The army of Democratic apologists who refuse to let go of the checkered Clinton legacy say the thirteen-city tour of President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is an opportunity to share their life experiences with the nation, as if we do not already know about their life experiences.
They also claim the Clintons are waiting until after the
midterm election so as not to interfere with the Democratic campaigns
desperately in need of money for the upcoming election.
How big of them. Of
course, they did not tell us the tickets were going on sale immediately for all
thirteen events spread out over the next six months. Nor did they tell us the real price of
tickets.
The talks, titled "An Evening with President Bill
Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton," will focus
on "stories and inspiring anecdotes that shaped their historic careers in
public service, while also discussing issues of the day and looking toward the
future," according to the tour's organizer, Live Nation. The first event is slated for Nov.
18 in Las Vegas.
Live Nation is the promoter behind Michelle Obama's book tour
for her new memoir, "Becoming," and has handled tours for the likes
of Beyoncé, Taylor Swift (hummm any coincidence?) and Bruno Mars.
While they did say the tickets would cost between $200 and $700, they
forgot to mention the resale arrangement and promotion fees that would drive the
prices into the stratosphere.
So, I checked with the
ticket selling groups about the event planned for Washington, D.C. and here is
what I found. Yes, there are some $200,
seat still available, even though the tickets just went on sale, but virtually all
the expensive seats have been pre-sold.
The cost of the floor, orchestra and other prime locations, well it ran
as high as $4,233 per seat.
Now if we take the past history of the Clinton’s and speaking,
it has been documented that Bill and Hillary earned $153 million for 729
speaking engagements between 2001 and 2015, note she served as Secretary of
State between 2009 and 2013 before launching her presidential run.
Once upon a time it was illegal to rake in millions of dollars
in speaking fees while being a government employee. On average, they each earned about $210,000
per engagement, meaning they would get $420,000 if both appeared together. Not bad for about sixty minutes work.
Since preferred seating for the new tour has already sold out of
most prime seats and boxes, and the real cost is not $700 but $4,233 so far,
the tour could easily generate around $5.4 million dollars for the Clintons.
Too bad for some Democratic candidates facing close elections
and needing a last shot of money for media campaigns, $5.4 million in potential
Democratic contributions has already been snatched by the Clintons. Since they also closed their Foundation
before the federal auditors could expose the billions of dollars in questionable
expenditures, the new fees will go straight into their pockets.
As if their sordid experience with horrendous speaking fees
were not enough, their in-your-face presence on the speaking trail will collide
with the midterm and beginning of the primary campaign for president in 2020. Did she forget she announced she was running
for president January 20, 2007, almost two years before the last election?
Then there is the question of how is the MeToo movement going
to react to the tour since they have been the poster group for the Democratic party
recently in the Kavanaugh hearings. You
see, MeToo formed in response to the Harvey Weinstein sexual escapades and not
only was he one of the biggest Democratic party fundraising heroes, but
thirty-eight years ago he helped Bill Clinton pay off millions of dollars of
legal fees and payoffs to the numerous female victims of then President Clinton.
In a number of those legendary acts of misogyny, which is the
hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls, Hillary
attempted, as First Lady, to discredit and destroy the credibility of victims
of sexual abuse. Misogyny can manifest in numerous ways, including social
exclusion, sex discrimination, hostility, androcentrism, patriarchy, male privilege,
belittling of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification.
Not sure how many of those describe his two-year affair with
Monica Lewinsky. After Bill lied about
the affair, Lewinsky stated that between November 1995 and March 1997, she had
nine sexual encounters in the White House Oval Office with then-President
Bill Clinton. According to her
testimony, these involved fellatio (oral sex), and other sexual acts, but
not sexual intercourse. She was a White
House intern at the time.
Ironically, when the true story of Weinstein came out, and the
MeToo movement was formed to help female victims of sexual abuse, Hillary
actually tried to take credit for starting the new movement, a rather bold
statement considering her decades long friendship with Weinstein and her previous
attempts to discredit the victims of the infidelity of her husband.
If MeToo chooses to ignore protesting the Clinton’s on tour, best friends
of Harvey Weinstein for decades, after their high-profile protests against
Weinstein and Kavanaugh among others, they will demonstrate a level of hypocrisy
unbecoming to their cause and show they are not interested in helping all
victims, and are willing to help cover up those of preferred Democratic party leaders.
Finally, perhaps all those Democratic candidates desperately in need of financial assistance before the midterm election in November, will finally start to understand how they have been played for decades by the Democratic party leadership and begin seeking truth for themselves.
