckfan]

72. Exactly!

It would take an act of Congress to release her speeches. Then she might retort: that depends on the definition of what "speech" is.

[mhatrw]

75. Hopefully, when the Repukes finally release the text, these transcripts do not make Clinton look

like a corporate whore.