Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Resists Releasing Transcripts From Goldman Speeches

[Purveyor]

Source: New York Times

7:16 PM ET By Katharine Q. Seelye

In response to a question at Thursday night’s debate, Hillary Clinton said she would “look into” the possibility of releasing transcripts of her paid remarks to banking, corporate and financial services companies like Goldman Sachs.

But by Friday morning, it did not appear that much looking was underway.

Joel Benenson, Mrs. Clinton’s pollster, gave little indication at a Wall Street Journal breakfast with reporters that the transcripts would be forthcoming.

“I don’t think voters are interested in the transcripts of her speeches,” he said.

Whether they are made public is up to the Clinton campaign. Speaking contracts typically give the speaker the right to decide whether any material from a particular speech can be shared beyond the room. Goldman Sachs, for one, declined to make an on-the-record statement.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/02/05/hillary-clintons-campaign-resists-releasing-transcripts-from-goldman-speeches/?_r=1

[virtualobserver]

1. she loses either way- no trust due to secrecy, or no trust due to what she said to them

[billhicks76]

23. Leak It

[trillion]

96. No trust due to her super pac with them!

[notadmblnd]

2. Good! As long as she doesn't- it looks to voters like shes hiding something.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

54. It sure does!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[treestar]

71. It looks like she stands up to being pushed around

Which is what this demand is all about. No, it's trying to make her look bad for having made the speeches and acting like there has to be something wrong with them, so we get to see them.

[notadmblnd]

73. yeah right. That is why one is posted here already

Cause she's soooo tough.

[treestar]

77. Can't have it both ways, if one is posted, that should be good, right?

[notadmblnd]

80. hahaha

Yeah, that will satisfy those who already have trust issues with her.

Releasing one proves she's not hiding anything in the other five.

[jonestonesusa]

75. So the secretary is being bullied.

We 99%ers don't deserve to know what she says behind closed doors to the 1%ers in this trickle up economy.

"Trust me, little people, it's all good" is a poor message for a Democratic candidate for president.

[treestar]

79. That's a silly assumption

Why would she be saying things like that in public? No one would need the transcripts for that to get out.

It's just like the birth certificate/Obama. Making the demand as if the person of which the thing is demanded is already somehow tainted and has to respond to the accusers' demands because they are in trouble.

Where are Bernie's speeches then? Every one of them. I demand these be shown, as no doubt Bernie said something stupid somewhere along the way. And all of his writings too, including the one about rape fantasies. Let's have his notes on that.

[jonestonesusa]

89. The birther issue is a total nonsequiter.

The Secretary claims that $600K speeches have no impact on policy. So, why was she hired to do them? Why not build a case with Democratic voters that these relationships with finance and banking involve policy discussions that are in the public interest? If she wants to profit personally from her relationships with an industry that helped engineer the global finance crisis then fine. But she should expect the liberal wing of the party to be skeptical. The revolving door from Goldman Sachs, etc. to the Cabinet needs to be closed, or else we "little people" need to know how we benefit from these cozy relationships between banking and government.

[trillion]

98. $675k for 3 speaches. And they usually only pay speakers $40k.

[Red Mountain]

92. Just alike......if fantasy and reality are equally credible in your opinion

Or maybe exactly the same.

Obama released his birth certificate, no?

Nothing to hide? Release the transcripts.

Open government is better than closed.

What has Sanders refused to make public?

[trillion]

97. +100000

[KamaAina]

3. Anonymous, pickup on Line One. Anonymous, Line One.

[wordpix]

65. let's get on it, Anon!

[fbc]

4. Bernie has released his Goldman Sachs speech

[Jarqui]

8. lol

[AtomicKitten]

10. Perfect.

[polly7]

15. LOL

[Little Tich]

20. Good one. n/t

[billhicks76]

21. Just Cut It Out lol

[Joe Shlabotnik]

25. Right on!

[pangaia]

30. Snort....

[azmom]

31. Hehehe

[winterwar]

35. Fuck yes!!!

Thanks for posting this!

[TIME TO PANIC]

36. +1

[roguevalley]

61. LOL! New desktop. LOL!

[myrna minx]

37. Ok, that made me laugh out loud.

[JackInGreen]

52. I come back to this

+1goddamnedmillion. Made my night.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

55. +1,000,000

[randys1]

76. LOL, good one

[Dr. Strange]

84. Seriously...

we NEED a rec button for individual posts!

[EL34x4]

86. Beautiful!!!

LOL!!!!!

[jonestonesusa]

90. True.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

95. .

[trillion]

99. Which IS what he basically said when he refused their Super Pac and announced his Secretary of the

Treasury would not come from Goldman Sachs. All 12 Candidates of the Republicans took their Super Pacs and Both Hillary and O'malley took them. Bernie stood alone, just like he did when he opposed the Iraq war - loudly and repeatedly.

[Duckhunter935]

6. we need to keep bringing it up

#quartermillion

[rhett o rick]

7. Damn, I was hoping we could calculate the dollar per word value. nm

[AtomicKitten]

9. She isn't going to release them; it would be suicide because it would prove Bernie is right.

It's like Romney refusing to release recent tax returns because it would no doubt prove he paid $0 in federal taxes.

It's kind of a Catch 22 for Hillary and really a provocative request from the reporter from The Intercept.

[mimi85]

12. Her laugh

absolutely drives me and my husband nuts. It's like nails on a chalkboard.

[AtomicKitten]

16. oh yeah, same here

[JDPriestly]

43. Same here. It sounds callous and contemptuous. That is one of her big problems.

Her voice otherwise is a lot better than 2008. But her laugh sounds callous and contemptuous. As if she looks down on people and thinks she is better than others. Very strange. It isn't a free, laugh. It is more a laugh at something than a laugh with others. It isn't a shared laugh that brings her closer to others. Something very odd.

[LeFleur1]

49. Yep

Those damn women and their screechy voices, and their laughs! Wouldn't you think they'd know enough to just smile or laugh behind their hands while they are walking three steps behind the men?

AND getting paid to speak!!! What women know enough to speak on anything? We need to demand to see every word she ever said. It's not necessary to see the speeches men made their whole lives...but Hillary? Oh yeah. Let's see all of her speeches.

It sounds as if we may be getting closer to the real issue some on this site have with Hillary.

[JDPriestly]

50. Guess what! I'm a woman. In fact, I trained as a singer and am very sensitive to the sound

of voices. So it isn't about being a woman or having a woman's voice. It's about having a terrible laugh.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

51. Hillary needs a good voice coach. It's not about her being a woman,

it's about the way she uses her voice. Some men also have voices that are hard to listen to. She needs to learn how to modulate her voice so it doesn't sound tense and strained - that's largely a matter of breathing, like singers know how to do. Women do have something of a vocal disadvantage because when they are tense their voices are more likely to sound harsh. But it can be controlled. Anybody who intends to do a lot of public speaking ought to get voice coaching.

[roguevalley]

62. I agree. She can go with Ted Cruz. His voice is what crisco would sound like if it

had a voice.

[skypilot]

81. Crisco???

More like the fat drippings that some people keep in a jar by the stove.

[trillion]

100. LeFluer1, it would serve her better to NOT just laugh when asked about her Goldman Sachs dealings

in any respect. She should have taken it dead seriously and defended herself. Instead she laughed in the guys face and came off as the 1% laughing at the 99%. I have seen that clip all over liberal websites after I first saw in on DemocracyNow and NPR. This person has it from the Intercept. The point is, that was a bad campaign move and quite honestly used in this context her laugh is grating. Drop the Sexist Card. I'm a woman and fully understand this is about substance and not sexism.

BTW, I watched her after Iowa and she had changed in the last few weeks. She acted like she was the Joker from Batman and went on to do at least 3 interviews where she came off as overtly fake and underhanded. I have seen many criminals do it in politics now - Obama was doing it last year - the underhanded crook smile that he is rid of now - thank goodness. GW ended up with it. Rove and Romney had it and Romney started it by the end of his Presidential run. You may want to find out why your gal Hillary is doing the Joker now. My opinion is the more corrupt they get the more corrupt cartoon character they turn into. I think it's psychological on their part. What the heck will we be watching for New Hampshire with Hillary? Hopefully she'll be back to sane because I am disturbed that she may win and now and is acting like shes so corrupt SHE can't handle it. Hillary needs to come back and the Joker needs to go away. Her Campaign advisers should speak to her on this.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

56. Hillary always laughs right before she tells a whopper... nothing funny bout the lies she tells.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[Odin2005]

85. It's a cackle.

[6000eliot]

14. Except that it is completely different from Romney's situation.

[Cassiopeia]

40. Is it?

We have no idea what she said in those speeches.

It may be no different than Romney's 47% comments. We'll likely never know.

[frylock]

33. Ah, was that where this had all originated?

GREENWALD!!!

[AtomicKitten]

59. Lee Fang with SF's The Intercept

https://theintercept.com/2016/01/23/clinton-goldman-sachs-laugh/

He was interviewed on Democracy Now Friday (2/5). Video not up yet, but if you have Roku it's up on the Democracy Now channel. The Clinton rep participating is a trip. It's a must see.

G'night.

[winter is coming]

58. It would be awkward for her if the media's favorite new game is to pester

about these transcripts and every press availability.

[LiberalElite]

74. She has two choices - campaign suicide by releasing the transcript or

campaign slow death by not releasing it.

[Jarqui]

11. Maybe she only has one pandering speech to the financial institutions

Could be embarrassing publishing it if it revealed her collecting $250,000 per speech and all she's doing is dropping by for an hour to read the same speech over the teleprompter.

The reality is that she probably can't publish them because they have a 47% type quote in them - something she doesn't want the general public to hear.

[6000eliot]

13. And, of course, all of the male candidates have been asked to release transcripts of their speeches.

No? Whatever could the difference be?

[DURHAM D]

17. It just isn't right for a woman to make money

from speaking. In fact, women should know that shutting up is the smartest thing for them to do. She had no right.

[roguevalley]

63. 225K per hour. nice work if you can get it.

[Madam Mossfern]

88. Obfuscation

[trillion]

101. Yeah, play the sexist card when you have nothing left.

I'm female and I would want to see the transcripts from anyone who speaks for Goldman Sachs and makes over a quarter of million for each speech. I've read the standard is only 40K.

That said, why don't you tell us what you think she said to them?

Perhaps that she is going to shut them down? Like she said in the last campaign speech I saw her do last week?

I doubt she told them the same thing she is telling us:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-blasts-wall-street-but-still-draws-millions-in-contributions/2016/02/04/05e1be00-c9c2-11e5-ae11-57b6aeab993f_story.html


from this article:
"“Anybody who knows me, who thinks they can influence me, name anything they’ve influenced me on. Just name one thing,” Clinton said Wednesday night at a televised CNN forum in New Hampshire. “I’m out here every day saying, ‘I’m going to shut them down; I’m going after them.’?” "

"Through the end of December, donors at hedge funds, banks, insurance companies and other financial services firms had given at least $21.4 million to support Clinton’s 2016 presidential run — more than 10 percent of the $157.8 million contributed to back her bid, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission filings by The Washington Post. "

"In all, donors from Wall Street and other financial services firms have given $44.1 million to support Hillary Clinton’s campaigns and allied super PACs, compared with $39.7 million in backing that former president Bill Clinton received from the industry, according to campaign finance records dating back to 1974 that have been compiled by The Post."

[fbc]

18. Hillary supporter posts are becoming indistinguishable from satire

[6000eliot]

19. As Bernie supporter posts have been for A LONG TIME.

[NowSam]

47. Totally indistinguishable!

Talk about silly season!

[trillion]

102. I'm offended that they keep using the sexism card.

As a woman, I believe that should be reserved for when there actually is sexism, not for every time you don't like someone questioning your candidate. Asking for the Goldman Sachs transcripts is a very valid request in a campaign that has focus on Wall Street corruption with the presidency.

[billhicks76]

22. Definitive Sexism. LMFAO

[Purveyor]

24. Do you have a certain male candidate speech(s) your interested in? Have the transcripts been

requested and denied?

[Press Virginia]

29. Which ones are saying they're going to take on the same banks that pay

them 250k for a speech?
They aren't being requested because of her genitalia

[myrna minx]

42. I"m rather sure Rmoney would have preferred that a transcript and video of his 47% speech wasn't released

in 2012.

Why shouldn't we know what she said to bankers and donors? She's running for President, for crying out loud. I'm baffled by the outrage that citizens should have the right to know that her thoughts were when speaking in front of bankers and donors etc especially when she states the calls them out on their "shenanigans".


We keep hearing that she's the most vetted candidate - so why is this a problem? How can citizens make an educated primary choice when there's speeches that she won't release to the public? It's not national security...so why the outrage?

[JDPriestly]

44. I have already said that all the candidates should release all the transcripts or videos of all

of their speeches.

Remember how Romney was saying horrible things in a speech at a private catered party that he would never have said to the public at large. The tape of his private speech was played on-line and it really harmed his candidacy. He revealed himself to be the jerk that he really is.

[Hoppy]

46. Well, the transcript to Bernie's speech to Goldman is posted above.

He is male and he posted his. Why can't she post hers?

Ans: Because it contradicts what he says on the campaign trail.

[treestar]

70. It's sounding just like the demand for the birth certificate

Like either side has some duty to help the other side find dirt on them.

Those speeches are no doubt very innocuous.

[ucrdem]

26. Good. It's her IP and she's under no obligation to give it away. nt

[frylock]

34. Yeah, good move.

Dig in your heels, Hillary!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

57. This recalcitrance by Hillary will haunt her for the rest of the campaign.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[Indepatriot]

64. Heels!????? You sexist pig!

[frylock]

68. !

[jalan48]

27. Sad really. This is what the mainstream Democratic Party has come to?

[cantbeserious]

28. Releasing Those Transcripts Will Be Her Romney "Little People" Moment

eom

[frylock]

32. Dang. This not only has legs, but it's out of the blocks like Usain Bolt!

[DebbieCDC]

38. The AP is covering it also - and getting stonewalled too

AP's inquiries to the campaign about her appearances before several Wall Street banks went unanswered. Deutsche Bank, which paid Clinton $475,000 for addresses in New York and Washington, declined to comment, as did Goldman Sachs.

[link:http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/speeches-that-earned-clinton-millions-remain-a-mystery/ar-BBpbwIH?li=BBnb7Kz|

[Purveyor]

39. I don't think she's going to have any choice but to release them and release them

Soon.

If she doesn't release them there must be some pretty damning stuff in her words.

[Capnden]

41. Goldman Sachs speeches

Some of her speeches are on the Goldman Sachs web site. They are all about women in business.

[JDPriestly]

45. I don't expect them to be embarrassing to her, but I do think she should release them.

[treestar]

72. Exactly, they are innocuous

the Bernie supporters make themselves look bad with their implication that there must be something sinister.

[bigwillq]

78. Hello

Welcome to DU!

[DUFan]

82. Here's one from YouTube

&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop

[JackRiddler]

48. WIKILEAKS

Or ANYLEAKS.

It will be this campaign's "47%" moment!

[ReRe]

53. I knew...

... there would be no transcripts the moment the words "look into" left her lips on Thursday night. Definitely her "47%" moment. To hell with the transcripts. I want the films of all of her speeches.

[DUFan]

87. Here

http://hillaryspeeches.com/speech-archive/

[ReRe]

94. Here

Does this archive include the speeches she made after resigning from the State Dept?

[bigworld]

60. Even when she has nothing to hide, she always makes it LOOK like she has something to hide

Time and time again, this is how she operates. This is her default.

I want to like her but this trait alone is really bothersome.

[myrna minx]

69. I agree - there's probably nothing noteworthy in these speeches, but she makes it

look like there is by her raise the drawbridge reaction. It's so frustrating.

After all these years in politics, and after claiming to be the most vetted candidate to ever run for President, THIS is where she slams the door to inquiries?

I was so impressed with how tough she was in front of that stupid Benghazi committee. She kept her wits, grace and showed that she has incredible stamina in the face of 11 hours of partisan balderdash. That's the Hillary Clinton I admire.

Conversely, the Hillary Clinton who looks like she has something to hide, when she probably doesn't is maddening.

[wordpix]

66. again, with Hillary we'll have the battle of billionaires in the general election

who said what at the Goldman speeches, who got what amount for an appearance, and who gave up what for the $.

The people's issues will be lost if our standard bearer is as close to the banksters as possible, just like the repukes who are billionaires or representing one/some.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

67. "Release them"? You mean, like with a rag?

Wait, mixing multiple responses ...

[antigop]

83. It's a no win situation, regardless of what they do. They're boxed in.

If they don't release them, it looks like they are hiding something.

If they release them, then

1) The transcripts have damaging information -- in which case they are screwed.

or

2) The transcripts reveal that nothing of importance was said -- in which case the question will be asked, "Why the hell did GS pay so much for that?"

They're boxed in.

[jonestonesusa]

91. Agreed.

It's a dilemma that Clinton and her campaign have earned and own.

[WestSeattle2]

93. This voter is interested. Very interested.