Posted on 12/02/2014 7:56:53 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
Hillary Clinton is going to have a real problem running for president as a woman of the people. And the evidence mounts by the day.
First, you'll recall her hilarious claim of being "dead broke" upon leaving the rent-free White House in 2001 and confronting mortgages on two mansions. We've all heard about her scores of strictly-controlled, quarter-million dollar speeches to every convention of scrap metal dealers and the like since jumping off the sinking S.S. Obama last year.
Now comes a most amazing compilation of regal needs and demands before the ex-first lady, ex-senator, ex-secretary of State will condescend to accept up to $10,000 per minute to address her countrymen.
It took a Freedom of Information case to get at the secret details of the negotiations and demands for last March's Clinton appearance at UCLA. But two Washington Post reporters have uncovered a revealing compendium of both grandiose and petty requirements which university hosts had to meet in order to enjoy the brief presence of Clinton and a bevy of her aides.
The former Obama cabinet member required, for instance, several teleprompters so she could wander the stage and appear to talk spontaneously. Apparently the former Chicagoan is a thirsty speaker; she must have a case of spring water nearby (room temperature only). Plus in an off-stage room, she wanted “coffee, tea, room temp sparkling and still water, diet ginger ale, crudité, hummus and sliced fruit.” Also a computer, mouse, printer and a scanner must be available.
She agreed to pose for only 50 photos with a total of 100 people. In that VIP room and on-stage she required more room-temperature water -- and plates of lemon wedges.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.investors.com ...
And does she trash the room if she sees a brown M&M?
I worked at the Carrier Dome @ SU back in the mid 80’s. I saw lists like this for every performer that came through there. As you known, some are a lot worse than others.
However, many of the requirements were for certain products that were sponsoring the tour(ie certain brands of booze, etc).
Jerry Garcia needed his own dressing room separate from the rest of the Grateful Dead. In that room he required a card table and a chair with a lamp on the table. That’s it. We figured it was so he could sit down and boot heroin prior to the show.
No, of course not.
The M&Ms thing with Van Halen actually had a legitimate and pretty cool purpose for the proper execution of the show. Unlike the pampering of Hillary ...
One of the best riders I ever saw was from Commander Cody - obviously making fun of those who make crazy demands. One of the items:
One pot of coffee, preferably less than a week old
Do you need to ask?
I didn’t see any mention of a case of single-malt Scotch Whisky. I’m sure that was just an oversight.
No brown M&Ms.
Like Caliph Baraq, just the take from POTUS pardon bribes will make it all worthwhile...
-PJ
Iggy Pop’s rider is hilarious, too.
Yep, the green M&M’s was a quick way to know someone had read through the rider and probably did the other important things correctly.
The answer is in the question of course.
From the dems point of view, that is exactly what makes her presidential material.
....and of course, all crosses must be removed, and all mirrors covered up.
THe rest of the story:
Sorry. Posted to wrong thread.
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