Chelsea Clinton Follows Parents’ Lead as a Paid Speaker

[PoliticAverse]

There is a new Clinton paid to deliver speeches — Chelsea, the former first daughter — and she is commanding as much as $75,000 per appearance.

Aides stressed that while Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton often address trade groups and Wall Street bankers, Ms. Clinton, now 34, focuses on organizations whose goals are in line with the work of the family’s philanthropic organization, the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation. Organizers said her star power helped sell tickets and raise money.

And unlike her parents’ talks, Ms. Clinton’s speeches “are on behalf of the Clinton Foundation, and 100 percent of the fees are remitted directly to the foundation,” said her spokesman, Kamyl Bazbaz, adding that “the majority of Chelsea’s speeches are unpaid.” The Harry Walker Agency, the firm that represents her parents’ engagements, handles Ms. Clinton’s talks on behalf of the family foundation.

Read the rest at: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/us/politics/chelsea-clinton-follows-parents-lead-as-a-paid-speaker.html?_r=0

[hrmjustin]

1. I wish I could get paid to talk.

[PoliticAverse]

3. I'd settle for getting paid not to talk... n/t

[hrmjustin]

4. lol.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

65. Seriously, $75,000 a pop! Geeez! Good thing Chelsea doesn't care about money; God only knows how much she would be charging then.

[pnwmom]

153. She's donating it to the foundation. Should she care about the charitable foundation's money?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

156. omg YES! All that dirty corporate cash the Foundation collects obiousvly in xchange 4 political favors? ABSOLUTELY! We should all care bout that money.

[Mika]

2. "Its hard work" - Dubyuh

[Thinkingabout]

5. Oh really, guess you never heard that Bill and Hillary both donate speech earnings to the CGI.

Who here would turn down good money for making speeches? Doubtful but to really bash the Clinton's or other people for getting paid for their speeches sounds a lot like the RW bashers from FOX.

[lpbk2713]

6. One thing's for sure.

Unlike Coultergeist she won't have to say anything hateful
or controversial in order to promote her speaking gigs.

[PoliticAverse]

10. Apparently Coulter gets in the neighborhood of $25-30k for her appearances. n/t

[Marrah_G]

16. I'd pay to have her not talk!!!!!!!!!!!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

67. Hahaha, good one! Me too! Just the sound of Coulter's voice is grating enough.

[bigtree]

7. so what?

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. . . she's a private citizen.

I see where you've mentioned the fees are donated to the foundation she's a part of.

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[leftstreet]

8. The whole family's an inspiration for overcoming poverty

[bigtree]

11. inspiring, attacking Hillary's daughter

. . . Obama's girls fair game, as well?

[leftstreet]

12. I'm serious. Hillary said they were dead broke when left WH

They could barely pay for Chelsea's education

I think they're an inspiration

[bigtree]

19. sounds snarky and as disingenuous as this thread

. . . my apologies if I mistakenly mistook your comment as snark.

[Hekate]

104. You remember the VRWC, the impeachment, Ken Starr? Million$ and million$ in legal fee$....

... that the CLINTONS had to pay. Not Uncle Sam. Not you and me. The Clintons.

Hillary might have put it "inartfully" as the current euphemism is -- but she did not lie.

[Spider Jerusalem]

126. And millions in book deals, speaking engagements, corporate board memberships, etc...

100% guaranteed on leaving office. Forgive me if I find it hard to be sympathetic.

[Hekate]

130. "Sympathetic"? So did they deserve the mangling they got for trying to serve the country?

Oh by the way: Still have not filled in my ballot for 2016.

[Stellar]

132. Which one would be making $75,000 for a speech?

Sasha Obama 13yrs old or Malia Obama 16 yrs old. Chelsea is a grown, married woman of 34yrs old. It's her life to do what ever it is that she chose. Bill and Hillary are no longer responsible for her, she's her own woman.

[Kingofalldems]

13. Just asking, but what Democrat do you prefer?

[mylye2222]

17. Elizabeth Warren would be my choice. for 2016

But my fave Dem is John Kerry. Then comes Obama.

[bigtree]

18. why does this private citizen merit such an attack?

. . .her speaking engagements have nothing to do with any campaign.

If you think there's something substantive to criticize Chelsey or the Clinton Foundation about then come out and say it. Don't just hide behind Hillary-hate.

Isn't that opposition supposed to be about politics? On what grounds do you justify criticizing this private citizen? I'm not just making a rhetorical statement here, I really want an answer. What, specifically, do you believe she's done wrong here?

[mylye2222]

21. I do believe she is wrong,

because yes, it shows an image of her as a money grabbing, wich I really dont think she need to make a living, and secondly, it will not enlight her family , and her mom, as a connected-to- people ones

[bigtree]

22. ridiculous

. . . just garbled nonsense from you - not even worth responding to. Just forget it, go on with your reckless attack on this private citizen. It defines you more than it does Chelsea.

[DirkGently]

59. No. She's a public figure who campaigned for Hillary.

Not concerned with her speaking gigs, but Chelsea has emphatically entered the public sphere of her own accord. As I recall, she savaged a college student who asked her about the Lewinsky affair in one outing. David Shuster was suspended by MSNBC for crudely accusing Hillary of "pimping her out." But she was a part of the campaign.

Carry on.

[bigtree]

62. what does that have to do with the money she's earned?

. . . she's not a public official and she's not speaking at these events in question as part of any campaign. I campaigned for Hillary. Is my income also in question?

[DirkGently]

64. That's your beef. But she's a public figure.

You pounded three times in a single post that Chelsea is a "private citizen." She is not, and moreover, she wouldn't be commanding a nickel for speaking but for her membership in a prominent political family, in whose politics she plays a an active and public role.

I don't care about her speaking gigs. But there is no analogy to Obama's minor, politically inactive children. She is a member of the Clinton political dynasty and speaks as part of it.

[bigtree]

71. she is a private citizen

. . . and it's your own 'beef' claiming she's just a tool of whatever political ambitions her parent's chose to engage in.

In your view, she can never be seen as an independent woman and that's just an amazingly biased opinion. I'll give this woman more credit for her individuality and independence than you've managed here; same as I would anyone.

You can put her in your little political box all you want; devalue her as you please; but her life experience makes a lie out of all of that bias of yours. She certainly doesn't need your validation to regard herself as an independent individual acting on her own accord, and she doesn't need mine.

It's false to claim that outside of her efforts in her mother's past campaign, that she's been 'speaking for the Clinton dynasty.' She's advocated for much more than her parent's legacy. I really don't expect you to take the time to understand that- to consider any of the efforts that I've taken the time to outline above - so I'll leave you to your biased, fact-free opinion.

[DirkGently]

74. Yes. She's a public figure, as I said.

The rest of your post is way off in the weeds somewhere. Chelsea is famous, and a public speaker, because she is a member of the Clinton family. As I also said, I am not part of your current battle over whether there is something to criticize in her being paid whatever fee to speak publicly, but it's pretty silly to suggest she is somehow just a "private citizen," when the only reason she would even be a public speaker, or a topic of discussion, is her public, political life with her public, political family.

Therefore, whatever her other personal qualities, Chelsea Clinton can and will be scrutinized like anyone else engaged in a public, political life.

Your attempts to analogize a grown woman who campaigns for Hillary Clinton to Obama's minor children, to imply she should be immune to comment, are completely unsupportable.

Sorry if that bothers you, but it is true.

[bigtree]

76. she's a private citizen.

She's no longer part of the 2008 campaign.

I won't be surprised to see you bashing Obama's adult daughters in the future. That's right in line with your efforts here.

[DirkGently]

80. Er? You don't hop in and out of being a public figure.

Chelsea Clinton has decided to participate in her family's political life. That is okay. That is not "bashing" her. But it is the only reason her speaking engagements are being reported or discussed. It is the only reason she would be paid anything to BE a public speaker.

Everyone understands that.

It's very strange to attempt argue that someone who is only famous for their public political connections, who is making public speeches and working for her political family should be considered "a private person" such that it is some kind of travesty to even discuss it.

You can't have it both ways.

C'mon.

[bigtree]

84. I'm not suprised that, as a Clinton critic, that you view her as a one dimensional figure

. . .as just another tool of her parent's political ambitions. Her life experiences speak to much more than that. I really don't expect you to realize that or acknowledge that. You're much too enmeshed in some political opposition to the Clintons. Sadly, to you, her very vital and life altering efforts outside of that 2008 campaign are just abstractions in your political play.

I think her family connection has helped her in her advocacy for women’s rights, AIDS research and global LGBT rights and other humanitarianism. You don't just 'hop in and out of' the things you believe in and advocate and fight for.

It's fairly typical for folks to put campaigns aside in favor of a focus on real life concerns when the elections are over. Calling her a public figure, and denying her right to be viewed as a private citizen because of her involvement in that campaign or because of her family association is an amazing devaluation of her as an individual; as an independent woman. Fortunately, you're not the ultimate judge of that.

[DirkGently]

90. She's a public figure, bt. It's not a partisan question.

It's not a "Hillary, yay or boo?" question, although I see that's what you think is paramount here.

So, for purposes of discussion, Hillary Clinton was a fine Secretary of State who may or may not have immediate further political ambitions. Fair?

But to think anyone can characterize Chelsea's public life, as a public speaker, for the foundation whose impetus grew directly out of the Clinton Presidency, as being a "private citizen," would require a person to be, respectfully, out of their tree.

Organizers said her star power helped sell tickets and raise money.

People with "star power" are not, NOT public figures.

[bigtree]

96. hey, the article's about Chelsea. YOU interjected Hillary into this. Not me.

The article conflated them, not me.

Chelsea is a private citizen. That's the least consideration she should expect from the public, I think.

I don't think you know enough about the Clinton Foundation to make a judgment. Perhaps a focus on just Chelsea and her contributions to that foundation, and also, the work they do, would allow you to view Chelsea as an independent individual. I really can't fathom how anyone can't afford her that understanding; that essential understanding of this woman as human and as complex as anyone else. That doesn't change just because she has 'Clinton' as part of her name.

[DirkGently]

100. Independent individuals are public figures too, bt.

I'm not sure why you find that so confounding. Chelsea's status as a nationally recognized public figure derives from the Clinton family's political profile.

Everyone is aware of this. Chelsea. The Clintons. Your more attentive potted plants. Everybody.

That unassailable, universal fact does not diminish her whatsoever as a person, if you are actually reaching for that, which I hope and assume you aren't, because that would be really weird?

[Renew Deal]

115. Hatred

With a sprinkle of jealousy.

[BootinUp]

14. And what is your opinion?

Do you think she is doing something wrong?

[Marrah_G]

15. must be nice

[Dreamer Tatum]

20. A pittance to learn about her vast experiences and life lessons. nt

[bigtree]

23. let's see

She is an advocate for women’s rights, AIDS research and global LGBT rights and other humanitarianism.

In her junior year, Clinton changed her major from medicine to history and began work on her thesis project: the Northern Ireland peace process. After delivering her 167-page thesis, Clinton headed to Oxford University in England to pursue a master's degree in International Relations.

In addition to serving as co-chairperson for her father's Clinton Foundation, the former first daughter is also on the board of the School of American Ballet.


In 2011, Chelsea pushed the Clinton Health Access Initiative, which had historically focused on driving down the prices of HIV and AIDS vaccines, to do the same for Zinc/ORS, the leading treatment for diarrhea, which is the second-leading killer of children under 5 years old in the developing world. One of the first countries it targeted was Nigeria, but negotiating with the government, NGOs, public-sector organizations, pharma companies, and others threatened to endlessly delay the effort. According to Guariglia, the team asked Chelsea if she "could facilitate it--get the right players at the table, get them to commit to this program." After a couple of weeks of intense preparation, Chelsea traveled to Nigeria and "went around to every partner, knew exactly what we needed from them, pledged her support and belief in this program, and got them to commit," says Guariglia. Her academic work (she's finishing her PhD in global health governance) armed her with the ability to talk about the issues, and she was able to get each player to understand how their role was important in the bigger picture. "Without her, it would have taken months of meetings," says Guariglia. Prices of Zinc/ORS have been cut by 40% to 60% in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.

In 2013 President Clinton and his daughter traveled through Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Malawai, and South Africa to advance various Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) goals. After helping to promote malaria awareness and HIV testing, the high-profile duo visited Cyugaro Primary School in Rwanda to help decontaminate drinking water.



The Clintons visit to the Rwandan school was part of CGI and Procter and Gamble's Commitment to Save One Life Every Hour -- a campaign dedicated to providing clean drinking water to areas in need. President Clinton said that such programs provide an effective solution where a lack of access to potable drinking water leads to 80 percent of the diseases from which Rwandans suffer.

“It’s one of the simplest things we can do to save lives,” President Clinton said in a recent press release.

In addition to providing clean water in Rwanda, the Clintons also visited Zanzibar to host a malaria-awareness soccer match, where fans and attendees had access to disease testing.


Hillary and Chelsea Clinton deployed their mother-daughter star power to help the effort to save African elephants, brokering an $80m effort to stop the ivory poaching which threatens the animals with extinction.

The crackdown on 50 poaching hot spots in Africa involves several conservation groups and African governments. But conservation leaders, unveiling the plan at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting, went out of their way to credit Hillary Clinton for giving prominence to the issue of the illegal trade in wildlife while she was secretary of state.

The initiative brings together the main conservation groups, including the Wildlife Conservation Society, the African Wildlife Foundation, Conservation International, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the World Wildlife Fund, as well as a number of African governments. These include Botswana, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Kenya, South Sudan, Malawi and Uganda.

more on Chelsea and Bill in Africa: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5163434



. . . sounds like an interesting and enterprising woman who has a lot to offer.

[Dreamer Tatum]

25. Among probably thousands of equally experienced and talented women.

How come they don't get $75K?

Sounds like elitism to me.

[bigtree]

26. that's a description of most successful people

. . .why them, and not other worthy individuals?

I think Chelsea's efforts speak for themselves. It will be a strange day when advocating for women’s rights, AIDS research and global LGBT rights and other humanitarianism is considered 'elitist'.

[Dreamer Tatum]

31. Again, why her and not someone similar?

Give me a break, they want the name Clinton. They wouldn't pay Chelsea Schmo $75 to talk, let alone $75K.

End of discussion.

[bigtree]

32. well, I'm just not concerned about 'why her'

. . . I'm more focused on what she's advocating in those appearances and where she's applying the money she's receiving.

[Dreamer Tatum]

37. Um, to her bank account.

Not that mysterious.

[bigtree]

40. read the article that you're riffing off of

. . . unlike her parents’ talks, Ms. Clinton’s speeches “are on behalf of the Clinton Foundation, and 100 percent of the fees are remitted directly to the foundation,” said her spokesman, Kamyl Bazbaz, adding that “the majority of Chelsea’s speeches are unpaid.”

[Dreamer Tatum]

41. Oh sorry - she can do things like that since she's married to a bankster. nt

[nolabear]

45. ...

[Dreamer Tatum]

47. OH, WAIIIIIIT. DUH! She's a DEMOCRAT! My mistake. He's an Investment Banker, not a bankster.

He doesn't work for a money grubbing hedge fund called G3, and his time at Goldman Sachs was
devoted to passing out candy to the homeless.

Please forgive me. I forget the official nomenclature sometimes.

[bigtree]

53. that's certainly a plus. More power to her. She's advocating for some pretty important issues.

. . . it's a good thing that she has a solid foundation from which to act.

[Dreamer Tatum]

55. Glad you hold the investment banking community in such high regard. nt

[bigtree]

58. this is what I hold in high regard

She is an advocate for women’s rights, AIDS research and global LGBT rights and other humanitarianism.

[joeglow3]

111. I hold all those in high regard, along with economic equality

[LanternWaste]

109. I hold moving the goalposts in high regard too...

I very much hold consistently moving the goalposts as each point is invalidated in high regard too...

[stevenleser]

60. You realize that what you just did here is called "Moving the Goalposts" right? nt

[treestar]

79. She's had a lot of experiences

Granted it is due to whose daughter she is that she had a lot of those experiences, but they could still be valuable to hear about.

[Maedhros]

29. I have nothing against Chelsea, and wish her the best.

However, it is true that if her last name were anything but "Clinton" she wouldn't be earning $75K for speaking fees.

[PowerToThePeople]

30. This is true, and why we are a generational oligarchy

It is amazing to me that so many on DU do not wish to see that fact.

[bigtree]

34. the name recognition is certainly a plus

. . . the way she's advantaged that name to advance and contribute to the certainly worthy initiatives and concerns of hers is admirable.

[PoliticAverse]

51. Let this be a lesson - "choose your parents wisely"... n/t

[Hekate]

135. Let this be a lesson: Don't be a class traitor if you have lotsa bucks, like FDR or JFK or Nelson...

...Rockefeller. Because having money and caring about those less fortunate is ipso facto a sign of hypocrisy and should never be engaged in.

amiright?

[LanternWaste]

108. Much as our own wages come across as elitism to Sub-Saharan subsistence farmers...

Much as our own wages come across as elitism to Sub-Saharan subsistence farmers...

But in that case, it's inaccurate labeling as opposed to your labeling, yes?

[KoKo]

66. Would love to see her in Detroit helping those families find water to wash with and drink.

Why are the Clintons always out there going to Other Countries that we Bomb instead of going around America to see the Terrible Poverty in our own USA?

Don't see much of that. And, haven't seen any glowing photos from the Clinton/Corporate's Initiative in Haiti, either. Still Tent Cities for over 100,000 in that country that Clinton overthrew the Government to institute Democracy.

What's going on with where they go? The Photo Ops of Chelsea/Bush Girls in Africa and the other Wealthy Children of our Politicos...always with the Photo Ops......but, where is the PROGRESS?

Just another photo op of Wealthy Kid of Entitled Family...supposedly doing "good works" and superior to the rest of us and our own children.

The BUCK STOPS in what did they do to HELP OUR OWN CHILDREN and FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY.

[bigtree]

73. You have absolutely NO idea of what the Clintons have chosen to concern themselves with

. . . and no one here expects you to even take one step to find out.

Nice, though, to devalue the folks who have actually been helped by her efforts - all for your political purposes posting on this board.

You haven't seen the things you describe because you don't care to look. That's made more than obvious by your uninformed slams.

[woo me with science]

133. [phone]

Not good for the Third Way narrative.

[conservaphobe]

24. Attacking people for supplying what's in demand is disgusting.

If people demand to hear them and pay for them to supply their presence and words, it shouldn't be controversial.

Short of a few extremists, most Americans have no problem with exchanging a service for money. It's quite the American thing to do. Attacking it? Not so much.

[Phlem]

56. ...

how short sighted.

[tularetom]

27. Is she a salaried employee of the Clinton Foundation?

Just curious. Wonder how much she's paid.

[PoliticAverse]

36. "Mr. Bazbaz said Ms. Clinton was not paid for her role as the organization’s vice chairwoman." n/t

[KoKo]

70. It's all in LLC's, 501-C's and other finacial boondoogling the Clever, Highly Paid

Lawyers use to protect the "Foundation" from scrutiny. They have it MAID....They do what the rest of Wall Street does because they are PART OF THAT COMMUNITY....because they MADE IT! In more ways than we, out here, can even Imagine!

THEY....are the Best and the Brightest and ENTITLED to MORE than the rest of us.......because of their status as Royalty.

[CBGLuthier]

28. Uhmm MMMMM MMM MMM

Words fail me. WTF would anyone pay that kind of money to hear a mere "child" speak? Wtf could she possibly say that would be worth that kind of money? I would never support any organisation that wasted money like that.

[bigtree]

35. how quaint

. . .this accomplished woman described by you as a 'mere child'.

[PoliticAverse]

48. Would you pay someone $75,000 for a speech if it helped your organization to raise $2.1 million?

"The Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County hired Ms. Clinton to speak at its inaugural event in March. Tickets started at $1,000 per family, and the event raised more than $2.1 million."

[SidDithers]

33. Damn her for being a strong, well educated, interesting woman that people want to hear!...nt

Sid

[Dreamer Tatum]

38. I guess 75K is a bargain, since according to you hagiographers she'll soon get her first Nobel.

And man, will her asking price go up then.

[bigtree]

42. I'd be most interested in comparing her public service work to your own

. . . and would gladly consider you for a DU hagiography should your efforts surpass Chelsea Clinton's.

[Dreamer Tatum]

44. I don't get $75K, though. She does. Why?

Are you saying there are NO other talented women? You mean SHE'S the ONLY accomplished and talented woman in the COUNTRY?

WOW. She should charge MILLIONS.

[nolabear]

46. ...

[SidDithers]

52. Maybe she has experiences that many others don't...

I'd imagine growing up in the White House would be an unique experience.



Sid

[Renew Deal]

120. You don't deserve $75K. She does. Why?

[Dreamer Tatum]

122. She deserves more than most people make in a year?

Yeah, bullshit.

[joeglow3]

112. She also doesn't care about money

She IS a great person.

[SidDithers]

49. Bitter much?...

Sid

[Dreamer Tatum]

50. Yup. Bit him, too. nt

[Cha]

88. Bitter and jealous like a

green eyed monster.. oozing off its pathetic posts.

[treestar]

69. Yeah, this is a market thing

People are willing to pay to hear her - it's not different that being willing to pay to hear a rock band or the like.

[mylye2222]

39. Soory guys, I went to harsh on Chealsy in my first comment

that's why I just self deleted.

That say, I really don't think she need extra money. I dont say she's a bad person, I this its just seem another promotional campaign on behalf of the Clinton family, and so this is a huge part I dont agree.

[Cha]

89. The speaking engagement fees go to the Clinton Foundation which supports these kinds of issues..

"With your support we create partnerships of great purpose to improve global health and wellness, increase opportunity for women and girls, reduce childhood obesity, create economic opportunity and growth, and help communities address the effects of climate change."

http://www.clintonfoundation.org/donate?gclid=CN7p5MPaub8CFU-Rfgod9UoANQ

I'm not a huge fan of the Clintons but I take issue with ignorance being spread. And, it's "Chelsea".

[Starry Messenger]

43. I guess its a good thing Socks is dead.

He'd be in for it at DU too.

[amandabeech]

94. Nah, but Socks would be on Sunday LOL Cats. n/t

[cerveza_gratis]

54. I could do that too

If my parents were the Clinton's

[Metric System]

57. Someone like Chelsea brings a lot of attention and $$$ to orgs. Whatever fee she gets is a pittance

compared to the money that is raised. And people from the political sphere are cheaper than celebs like Cher and Elton John, who require over $1 million for an appearance.

[etherealtruth]

61. ... and the relevance of this is?

The Clinton family should be the 'only' political family not to charge speaking fees?

I have absolutely no problem with public figures charging speaking fees ... as for a private citizen such as Chelsea Clinton I do not see any relevance to anything.

Ms. Clinton’s speeches “are on behalf of the Clinton Foundation, and 100 percent of the fees are remitted directly to the foundation,” ... any outrage over this is truly manufactured

[Throd]

63. Nepotism is cool under the right circumstances.

And horrible under other circumstances.

[treestar]

68. Nothing against her

but it's a surprise that she's worth that much. What do they think that she will talk about that will be worth their while? Has she developed a reputation in some field?

[bigtree]

75. it just takes a little research to answer that

. . . hell, you don't even have to leave this thread.

If you really care, go and find out.

[treestar]

78. I read your thread

didn't think of it that way. Yeah, I can see it now.

[bigwillq]

72. I wish someone would pay the Clinton family to go away (nt)

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

155. I'll contribute $5.00 to kick off the fund.

[bigwillq]

157. Great! Thanks you!

[LuvLoogie]

77. You Chelsea bashers need to get a job.

You sound like punks.

[Throd]

81. I see it as more contempt for a structure that creates this.

[LuvLoogie]

85. What? Contempt for a Rhodes scholar, former governor, two-term President,

his wife who is a Wellesley grad, Yale Law Doctor, U.S. Senator, Secretary of State and their daughter, who is a Stanford Grad, has masters from Columbia and Oxford and a doctorate from Oxford--all of whom are leveraging their intelligence, notariety, talent and energy to organize, inspire and motivate people?

I'm sorry, but the contempt all just sounds like sour grapes and really petty. Unwarranted and punkish.

[Throd]

86. Contempt for dynasties and buying political influence from the well-connected.

Spray paint that turd any color you want. Still a turd.

[HangOnKids]

95. Bravo

Some folks just don't get what money and connections can do. Really sad.

[bigtree]

97. well, the money goes into the Clinton's charitable foundation

. . .which is less a foundation than a conduit for charitable contributions to several worthy and vital causes.

More power to her if her family connections help her to accomplish her goals. Her speaking fees are not about personal enrichment. 100% of the money is donated to those charitable causes. You probably don't have any idea what those causes are, because they've not been part of any political campaign of Hillary's.

Wink and nod comments about dynasties and connections are a poor substitute for the truth (if anyone is actually concerned with it). In this case, the money and connections are benefiting causes and concerns that progressives traditionally support. If you don't support her charitable efforts, then just say so. Misrepresenting them and distorting those efforts is as good as opposing them.

[PowerToThePeople]

146. In a just society there would be no need for "charitable efforts"

they are nothing but bandages for a wound that we do not even try to heal.

That just society is what I believe the Democratic party should be working towards.

[woo me with science]

151. +10000 Instead, we get Clinton ownership of first NAFTA and now the bloody TPP.

That says everything....everything...we need to know.

[LuvLoogie]

152. A just society includes charitable efforts.

Mother nature doesn't vote, and sociopaths happen. Humans will always have to right wrongs and come to the rescue.

My 9 year old daughter is starting to realize that not everyone is a good person. She is starting to question why people hurt others. She asks, "Why can't people just be peacful and good to each other?"

So my first lesson in that regard to her will be "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" and what that means.

Later on I might talk about what "nam myoho renge kyo" means.

[LuvLoogie]

99. Oh Gawd. The only hot mess around here

is your argument.

[joeglow3]

113. What about the Chelsea worshipers?

[LuvLoogie]

136. Who's worshiping her? She's a decent and intelligent person

who has worked hard academically, and is leveraging her talent and notariety. You all sound like Cinderella's step sisters.

[joeglow3]

137. Do you feel the same about the bush daughters?

[LuvLoogie]

138. When have I bashed the Bush daughters?

Are they graduates of Stanford, Columbia and Oxford as well? What the hell is your point?

Focus! Go visit your mom! Take your kids to the park!

[joeglow3]

140. I asked you a question

Why can't you answer it?

[LuvLoogie]

142. I don't feel anything about the Bush daughters.

They're cute like Chelsea. So I guess I feel the same way about them on that level?!

Hmmm, they were born; they exist. What is your point?

[joeglow3]

143. That we have created a culture where a select few families rule the nation

There are very few (in fact, none) scenarios where I can see that as a good thing. We have politicians that have created dynasties where it is no longer the president and their spouse that are loaded for life because of their office. We now see their children making millions simply because of whose crotch they came out of. That is NOT what was the intended purpose of our nation. And sadly, too many people not only sit by idly and accept it, many actually support and defend it.

Chelsea may be a great person, but she is where she is NOT because of what she has accomplished but because of who her parents are. To think otherwise is naive. Thus, I do not feel at all bad about pointing out how what a sad commentary it is that she is getting paid $75,000 to speak.

[LuvLoogie]

144. The Clintons don't rule; Barack Obama doesn't rule.

And your misogynistic slip is showing. Chelsea Clinton is a great person, largely because she is Bill and Hillary's daughter. It's called parenting. See Liz Cheney.

[joeglow3]

147. Wow, that went way over your head

But, good job attacking me to try and defend ur position.

[LuvLoogie]

148. Your words:

"We now see their children making millions simply because of whose crotch they came out of."

Sorry if you feel attacked, but this sentence makes you sound like an ass who resents his parents.

[joeglow3]

149. You are easily offended.

[LuvLoogie]

150. Your statement is misogynistic.

That you can't see that, explains why you are having difficulty making a coherent point.

Let me put it this way. If Bill and Hillary were your mom and dad, people would still pay Chelsea more than they would pay you to hear you speak. Or are they handing out Stanford, Columbia and Oxford degrees, just because you're a Clinton?

Your statement reduces their high-functioning, nurturing family to a show dog kennel. Disney Channel snark toward Chelsea Clinton adds no luster to your "Progressive" bonafides.

[Renew Deal]

118. They need more than jobs

[LuvLoogie]

139. And one of these...

[Orsino]

145. My parents aren't rich and famous enough to get me that sort of job.

This sinecure is hardly the junior Clinton's fault, but there were quite enough people on DU already prepared to anoint her as president. The pseudo-qualification of her massive speaking fees will only encourage them.

[HooptieWagon]

82. As a private citizen, Chelsea can earn money by any legal means she wants.

If she becomes a candidate for public office, then naturally who signs her paychecks becomes a matter of interest. Same as her mother.

[Marr]

83. They're grooming a future trojan donkey, that's all.

Nothing new there. Gotta keep 'em on the payroll, keep 'em in with the "right" crowd.

[joe_sixpack]

87. Wow! The demand for children of Presidential politicians

Must be high in the speaking circuit

[whereisjustice]

91. She's worth it. Check out her no-holds-barred Geico lizard interview. Brilliant.

Can't imagine anyone more able and committed to fight against the American maelstrom of life sucking inequity.

Godspeed, Chelsea!

[LittleBlue]

92. Bill and Hillary net worth $101.5m. Chelsea worth $15m

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-politicians/presidents/bill-clinton-net-worth/
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-politicians/democrats/hillary-clinton-net-worth/
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-politicians/democrats/chelsea-clinton-net-worth/

Considering they were "broke" when they left the White House, these speeches and books must be pretty amazing.

[aikoaiko]

93. Good for her. Its an honest living.

[spanone]

98. good for her.

[trublu992]

101. What the hell is she going to talk to about?

[bigtree]

102. this

She is an advocate for women’s rights, AIDS research and global LGBT rights and other humanitarianism.

In her junior year, Clinton changed her major from medicine to history and began work on her thesis project: the Northern Ireland peace process. After delivering her 167-page thesis, Clinton headed to Oxford University in England to pursue a master's degree in International Relations.

In addition to serving as co-chairperson for her father's Clinton Foundation, the former first daughter is also on the board of the School of American Ballet.


In 2011, Chelsea pushed the Clinton Health Access Initiative, which had historically focused on driving down the prices of HIV and AIDS vaccines, to do the same for Zinc/ORS, the leading treatment for diarrhea, which is the second-leading killer of children under 5 years old in the developing world. One of the first countries it targeted was Nigeria, but negotiating with the government, NGOs, public-sector organizations, pharma companies, and others threatened to endlessly delay the effort. According to Guariglia, the team asked Chelsea if she "could facilitate it--get the right players at the table, get them to commit to this program." After a couple of weeks of intense preparation, Chelsea traveled to Nigeria and "went around to every partner, knew exactly what we needed from them, pledged her support and belief in this program, and got them to commit," says Guariglia. Her academic work (she's finishing her PhD in global health governance) armed her with the ability to talk about the issues, and she was able to get each player to understand how their role was important in the bigger picture. "Without her, it would have taken months of meetings," says Guariglia. Prices of Zinc/ORS have been cut by 40% to 60% in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.

In 2013 President Clinton and his daughter traveled through Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Malawai, and South Africa to advance various Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) goals. After helping to promote malaria awareness and HIV testing, the high-profile duo visited Cyugaro Primary School in Rwanda to help decontaminate drinking water.

The Clintons visit to the Rwandan school was part of CGI and Procter and Gamble's Commitment to Save One Life Every Hour -- a campaign dedicated to providing clean drinking water to areas in need. President Clinton said that such programs provide an effective solution where a lack of access to potable drinking water leads to 80 percent of the diseases from which Rwandans suffer.

“It’s one of the simplest things we can do to save lives,” President Clinton said in a recent press release.

In addition to providing clean water in Rwanda, the Clintons also visited Zanzibar to host a malaria-awareness soccer match, where fans and attendees had access to disease testing.


Hillary and Chelsea Clinton deployed their mother-daughter star power to help the effort to save African elephants, brokering an $80m effort to stop the ivory poaching which threatens the animals with extinction.

The crackdown on 50 poaching hot spots in Africa involves several conservation groups and African governments. But conservation leaders, unveiling the plan at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting, went out of their way to credit Hillary Clinton for giving prominence to the issue of the illegal trade in wildlife while she was secretary of state.

The initiative brings together the main conservation groups, including the Wildlife Conservation Society, the African Wildlife Foundation, Conservation International, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the World Wildlife Fund, as well as a number of African governments. These include Botswana, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Kenya, South Sudan, Malawi and Uganda.


and more: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5163434

[Hekate]

105. +1

Christ on a Trailer Hitch I am getting sick of this

[trublu992]

107. This is informative, although it reads like a planted puff piece.

She seems to be good at this type of work, why she needs 75,000 grand is a slippery slope.
If the money goes to the Clinton Initiative well that's better, although I've worked for charities and know most of the money does not go to the cause. Not even half the donated proceeds, which is one reason I don't work there anymore. The Clinton Initiative has done some worthy things but it also a huge tax shelter for Bill and Hilary and that is its primary function.

[bigtree]

110. I tried to only include things that had substance. Obviously I chose things that were favorable

here's the most recent breakdown of expenses I could find:

2012 Expenditures

88.6% Programs
6.5% Management and General
3.5% Fundraising

- See more at: http://www.clintonfoundation.org/#sthash.L2G48hm3.dpuf

[Renew Deal]

116. Yes, she's a woman. What does she know?

[trublu992]

125. That's funny because I'm a woman

[Hekate]

103. So a speech from any of them is a donation to causes they support. Got that. Boyoboy how evil.

Organizers said her star power helped sell tickets and raise money.

[GeorgeGist]

106. Her hubbies a hedge-funder ...

for Gold Mansacks, she doesn't need money.

[Renew Deal]

117. How do you know if she needs money or not?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

128. Tells you everything you need to know about Chelsea.

[Renew Deal]

114. How dare she?

Her parents have money so she should never make a cent again. She should work for free!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

119. Clinton, Clinton, and Clinton Inc.

How sweet.

[hamsterjill]

121. I like Chelsea

I think it's amazing that she's turned out so well considering the fishbowl existence that she's had. She seems to be very involved in the Clinton Global Initiative in a positive way.

For anyone who does not like her, I would simply suggest that they not pay money themselves to go and listen to her. Obviously the individuals and/or organizations that might pay her $75k for a speech feel she's worth it.

[whatchamacallit]

123. The howlers excoriate the shit out of people like Greenwald for making any money at all

Royalty is different of course...

[laundry_queen]

127. +1

It's amazing to me how many people on this board get all apoplectic at any mention of the royal family overseas, yet spend so much time trying to elevate political families in the US into dynasties and royalty. The cognitive dissonance that goes on here sometimes....

[woo me with science]

134. [phone]

[Mike Nelson]

129. I like the Clintons, but...

...she is a public person. My advice is to STOP this until after the election, if Clinton is planning to run. They can afford to hold off on the speaking fees...

[Liberal_in_LA]

131. agreed.

[pnwmom]

154. What's wrong with her continuing her work for the foundation? That's where her fees are going.

[MFrohike]

141. Yeesh

Corruption for a "good cause" is still corruption. She's selling connections, not her vast experience.