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Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts)
Thu May 5, 2016, 10:46 AM May 2016

Keeping Wall Street Speeches Secret Speaks Volumes About Hillary Clinton

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/keeping_wall_street_speeches_secret_speaks_volumes_20160501

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"It’s been roughly three months since Hillary Clinton promised, during her Feb. 4 debate with Bernie Sanders on the eve of the New Hampshire primary, to “look into” releasing the transcripts of her paid speeches to Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street investment houses.

If you’re a stickler for details and would like to know precisely how long Clinton has delayed on fulfilling her pledge or exactly how much cash she has raked in for her speaking gigs and from whom, you don’t have to spend hours scouring the Internet. You can simply log onto two sites created by a 40-year-old Sanders supporter and web developer named Jed McChesney of Olathe, Kan.

The first site— iwilllookintoit.com—is a computerized digital clock that ticks off the elapsed time in bold red print, listing the number of days, hours and seconds. The other offers a searchable chart, published at citizenuprising.com, of 91 paid, private talks given by the Democratic front-runner from April 2013 to March 2015.

All told, according to McChesney’s meticulous research, Clinton pulled in a whopping $21.7 million in speaking fees for the two-year period. Of this amount, $3,260,000 came from 14 speeches delivered directly to financial-sector interests, including Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, and, above all, Goldman, which remitted a tidy $675,000 for no less than three chin-wags."

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Keeping Wall Street Speeches Secret Speaks Volumes About Hillary Clinton (Original Post) Iwillnevergiveup May 2016 OP
It speaks volumes about the people who don't care what she said for money. peace13 May 2016 #1
I just read... Else You Are Mad May 2016 #6
Awesome visual, big cookie for you! Bernin4U May 2016 #9
I saw something on my twitter feed this morning about the transcripts... DookDook May 2016 #2
Haha! Else You Are Mad May 2016 #5
Ouch, that's gotta hurt! Bernin4U May 2016 #10
Very good, Thank you LiberalArkie May 2016 #3
It sure does speak volumes! SoapBox May 2016 #4
Some of Cheney's energy task force documents were released Art_from_Ark May 2016 #8
One thing for sure Iwillnevergiveup May 2016 #7
 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
1. It speaks volumes about the people who don't care what she said for money.
Thu May 5, 2016, 10:59 AM
May 2016

When Trump plays the video....boy will they care. But it will be too late. Watching this is like watching the final out going water before the tsunami. It sucks so far out and it is intriguing to watch but if you are smart you know that the next incoming wave is gonna wipe us all out! Unfortunately for us, there is nowhere to run!

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
6. I just read...
Thu May 5, 2016, 01:11 PM
May 2016

That Trump is choosing an ex Goldman executive as his financial advisor.... The countdown begins before the transcripts are released.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
4. It sure does speak volumes!
Thu May 5, 2016, 11:05 AM
May 2016

What the fuck did she tell them???

Reminds me of the Cheney White House Energy Meetings...that they fought tooth and nail to keep secret...we never found out what was discussed.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
8. Some of Cheney's energy task force documents were released
Sat May 7, 2016, 12:55 AM
May 2016

The ones that weren't heavily censored showed that the energy companies virtually dictated US energy policy in those days. However, there was also undoubtedly discussion about the Enron-led California Energy Crisis and Grey Davis's attempts to investigate the scam, as well as rich oil fields in Iraq.

Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts)
7. One thing for sure
Thu May 5, 2016, 09:36 PM
May 2016

The speeches were not written in Shakesperian prose.

I've wondered all along:

*How many Hillary supporters are aware of these numbers?
*How many make the connection between money donated and favors granted?
*How many care/don't care?

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