[HHFi]

I've written a couple of books and am currently doing a speech based on one for civic and professional groups, and I've written speeches for a lot of corporate executives, so I know a thing or two about structuring a public presentation. That's why I'm so appalled that anyone would pay $250,000 to hear that load of rambling cliches and gaseous platitudes that Bill Clinton dispenses to the suckers.

He'd better sock away some of his ill-gotten gains, because word gets around quickly in the speaking trade as to who is worth the money and who isn't, and those $250,000 gigs aren't going to last forever. Of course, I could be wrong, if it turns out nobody is really paying him to speak, they're just paying to meet him because they think he's a conduit to Democrats who can do them favors; in other words, if the speaking fee (like that $18 million worth of advances for books he and Hillary can't write and that nobody will buy) is really nothing more than a disguised bribe. But hey, what are the chances of THAT?!

[DennisR]

He recently spoke to some university students (Georgetown?). The ramble was about 11 pages long! What a waste of time, energy, and money. He is very booring (sic).

[A Navy Vet]

Yup, without his tax-payer funded team of speech writers, he's pretty much swingin in the breeze...hahaha.

[steve-b]

Of course, I could be wrong, if it turns out nobody is really paying him to speak, they're just paying to meet him because they think he's a conduit to Democrats who can do them favors; in other words, if the speaking fee (like that $18 million worth of advances for books he and Hillary can't write and that nobody will buy) is really nothing more than a disguised bribe.

Or he's laundering his previous ill-gotten gains.