The Never-ending Grift

[George K]

This is just shameful. He should make his money the way all politicians make it - in stocks (like Pelosi and Issa).

[Doctor Phibes]

100 grand for a watch? Presumably it's accurate enough to tell us whether indeed one is born every minute.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in The Never-ending Grift:

100 grand for a watch?

Clinton could afford it.

[Horace]

Man jewelry. For the status conscious ape in all of us.

[George K]

@Horace said in The Never-ending Grift:

Man jewelry. For the status conscious ape in all of us.

Well put.

[89th]

@Doctor-Phibes said in The Never-ending Grift:

100 grand for a watch? Presumably it's accurate enough to tell us whether indeed one is born every minute.

LOL

[Doctor Phibes]

@Horace said in The Never-ending Grift:

Man jewelry. For the status conscious ape in all of us.

To be honest, it's more likely to trigger my inner Robespierre.

[jon-nyc]

[Horace]

And just like that, political families and their speaking fees are jaw dropping and outrageous.

[jon-nyc]

Press interviews aren’t paid engagements.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in The Never-ending Grift:

Press interviews aren’t paid engagements.

Oh really.

[jon-nyc]

Yes really.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in The Never-ending Grift:

Yes really.

No really.

[Renauda]

Maybe FuCa should ask her for an interview.

[taiwan_girl]

@Renauda said in The Never-ending Grift:

Maybe FuCa should ask her for an interview.

Do you think that Hannity from Fox News paid her?

[Renauda]

I would suspect it to be unlikely.

[taiwan_girl]

Agree.

[Horace]

When doing publicity for a book, one does not usually request payment. When approached by an oppositional media outlet and their cynical reach for ratings, I can understand it.

[jon-nyc]

That’s when you say no. Unless you’re the kind of woman for whom it’s always just a question of price.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in The Never-ending Grift:

That’s when you say no. Unless you’re the kind of woman that makes it just a question about price.

There's nothing unethical about requesting an appearance fee. CNN is free to say no.