Who goes 20 million into debt for a job that pays 400k?

[shadowknows69]

Was Hillary planning on looting our treasury like Bush did?

[shaniqua6392]

1. No one becomes President for the money.

They ALL do it for the power, the glory, and the legacy. It has nothing to do with money.

[O.M.B.inOhio]

3. Some, perhaps, to serve the people of the USA?

From time to time, I believe in a candidate's sense of duty and love of the country. JFK/RFK? Gore? Feingold? Obama?
.... But it's certainly never for the salary.

[shaniqua6392]

11. Those who do it for the reasons you stated

have been indeed rare. Obama does not deserve to be on that list yet. Talk is cheap and he is untested and unproven as of this point. We shall see if he lives up to the rhetoric. I remain skeptical of all politicians until they prove it through their actions. To believe what a politician says without demanding that they live up to their promises is dangerous to America. They tell us what they think we want to hear and I am not into blind love of politicians. I love America too much for that and we have too much at stake.

[TexasObserver]

2. a spoiled brat with no sense of economic responsibility

[izzie]

4. It is not money but power and ego I would think what does it

Some for their own ego and that is not bad if it is done for good of the people. That is the rub. Need power to do that. Go back and read about some of the rulers that took power and some that were born to it. It is sort of interesting how people think they did and how they thought, or how history think they thought. Look at some one like Carter, Truman vs. Nixon. Look at how the last Czar ruled next to what say England' rulers was doing at that time. Money has little to do with it.

[kevinmc]

5. That $20m ..... is an investment ..... probably lead to $200m in future earnings .... n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. She expects to be paid back

with interest.

Win or Lose.

Besides, with their money? That's like you or me buying a new suit for a job interview.

[unblock]

7. money's worth is in its conversion to power.

$20mm to be the most powerful person in the universe is pretty cheap.

the more interesting question is, why does the presidency pay $400k when tons of people would still line up to work for free?

personally, i think the presidency should pay MUCH more, so the PEOPLE own the presidency, not the lobbyists, but that's another story.

[shenmue]

8. Somebody who plays by the rules and doesn't siphon off money from Oprah or the evangelical right.

Someone who plays the game fair and square is not welcome in the party anymore.

Your mean-spirited post is shameful. Then again, noise is the name of the game with Obama supporters at DU, so that's par for the course. I guess you expect her to go to shady people like Rezko. That would be okay with you. But fighting a hard campaign in a country where the media hurls personal insults and has despised Clinton for almost the past 20 years is not acceptable. Go figure.

The nastiness and the gloating is exactly why many people don't like your side. You ignore those who don't agree with you.

That is why you will be very poor leaders.

[cali]

10. What's shameful is YOUR grotesque generalizations

YOUR nastiness and gloating. Rezco? Hsu, Gupta, Giustra and more.

[Kahuna]

9. An egomaniac?

:shrug:

[Warren Stupidity]

12. Bill Clinton makes 20,000,000/yr off of having been president.

That ain't bad. I could get by on that.

[harun]

13. People who are more power hungry than any of us could ever imagine (n/t)

[Thothmes]

14. unquenchable drive for political power

[barack the house]

15. Yep, change you can erm beleive in. erm I guess.

[MagickMuffin]

16. Well since the Clinton's and the Bushes are best buddies

They still have unfinished business. Although, I'm not sure how much money is left in the treasury to be looted.

But there is still enough evidence to bury.