Idiots criticise Obama for agreeing to take money to give a speech? Are you kidding me? Are you thinking? No, you are not using your brain.
Obama is NOT giving favors to anyone, but willing to earn money based on what he knows, so you say HE should sacrifice. We are suspicious pious of "fat-cat bankers," but they aren't all bad.
Kristin Tate of The Hill.com, Jill Abramson of The Guardian.com got off on the wrong foot criticizing Obama for something they term "muckraking on Wall Street." Well ladies, it is about time the black man can Buckland anywhere, isn't it?
Isaac Bailey The Charlotte Observer understood Obama's right to do some muckraking. Obama is a private citizen. Period. Better to talk tO someone, than ABOUT someone. Obama will make the same points, dear ladies, in his speech that he did in the White House. Why would you ASSUME he is being friendly or are you being a bit overly LIBERAL? Kristin and Jill are thinking wrong.
Obama does not need votes so there is no reason to assume Obama will not talk to these bankers about financial reform, trust, and honesty. Integrity will probably be up there with income gaps, and there is NO reason Obama will not challenge his audience to do the right thing.
o you know who Rodney King was? How about Alex Baldwin? Do you know what the Middle Passage was? Do you know about the slave trade? Do you really think it's time to forget? If so, you probably also think it is time to forget what America did to native American Indians too. That's just ugly, and a failure of the social contract.
If you just don't want to know any more about slavery, then you have no conscience.
I studied the "Black Experience" in a university class in 1969. It opened my eyes. I could not pass on my awareness to the white people I knew who were not so aware, and, indeed, often were racist. Sad. But to this day I will say white people have nos standing to talk about whether they are racist or not. They have never BEEN black.
Eat sh*t Bernie! You eat sh*t E. Warren! All you whiny liberals can kiss my behind!
What ethical standard are you asking if Obama that you never demanded of white men?
Liberals can be false to real people, and that's some of what got Tweety elected!
"Daily Show's Trevor Noah: ‘F**k You’ Obama ‘Haters!’ ‘Make That Money!’"
By Kristine Marsh | April 28, 2017 | 10:32 AM EDT
"The Daily Show started right off the bat Thursday blasting Obama’s “haters,” for criticizing the former president for taking a hefty paycheck from Wall Street for an upcoming speech. While all three networks last night ignored the hypocrisy of Obama cashing in a $400,000 dollar paycheck for speaking to the same group of investors that he had slammed as “fat cats” when he was president, The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah still thought even the minimal backlash Obama received was just too much.
“Obama’s back and so are the haters,” Noah began, before playing a newsclip from a local Fox News affiliate.
Former President Barack Obama is getting a little heat tonight. The former president agreed to give a lucrative speech to Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald. Mr. Obama will be paid about $400,000 but many people are calling the former president's move hypocritical because in the past he has been very critical of Wall Street and the financial industry.
Noah grinned while pretending to “make it rain” cash, singing:
Paperboy, paperboy, all about the paperboy! All about that paperboy! ( Laughter )"
The Daily Show host made some more jokes before making a dig at Trump for using the White House “like an A.T.M. machine”:
Obama's getting $400,000 to be a keynote speaker. He’s probably going to give a very important policy speech entitled "The four boats I'm gonna buy." ( Laughter ) Now look, I know people say it weakens public trust when politicians cash in immediately after leaving office. But at least Obama waited until he left office, unlike this guy [pic of Trump] who's using the White House like an A.T.M. machine.
Noah then told Obama’s critics directly, “F**k you,” for supposedly holding Obama to a higher standard than any other president.
I agree the system must change, but it doesn't change with Obama, all right? People are, like, why doesn't he not accept the money? No, f**k that! No. No. ( Cheers and applause ) I'm sorry.The first black president must be the first one to not take money off us? No, no, no, my friend. He can't be the first of everything. F**k [bleep]That and F**k [bleep] You. Yeah, I said it. ( Cheers and applause )
He continued to defend Obama for doing something that he most definitely would’ve criticized if it was anyone other than Obama. In fact, he admits as much, rationalizing that since the Clintons did the same thing after leaving office, Obama should be allowed to do so as well.
No! Make that money, Obama. Make that money. ‘But Obama should know better!’ What about the Clintons? Yeah, ‘well, the Clintons, it's already done.’ Well let him already 'done it' as well and you guys can start (bleep) the first white president to not take the money. (Bleep) You. Obama make that money. Make that money. (Applause)"
