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What is the smallest amount HRC was paid for a.speech? (Original Post) SwampG8r Feb 2016 OP
! nc4bo Feb 2016 #1
Getting paid to make speeches is the same as writing a book. applegrove Feb 2016 #2
+1 (Excellent.) NurseJackie Feb 2016 #3
We overheard what Mittens thought in his lil fundraiser nc4bo Feb 2016 #7
Sure. Except that the vastly greater concentration of wealth in the single speech payment wins the JudyM Feb 2016 #8
I don't know that Hillary would fraternize with the people she was giving a speech to applegrove Feb 2016 #13
She spoke to my neighborhood association for free. brooklynite Feb 2016 #4
What kind of cookies? SwampG8r Feb 2016 #6
Probably Milanos ... you know ... pandering to the Italian-American vote. NurseJackie Feb 2016 #10
Did she eat any? What kind does she like? JudyM Feb 2016 #9
Selling out to big cookie nt firebrand80 Feb 2016 #12
LOL! applegrove Feb 2016 #14
My immediate mental image was Recursion Feb 2016 #19
She made some up here in Canada across the country for two Banks and Chambers of Commerce, polly7 Feb 2016 #5
DUer Pa28 found an audio of a 2008 Hillary fundraiser dissing MoveOn to her friends. nc4bo Feb 2016 #15
Wow. That's telling. I don't know why she thinks none of this will get around. polly7 Feb 2016 #16
Polly7, the old saying is, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck then it must be nc4bo Feb 2016 #17
Did she meet with Sid ? n/t Iggy Knorr Feb 2016 #20
She charges universities $300K which she calls her "special rate." AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #11
I'm sure there were some she did for free, so $0 (nt) Recursion Feb 2016 #18

applegrove

(118,677 posts)
2. Getting paid to make speeches is the same as writing a book.
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 07:15 PM
Feb 2016

It is a market for your knowledge and fame. And Hillary is no more responsible for her audiences political bent than she is responsible for the thinking of anyone who buys her book.

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)
7. We overheard what Mittens thought in his lil fundraiser
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 07:22 PM
Feb 2016

I'd LOVE to hear what Mrs. Clinton says in her's.

Some how I don't think it'd go over too well in public.

What do you think she says to these 1% ers for $300k? Or $600k?

Whatever it is, it sure keeps 'em coming back for more.

JudyM

(29,250 posts)
8. Sure. Except that the vastly greater concentration of wealth in the single speech payment wins the
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 07:24 PM
Feb 2016

buyer a hell of a lot more face time than the average book buyer gets.

applegrove

(118,677 posts)
13. I don't know that Hillary would fraternize with the people she was giving a speech to
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 07:55 PM
Feb 2016

all the time.

polly7

(20,582 posts)
5. She made some up here in Canada across the country for two Banks and Chambers of Commerce,
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 07:19 PM
Feb 2016

I think they ranged from $200,000 to $275,000 each.

From what I read, they were mostly telling us to be vigilant against terror, despite us losing people in the worst areas of Afghanistan from the beginning. Seemed strange.

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)
15. DUer Pa28 found an audio of a 2008 Hillary fundraiser dissing MoveOn to her friends.
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 09:38 PM
Feb 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=thread&info=1&address=12511142082

The two faces of Hillary Clinton.

One face for the richy-rich 1%ers she's wooing.


The second face for the rest of the American idiot voting citizen.


She disgusts me the same way Mitt Romney disgusted me with his 47% comments at a 1%ers fundraising bang-bang.

polly7

(20,582 posts)
16. Wow. That's telling. I don't know why she thinks none of this will get around.
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 09:47 PM
Feb 2016

That's pretty bad, alright.

The two Canadian banks who paid for either fully or partially (Chambers of Commerce paid for the rest) the speeches she gave not long before announcing her presidential campaign are big promoters of the Keystone XL pipeline.

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)
17. Polly7, the old saying is, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck then it must be
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 09:53 PM
Feb 2016

a duck and not a giraffe.

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