Anyone here work for a big corporation? No way Hillary will release transcripts.

[Avalux]

In my experience, a guest speaker at a corp event w/employees is paid to be a cheerleader for the company. The speaker will do their best to make you think you are lucky to work there, and that the corp can do no wrong.

That's how it is, no matter what Hillary says. Hundreds of thousands paid to her for one speech? You better believe she's going to say exactly what they want her to say.

[seaotter]

1. Are you saying she should not be held accountable for her words?

She gets a pass on this ?

[Myrina]

4. I think the OP is suggesting that we *know* what she said, w/o transcripts ...

... a 'guest speaker' isn't going to come in & say "... you're all criminals and if I'm elected President I'm shutting this shit show DOWN".

Transcripts or no, we can all GUESS at the general theme of her message to her pals.

[seaotter]

8. True, if she does not release them she adds to her credibility issue.

If she does, she's TOAST. Too bad, maybe she should just drop out now.

[LonePirate]

10. Yep, we don't need the transcripts to know (in general) what she did or did not say.

[gcomeau]

5. Pretty sure that's not what they're saying at all.

Just saying that the reason Hillary will never release them is because they'll look really really really bad.

[seaotter]

9. I'm sure tha do look really, really bad.

[CincyDem]

7. She should absolutely be held accountable.

For me, the issue is that she's let what is likely a very small molehill become a very large mountain. If she had said YES during the debate and then dumped all the transcripts the next day - we would all be past this.

Now, it's a big conversation of "what's she hiding"? If we ever see the transcripts, I think we'll all say "you fell on your sword for that ????"

Just my 2 cents. At this point, I'd like to see them released more on principle rather than content.

[CincyDem]

3. Been there, done that.

Not sure how it works in the financial services business but in a more boring industry, that's actually NOT the case. Have seen many speeches from CEOs outside the industry, government folks, and academics...they usually had two themes. First - make you think about things in a way that you're not thinking now. Second - send a message about the real world that the senior management wants to send but not be a lay on.

I've also been to conferences in the financial services industry that may/may not be like the ones HRC spoke at. Saw Jeb, Mitt, Condi, Gates, Taleb, Frank...mostly political. They all gave canned speeches that said absolutely NOTHING new. Their main purpose was to be a "headliner" to draw a crowd to the convention.

By the way - best speaker of all...Jim Carvell. Wow he was so good to see in summer of 2012.

[Jarqui]

6. As a corporate speaker, she might be better than Bill because

she's been doing this all her life:
"she's going to say exactly what they want her to say"

even last night!

[Segami]

11. No Corporation is going to cut a $675K check....

for someone to spank & scold them for 45 minutes about their crooked ways.

[GoneFishin]

14. +1. Absolutely true.

[RKP5637]

12. Yep, I've worked for several big corps, and it's exactly as you say! n/t

[Orsino]

13. The terms of her contracts give her exclusive ownership of the content.

Unless she has other, Secret contracts with G-S, the release is entirely at her discretion.

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. So no non-disclosure clauses?

[Orsino]

20. I'd like her to answer that very question.

If she is currently under contract to G-S, we ought to know.

[Arazi]

15. Agreed. These were in-house speeches so they're going to be glowing

[casperthegm]

17. Hillary is in a tough position here

And has one person to blame for it. Don't like being painted into a corner? Don't put yourself by accepting Wall Street bribes.

[Bohemianwriter]

18. I thought she went there..

to wag her finger at them at said "cut it out!"

[Deny and Shred]

19. If it is customary for speechgivers to be cheerleaders for the company,

and she knew she might run for President one day, she shouldn't have done it. She now must endure the criticism becuase she took the money. Another unforced error.

Why doesn't she own her choice to be cozy with Wall St? The NY Times just ran a piece telling how some Wall St execs are calling the strategy shots at her campaign meeting. In the first debate, she defended the relationship because of 9/11. Maybe she should go back to that.