Posted on 01/24/2016 4:40:56 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
January 24th, 2016
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio; Jeff Roe, campaign manager for Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders; former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sanders; Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush; Sanders.
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Bush; Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie.
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On talk circuit, George W. Bush makes millions but few waves
Since 2009, the former president has given at least 200 paid speeches, typically pocketing $100,000 to $175,000 per appearance.
Dubya's Quiet $15 Million Payday
Other historians say Bush’s ride on the lecture circuit has become somewhat commonplace for former presidents, but is still troubling.
“It’s one thing to stay out of the public realm, which George Bush has said he wants to do,†said Julian Zelizer, a presidential historian at Princeton University. “But then he goes on the speaking circuit and makes enormous amounts of money giving lectures mostly to corporate groups and other select audiences. Some Americans can find this distasteful.â€
Zelizer added: “We’re in an era where there are countless fears about money and politics. I think former presidents have to be careful about what they’re doing with their speeches. For some people it’s another version of the revolving door between Capitol Hill and K Street.â€
Bush’s father, George H.W. Bush, and his predecessor, Ronald Reagan, also gave paid speeches. Reagan took heat for accepting $2 million for two speeches in Japan. But Bill Clinton took the ex-presidential lecture circuit to a new level. He earned $65 million in speaking fees from 2001 to 2009, according to a CNN review of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s financial disclosures. That included $7.5 million from 36 speeches in 2009 alone.
Bush 41 joined the Carlyle group in 1993. In the fall of 2003, Bush Senior finally resigned from the Carlyle Group as the accusations of family war profiteering grew louder. However, according to the Washington Post, he still retained stock in the firm and gave speeches on its behalf for a fee of $500,000.
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Excellent! I could hear Eric singing it!!
Donald Trump came up with a YUGE position paper on Ttxes a few months back. A very detailed report on what he’ll do is found here:
http://ontheissues.org/Celeb/Donald_Trump_Tax_Reform.htm
I thought like the GEICO commercial, “Everyone knows that.”
Thank you for the information. Getting funds to support or grow their presidential libraries is one thing but what Clinton did, does, is much worse, IMHO. That’s what came to mind when I read your post.
I also know Bush 43 has done extensive charitable appearances and work without cameras present, which furthered my opinion that he was not gaming the system the way Clinton has done.
I would be the farm that 0bama will set new records on this in the years to come.
Bush is gaming the system like Clinton and so was his father. And his brothers. Take a look at this one about Jeb:
Thank you so much.
When you live in a small state like DE,you're on a short list everywhere!
Always good to see you two gals, onyx, and Fishtalk.
Exit82 came to my husband s funeral. Really sweet guy.
Hey Fish!
Did you see my compost song at #298?
Why no I didn’t see it. Clever. Thanks for pointing out out.
And your compost story reminded me.
There’s also a portable refinery that makes diesel fuel out of turkey guts and heads...inside of an hour.
Google it.
I did read them. Not every word but enough to understand the information. I guess what I was actually talking about was flaunting it or bragging about it.
On Jeb, this just points out one more reason why Jeb cannot be trusted as POTUS.
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