Can we all agree that Hillary should release the transcripts of her Goldman speech?

[CincyDem]

38. I've seen a lot of these speeches - there will be nothing of interest in the transcripts.

These speeches are typically keynotes at conferences for either high dollar investors and/or their advisors. For a number of years, I had a chance to attend some of these - NOT Goldman conferences but the equivalent with another well known name.

I got to hear:

Condi Rice: Putin is a thug. Russia is 100% dependent on oil prices and god help us if the price of oil collapses (said when oil was $110 a barrel vs $30 today).

Bob Gates: Here's how you think about defense policy in a world where the threats are changing. When asked some convoluted question by an audience member during the Q&A that included what seemed to be a lot of code words, his response...'Sir, the fact that you can even formulate that question tells me that you know I can not answer it in a crowded room so rather than try to dance around it, I'll just say I can not legally respond to that question". He was the most impressive of the group.

Barney Frank: the Dodd-Frank regs were designed to reconnect taking financial risk and generating financial reward - a connection that has been broken since Glass-Steagal was repealed. ( and by the way - if he had spent even 5 minutes preparing, he might have been good. Instead, at 9:30 in the morning he presented himself like a deshelved old drunk).

Mitt Romney: Running for president is no fun. Glad I did it. Sorry I lost...and the Republican's will rise again.

Jeb Bush: Look at all I did for education in Florida.

Michael Hayden: The biggest security threats in the world are the "ungoverned areas"...and the largest ungoverned area in the world is actually in northwestern Mexico. Be afraid.

James Caravelle: Amazing to hear him assess the 2012 election (this was in Summer 2012). Great speaker, good stories, learned a lot.

Mary Maitlin: Waste of time. Did a 45 minute Faux News rant with all the snide racist comments about BHO.

My point with this litany - these speeches are benign. My guess is that HRC said absolutely NOTHING to the Goldman crowd that she hasn't said to dozens and dozens of other groups. IF the transcripts are ever released I am sure most readers will fall asleep in the first 4-5 paragraphs. They're just not that interesting.

There's always this question floating around "but what will Goldman expect from Hillary for their $675k payment". The answer - absolutely nothing...they already got their payout. They headlined her at a conference that made them look important to their clients/advisors. She was window dressing. They got to put her name on the invite.

I'm not saying lobbying money isn't a problem but focus on Goldman's lobbying budget...not their conference/advertising budget.