Hillary: ‘We struggled’ to make ends meet after leaving the White House

Hotair ^ | 06/09/2014 | Noah Rothman

[SeekAndFind]

Hillary Clinton isn’t rich. She’s you.

The Clintons, who are so fond of reminding voters that former President Bill Clinton left behind a budget surplus, were not so particular about their personal finances in the late 1990s. If you forgot that little historical detail, Hillary Clinton is happy to remind you that she, too, has “struggled” and knows what “dead broke” feels like.

“If you — you have no reason to remember, but we came out of the White House not only dead broke but in debt,” Clinton told ABC’s Diane Sawyer after being confronted with the fact that she makes a ridiculous amount of money on the speaking circuit.

“We had no money when we got there and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for Chelsea’s education, you know, it was not easy,” she added.

“First of all, we had to pay off all our debts,” Clinton continued, “which was, you know, he had to make double the money because of obviously taxes and then pay off the debts and get us houses and take care of family members.”

That’s an interesting answer. Sawyer’s question was not, “You’re making an absurd amount of money, why don’t you apologize?” It was, “You’re making an absurd amount of money, why would you ever want to stop just to run for president?”

But Clinton’s defensive response made more sense when Sawyer asked a follow-up question. “Do you think Americans will understand five times the median income in this country for one speech?” Sawyer asked.

“Let me put it this way,” Clinton answered. “I thought making speeches for money was a much better thing than getting connected with any one group or company, as so many people who leave public life do.”

[Ditter]

Oh what a crock! Only the blindest of "dim supporters" will believe this. Maybe if they had not bought a multimillion dollar home in NY and then another one in DC they would have had a little spare change.

[Mastador1]

What a load of crap, 400k as president, book deals,speaking fee’s alone that earned him over 75 million by 2010, shrillary made what 145k a year as senator? Her net worth is at least 21 million, billy’s at 8o million. Cry me a friggin river as the liar tries to be one of the poor in America.

[dead]

She knows this lie is easily disproven in an instant (see post #13 above), but she doesn't care.

The type of people who will vote for Obama will vote for Hillary - the type of voter that does not value honesty in a politician. The type that wants a politician to lie to them all day. They LOVE being lied to.

I think the fact that they know it's a lie and they don't care makes them feel like a political insider type who really "gets" how the game is played. It feeds their dopey mindset that they, as a "smart, cosmopolitan liberal", are above the cablenews fray and aware on another level.

So the fact that they accept the lies from Hillary and Obama just proves to them that they are really really smart, which they already knew because they went to a really good college.

[beethovenfan]

Oh boo f’n hoo.

[NYRepublican72]

Now what were all those debts they were paying off???

Probably legal debts because of all the women her husband sexually harrassed and worse while in power.

But, of course, they had a legal defense fund and all that White House china.

[ConservingFreedom]

Wasn't Barry poormouthing a while back about how he and Mooch couldn't get by on a measly couple hundred grand a year?

And the Demonrats like to say Pubs are rich and out of touch ...

[crusty old prospector]

“I don’t feel noways tired.”

[headstamp 2]

The first thing that you do when you are “dead broke” is buy a large house in an exclusive area of Chappaqua, NY and then run for a Senate seat. That’s what we used to do when we were “dead broke”.

[goodwithagun]

The comments at the site are hysterical!

[tanknetter]

Iirc their homes were financed via sweetheart loans from prominant backers.

AND their legal bills from all the scandals were covered by their legal defense fund.

Ok, I could see them on the day Bill left office as being in debt and without the cash flow to meet those debts. But given Bill’s speaking fees the duration of them being in that state would have been measures in weeks, at most.

[GotMojo]

dead broke? and you want to fix our economy?

[Dilbert San Diego]

A lot of the debts were legal fees, incurred because of Bill’s bad behavior with women. Hillary should be asked why they had so many legal bills, what legal cases were involved.

[NCC-1701]

“...“you know,”...”

NO we DON’T know, Hitlery. Enlighten all of us.

[stanne]

OK. Eh, she bought a multimillion estate in Chappaqua NY.

He bought an apt in Manhattan.

She bought a senate seat.

[afraidfortherepublic]

You are forgetting the multi million $$$ Harlem office digs (with attached apartment) and the Clinton Library in AR (with attached apartment). This family, which never owned a home, suddenly had 4 (FOUR) homes to choose from after leaving the White House.

I wonder if Bill ever stays in Georgetown? Is he allowed in the door? Or, is that just for Huma?

[PrairieLady2]

IIRC, the $400K salary didn’t kick in till Bush ran for office. But nobody mentioned Bill’s full pension salary upon leaving office. They were not ‘’dead broke’’. And, by virtue of their positions, they had alternate means of income. That’s not ‘dead broke’ either.

Understandably, they went through some tough financial times. I don’t doubt that. But dead broke, they weren’t.

[Dilbert San Diego]

The point is, the tough financial times were mostly due to legal debts, which in turn were due to Bill’s own, self-inflicted wounds, due to his bad behavior with women.

[Pearls Before Swine]

“We came out of the White House dead broke”... but we worked hard giving speeches and peddling influence, and now we’re rich beyond the dreams of avarice. Selling influence... it’s the American Dream. Look at Joe Biden, whose lobbyist sons sell his influence.

[just me]

That’s poor? Sign me up.....

[mikrofon]

I'm sure that book royalties & speaking fees eased her "struggle" somewhat…