Michelle Obama to get a check for $741,000 for a one-hour speech about 'Diversity and Inclusion

[WVK]

The 59-year-old picked up the eye-watering check for speaking to a start-up event held on the sidelines of the annual Oktoberfest beer festival, two sources close to the conference organizers said.

According to the event's webpage, the ex-attorney was set to speak to some 5,000 attendees on how to 'push past self-doubt while discussing the importance of inclusivity and diversity.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12559675/michelle-obama-pay-munich-conference-speech.html

Good work if you can get it

[odas]

41 minutes ago, WVK said:

The 59-year-old picked up the eye-watering check for speaking to a start-up event held on the sidelines of the annual Oktoberfest beer festival, two sources close to the conference organizers said.

According to the event's webpage, the ex-attorney was set to speak to some 5,000 attendees on how to 'push past self-doubt while discussing the importance of inclusivity and diversity.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12559675/michelle-obama-pay-munich-conference-speech.html

Good work if you can get it

Well, it is capitalism so why not? Or do you want communism?

[Gromdor]

This is what I was talking about previously.  It is perfectly legal for people to get six or seven digit checks for speaking in America.  Presidents, senators, famous people, and many not so famous people do it all the time.  It's like Hunter Biden's artwork, Trump renting a whole floor to Saudis who never stay, or Guilliani's $100,000.00/plate dinner.

Joe Biden could write a book and George Soros could buy 2 million copiess- legally.  

You think the people who write the laws are going to make this sort of exchange illegal?

[Wistman]

3 hours ago, WVK said:

The 59-year-old picked up the eye-watering check for speaking to a start-up event held on the sidelines of the annual Oktoberfest beer festival, two sources close to the conference organizers said.

According to the event's webpage, the ex-attorney was set to speak to some 5,000 attendees on how to 'push past self-doubt while discussing the importance of inclusivity and diversity.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12559675/michelle-obama-pay-munich-conference-speech.html

Good work if you can get it

Okay Michelle!  I guess everybody was in a good mood already. ...hic!

[+Paranoid Android]

Nice work if you can get it. I'm guessing she won't mention this next time she wants to talk about racism in America,  she'll conveniently forget that that America gave her the tools to earn $700k for just one hour work!

To quote Lonestar from Spaceballs, "we're not just doing this for money, we're doing it for a s***load of money".

[spartan max2]

This is a common way to get around campaign finance laws. 

Michelle isn't running though so in this case I guess they truly just wanted to pay her a lot to speak.

[Earl.Of.Trumps]

This sooo reminds me of Bill Clinton going on a series of lectures in Russia for a $million per lecture. And I am sure he was worth every dollar of it, too.  he-hummm

Kickbacks. It's so commonplace in Washington. This is how they all operate. Y'all remember when Obama bought that mansion on tony Martha's Vineyard Island?  was it $9 million, I think?? 

And yet they see this senator from new jersey get caught with cash and gold and they all act so surprised lol. 

[Gromdor]

2 minutes ago, Earl.Of.Trumps said:

This sooo reminds me of Bill Clinton going on a series of lectures in Russia for a $million per lecture. And I am sure he was worth every dollar of it, too.  he-hummm

Kickbacks. It's so commonplace in Washington. This is how they all operate. Y'all remember when Obama bought that mansion on tony Martha's Vineyard Island?  was it $9 million, I think?? 

And yet they see this senator from new jersey get caught with cash and gold and they all act so surprised lol. 

It is surprising.  There are perfectly legal (but shady) ways to get tons of money as a politician.  The surprise is that this senator got all weird and hoarded cash and gold.  

[DieChecker]

Meh, I've seen more paid for less.

Good for her, I say. Make that money then sit back and enjoy it.

If (private sector) morons want to pay so much, who am I to say they shouldnt??

[+OverSword]

On 9/27/2023 at 5:19 AM, WVK said:

The 59-year-old picked up the eye-watering check for speaking to a start-up event held on the sidelines of the annual Oktoberfest beer festival, two sources close to the conference organizers said.

According to the event's webpage, the ex-attorney was set to speak to some 5,000 attendees on how to 'push past self-doubt while discussing the importance of inclusivity and diversity.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12559675/michelle-obama-pay-munich-conference-speech.html

Good work if you can get it

About $150 per person so the tickets must have been at least $200

[+OverSword]

On 9/27/2023 at 6:18 AM, Gromdor said:

It's like Hunter Biden's artwork

Congress should have an art expert evaluate their worth to determine if the sale of his art was a money laundering scheme.  It was. 

[Gromdor]

3 minutes ago, OverSword said:

Congress should have an art expert evaluate their worth to determine if the sale of his art was a money laundering scheme.  It was. 

It's art....  People sell poop on canvas for thousands...  Or stolen pictures with their faces on it as NTFs......

Heck there is this happening now:An artist took $84,000 in cash from a museum and handed in blank canvases titled "Take the Money and Run." He's been ordered to return some of it - CBS News

[+OverSword]

15 hours ago, spartan max2 said:

This is a common way to get around campaign finance laws. 

Michelle isn't running though so in this case I guess they truly just wanted to pay her a lot to speak.

She can donate it and write it off I bet.  

Side note, last Sunday Jill Biden was in town fund raising and brought Barak along as a surprise guest.  A chef friend of my sisters catered the event had his picture taken with him.

[+OverSword]

1 minute ago, Gromdor said:

It's art....  People sell poop on canvas for thousands...  Or stolen pictures with their faces on it as NTFs......

Heck there is this happening now:An artist took $84,000 in cash from a museum and handed in blank canvases titled "Take the Money and Run." He's been ordered to return some of it - CBS News

Not a great example since he's been ordered to give back money 

[Gromdor]

1 minute ago, OverSword said:

She can donate it and write it off I bet.  

Side note, last Sunday Jill Biden was in town fund raising and brought Barak along as a surprise guest.  A chef friend of my sisters catered the event had his picture taken with him.

Heh, you should visit Iowa during election season.  You can't go 10ft without running into a politician.  If you go out of the way and participate in their campaigns, you will see them non-stop.  First in nation primary stuff.  I guess I shouldn't complain too much.  They bring in millions if not billions.

[Gromdor]

6 minutes ago, OverSword said:

Not a great example since he's been ordered to give back money 

Some of the money.  Imagine getting $14k or so for doing nothing and calling it art.

edit to correct the money he got to keep.

Edited September 28 by Gromdor

[F3SS]

16 hours ago, spartan max2 said:

This is a common way to get around campaign finance laws. 

Michelle isn't running though so in this case I guess they truly just wanted to pay her a lot to speak.

The only reason to lay somebody that much money for essentially nothing is because they have influence and sway. They didn't simply just want to. There is no value in such a speech but there is value in commanding her influence with huge sums of money.

 

48 minutes ago, OverSword said:

Congress should have an art expert evaluate their worth to determine if the sale of his art was a money laundering scheme.  It was. 

Art and value are subjective. The questions are how long has he been a name in the art world and have his pieces always been widely sought? Also, who is buying them? Random collectors or people that have very specific things in common

[Tatetopa]

3 minutes ago, F3SS said:

Art and value are subjective. The questions are how long has he been a name in the art world and have his pieces always been widely sought? Also, who is buying them? Random collectors or people that have very specific things in common

As another famous political figure said, the value is in the brand.   Perhaps Hunter too can find a Saudi who will pay any price he asks for a painting.

The transfer of staggering sums for trivial cause has been going on among the elites for generations.  What is different?

Are people just becoming aware of it? Or is it that Hunter and Michelle are joining their ranks and we finally see how commonplace and sometimes shallow  those excuses for accumulating wealth really are? 

[WVK]

16 hours ago, spartan max2 said:

This is a common way to get around campaign finance laws. 

Michelle isn't running though so in this case I guess they truly just wanted to pay her a lot to speak.

That’s a lot of money for an hour of what looks like boilerplate.  I suspect a quid pro quo. What could it be?

[Gromdor]

52 minutes ago, WVK said:

That’s a lot of money for an hour of what looks like boilerplate.  I suspect a quid pro quo. What could it be?

Maybe they want her to run for President?

[F3SS]

1 hour ago, Tatetopa said:

As another famous political figure said, the value is in the brand.   Perhaps Hunter too can find a Saudi who will pay any price he asks for a painting.

The transfer of staggering sums for trivial cause has been going on among the elites for generations.  What is different?

Are people just becoming aware of it? Or is it that Hunter and Michelle are joining their ranks and we finally see how commonplace and sometimes shallow  those excuses for accumulating wealth really are? 

Obama is no surprise. One could argue that people just love her that much and spartan already has suggested that. Hunter though, his claim to fame is being somebody's son. It just looks extra nefarious with him. 

 

54 minutes ago, WVK said:

That’s a lot of money for an hour of what looks like boilerplate.  I suspect a quid pro quo. What could it be?

I doubt it's ever said. She's given an extraordinary offer with an understanding that one day she may be asked for something in return. It's the world they live in. Nothing has to be said until something has to be said. 

Edited September 28 by F3SS

[spartan max2]

1 hour ago, F3SS said:

The only reason to lay somebody that much money for essentially nothing is because they have influence and sway. They didn't simply just want to. There is no value in such a speech but there is value in commanding her influence with huge sums of money.

True. She is pretty well liked. I could see her endorsement being useful.

[WVK]

39 minutes ago, Gromdor said:

Maybe they want her to run for President?

Perhaps so, but why?

[Gromdor]

2 minutes ago, WVK said:

Perhaps so, but why?

Given the opposition, she could easily win?

She doesn't smell like old people?

It's Thursday?

They recieved a prophecy after a near death experience?

 

[DieChecker]

Could she really be worse then the two main players we have now?

A woman president would be an interesting first.

She'd maybe sign a law that we all must eat healthy lunches?