Obama’s $400,000 Cantor Speech Makes Him Wall Street's Newest Fat Cat

[JoeNormal]

After calling Wall Street exec's "fat cats" for 8 years Obama is now charging them $400,000 for a single speech, that's more per hour than any CEO earns. That's $832 million a year, OH THE HYPOCRISY of the left. That he's taking money from the very "fat cats" he scorned is complete hypocrisy. Do you corporation hating libs feel betrayed?

Yeah, all you'd have to do is book and then conduct 2000 speeches a year. This probably seems quite feasible in far right tardland.

Why not? He says the same crap over and over again. Not like the teleprompter needs reloaded or anything.

Sigh, do I really have to explain the logistics?

 

[Thinker101]

After calling Wall Street exec's "fat cats" for 8 years Obama is now charging them $400,000 for a single speech, that's more per hour than any CEO earns. That's $832 million a year, OH THE HYPOCRISY of the left. That he's taking money from the very "fat cats" he scorned is complete hypocrisy. Do you corporation hating libs feel betrayed?

Yeah, all you'd have to do is book and then conduct 2000 speeches a year. This probably seems quite feasible in far right tardland.

Kinda missing the point there, aren't ya Champ.

 

[Jimmy_Chitwood]

After calling Wall Street exec's "fat cats" for 8 years Obama is now charging them $400,000 for a single speech, that's more per hour than any CEO earns. That's $832 million a year, OH THE HYPOCRISY of the left. That he's taking money from the very "fat cats" he scorned is complete hypocrisy. Do you corporation hating libs feel betrayed?

Yeah, all you'd have to do is book and then conduct 2000 speeches a year. This probably seems quite feasible in far right tardland.

Why not? He says the same crap over and over again. Not like the teleprompter needs reloaded or anything.

Will he tell them they didn't build dat and blame a bunch of stuff on Booossshhhhh?

sad really

 

[Missouri_Mike]

After calling Wall Street exec's "fat cats" for 8 years Obama is now charging them $400,000 for a single speech, that's more per hour than any CEO earns. That's $832 million a year, OH THE HYPOCRISY of the left. That he's taking money from the very "fat cats" he scorned is complete hypocrisy. Do you corporation hating libs feel betrayed?

Yeah, all you'd have to do is book and then conduct 2000 speeches a year. This probably seems quite feasible in far right tardland.

Why not? He says the same crap over and over again. Not like the teleprompter needs reloaded or anything.

Sigh, do I really have to explain the logistics?

Please do. Entertain the shit out of me.

 

[Jimmy_Chitwood]

After calling Wall Street exec's "fat cats" for 8 years Obama is now charging them $400,000 for a single speech, that's more per hour than any CEO earns. That's $832 million a year, OH THE HYPOCRISY of the left. That he's taking money from the very "fat cats" he scorned is complete hypocrisy. Do you corporation hating libs feel betrayed?

Yeah, all you'd have to do is book and then conduct 2000 speeches a year. This probably seems quite feasible in far right tardland.

Kinda missing the point there, aren't ya Champ.

like he ever gets it

 

[JoeNormal]

After calling Wall Street exec's "fat cats" for 8 years Obama is now charging them $400,000 for a single speech, that's more per hour than any CEO earns. That's $832 million a year, OH THE HYPOCRISY of the left. That he's taking money from the very "fat cats" he scorned is complete hypocrisy. Do you corporation hating libs feel betrayed?

Yeah, all you'd have to do is book and then conduct 2000 speeches a year. This probably seems quite feasible in far right tardland.

Kinda missing the point there, aren't ya Champ.

No I get it. Come up with a retarded premise for a thread. Post it to the world. Get 5 winner commendations and 1 thank you (so far) from low functioning morons. Then wonder why the world thinks Americans are stupid.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Former Presidents help fund their libraries with their speaking fees.

That's why GWB's library has to rely on private donors.

 

[SeaGal]

No....it was the liturgy of stupid on which you have been gorging for the past 8 years....

Michelle Obama's feelings about the US are shaped by her experience living in it......who the fuck are you, pampered poodle, to judge?

Aww...flattery will get you everywhere. The smell of self righteous outrage is invigorating.

But back to reality and speaking of 'experience' - are you saying, in your experience, that Obama held Wall Street blameless?...

 

[shockedcanadian]

What is telling is that CNN covered his little round table yesterday, stating "Obama is back" and had full coverage of the event of him surrounded by future leaders in the political realm who are currently in university.

He is wise to have created this precursor distraction roundtable as it avoided his true payday, the speech, for $400,000. No report of this on CNN as of yet....I wonder why they avoid reporting the most obvious.

Hey, he's not breaking any laws. The question again and always will be able the potential of breaking laws and selling influence while working the mechanisms of government for a payday at a later date.

 

[Mr Natural]

Maybe he's going to be talking about his vacation on that billionaires yacht?

Maybe he's going to talk about how easy it is to piss off right wing assholes.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Part of the Washington Insiders Good Old boys network.

Obama is one of them.

He cares about the poor. That's why he became POTUS. Not for the financial gain and power.

 

[Rambunctious]

Obama To Receive $400,000 Speaking Fee At Cantor Fitzgerald Conference | Zero Hedge

Hypocrite, two faced, double dipper,

 

[toomuchtime_]

Maybe he's going to be talking about his vacation on that billionaires yacht?

Maybe he's going to talk about how easy it is to piss off right wing assholes.

Well, partisan politics does seem to be his only real interest, so maybe you're right.

 

[PK1]

After calling Wall Street exec's "fat cats" for 8 years Obama is now charging them $400,000 for a single speech, that's more per hour than any CEO earns. That's $832 million a year, OH THE HYPOCRISY of the left. That he's taking money from the very "fat cats" he scorned is complete hypocrisy. Do you corporation hating libs feel betrayed?

That's capitalism & microeconomics!
Who said Obama was not American?

 

[Rambunctious]

Maybe he's going to talk about how easy it is to piss off right wing assholes

He attempted to do that for 8 years and that is a major reason the democrat party is smaller than at anytime in modern America. Obama cared more about pissing off his adversaries than he did governing the nation. People don't like that in a leader.

 

[toomuchtime_]

After calling Wall Street exec's "fat cats" for 8 years Obama is now charging them $400,000 for a single speech, that's more per hour than any CEO earns. That's $832 million a year, OH THE HYPOCRISY of the left. That he's taking money from the very "fat cats" he scorned is complete hypocrisy. Do you corporation hating libs feel betrayed?

That's capitalism & microeconomics!
Who said Obama was not American?

lol It's more like show business. It reminds me of how William Shatner had to earn his living opening shopping centers in costume after the first Star Trek series was canceled.

 

[Dschrute3]

People like Obama, Sanders and Micheal Moore prey on poor folks. They're no different than those 'Televangelists' who were so popular back in the day. They preach hatred for the wealthy, while at the same time buying up numerous luxurious estates, cars, yachts, and private jets. They're just scam-artists in the end. It is what it is.

 

[jasonnfree]

Is this the new pay to play strategy? Reward a politician AFTER his term? Would avoid illegal payment laws wouldn't it?

Obama’s $400,000 Cantor Speech Makes Him Wall Street's Newest Fat Cat

When he was president he called them “fat cats,” but now he’s likely thanking them for a huge payday.

Former President Barack Obama, less than 100 days out of office, has agreed to speak at a Wall Street conference run by Cantor Fitzgerald LP, senior people at the firm confirm to FOX Business. His speaking fee will be $400,000, which is nearly twice as much as Hillary Clinton, his secretary of state, and the 2016 Democratic Party candidate, charged private businesses for such events.

Obama has agreed to speak at Cantor’s health care conference in September and will be the keynote luncheon speaker for one day during the event, people at the firm tell FOX Business. These people say Obama has signed the contract, but the company, a mid-sized New York-based investment bank, is waiting to coordinate with the former president before making a formal announcement.

These people add that Obama could ultimately back out of the arrangement depending on his schedule and other concerns such as adverse publicity.

A spokesman for the former president didn’t return a call for comment; a spokeswoman for Cantor said the firm is not in a position to comment just yet, but would not deny that Obama has agreed to speak to the firm and at the $400,000 fee.

News of Obama’s speaking deal with Cantor, which had yet to be reported, comes as the former president made on Monday his first public comments since leaving office after an extended vacation. In those comments to college students at the University of Chicago, the president spoke broadly about the need for public service and studiously avoided any mention of the current president, Republican Donald Trump, or how he intends to make a living now that he’s a private citizen.

obama got into politics to do good, and he's done very good indeed. Not to worry though, I'm sure he will donate most of this money to help the poor, sick, abused, downtrodden etc. Say 5%?

 

[IcebergSlim]

No....it was the liturgy of stupid on which you have been gorging for the past 8 years....

Michelle Obama's feelings about the US are shaped by her experience living in it......who the fuck are you, pampered poodle, to judge?

Aww...flattery will get you everywhere. The smell of self righteous outrage is invigorating.

But back to reality and speaking of 'experience' - are you saying, in your experience, that Obama held Wall Street blameless?...

No one held Wall Street blameless......except for the Useful Idiots who insisted it was Jimmy Carter's fault...

And I'm gonna guess that you sang in that chorus.....

 

[my2¢]

My philosophy is that life is too short to worrying about a politician being a hypocrite.