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A college balks at Hillary Clinton's fee, books Chelsea for $65,000 instead |
2015-07-01 |
[WASHINGTONPOST] When the University of Missouri at Kansas City was looking for a celebrity speaker to headline its gala luncheon marking the opening of a women's hall of fame, one of the names that came to mind was ![]() ... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Frederick T. Frelinghuysen... But when the former secretary of state's representatives quoted a fee of $275,000, officials at the public university balked. "Yikes!" one e-mailed another. So the school booked the next best option: her daughter, Chelsea. The university paid $65,000 for Princess Chelsea Clinton's brief appearance Feb. 24, 2014, a demonstration of the celebrity appeal and marketability that the former and possibly second-time first daughter employs on behalf of her mother's presidential campaign and family's global charitable empire. More than 500 pages of e-mails, contracts and other internal documents obtained by The Washington Post from the university under Missouri public record laws detail the school's long courtship of the Clintons. |
Posted by:Fred |
#12 Old, old joke from the 1990's: Q: What do you get when you cross a crooked lawyer with a crooked politician? A: Chelsea Clinton |
Posted by: Nguard 2015-07-01 21:29 |
#11 Its the 'Roos John, living up to expectation. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-07-01 18:03 |
#10 Chelsea Victoria Clinton Was sure to excel at badminton. At birth she was handed a racket; All she had to do was to whack it. |
Posted by: Shuting Gurly-Brown7975 2015-07-01 14:52 |
#9 The college went for the cheap knock off? |
Posted by: JohnQC 2015-07-01 14:11 |
#8 At 65G's, not a "good earner" yet by Clinton standards, but ya have to start someplace on the grifter curcuit. Right, mom? |
Posted by: tu3031 2015-07-01 11:58 |
#7 Plus, you're better looking, Frank. |
Posted by: Glenmore 2015-07-01 07:38 |
#6 10 minute pablum speech. 20 minute staged Q & A with no embarrassing Q's allowed. 30 minute VIP photo-op. I'd have done it for a LOT less and would've at least made it entertaining |
Posted by: Frank G 2015-07-01 07:26 |
#5 Heck, I would have read the same speech for only $10000. |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-07-01 06:49 |
#4 |
Posted by: Besoeker 2015-07-01 04:06 |
#3 Who cares what Chelsea "I don't care about money" Clinton has to say at her age? |
Posted by: gorb 2015-07-01 01:29 |
#2 On the bright side, UM - KC saved $210 large in extortion fees... |
Posted by: Raj 2015-07-01 00:45 |
#1 Another leftist brat with absolutely no merit being credited with a Family name (which also lacks true credit) |
Posted by: newc 2015-07-01 00:20 |