Thursday, June 12, 2014

Hillary Clinton gives a Whole New Meaning to the Term 'Self Pity' (auto-on-audio)

In her interview this week with Diane Sawyer, she told a story of how she and Bill faced a difficult time in 2001.

Get out the hanky ... this will surely pull on your heart strings:
... Hillary did not dispute the ABC anchor’s assertion that she had made $5 million in speeches and her husband the more eye-popping figure of over $100 million.
Instead, she said: “We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt. 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.” (One of the houses was a $2.85 million place in Georgetown that’s now probably worth twice that.)
I Feel Their Pain ..
Now it’s true that the Clintons, despite Bill’s $200,000 salary, were saddled with big legal bills during the Whitewater/Monica investigations. But it’s equally true that a former president and first lady know full well that they are highly marketable commodities. Without giving a single speech, they each made a killing on their autobiographies, with Hillary’s fetching $8 million. What’s more, former presidents, upon leaving office, get Uncle Sam to pick up much of their postage, phone and office rental expenses.
That’s not quite the same as being “dead broke,” in debt and not knowing where your next dollar is coming from...
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Politicians Lie. Communist politicians Always Lie. Obama is making a lot more than Ed Snowden was paid by NSA $200,000.00. WHO voted the president that HUGE SALARY that violated the U.S. Constitution? Bet that was bi-partisan politicians.