Kansans startled to learn that former President Bill Clinton earned nearly $40 million on the speakers’ circuit in six years may wonder if their tax dollars will go into his pockets when he speaks Friday afternoon at Kansas State University. The university says Clinton’s Landon Lecture will be unpaid, save reimbursement for expenses. It seems that when someone of Clinton’s stature speaks at a university, you “do it for free or you don’t do it at all,” series chairman Charles Reagan told Harris News Service.
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I wonder if Bush will do this, and what could he possibly say, even in his brand of “manglish”?
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No matter what the truth is, the Bush supporters will say some snide remark about Bill Clinton just because he is Bill Clinton.
I may be incorrect about this, but didn’t President Reagan, after he left office, make a substantial amount of $$ from speaking engagements? As I recall, he, and those who have followed him, have done so.
Most ex-presidents make substantial dollars for speaking engagements post presidency. As the most popular ex-prez in recent memory, Clinton earns his speaking fees around the world.
I believe it was Reagan that “earned” a two million dollar fee for a speech in Japan shortly after he left office. It may have been GHWB.
Since we live in a greedy, capitalistic society, I really can’t see how anyone could blame Clinton for making money, but you know the right wingers are going to criticize.
What else would you expect.
Even though I didn’t agree with Reagan on many points, I enjoyed listeneing to him. He wasn’t called the” Great Communicator” for nothing.
Sorry G’Ster, I always thought that Reagan was an actor playing President.
WSC- Maybe, but now we have a clown playing himself!
KANSAS LOVES WILLY!BILL CLINTON!BILL CLINTON!
Yeah this article and the guy claiming that Clinton is making too much money, bullpucky.
Speakers are fundraisers for their parties. Ex presidents bring in lots of dough. (although I seriously doubt Shrub will).
When Bush comes, they’ll have to pay students to go hear him . . .
President Clinton and President Carter both have given me pause to re-think my opinion of both.I despised Clinton after two incidents one was when he looked directly into the camera and said “I did not have sex with that woman….. Monica Lewensky!” (sorry I have trouble with Slavic names). It was Jennifer Flowers who explained to Bill Clinton that was not a lie. It was two separate statements, he was pointing at someone he had not had sex with. So that was the truth, but then he said Monica’s name as if he was talking about something totally different.
The second was the day my oldest son got caught in a lie, I told him he was to be punished for lying.My then 12 y.o. son looked me dead in the eye and said, “But dad the President lied and he was not punished!”. I thought what an example our President has set, a new reason for our children to want to be President!It was not until I read Richard Clarks book, “Against all enemies” that I learned just how Clinton was the only one of the last four Presidents that actually took terrorism serious. Though he faces a great deal of trouble from the Pentagon and the CIA about doing anything about Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.
President Carter I thought was a total loser for sometime, it was not until a decade later that I learned of his service and many aspects that made me wonder if my judgment was too harsh.
Anyway, I would like to hear Bill Clinton speak and really just speak to him. In some respects I feel we might have more in common. NO I HAVE NOT CHEATED ON MY WIFE! Lol
But admittedly, it does give me pause to wonder about my opinion of G.W. Bush. The evidence I have found leads me to feel his at best a real dupe for Cheney and the PNAC. At worst he is a traitor to this country. But maybe in twenty years I will learn he was somewhere in the middle.
Clinton’s name still gives me a bad taste in my mouth to say, but now it is a taste that I can stand.
WriterD–
Tell your son that Clinton was nearly ruined by his lie, nearly ruined his party, badly hurt Gore’s chances for winning in 2000, and had to publicly apologize.
He didn’t “get away with” anything.
Capt that is all true and since I have learn just how serious the distraction was when it came to doing something about Al-Qaeda.
Lol after posting that he happen to call and I asked if he remembered? He said he did remember something to that effect.
The sex scandal, the military saying that Bin Laden could not be just snatched and brought to the U.S., the CIA did nothing to get upto date intell as to where Bin-Laden was some they had to depend on several days old infor and by then he was gone.
Need I mention that Clinton was being block also by a very partisan Congress to?
It will forever more be a black eye on the Clinton Presidency
LOL @ Clinton being serious on terrorism. African embassies, WTC1, USS Cole, Hussein violations….all with nary a response. I don’t like either party, but it’s funny to see some of you ‘defend your man’ on both sides with ridiculous comments.
Oh, and all presidents can make money speaking. Who would have a problem with that? Supply and demand. If someone is willing to pay $X to hear the person, then what’s the problem?