DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Taking 400,000 for a speech? It is the epitome of greed. Doing so as a former president that campaigned on income inequality, it is unfathomable.
What is the proper not greedy amount to accept?
Taking 400,000 for a speech? It is the epitome of greed. Doing so as a former president that campaigned on income inequality, it is unfathomable.
Is everybody missing the point in this thread except the one guy?
Obama is TAKING their money, how is he suddenly their best friend and not tough on wall street?
He is literally funneling money away from wall street and into his charitable foundations...
Shame. This will predictably be used against him.
Hey that's a damn good book only crazy right wingers don't like it*.Yea, how dare he gouges bankers who can afford it. Image how much of a better place this would be if he only charged 10K.
Want to get even more outraged? Obama already made 8.8 MILLLION MOTHERFUCKING DOLLARS from the audacity of hope. How dare he!!!
Taking 400,000 for a speech? It is the epitome of greed. Doing so as a former president that campaigned on income inequality, it is unfathomable.
I'm on the subway right now shaking my head in disbelief in some of the mental gymnastics at display here. I'll respond to every reply after work later.
Cool. Just the kind of leadership the Democratic party needs. Obama is getting that Wall Street money, Clinton is walking a dog through the woods and reflecting on her legacy, and Bernie is stanning for the pro-life crowd. Can't wait for 2018.
What is the proper not greedy amount to accept?
I don't think I've ever looked at a current event and thought to myself "boy I wonder what Beyonce has to say" lolIn the eternal words of Beyoncé...
Is everybody missing the point in this thread except the one guy?
Obama is TAKING their money, how is he suddenly their best friend and not tough on wall street?
He is literally funneling money away from wall street and into his charitable foundations...
Cool. Just the kind of leadership the Democratic party needs. Obama is getting that Wall Street money, Clinton is walking a dog through the woods and reflecting on her legacy, and Bernie is stanning for the pro-life crowd. Can't wait for 2018.
Dubya did this exact same stuff w/ speaking gigs. He even got in trouble for charging a vet's group for a speech! (tbf, that was probably his agent and he didn't know.)Would people rather he stay in Chicago and make phat beats a la Dubya painting flowers? The Pres did his time.
Fucks sake, he can't win. Detractors will never be satisfied and a million hoops will be thrown up so people can say he's done absolute jack.
Isn't in public office and won't be running for one again. I mean preferably he'd wait a few years but not a huge issue ultimately beyond poor optics of getting paid a shit ton by a sector you were involved in legislating recently.
Man do i wish i was a prodigious public speaker. People would be eating shit up, and i'd be rolling in the money.
This is generally what ex-Presidents do. Actually the most value he has to the party now (and this will probably continue to be the case) is as a tool for fundraising.Would depend on what you want to do after your presidency and how credible you want to be. This isn't what the Demoratic party needed.
You, me and everyone else.Man do i wish i was a prodigious public speaker. People would be eating shit up, and i'd be rolling in the money.
all I have to do is become president to get 400k to talk? Why didn't anyone tell me it was that easy?
What if he speaks to them about income inequality?
What if he takes their money and invests it in his community outreach and social work charity?
Honestly, don't fucking bother.
Gafs cat owners never rest in their anti dog crusade.What would you rather Clinton be doing?
This is generally what ex-Presidents do. Actually the most value he has to the party now (and this will probably continue to be the case) is as a tool for fundraising.
Or heavily involved in party politics and pushing or trying to influence the parties agenda or who they run with. .
I don't think you know what "greed" means.Taking 400,000 for a speech? It is the epitome of greed. Doing so as a former president that campaigned on income inequality, it is unfathomable.
What's that, sell your time to the highest bidder even if said bidder was someone you criticised when you served as leader of the free world and leader of the democrats?
Sure you make paper, but it compounds the credibility of the higher levels of the democratic party. If they claim to be for the working class man but always ready to do wall street speeches in ya free time.
He making 20 mil on his book, how much money he need at the expense of depressing the party?
There isn't anything wrong with it if he isn't running for any office again. Or heavily involved in party politics and pushing or trying to influence the parties agenda or who they run with. If he isn't, he won't really be in much of a position for a "quid pro quo" and it really is just a speech he's getting paid for.
Basically if he is like bill and basically doesn't really say much he can do what he wants.
This is fucking bullshit though if he plans on sticking around. It was wrong for Hillary to do it prior to her run and it is wrong if Obama tries to influence the party in any meaningful way whilst talking that sort of special interest kickback.
Do you think Wall Street would give an iota of a shit about income equality even if Jesus Christ himself preached about it to them?
I assume it is going to charity which is good, but I also can't imagine Barry is hurting for money in that regard either.
She needs to become Schrodinger's Clinton and simultaneously disappear from politics forever but also not abandon us or something.What would you rather Clinton be doing?
I'm on the subway right now shaking my head in disbelief in some of the mental gymnastics at display here.
What's indefensible is the person who used this line of attack in the first place.This.
If he intends to be a major part of the party it's indefensible to do this after all the shit this kind of thing stirred up in 2016.
The 44th president has accepted an offer to speak at a healthcare conference hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald in September, US media report.
Eh, I understand that position, but continuing to build connections he can fundraise off of is actually a reasonable tactic for fighting the current administration and working on his own pet projects.I'm well aware. Obama made it seem like he was going to hang around and be a strong counterpoint to Trump, and work on some issues he cares about like gerrymandering. Taking money from Wall Street undercuts that.