Gaga Monster 13,001 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 "At a time when people are frustrated with Wall Street and their power, I think it is unfortunate he is doing this." Elizabeth Warren was also upset. GGD Presidential Elections Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaga Monster 13,001 Posted April 28, 2017 Author Share Posted April 28, 2017 Obama was the one who criticized Wall Street his entire presidency, speech after speech, and now he is doing paid private speeches? Hypocrite much? And btw, I do like a lot of what Obama did, I liked the guy, but I report news and hypocrisy. GGD Presidential Elections Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,942 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Can't say I'm surprised at Obama doing this. I'll leave it at that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Bernie didn't "destroy" anything let's get that straight. Anyways, if any of you were in Obama's shoes are you really telling me you would decline the money? Unless I'm missing something Obama's speech is what he wants to say. Nobody on Wall Street is telling him what to say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azor Ahai 18,861 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 American leftists always forgive Obama because he is the first black president. He is quite messy a lot of the time and this is one of those times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born To Slay 10,996 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 10 minutes ago, Future Lover said: Bernie didn't "destroy" anything let's get that straight. Anyways, if any of you were in Obama's shoes are you really telling me you would decline the money? Unless I'm missing something Obama's speech is what he wants to say. Nobody on Wall Street is telling him what to say. Yes, I'd decline the money. It looks bad for the party when elitists are paying for hundreds of thousands of dollars to speak. If you're trying to get the working class back on ur side as a party, it doesn't help when one of your most well known members does something like this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie-kun 1,765 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I don't understand what the issue is? Obama is no longer president, he's not in any position of power, so why shouldn't he be able to do paid, private speeches? It's not like they can lobby him for anything. I think Bernie spends way too much time attacking people on the left. Obama getting paid to do some speeches out of office, meanwhile Trump is literally trying to pass an unfunded $2 TRILLION tax cut on the rich. He shouldn't even be talking about Obama right now. Also, FWIW, pretty much every recent president, Republicans and Democrats, have done paid speeches when they left office. It's not like this is unprecedented or unheard of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whispering 18,865 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 This is how x Presidents make money. All of them have done so in the modern era. Obama is no different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo 40,746 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Bernie is one of the worst people to happen to modern politics that isn't a republican. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyboi12 2,125 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 24 minutes ago, Future Lover said: Bernie didn't "destroy" anything let's get that straight. Anyways, if any of you were in Obama's shoes are you really telling me you would decline the money? Unless I'm missing something Obama's speech is what he wants to say. Nobody on Wall Street is telling him what to say. Facts! I wouldn't reject 400k Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaga Monster 13,001 Posted April 28, 2017 Author Share Posted April 28, 2017 1 minute ago, Arturo said: Bernie is one of the worst people to happen to modern politics that isn't a republican. I have to agree with you on that. He is so out of touch on reality and his ideas are so stupid. I am so glad he will never be president GGD Presidential Elections Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstreak 6,653 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Ugh King CONTINUES to fight for the proletariat <3 Take a moment to think of just flexibility, love, and trust~ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popo 3,781 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 4 minutes ago, Whispering said: This is how x Presidents make money. All of them have done so in the modern era. Obama is no different. I'm surprised that he managed to command such a huge sum in comparison to bill and bush. he worked hard for the past 8 years, time to reap the fruits of his labour tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whispering 18,865 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 11 minutes ago, Born To Slay said: Yes, I'd decline the money. It looks bad for the party when elitists are paying for hundreds of thousands of dollars to speak. If you're trying to get the working class back on ur side as a party, it doesn't help when one of your most well known members does something like this. The working class just voted a ****ing billionaire that was born with a silver spoon in his mouth into office...one that lives in gold towers and plays golf three days a week. Why would it matter if Obama ends up being a millionaire? Like most past Presidents, he will give speeches, write a book, open a library, start a charity, and live a good life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petie Estie 5,736 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 So um, can anyone tell me why this is bad because I never understood it tbh. Call your therapist...it's Petie Estie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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