Obama’s $400,000 Cantor Speech Makes Him Wall Street's Newest Fat Cat

[Brian4Liberty]

Obama’s $400,000 Cantor Speech Makes Him Wall Street's Newest Fat Cat (http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/04/24/obama-s-400000-cantor-speech-makes-him-wall-streets-newest-fat-cat.html)
By Charlie Gasparino, Brian Schwartz - April 24, 2017


When he was president he called them “fat cats,” but now he’s likely thanking them for a huge payday.

Former President Barack Obama, less than 100 days out of office, has agreed to speak at a Wall Street conference run by Cantor Fitzgerald LP, senior people at the firm confirm to FOX Business. His speaking fee will be $400,000, which is nearly twice as much as Hillary Clinton, his secretary of state, and the 2016 Democratic Party candidate, charged private businesses for such events.
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It’s also likely to be a source of criticism against the former president given Obama’s record of attacks against Wall Street bankers for making huge salaries while average Americans were suffering from the ravages of the 2008 financial crisis. Obama, a progressive Democrat, spoke frequently about Wall Street greed during his eight years as president, and now he’s accepting a speaking fee from the industry he singled out as the main culprit of the banking collapse.
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More: http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/04/24/obama-s-400000-cantor-speech-makes-him-wall-streets-newest-fat-cat.html

[phill4paul]

Annnd now for the pay off, biatches!

[timosman]

Annnd now for the pay off, biatches!

You can take that to the bank!:cool:

[surf]

now that's what I call a true public servant

[dannno]

What was funny about Hillary was that she was commanding these huge speaking fees from these mega-corproations, but when she gave a campaign speech for free, nobody would show up :D

[enhanced_deficit]

Why would anyone pay even a dime to listen to this "bad or sick guy (https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/837996746236182529?lang=en)".. unless it's payoff time for moneybaggers/neocons' latest political slave?


Barack Obama, Wall Street Co-Conspirator?
http://billmoyers.com/2013/01/31/barack-obama-wall-street-co-conspirator/

The Untouchables: How the Obama administration protected Wall Street from prosecutions
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/23/untouchables-wall-street-prosecutions-obama

(https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/23/untouchables-wall-street-prosecutions-obama)

https://truthinmediablog.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/wall-st-for-obama.png




Related

Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Barack Obama was selected before he was elected

http://cdn.cnsnews.com/images/Obama-Rev.-Wright.jpg


Rev. Jeremiah Wright: "Barack Obama was selected before he was elected. Wall Street selected him. GM, Ford and Chrysler selected him. When you are selected by them, you are beholden to them."

Referencing the Book of Exodus, he warned churchgoers to "Please remember that Pharaoh was black, so not all of your oppressors are white." A chorus of "amen" and a phalanx of arms rose simultaneously into the air in agreement with Mr. Wright.

baltimoresun.com (http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-06-21/news/bs-ed-mossburg-wright-20110621_1_african-history-american-revolution-barack-obama)

Majority of Americans now believe Obama is "dishonest and untrustworthy" (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?433586-Majority-of-Americans-now-believe-Obama-is-quot-dishonest-and-untrustworthy-quot&)

[Brian4Liberty]

Elizabeth Warren can't wait for her turn...

[Jamesiv1]

Whoever thinks its wrong for a former President to make a little jack on the speaker circuit can get the hell out.

[devil21]

Whoever thinks its wrong for a former President to make a little jack on the speaker circuit can get the hell out.

That seems to be your "go to" post lately. Reminds me of recycling the Bush era propaganda/slogans during the wars. When will you remind us that we must either be with the government or with the terrorists?

[enhanced_deficit]

To be fair, Bush era phrasology was edgy and trendy.

GTHO
Trust The President
Can't Put Price Tag on Freedom
Fight Them Over There so we can have Barack Hussein Obama Run America Over Here
...



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Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Barack Obama was selected before he was elected

http://cdn.cnsnews.com/images/Obama-Rev.-Wright.jpg


Rev. Jeremiah Wright: "Barack Obama was selected before he was elected. Wall Street selected him. GM, Ford and Chrysler selected him. When you are selected by them, you are beholden to them."

Referencing the Book of Exodus, he warned churchgoers to "Please remember that Pharaoh was black, so not all of your oppressors are white." A chorus of "amen" and a phalanx of arms rose simultaneously into the air in agreement with Mr. Wright.

baltimoresun.com (http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-06-21/news/bs-ed-mossburg-wright-20110621_1_african-history-american-revolution-barack-obama)

[Jamesiv1]

That seems to be your "go to" post lately. Reminds me of recycling the Bush era propaganda/slogans during the wars. When will you remind us that we must either be with the government or with the terrorists?
You might want to do some research before you embarrass yourself again.

[devil21]

You might want to do some research before you embarrass yourself again.

That would be your second most used "go to" post. You'd probably fit in better on some forum full of dumbasses if those are the best retorts you have. I hear Breitbart is hoppin' these days.

[Ender]

Why would anyone pay even a dime to listen to this disgraced eyewash2008 guy (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?502216-Erection-2008-Video-Surfaces-Of-Obama-Flaunting-His-Junk-to-Reporters-on-Campaign-Plane&p=6451014&viewfull=1#post6451014) who was also called "bad or sick" guy by President Trump recently... unless it's payoff time for moneybaggers/neocons latest political slave?



I'd rather listen to Obama any day that the incomprehensible junk that backfires outta Trump's mouth. :)

And I definitely ain't no O fan- just sayin'.

[Ender]

That would be your second most used "go to" post. You'd probably fit in better on some forum full of dumbasses if those are the best retorts you have. I hear Breitbart is hoppin' these days.
Jamesiv1's remarks are mostly sarcasm and can be misinterpreted until you get used to him. ;)

[Jamesiv1]

That would be your second most used "go to" post. You'd probably fit in better on some forum full of dumbasses if those are the best retorts you have. I hear Breitbart is hoppin' these days.
Say something else, punk. I'll come over there and kick your ass.

[timosman]

Jamesiv1's remarks are mostly sarcasm and can be misinterpreted until you get used to him. ;)

Yeah, but he is overdoing it. :rolleyes:

[timosman]

Say something else, punk. I'll come over there and kick your ass.

You make me miss Zippy.:o

[Ender]

Yeah, but he is overdoing it. :rolleyes:

Well sometimes the only other response is:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0peBq89ZTrc

;)

[shakey1]

Obama’s $400,000 Cantor Speech Makes Him Wall Street's Newest Fat Cat

now maybe he'll be able to spring for his own goddamn library.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/9b/f5/78/9bf5783b10b7dc2e3a9caedea2004548.jpg

[enhanced_deficit]

I'd rather listen to Obama any day that the incomprehensible junk that backfires outta Trump's mouth. :)

And I definitely ain't no O fan- just sayin'.

Have you heard speeches of both without teleprompters?

It's like day and night. DGP is a horrible speaker without teleprompter.




Related

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/images/misc/poll_posticon.gif Poll: Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton: Who is the best speaker without teleprompter? (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?510166-Trump-Obama-Bush-Clinton-Who-is-the-best-speaker-without-teleprompter&)

[Galileo Galilei]

I was never fooled by Obama.

[Zippyjuan]

Ron Paul only charges $50,000 to speak. https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/ron-paul-will-charge-50000-to-speak?utm_term=.twY9pYyW9#.kimol46Ko


Paul’s fee is in addition to hotel, meals, and ground transportation in his origin and destination cities for two people. He’s represented by Greater Talent Network Speakers Bureau.

Paul’s rate puts him about in the middle of the field for former politicians. He’s making more than John Huntsman, Mike Huckabee, and Joe Scarborough, but much less than Al Gore and Arnold Schwarzenegger, each of whom command six-figure fees.

Obama can't pass any laws now so they can't be buying his influence on regulations.

[Ender]

Have you heard speeches of both without teleprompters?

It's like day and night. DGP is a horrible speaker without teleprompter.

Did you ever hear Bush? Gag.

[Occam's Banana]

Obama can't pass any laws now so they can't be buying his influence on regulations.

Yes, they can be buying his influence. (And you do know that Obama couldn't "pass any laws" even when he was POTUS, don't you?)

Just because he isn't sitting POTUS any more doesn't mean he doesn't have any connections, or that he can't broker introductions, or etc. - you know, all the things that are connoted by the term "influence peddling" ...

[devil21]

Jamesiv1's remarks are mostly sarcasm and can be misinterpreted until you get used to him. ;)

If you say so. I think he's just a dick.

[Jamesiv1]

If you say so. I think he's just a dick.
Oh wow, internet tough guy.

Go ahead and say something else, punk. I will come over there and kick your ass.

[Danke]

If you say so. I think he's just a dick.



Oh wow, internet tough guy.

Go ahead and say something else, punk. I will come over there and kick your ass.

I predicked you'd respond to criticism that way.

[Jamesiv1]

I predicked you'd respond to criticism that way.
Oh wow, look at all the internet tough guys.

I'm going to hide deep inside this forum and every time you guys post I'm going to jump out and kick your ass.

[enhanced_deficit]

Obama reportedly pulls in another $400G for speech
April 28, 2017

McCain: St. Obama is a dirty capitalist like the rest of us

Barack Obama, the former president, who has been criticized for taking in $400,000 for a Wall Street-sponsored speech, has reportedly pulled in the exact same amount for another speech in New York.
The former president appeared at the A&E Networks advertising upfront at The Pierre Hotel in New York City where he was interviewed by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin for more than 90 minutes in front of the cable network’s advertisers, The New York Post reported. (http://nypost.com/2017/04/27/obama-scores-another-400k-speaking-fee-amid-criticism/)
Earlier this week, the 44th president came under strong scrutiny (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/27/obamas-400g-wall-street-speech-leaves-liberal-base-stunned.html) after it was learned that he agreed to speak at a health care event in September sponsored by Wall Street Bank Cantor Fitzgerald, a speech that would earn him $400,000.
Surprisingly, Democratic Party leaders have come out to the media to harshly criticized Obama.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...or-speech.html (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/28/obama-reportedly-pulls-in-another-400g-for-speech.html)


Elizabeth Warren: Obama was wrong. The system is more rigged than you know (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?510133-Elizabeth-Warren-Obama-was-wrong-The-system-is-more-rigged-than-you-know&)
Sanders: Obama's $400K Wall Street speech 'unfortunate'
By Max Greenwood - 04/28/17 09:19 AM EDT
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...00k-for-speech (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/331042-sanders-unfortunate-that-obama-accepting-400k-for-speech)








Did you ever hear Bush? Gag.

Did you ever hear Reagan? Rad.

If you want to expand scope, we can as a side discussion but above comment was mainly about comparing un-teleprompted speeches of current POTUS and DGP.

[Ender]

Did you ever hear Reagan? Rad.

If you want to expand scope, we can as a side discussion but above comment was mainly about comparing un-teleprompted speeches of current POTUS and DGP.

Reagan was an actor- he knew how to use visual media. And he was usually always on the teleprompter- was just not obvious. When he wasn't, he said some pretty stupid things. He said them well, but didn't know what he was talking about.

[enhanced_deficit]

Reagan was an actor- he knew how to use visual media. And he was usually always on the teleprompter- was just not obvious. When he wasn't, he said some pretty stupid things. He said them well, but didn't know what he was talking about.

Could it be that Reagan didn't have enough sleep on days when he talked stupidly.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQBkz9y_FW8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQBkz9y_FW8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDJSVPAx8xc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDJSVPAx8xc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XuItt6iuMc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XuItt6iuMc

[enhanced_deficit]

Looks like disgraced DGP's credibility is vanishing even for the left wing of Dem party. This is liberal Salon mag:

Saturday, Apr 29, 2017


Obama’s whopping Wall Street payday: Not a great look for the Democratic Party brand

The ex-president's $400,000 speaking fee is no crime — but it sure doesn't help the Democrats' image problem

Conor Lynch Topics: Barack Obama, Cantor Fitzgerald, Democratic Party, Democrats, Liberals, obama speech, progressive movement, Progressives, Wall Street

http://media.salon.com/2017/04/barack-obama-620x412.jpg (http://media.salon.com/2017/04/barack-obama.jpg)
(Credit: AP/Charles Rex Arbogast)



In this day and age, getting elected president of the United States is kind of like winning a golden ticket that brings you immeasurable wealth if you can make it through one or two hellish terms in office. It has become standard practice over the past few decades for presidents to cash in that golden ticket after leaving the White House.
It was disappointing but not terribly surprising, then, to learn this week that former President Barack Obama will follow in his predecessors’ footsteps and cash in his ticket. Though Obama has already scored a lavish book deal (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/business/media/obama-book-deal-penguin-random-house.html) rumored to be worth up to $60 million, plus royalties — more money than most people could ever dream of making, or spending, in their lifetime — it was reported on Tuesday by Fox Business that the former president has also agreed to give a speech (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/us/politics/obama-speech-fee.html?_r=0) in September for the Wall Street investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald. His fee will be $400,000. In other words, Obama will make in about one hour what an average American worker makes in about a decade.
This news predictably vexed progressives, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., saying (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/warren-troubled-by-report-of-wall-street-paid-obama-speech/2017/04/28/61c14aa2-2c17-11e7-9081-f5405f56d3e4_story.html?utm_term=.d471a8600d91) that she is “troubled” by the president’s decision, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., calling (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/331042-sanders-unfortunate-that-obama-accepting-400k-for-speech) it “unfortunate.” At the same time, the news delighted conservative pundits, who gleefully branded Obama a self-interested hypocrite. On “Fox & Friends,” conservative author Kristen Tate called it (http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/04/26/obama-wall-street-speech-hypocrisy-fox-friends-gasparino-cavuto-report) the “height of hypocrisy,” opining that “it’s all about personal gain for Obama.” While almost all politicians “cash out” after leaving office, Tate continued, “Democrats end up looking more hypocritical than Republicans because it’s the Democrats who constantly rail against greedy, rich bankers and rich businesspeople.”

http://www.salon.com/2017/04/29/obamas-whopping-wall-street-payday-not-a-great-look-for-the-democratic-party-brand/

[CPUd]

http://i.imgur.com/DE3g5D0.jpg

[enhanced_deficit]

http://i.imgur.com/DE3g5D0.jpg


Neocons in media often leave out important details:

Armed with charm and wit,
a Nobel Peace Prize and extensive experience
of droning to death thousands of innocent children...


http://grrrgraphics.com/uploads/7/4/7/3/74734153/9577329_orig.jpg

[CPUd]

http://i.imgur.com/3fjTGL3.jpg

[enhanced_deficit]

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/images/misc/poll_posticon.gif Poll: Will Obama donate book deals/$400K Wall Street speeches money to injured vets/drone victims? (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?510203-Will-Obama-donate-book-deals-400K-Wall-Street-speeches-money-to-injured-vets-drone-victims&)

[enhanced_deficit]

To be devil's advocate, is it so wrong if he just wants to be rich like some of his early American role models?

"In 1991, Obama, a 29-year-old soon-to-be Harvard Law School grad, wrote a paper with a friend, Robert Fisher, called “Race and Rights Rhetoric.” Obama summed up the average American’s mindset with the following sentence: "I may not be Donald Trump now, but just you wait; if I don't make it, my children will."

http://www.complex.com/life/2017/05/harvard-law-student-barack-obama-becoming-donald-trump-american-dream

[Zippyjuan]

Just for comparison: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-fight-over-hillary-clintons-speaking-fees-is-ridiculous/2016/02/05/ca4d8952-cc4e-11e5-ae11-57b6aeab993f_story.html?utm_term=.b08548bc0785


As speaking fees go, Hillary Clinton’s allegedly scandalous $200,000 per engagement is chump change compared with Donald Trump’s $1.5 million.

But, of course Trump wouldn’t bother to part his lips for less. It costs at least a million just to wake up in the rarified world he occupies.

[enhanced_deficit]

On a sidenote, Zippy whose speeches you find more truthful, Trump's or Obama's?

[merkelstan]

Reagan was the only president in my lifetime who worked hard to brush up on economics and libertarian literature as part of his career.

[Zippyjuan]

Reagan was the only president in my lifetime who worked hard to brush up on economics and libertarian literature as part of his career.

Laws he signed weren't very libertarian (noting that presidents don't write bills). Brady gun ban. Highest tax increase ever until that point. Expanded Medicare. Record defense spending. He talked nice though.