You may be right. He’s corrupt and greedy, and these “consultant fees” are only the latest evidence of that, but maybe he didn’t know about the embryo research.
I wonder what kind of “consulting” he did?
Be careful. The writer of this piece may be stretching a legitimate activity into something he/she hopes will evoke a sinister aura.
Generally honoria means compensation for speaking or participating in a conference. That said the $35,000 if it is a true amount is alot for a little known governor of a backwater state. Huckabee likely participated in many engagements. His theological and government experience would make him qualified to speak on bioethical issues of stem cell research. Generally such speaking engagements occur in a series of conferences that are hosted by a consortium of pharmaceutical companies and they will happen in many cities and many states. So it’s safe to say that if one is a guest speaker and is slated to speak at say 5 such conferences, the $7,000 per conference is enough to cover travel and lodging expenses, security expenses and compensation for participating.
The pharmaceutical industry continually runs conferences with invited speakers and their honoria are generally pretty good. Some prominent doctors can make $2500 per day not including travel and lodging expenses.