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2016 Postmortem

hellofromreddit

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6. Hillary has no good options on this

Reply to Segami (Original post)

Sat Apr 16, 2016, 05:53 PM

Apr 2016

A campaign worth a damn would kill this issue by dumping out the transcripts instead of letting it fester, so it's reasonable to assume they think they can't. Two possibilities: (a) the speeches contain some incendiary comment like Romney's 47% gaffe, or (b) they're completely bland throwaway speeches that make it apparent the speech "fees" were just payouts.

I strongly suspect (b). And if that's the case, they could have just dumped the speeches on day one, taken a little heat, and it would be as forgotten as the push polling in Nevada by now. But the curiosity has heaped up and made a monster of it.

More lousy campaigning. This will be an issue as long as she is running.

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Would Releasing Hillary's TRANSCRIPTS Damage, Prevent Or Improve Her Nomination? [View all] Segami Apr 2016 OP

I want to see how her supporters answer this XemaSab Apr 2016 #1

Q's like this is like Kryptonite to the swarm.... Segami Apr 2016 #3

It will damage it, soon as Heidi Cruz releases it. JackRiddler Apr 2016 #2

I think that if she is damaged by her transcript speech... Segami Apr 2016 #8

This will almost certainly happen AFTER the convention. JackRiddler Apr 2016 #10

I think they would''t hurt her -- but it shows her self-destructive streak Armstead Apr 2016 #4

I don't think it would change much in the primary radical noodle Apr 2016 #5

Hillary has no good options on this hellofromreddit Apr 2016 #6

I passed. I think it depends on what is in the transcript... I think Clinton's fear of looking weak HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #7

The transcripts are a subterfuge. grasswire Apr 2016 #9

I personally believe.. Segami Apr 2016 #11

Does anyone think, this late in the game, that they'd be honest records of what she said? Lizzie Poppet Apr 2016 #12

It will be her 47% moment and It will damage the party too. Cobalt Violet Apr 2016 #13

If there was nothing damaging in her transcripts, (so she says)... Segami Apr 2016 #15

Pointless question to ask until we know what's in there. n/t Orsino Apr 2016 #14

Everyone has their own hypothesis as to what Hillary said in her transcripts Segami Apr 2016 #16