Because “That’s what they offered”

[Contrary1]

No doubt true...she just didn't finish the sentence, "...since I told them I wouldn't do it for less."

During CNN’s Democratic town hall event in New Hampshire on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton shrugged when asked why she accepted $675,000 from Wall Street investment giant Goldman Sachs to give three speeches in 2013.

“That’s what they offered,” Clinton said. “You know, every secretary of state that I know has done that.”

Well, yes and no.

In terms of delivering paid speeches, she’s right: Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright — the three secretaries of state before Clinton — and James Baker, who served under George H. W. Bush, have given paid speeches according to the Washington Speakers Bureau, the Alexandria, Va., booking agency that represents them.

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But in terms of what they’re paid, Clinton’s reported $200,000-plus speaking fee appears to be well above the rates her colleagues command. According to the Washington Speakers Bureau, Albright and Baker get “$40,001 and up” per engagement, while Rice and Powell’s fees “vary based on event location.” Richard Armitage, Powell’s deputy, is far less expensive, charging $25,000 to $40,000 per speech — airfare and ground transportation included...."

More: https://www.yahoo.com/politics/fact-check-hillary-says-every-secretary-of-state-205259379.html

[DaveT]

1. “You know, every secretary of state that I know has done that."

Doesn't she realize that the overwhelming majority of Americans are sick of business as usual? Hey, she says, its only normal to make ten times the median income from making a few speeches to a bunch of bankers. The presumption and the sense of entitlement are truly breathtaking.

She really does have her head in the clouds, serenely believing that her wealth and privilege are just a reward for her innate wonderfulness. Why would anybody have a problem with cashing six figure checks as a perk of having been in government? Isn't that the American Dream?


She is one lousy politician.

[snagglepuss]

2. THe reason she got such was that everyone has known her ambition to be

be president and that she'd most likely would get it. What Hillary did is to cash in on that and that looks very much like influence peddling. It stinks to high heaven. Of course she is lawyered up so everything is legit, legit but unethical.

[smokey nj]

3. Everybody else does it is an excuse rejected by mothers all over the world, yet Hillary expects us

to accept it. Too bad she wasn't asked a follow-up - If other Secretaries of State jumped off a cliff, would you follow them?

[pangaia]

4. THAT line right there should be enought to tell anyone

all they need to know about Secretary Clinton.

It is so full of truth and is a lie at the same time. It is tasteless, yet honest, and yet so revealing and so pregnant with information about all that Sanders is fighting against.

Against ALL of them!!!

It should be broadcast throughout the known universe.