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MicaelS

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56. Goddamn it.

Reply to mcar (Original post)

Thu Apr 27, 2017, 10:38 PM

Apr 2017

This is just more circular firing squad bullshit. All this shit that he put up with he deserves to make some money.

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I agree with Peter Daou re Sen Warren [View all] mcar Apr 2017 OP

Me too. He should get whatever they are willing to pay him. He has an agent, that's where those monmouth4 Apr 2017 #1

Yes mcar Apr 2017 #2

Yes, definitely agree..n/t monmouth4 Apr 2017 #3

I agree, too. yallerdawg Apr 2017 #4

here here Afromania Apr 2017 #8

he absolutely, in a way no other pres has, put his life on the line. mopinko Apr 2017 #10

Good points, mopinko. nt brer cat Apr 2017 #120

Agreed. randome Apr 2017 #5

And gave fodder to the Rs for the GE mcar Apr 2017 #6

I'm offended at the whole thing. fun n serious Apr 2017 #7

this mopinko Apr 2017 #11

Women and People of color should not be paid so much money for a speech. fun n serious Apr 2017 #20

THIS sheshe2 Apr 2017 #49

Plus, they're taking jobs lapucelle Apr 2017 #53

+++++ brer cat Apr 2017 #122

+1,000!!! AgadorSparticus Apr 2017 #138

You have to be kidding. Rilgin Apr 2017 #28

Great post. N/T SomethingNew Apr 2017 #125

Al Gore got kicked around here, as did John Edwards before we even knew about his sins Hekate Apr 2017 #75

This seems to be the bigger factor... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #119

You forgot one. Rincewind Apr 2017 #118

I also agree with Mr. Daou Gothmog Apr 2017 #9

Does this mean she doesn't want President Obama to Cha Apr 2017 #109

He's getting paid 400k from a the companies that destroyed the economy killbotfactory Apr 2017 #12

And if his speech excoriates them for their actions? mcar Apr 2017 #13

He didn't excoriate them when he had the power of the presidency. killbotfactory Apr 2017 #14

Optics? Seriously? mcar Apr 2017 #18

They are being criticized because they are figurehead of a party killbotfactory Apr 2017 #23

Why does it bother you so much? BainsBane Apr 2017 #30

If you want democrats to win future elections it should bother you. killbotfactory Apr 2017 #55

You're going to have to explain to me why BainsBane Apr 2017 #58

Did the last election not convince you that the GOP being shitbags killbotfactory Apr 2017 #60

I'm not talking about the GOP BainsBane Apr 2017 #62

Pffft killbotfactory Apr 2017 #66

;-) riversedge Apr 2017 #103

You mean the one the Russians helped with our are you going to ignore then too? uponit7771 Apr 2017 #111

better than enriching himself off donations from middle-income BainsBane Apr 2017 #21

Every rich person got their wealth of the backs of working people. killbotfactory Apr 2017 #24

Will you denounce anyone who became rich in the manner I described? BainsBane Apr 2017 #27

Obama had probably the hardest job on earth. killbotfactory Apr 2017 #29

But $10-15 million is fine? BainsBane Apr 2017 #31

10-15 million from who? killbotfactory Apr 2017 #37

from donations from working people BainsBane Apr 2017 #41

Cool story, bro. Nt killbotfactory Apr 2017 #42

So wealth isn't the problem at all? BainsBane Apr 2017 #45

Wealth is power killbotfactory Apr 2017 #54

Something like that would infuriate me. NurseJackie Apr 2017 #46

But as long as it didn't come from corporations, it's okay BainsBane Apr 2017 #50

So subtle melman Apr 2017 #61

Perhaps you can create a list BainsBane Apr 2017 #64

"I gave him a lot of leeway" BannonsLiver Apr 2017 #134

This message was self-deleted by its author Hekate Apr 2017 #73

Is that so? BainsBane Apr 2017 #74

Oh please Hekate Apr 2017 #72

No one person is an island killbotfactory Apr 2017 #77

Does that go for people who write a best seller? Only I know a local woman... Hekate Apr 2017 #83

Gee, who could have guessed you'd find a way to slam You Know Who in this? melman Apr 2017 #59

Interesting conclusion BainsBane Apr 2017 #63

Exactly, and hiring planes to god knows where Cha Apr 2017 #86

And forgetting the first Goldman speech "scandal" was actually nothing. bettyellen Apr 2017 #132

+1000000 betsuni Apr 2017 #88

No President Obama didn't fail.. Peter Daou is right.. Cha Apr 2017 #32

So is it that only a white republicon man can WhiteTara Apr 2017 #15

Me too mcar Apr 2017 #16

And her endorsing the anti-choice candidate in VA BainsBane Apr 2017 #17

I do not get their line of reasoning at all mcar Apr 2017 #19

I think it's the same line of reasoning that celebrates as heroes BainsBane Apr 2017 #25

Amen, sister Hekate Apr 2017 #79

You are so spot on, Bains! brer cat Apr 2017 #123

And, President Obama Releases his damn Tax Returns.. Cha Apr 2017 #40

True! BainsBane Apr 2017 #52

Yep! Me too! I agree with Mr. Daou! Madam45for2923 Apr 2017 #22

Who pays $400,000.00 for a speech? ZX86 Apr 2017 #26

President Barack Obama gets paid that much for a speech. Cha Apr 2017 #33

That wasn't the question. ZX86 Apr 2017 #35

A person doesn't. Organizations do. BainsBane Apr 2017 #36

Okay. ZX86 Apr 2017 #38

You can read as well as anyone else BainsBane Apr 2017 #43

So you don't know their names either. ZX86 Apr 2017 #57

I do because I searched google news BainsBane Apr 2017 #68

Do you have a link? ZX86 Apr 2017 #71

You're very special. I'm sure you know how to do research into primary sources. Go to it! nt Hekate Apr 2017 #84

hahaha :) OnDoutside Apr 2017 #104

He was President of the United States. There aren't but a handful of those on the planet... brush Apr 2017 #82

The answer was in there. you had to read it. Cha Apr 2017 #39

Do they have names? ZX86 Apr 2017 #47

Research. Go to it. Hekate Apr 2017 #85

The type of person who knows lapucelle Apr 2017 #67

Zing, lapucelle! Cha Apr 2017 #115

Participation in what? News interest, press coverage, and good publicity to what end? ZX86 Apr 2017 #133

Actually, the Red Cross is cutting a check to Trump, lapucelle Apr 2017 #135

WTF is that? ZX86 Apr 2017 #136

Here's a link to last year's conference program lapucelle Apr 2017 #137

If I had an extra $400,000,.00 to spend ZX86 Apr 2017 #70

Link? nt LexVegas Apr 2017 #126

What is all the fuss about? peggysue2 Apr 2017 #34

I'm concerned about zentrum Apr 2017 #44

the low-information voter isn't voting for Obama BainsBane Apr 2017 #48

Good Lord. Are you zentrum Apr 2017 #76

I am not suggesting that you are racist BainsBane Apr 2017 #80

And in terms of your particular post BainsBane Apr 2017 #81

I have no beef with the former President speaking to Wall Street for a lot of money DefenseLawyer Apr 2017 #51

Goddamn it. MicaelS Apr 2017 #56

Exactly! peggysue2 Apr 2017 #69

Thank you, Micael.. Cha Apr 2017 #87

My feelings are, good for him! herding cats Apr 2017 #65

I'm seriously confused by this "faux controversy"... Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #78

Thank you, Docreed! Trevor Noah's take on it.. Cha Apr 2017 #91

BS is wrong and Insulting, too.. Cha Apr 2017 #89

Those who live in glass houses BainsBane Apr 2017 #90

But they do.. biggest ones of all. Trevor Noah's take on all this.. Cha Apr 2017 #92

Lol BainsBane Apr 2017 #94

"**** you!".. Cha Apr 2017 #97

toughest reforms on wall street since FDR amidst the second crisis almost as big as the one JCanete Apr 2017 #93

Yeah, not enough hated for the party there BainsBane Apr 2017 #96

pocketed 12.9 million? Accusation or fact? JCanete Apr 2017 #99

An estimate BainsBane Apr 2017 #100

an estimate of what? JCanete Apr 2017 #101

Follow the money yourself BainsBane Apr 2017 #102

well shucks...that is a very loose accusation, and I'm not even sure what the accusation is. JCanete Apr 2017 #107

No, not to random people BainsBane Apr 2017 #112

I'm genuinely interested, and if off-board is better for this material that's fine. I'm moving so JCanete Apr 2017 #113

Just totally made up nonsense melman Apr 2017 #108

No surprise there mcar Apr 2017 #127

Yeah, just get the nastiest, wrong headed insult he Cha Apr 2017 #128

I've noticed he's getting push back on Twitter mcar Apr 2017 #129

You, too.. Good! Cha Apr 2017 #130

K&R betsuni Apr 2017 #95

Trevor Noah's take on this, mcar.. Cha Apr 2017 #98

Excellent ! Imagine if he refused the money, you'd still get OnDoutside Apr 2017 #106

Pres Obama is a young man with ambitious plans to build an innovative 21st C library Cha Apr 2017 #110

Absolutely. He's being paid as much for being a voice OnDoutside Apr 2017 #114

Great point! "..he's being paid as much for being Cha Apr 2017 #116

Isn't Jonathan Alter one of the pundits lapucelle Apr 2017 #121

It rings a bell now that you mention it.. I trust Cha Apr 2017 #124

hahah, that IS funny, and certainly hasn't been lost on me. Still uncomfortable with it, and I think JCanete Apr 2017 #117

Trevor Noah kept saying F**** Off! to the camera on this topic. What we applegrove Apr 2017 #105

BTW, President Obama... Cha Apr 2017 #131