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Note the hypocrisy of the media in not criticizing Clinton for this while they excoriated Reagan, even though Clinton has been paid 20 times as much as Reagan ever was.
Bill Clinton Hauls in Foreign Cash
By Amanda B. Carpenter
Human Events
Posted May 05, 2006
Since leaving the White House, former President Bill Clinton has earned more than $16 million in honoraria from foreign interests, raking in money that could later be used to help finance the expected presidential campaign of his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D.-N.Y.).
Included among the former President’s honoraria was a $300,000 payment for appearing at an Australian conference that was condemned by a prominent Chinese dissident as a propaganda bonanza for the People’s Republic of China.
When I asked Sen. Clinton last week if she had decided whether or not she would use any personal money for her campaign, she said, “Oh, I have no idea.”
[snip]
Former President Ronald Reagan was fiercely criticized in October 1989 when Japanese business giant Fujisankei Communications Group reportedly paid him $2 million for a nine-day visit during which Reagan gave two speeches.
Former President Clinton was paid nearly $22 million from 2001 to 2004 for 151 appearances, for which he usually charged a fee of at least $125,000. His highest fee was $400,000. An analysis of Sen. Clinton’s financial disclosures shows that foreign-based groups paid the former President $16.04 million for 89 appearances.
Of Reagan’s visit to Japan, the New York Times editorialized: “[T]he Reagans’ willing participation is as disturbing as their extraordinary compensation. Former Presidents haven’t always comported themselves with dignity after leaving the Oval Office. But none have plunged so blatantly into pure commercialism.”
Hmm...it occurs to me that Reagan's speeches were worth an average of $1 million each. Clinton's were worth less than $150,000 each. I guess you get what you pay for. :bowrofl:
Bill Clinton Hauls in Foreign Cash
By Amanda B. Carpenter
Human Events
Posted May 05, 2006
Since leaving the White House, former President Bill Clinton has earned more than $16 million in honoraria from foreign interests, raking in money that could later be used to help finance the expected presidential campaign of his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D.-N.Y.).
Included among the former President’s honoraria was a $300,000 payment for appearing at an Australian conference that was condemned by a prominent Chinese dissident as a propaganda bonanza for the People’s Republic of China.
When I asked Sen. Clinton last week if she had decided whether or not she would use any personal money for her campaign, she said, “Oh, I have no idea.”
[snip]
Former President Ronald Reagan was fiercely criticized in October 1989 when Japanese business giant Fujisankei Communications Group reportedly paid him $2 million for a nine-day visit during which Reagan gave two speeches.
Former President Clinton was paid nearly $22 million from 2001 to 2004 for 151 appearances, for which he usually charged a fee of at least $125,000. His highest fee was $400,000. An analysis of Sen. Clinton’s financial disclosures shows that foreign-based groups paid the former President $16.04 million for 89 appearances.
Of Reagan’s visit to Japan, the New York Times editorialized: “[T]he Reagans’ willing participation is as disturbing as their extraordinary compensation. Former Presidents haven’t always comported themselves with dignity after leaving the Oval Office. But none have plunged so blatantly into pure commercialism.”
Hmm...it occurs to me that Reagan's speeches were worth an average of $1 million each. Clinton's were worth less than $150,000 each. I guess you get what you pay for. :bowrofl:
