Bill and Hillary Clinton “earned” — can a mortal earn such
stratospheric sums? — “at least $30 million over the last 16 months,
mainly from giving paid speeches to corporations, banks and other
organizations,” The New York Times reports. “They have now earned more
than $125 million on the [lecture] circuit since leaving the White House
in 2001.”
This is an important issue. But the big story has little to with what actually matters.
Coverage of the Clintons’ spectacularly lucrative speaking career has
focused on how it affects Hillary’s 2016 presidential campaign —
specifically the political damage caused by the public’s growing
perception that Hillary is out of touch with the common man and woman.
It is a promising line of inquiry for her detractors (myself included).
Hillary is out of touch. She hasn’t been behind the wheel of an
automobile for nearly 20 years, is a multi-multi-millionaire who
nevertheless considered herself “dead broke” and still believes that she
and her husband are not among “the truly well off.” (Maybe Bill still
drives.)
READ MORE:http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/05/19/commentary/world-commentary/hillary-clintons-lucrative-life-of-crime/#.VWJ7zuRVK1E
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