President Bush embarks on first speaking tour - and he's getting paid $150,000 a pop

[babylonsister]

President Bush embarks on first speaking tour - and he's getting paid $150,000 a pop

By Thomas M. Defrank In Washington and David Saltonstall In New York
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Updated Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 6:50 PM


President Bush is ready to spread the cheer during his first speaking tour. Somodevilla/Getty


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President George W. Bush may have left office with a historically bad 22% approval rating, but he's still eager to impart his wisdom - for $150,000 a speech.

The former president will charge that hefty fee per pep talk - plus first-class or private jet transport for four - when he hits the lecture circuit next month with stopovers in Canada, the U.S. and other spots around the globe, sources told The News.

"There will always be people who want the prestige of a former President," said one public speaking expert.

Bargain hunters will be glad to know that for local talks near his new Dallas digs, Bush will cut his price - to a mere $100,000.

The ex-president's bookers at the Washington Speakers Bureau - where interested parties can also hire former First Lady Laura Bush - are pitching him as president "for eight of the most consequential years in American history."

more...:puke:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/02/24/2009-02-24_president_bush_embarks_on_first_speaking.html

[Parche]

1. fool me once

fool me twice, we cant get fondled again.....:rofl: :hi:

[CrispyQ]

2. The contributions to this site will never end:

http://www.dubyaspeak.com/

;)

[Oregone]

3. Speaking fees are bribes...just paid after the work was done.

Its a legal way to launder monetary funds to politicians who perform "good" work.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Oh, do go to the link and vote in the poll!

[Double T]

5. $150,000.00 for butchered syllables and sentences?

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Failed once again, didn't ya georgie?

:evilgrin: Only $150,000 a pop? You loser!

[bdamomma]

7. oh crap why all that money for that imbecile.

he hasn't been out of office a month now, no one wants to hear from him.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

8. Or $50k per coherent sentence. (nt)

[TheCoxwain]

11. good one! nt.

[Turbineguy]

9. So that's why the Repubs were so

against checking cattle for Mad Cow Disease.

It was to have a future audience for Chimpolini.

[Political_Junkie]

10. Sucker born every minute. nt

[KonaKane]

12. Good!

Any institution dumb enough to pay out that sort of cash to hear his Royal Dumbness remark on the eight worst years of our national existence DESERVES to be fleeced.

[tanyev]

13. Fools and their money....

[sofa king]

14. For $150,000, I will ACTUALLY poop in your purse.

Not just figuratively. I'll really do it.

Please consider having me crap all over the place before you hire that fellow to merely talk. The results are the same, but I'm far more interesting to watch... if you're into that sort of thing.