Former president quietly making millions

[defendandprotect]

Former president quietly making millions

Bush spokesman David Sherzer tells iWatch News that Bush has earned at least $15 million for nearly 140 paid speeches since he left office in Jan. 2009. That's an average of about $110,000 per speech. (iWatch News reports that his average fee is pegged between $100,000 and $150,000.)

That's undeniably a lot of dough--but consider how it stacks up against the fees collected by Bush's predecessor, former President Bill Clinton.

By the end of 2009--nine years after Clinton's final term--the former president had already earned $65 million in speaking fees, which included $7.5 million for 36 paid speeches in 2009 alone, according to CNN's analysis of wife Hillary Clinton's 2010 financial disclosure report. That's $208,000 per speech on average for 2009.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110520/pl_yblog_theticket/george-w-bush-racks-up-15-million-in-speaking-fees



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[blondeatlast]

1. How can he be doing it quietly if he's soeaking while he's doing so?

;)

[Octafish]

2. That's a lot of money for a drunk.

Hope he remembers all the people he killed and the wounded he created.

[bigwillq]

3. And I hope Pres. Clinton remembers the same thing

next time he's asked to speak. Let's be fair.

[Amonester]

4. Obama is next in that business.

I bet he'll break Bill Clinton's record...

[hfojvt]

5. Clinton gives a lot of free speeches too, I understand

he spoke at the Kansas Democratic Convention three or four years ago and there's no way the KDP paid him $200,000. They only sold about $600 tickets for $100 each. The place sure did seem packed though, although I did not goto the speech.

If Bush can't be raptured, it sure would be nice if the earth would just swallow him up and take him to hell a little early.

[xxqqqzme]

6. Well if he's a true Christian

then he'll be raptured - I hope, hope, hope.

[Amonester]

7. Clinton is a Superstar in many Canadian big cities.

In Montreal, for instance, he draws big (rich financiers) crowds every time he passes by (which is at least once a year, if not more).

And the loonie is now worth more than the U.S. dough.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. I didn't expect * to be appointed to any corporate board of directors,

so I guess this is his only way to get some spending money -- and to have the illusion of being relevant.

[bluetex]

9. Any idea....

what Jimmy Carter brings in?

[WinkyDink]

10. Clinton should earn more than Bush: Bill speaks in whole sentences with adult words.

[Cresent City Kid]

11. To be fair

Bush gives us new words like "disastrophe".