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uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
8. Yes, there are 23 people who give a shit about some transcripts that aren't tax returns which at
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:23 PM
Apr 2016

... worst is only going to establish what those 23 people already thought about her and mean nothing else outside of that.

Again, who cares?!

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
14. No one is denying anything... other than no one gives a shit about her transcripts who don't
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:01 PM
Apr 2016

... think at worst its going to establish what people who hate her already think about her.

There's no 47% there...

 

revbones

(3,660 posts)
16. Lots of people care about her transcripts - otherwise she wouldn't have been asked
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:02 PM
Apr 2016

at debates multiple times.

Not so much on the tax returns for Bernie though. Once at a debate and he released already. How many transcripts has Hillary released yet?

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
3. We don't know.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:10 PM
Apr 2016

I keep picturing a room of people furiously re-writing them so they can be released at the "right time".

Conspiracy theory some will say, but it's completely plausible.

 

eastwestdem

(1,220 posts)
4. If I was her I would just have some generic speech written and release that...
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:17 PM
Apr 2016

why give in to some guy who's not going to win anyway, and give the repubs fodder for the general?

Mike Nelson

(9,953 posts)
5. No...
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:17 PM
Apr 2016

...she doesn't need to release them. The Clinton voters don't care and the Sanders voters aren't going to vote for her anyway. it's a waste of time. She's also over-investigated. We know enough about this woman.

krawhitham

(4,644 posts)
10. She Can't, she will lose if she does
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:32 PM
Apr 2016

No other reason for why she has not already released them

Sad part is they will leak before NOV, Mika from Morning Asshole has already said she knows of at least one reporter that has a copy

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
12. Yep...
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:57 PM
Apr 2016

Releasing transcripts of speeches done while a private citizen is standard practice for presidential candidates. Wait, no it's not. I would tell them to spit in one hand and wish in the other and see which fills up first. It won't make a big difference in the outcome anyway.

EndElectoral

(4,213 posts)
13. Still find it odd, no one who has listened to these speeches has leaked any of it to the press.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:59 PM
Apr 2016

Either they were amazingly unmemorable OR people are fearful of litigation for releasing anything.

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