2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillarity says she won't release her transcripts... [View all]DaveT
(687 posts)1. What could anybody possibly say that is worth $200,000?
2. What the hell did she say that a room full of Mister Potters regarded as worth $200,000?
I knew a big time lawyer once who got paid to make speeches from time to time. Not six figures, of course. Not even four, but this was a long time ago. He snorted when I asked him what he said.
"Every speech is the same. You do two things. You point with pride. And you view with alarm."
So I'm sure she points with pride at all the wonderful things that she has done, while viewing with alarm all the "threats" gathering in the Middle East and the Democratic primary election. It would be a shock if she said anything worth a quarter, much less a quarter of a million dollars.
The banks hire people with Huge Names as an exercise in status. The Huge Names show up, act Huge for a while, and rub elbows with the Biggest Dogs and then go cash the fucking check. Thorstein Veblen would have called such speeches Conspicuous Elucidation.
I think she does not want to release the transcripts because the banality of the exercise would be embarrassing -- and a real deterrent to getting similar gigs in the future.
OTOH, maybe she gets tipsy at those things and comes on like Sarah Palin. Or even spills the beans about being their tool.
But I doubt it.