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35. Have you complained about the Clintons? Yes then if you did nit get the point

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #32)

Tue May 5, 2015, 05:55 AM

May 2015

Then you have missed the point.

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Has anyone seen a thread started about Floyd Mayweather getting $60-$100 [View all] Thinkingabout May 2015 OP

Yeah but he had to work a full hour for the $100M TerrapinFlyer May 2015 #1

I suspect we'll seem them after Mayweather declares his candidacy for president Scootaloo May 2015 #2

... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #3

No. And I'll tell you why. Lochloosa May 2015 #4

Actually this thread isn't meant to speak ill of the fighters, it was to make a point with the many Thinkingabout May 2015 #5

Agree Lochloosa May 2015 #16

Not Just One Moment For Either Fighter erpowers May 2015 #19

Mayweather gets $180 million, estimated. Suich May 2015 #6

I saw the fight. Iliyah May 2015 #7

I think it is okay for the Clintons to be paid for speeches and the same ones Thinkingabout May 2015 #10

What's Mayweather's quid pro quo? delrem May 2015 #8

And he'll blow it all in a few years 951-Riverside May 2015 #9

Floyd may have reached the limit of having so much money it's impossible to blow it in one lifetime theboss May 2015 #11

Maybe not... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #15

maybe because this is a site about democratic politics and not sports Doctor_J May 2015 #12

Just making a comparison. Thinkingabout May 2015 #13

I don't watch much boxing, Jamaal510 May 2015 #14

Apples and oranges, hell rocks come to mind nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #17

Compensation is compensation. Mayweather boxed for his money, the Clintons Thinkingabout May 2015 #18

So did Mayweather get a post in government? nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #23

Quid pro quo is not restricted to government post. Thinkingabout May 2015 #24

And it usually applies to the governemnt and government dealings in the US nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #28

Again, my point was there was not a lot of posts complaining about the amount Thinkingabout May 2015 #34

Was Kissinger appointed again to government? nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #36

If you were offered 1 million or 100 million panader0 May 2015 #20

Yes, I would take the money. My question is to show many of the complainers Thinkingabout May 2015 #21

here's the thing though hfojvt May 2015 #26

Yep, just as I thought, complain about the Clintons getting paid for their speeches but it Thinkingabout May 2015 #27

proves that you don't have a point then hfojvt May 2015 #32

Have you complained about the Clintons? Yes then if you did nit get the point Thinkingabout May 2015 #35

People didn't seem to mind having FDR as a champion of the people NobodyHere May 2015 #29

I lived through 8 years of Bill Clinton hfojvt May 2015 #31

Bill and Hillary have worked nearly their entire lives as politicians and are worth $100m LittleBlue May 2015 #22

Hmmm, was Mayweather born into wealth? Giving speeches is entertainment also. Thinkingabout May 2015 #25

mayweather got paid about $230,000 lapfog_1 May 2015 #30

$5,000,000 per minute in the ring ProdigalJunkMail May 2015 #33