2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOkay there REALLY IS a REAL transcript from Clinton's Wall St. speeches. Here 'tis.
"Ladies and Gentlemen,
I appreciate your invitation to speak with you.
I will be brief.
Let Them Eat Cake.
Thank you very much and good evening."
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Marie Antoinette also never said that.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)And anyway, this was Clinton's real speech. Really. Honest.
I wasn't atributing it to anyone else.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)the currency reform attempt she pushed was disastrous, but there wasn't really a solid understanding of monetary theory at the time (not that ours today is awesome, but it was absurd back then). She was even the chief proponent of bringing back the Estates Generals. She was personally attacked in the press at the time as a shrewish harpy and bad mother (because the dauphin got tuberculosis), when none of the attempts at attacking her policies had any effect.
So, yeah, probably more accurate than you realize, this joke...
Armstead
(47,803 posts)I was there. I heard it.
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)Here's to ya
Armstead
(47,803 posts)Was expecting it, but still never easy to take
LexVegas
(6,109 posts)Armstead
(47,803 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Punkingal
(9,522 posts)Doesn't help that I saw The Big Short lat night.
WayBeyondBlue
(86 posts)two finger pointing and that weird smile she uses to show she sees someone she knows in the audience. Bet that happened a lot.