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Lucrative Book Deals Might Finance the Obamas’ Post-White House Life
New York Times ^
Posted on 09/05/2016 2:51:50 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Lucrative Book Deals Might Finance the Obamas Post-White House Life
White House Letter
By GARDINER HARRIS SEPT. 4, 2016
WASHINGTON After he is out of the White House, President Obama has said that he wants to become a venture capitalist, own part of an N.B.A. franchise and avoid taking off his shoes during security screenings at commercial airports.
All of those goals, serious or not, might soon be achievable if Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, sign post-presidency book contracts for what literary agents and major publishers say could amount to $20 million to $45 million more than enough to pay the estimated $22,000 monthly rent for the nine-bedroom home they will occupy in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington and foot the bill for flights on private jets. (Mr. Obama has said he would like to avoid commercial flights once he surrenders Air Force One.)
His is going to be easily the most valuable presidential memoir ever, said Raphael Sagalyn of the ICM/Sagalyn Literary Agency, who predicted that Mr. Obama could earn as much as $30 million with a two- or three-book contract. And I think Michelle Obama has the opportunity to sell the most valuable first lady memoir in history.
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Okay, let's have a contest.
Name that book title!
To: Sub-Driver
Is Bill Ayers going to write them?
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posted on
09/05/2016 2:53:10 PM PDT
by
TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialists is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: Sub-Driver
After 8 years of this clown, please show me the moron who would be interested in ANYTHING the racist, America-hater has to say.
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posted on
09/05/2016 2:55:12 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Let's Make Our Government and Founding Documents Great Again!)
To: Sub-Driver
It’s a typo, it should read “Saudi money will finance..”
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posted on
09/05/2016 2:56:29 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
("Sat stonefaced while the building burned..")
To: Sub-Driver
Name that book:
“Son of a Whore: Secrets of our Success”
To: Sub-Driver
Man Country in Boy’s Town. Yes, I was born in Kenya. Joan Rivers had it right, suckers.
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posted on
09/05/2016 2:56:53 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
09/05/2016 2:57:28 PM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes mandatory ... Thomas Jefferson)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
09/05/2016 2:57:56 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Sub-Driver
Raphael Sagalyn of the ICM/Sagalyn Literary Agency**
Is there public stock in that wise agency that can be shorted?
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posted on
09/05/2016 2:59:02 PM PDT
by
Mark
(Obama Care is now DEMOCRAT CARE)
To: Sub-Driver
Funny how the Obama's give no thought to the poor and needy around the world, when it comes to THEIR MONEY.
Barry could skip the books and send the paper to Venezuela. They need toilet paper bad. I guess he doesn't care about them.
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posted on
09/05/2016 2:59:16 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Sub-Driver
Even reading this causes me nausea.
A book..., fat chance.
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posted on
09/05/2016 3:00:18 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
To: Sub-Driver
President Obama has said that he wants to become a venture capitalistAnd why not...he did so well with Solyndra and Obamacare.
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posted on
09/05/2016 3:00:43 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Einstein: I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Nobody will buy them. But the DNC and all the other leftist groups will buy them by the truckload to get time on the best seller list. It's how they reward people like Plames husband. He writes a book and a leftist group buys them all up.
Somewhere there is a warehouse full of toilet paper and fish wrap authored by far leftists, and people who have done a service for democrats that further the cause..
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posted on
09/05/2016 3:00:48 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
("Sat stonefaced while the building burned..")
To: Sub-Driver
Letter From A Supermax Prison
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posted on
09/05/2016 3:01:21 PM PDT
by
Rastus
(#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
To: Sub-Driver
“How to Ruin the Greatest Country in History in Eight Short Years: Illustrations Provided”
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posted on
09/05/2016 3:01:23 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Sub-Driver
Pffffft.............and avoid taking off his shoes during security screenings at commercial airports...................Since when has he ever had to do that?
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posted on
09/05/2016 3:02:02 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ New Campaign Slogan: SICKER TOGETHER)
To: Rastus
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posted on
09/05/2016 3:02:20 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Sub-Driver
Mein Kampf, and Shit, by Barack Obama
To: Sub-Driver
America, you can keep your values, your liberties, you can keep your culture...PERIOD!!!
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posted on
09/05/2016 3:02:51 PM PDT
by
Stand Watch Listen
(ELITE IMMUNITY: how the puppet masters / puppets continue to function)
To: Sub-Driver
“Rules for Radicals” with a snappier new title.
Oh, and toss in some verses from the koran for good measure.
It isn’t plagiarism if the author is dead, is it?
Obama is gunning for the top spot at the UN. He’s a perfect fit for that gaggle of despots and petty tyrants.
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posted on
09/05/2016 3:03:13 PM PDT
by
factoryrat
(We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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