Disbelief over Chelsea Clinton’s $65,000 speaking fee

NY Post ^ | 6/30/15 | Marketwatch

[jimbo123]

The reaction from around the Twitterverse to news that a university paid $65,000 for Chelsea Clinton to make a brief appearance in 2014 can largely be summed up in one word.

What?!

Tuesday morning, the Washington Post reported the University of Missouri at Kansas City was looking for a celebrity speaker to headline a gala luncheon, and initially reached out to Hillary Clinton. But when Clinton’s representatives quoted a fee of $275,000, officials balked.

So they turned to the Democratic presidential front-runner’s daughter. As reported by the Post, the university paid $65,000 for Chelsea Clinton’s appearance.

[Iron Munro]

Hey - have some compassion.

Chelsea has to pay off those massive plastic surgery facial reconstruction bills somehow.

Momma Hillary! couldn’t get them all covered by Obamacare before she skulked off from the State Department.

[Verginius Rufus]

I’ve never been to that university, but judging from its name, I’ll go out on a limb and assume it is located in Kansas City. I’d be willing to bet that they could have lined up George Brett as a speaker for less than $65,000, and heard something more worth listening to.

[mom.mom]

So, she filled the stadium?

[Mears]

“REALLY OMG!!!!!! More than MOST Americans make in a year, just being someone’s daughter!!!!!! We are in the toilet!!!!!”

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Nope-—it’s the University of Missouri that is in the toilet.

The taxpayers should be enraged about this.

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[Zuse]

65K?
(Slapping forehead)
For that we could have got Monica Lewinsky!

[massgopguy]

She dumped her cat Socks.

[The Great RJ]

I can’t imagine listening to Chelsea let alone paying $65,000 for the privilege. What could she have to say that might be of interest to anyone? Of course her mother’s smarmy and condescending rhetoric is enough to make your flesh crawl.

[PATRIOT1876]

“And like, um, when I was six or nine, I really really liked the Animaniacs. But know that I'm, like, a grown up, my new heroes are Mao, Chowcess...somebody from Romania cuz he was really big on gun control and this one guy from the 1940’s in Germany named after a meat tenderizer that had a mustache that looked like the one that silent film guy had, but he was for really big government like my mom!”

...yeah, that's worth $65K...

[jayrunner]

She is as ugly as her mom also!

[LucyT]

[Old Yeller]

If they wanted a celebrity, why didn’t they get a local weatherman?

[jayrunner]

Former President Harry Truman, who hailed from KC, MO, returned to Missouri after he was President. He and his wife lived on a small pension he earned from his years as a Captain in WWI.

Chelsea May his and “The Boss’s” ghosts haunt you!

[TexasRepublic]

What??? Her only qualification is being a member of the Lucky Sperm Club.

[azishot]

Remember way back?

[newfreep]

University of Missouri at Kansas City paid the fee.

I’m shocked “academia” demonstrated a lack of common sense.

[newfreep]

Looks like Mr Ed (not the "Webster") is the biological father.

[GOPJ]

What’s she selling? Access to her mother?

[GOPJ]

What’s she selling? Access to her mother? Is that like pimping?

[Oztrich Boy]

“Sir, a Chelsea Clinton speech is like a dog’s walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.”