Obama is Selling Out to Wall Street - ROFLMAO

[Chris_Michael]

God's second child and 44th President of the United States is spending his retirement days selling out to Wall Street. Bwahahahaha You motherfuckers HAVE BEEN CONNED! WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT? A powerful person using their past presidency as a source of money from WALL STREET - The fucking hypocrisy! And you want to talk about being conned!? Oh man, this made my day. "WHY DID YOU VOTE FOR THE CORRUPT TRUMP WHEN THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO SAVE THE ECONOMY!"

This is funny. Thank you Yahoo!News. This was great. I wasn't expecting to wake up to this.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/barack-obama-net-worth-surges-162810927.html

There are valid reasons to be concerned by a president’s earnings, including after their tenure in the Oval Office. Where a former commander-in-chief earns his or her income–and the company they choose to keep after serving as the leader of the free world–could speak to their basic values in a way policies and legislation cannot.

So when some Americans, including Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, saw former President Barack Obama accepting $400,000 speeches from Wall Street, signing book deals worth $65 million and vacationing with billionaires off the coast of Tahiti in a $300 million yacht, you can bet they were perplexed.

How could it be that Obama, the smooth-talking Democratic candidate in 2008 who slammed Wall Street greed and resonated with the working class in a way his party has since been unable to authentically recreate, is living his post-presidential life like an elitist one percenter?

Obama will receive an annual pension of over $200,000, after vetoing a bill passed by Congress in 2016 that would have capped each former president’s pension to that threshold. He raked in $400,000–the equivalent to his annual presidential salary–for a 90-minute interview Thursday in midtown Manhattan, where he spoke with a presidential historian on things like income inequality and civic engagement. He’s set to earn another $400,000 for a 60-minute speech during a conference hosted by the investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald.

And he doesn’t plan on slowing down any time soon: Harry Walker Agency, which represents the former president and his wife along the speaking circuit, is scheduling new appointments for the Obamas every single week.

Virtually every single president in modern American history has earned serious cash following their time in office. In fact, their years spent serving in the White House are typically their least-paid.

"We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt," former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a 2014 interview with Diane Sawyer. "We struggled to piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for Chelsea's education. It was not easy."

The Clintons, as well as former President George W. Bush, earned millions following their time in the peoples’ house, receiving six-figure checks for Wall Street speeches and book tours. But the Obamas are set to earn an unprecedented post-presidency income, and its alarming his critics, supporters and other Democrats alike.

"I was troubled by that," Warren said when she learned Obama was charging $400,000 for his upcoming speech. "The influence of money, I describe it as a snake that slithers through Washington."

But don’t take her word for it: Obama once told his supporters he wasn’t tied up in corporate interests or the snake-like stronghold bankers and investment firms seem to have over many elected officials in the U.S.

"I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street," Obama said in 2009.

Maybe that Obama should have a talk with 2017 Obama.

 

[JackLuis]

Now he reaps his reward for all that grief Mitch put him thru. Eight Years of bullshit and now he's on the Gravy Train! Yeeee Ha!

His hair may be grey, but his pockets are Green!

 

[Carnal_Flower]

That's right.

He's a private citizen now. He can do whatever the F he wants.

We have a President who is enriching himself NOW by rewriting the tax code to help himself. Among other things.

Now he reaps his reward for all that grief Mitch put him thru. Eight Years of bullshit and now he's on the Gravy Train! Yeeee Ha!

His hair may be grey, but his pockets are Green!

 

[Chris_Michael]

But he's a Democrat and he cares about the American citizens. There's no way he would capitalize on money from the very people he swore never to support.

Right, far leftists?

Right? Only somebody like Trump would do something like that. NOT a Democrat. As a matter of fact, maybe this is fake news! Yeah, I bet this is Russia trying to shit on Obama's name and ruin his legacy. Because we all know that when a Democrat says he will not support the "fat cats" in Wall Street, he freakin' means it. I should have known this was fake news. I don't even know why I clicked the article!

I think the take home to all of this is that when a Democrat like Obama or Hillary is running against a scam artist like Trump who has benefited from big business, we know who is the real scum. We know who will really truly care about what they preach.

Vote Democrat... because you do not want to vote for lying, bullshitting, piece of shit, con artists who will say whatever they need to say to get into office. Like REPUBLICANS.

I have sinned yet again. I voted Trump, which was just horrible. And now, I thought this article was real. No, Putin's Think Tank almost got me. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN, RUSSIA! YOU HERE ME!? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FUCK WITH MY BRAIN AND MAKE ME THINK THIS STORY IS REAL! YOU MOTHERFUCKERS AND YOUR WEIRD SPEAKING ASS LANGUAGE AND YOUR VODKA AND YOUR SNOW! YOU SONS A BITCHES! COMMUNISTS! FUCKING COMMIE BASTARDS!

Okay, that was a bit over-the-top. lol

 

[Chris_Michael]

That's right.

He's a private citizen now. He can do whatever the F he wants.

We have a President who is enriching himself NOW by rewriting the tax code to help himself. Among other things.

LO-FUCKING-L

The tribalism is so real right now. It's pure comedy. Oh you guys, I love you. I really do. You make my day.

And today's a good day.

 

[Boxlicker101]

That's right.

He's a private citizen now. He can do whatever the F he wants.

We have a President who is enriching himself NOW by rewriting the tax code to help himself. Among other things.

Nobody is going to deny what you say about The Big O. However, we can laugh at his hypocrisy.

 

[Chris_Michael]

Nobody is going to deny what you say about The Big O. However, we can laugh at his hypocrisy.

OH YEAH, he definitely CAN DO whatever he wants. I would do it. $400,000 for just a 90 minute sit down talk? Hell yeah! I'd do it all day. $65M for a book. Psh, I'll write all the books you want. You had better get a good editor because my grammar sucks, though.

I'd be talking and writin' books at the same time. I would be cashing those checks!

Or... would I? Hmm... that's something to think about. If you had that opportunity after saying what he said, would you take the money and accept being called a hypocrite or would you maintain your dignity? Well, that's a good question.

I mean, I'd have to buy a multi million dollar bed because it would be hard to sleep at night knowing what I did. And I'd have to have an extremely expensive bathroom so that I could wash off how crappy I would feel.

It would be tough knowing that there are people barely making it. The working class who I made all kinds of promises to, those who were in need, and those who were suffering... I'd need some really good quality food to make up for all the food that they don't get to eat. In a sense, I'd kind of be looking out for them. As the first black president, I want to show America that a black man can be a president and make millions of dollars just for a 90-minute talk. I would be trying as hard as I could to show all black people that they could be where I'm at. That is truly inspiring.

So, in the end, is it really hypocrisy? I mean, he is doing what he wants... no NEEDS... to do for not just himself, but all Americans. Who knows, maybe him and Trump will get together after these 4 years are done and maybe they'll Netflix & Chill in richness. Trump and Obama might be great friends... with benefits. Maybe they'll roleplay slavery and have Obama eating Trump's ass out. OR maybe they'll play FUCK WHITE PEOPLE and have Trump eat Obama's ass out. I wonder which one would be the top and which would be the bottom... huh? I dunno.

I'm just saying, it's possible.

 

[phrodeau]

Yep, The Messiah is such a hypocrite. But then, Christians are totally used to that now.

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[Carnal_Flower]

The only relevant quote from the article is this:

"I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street," Obama said in 2009.

You say you like logic and reason, so let's apply some.

1. Cantor Fitzgerald is not a bank
2. He's taking money from them as a private citizen. Unless you genuinely believe he has a Batphone straight to Trump's ear, how exactly is HIS taking money from THEM going to have any impact on federal policy TODAY?
3. How is the speech at CF related to the quote? You'd have to show exactly how he "helped out a bunch of fat cat bankers," while IN office (a) and relate that to his talk at Cantor while OUT of office (b)


By all means, show us how this works

But he's a Democrat and he cares about the American citizens. There's no way he would capitalize on money from the very people he swore never to support.

Right, far leftists?

Right? Only somebody like Trump would do something like that. NOT a Democrat. As a matter of fact, maybe this is fake news! Yeah, I bet this is Russia trying to shit on Obama's name and ruin his legacy. Because we all know that when a Democrat says he will not support the "fat cats" in Wall Street, he freakin' means it. I should have known this was fake news. I don't even know why I clicked the article!

I think the take home to all of this is that when a Democrat like Obama or Hillary is running against a scam artist like Trump who has benefited from big business, we know who is the real scum. We know who will really truly care about what they preach.

Vote Democrat... because you do not want to vote for lying, bullshitting, piece of shit, con artists who will say whatever they need to say to get into office. Like REPUBLICANS.

I have sinned yet again. I voted Trump, which was just horrible. And now, I thought this article was real. No, Putin's Think Tank almost got me. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN, RUSSIA! YOU HERE ME!? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FUCK WITH MY BRAIN AND MAKE ME THINK THIS STORY IS REAL! YOU MOTHERFUCKERS AND YOUR WEIRD SPEAKING ASS LANGUAGE AND YOUR VODKA AND YOUR SNOW! YOU SONS A BITCHES! COMMUNISTS! FUCKING COMMIE BASTARDS!

Okay, that was a bit over-the-top. lol

 

[Chris_Michael]

The only relevant quote from the article is this:




You say you like logic and reason, so let's apply some.

1. Cantor Fitzgerald is not a bank
2. He's taking money from them as a private citizen. Unless you genuinely believe he has a Batphone straight to Trump's ear, how exactly is HIS taking money from THEM going to have any impact on federal policy TODAY?
3. How is the speech at CF related to the quote? You'd have to show exactly how he "helped out a bunch of fat cat bankers," while IN office (a) and relate that to his talk at Cantor while OUT of office (b)


By all means, show us how this works

Okay.



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[Carnal_Flower]

"I Screwed them Over When I was in Office, and now They're paying for my Yacht"

http://www.redstate.com/uploads/2014/06/obama-laugh1.jpg

 

[Chris_Michael]

That's the spirit, Carnal Flower! You gotta joke around sometimes!

 

[phrodeau]

Neither Donald Trump nor his supporters would have qualm one if he accepted an offer to speak on Wall Street for some big bucks, even while he's in office.

But it's all righteous to be indignant about Obama, because he's a much better person than Trump.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Neither Donald Trump nor his supporters would have qualm one if he accepted an offer to speak on Wall Street for some big bucks, even while he's in office.

But it's all righteous to be indignant about Obama, because he's a much better person than Trump.

Silly Hilly does pretty much the same thing. Nobody is really complaining about anything; we're just saying Obama and Hilly are hypocrites. And, I agree that Trump would do the same thing. The difference is that Trump has never claimed he is not a crook.

 

[Chris_Michael]

Neither Donald Trump nor his supporters would have qualm one if he accepted an offer to speak on Wall Street for some big bucks, even while he's in office.

But it's all righteous to be indignant about Obama, because he's a much better person than Trump.

Well ya... that's exactly the point...

 

[Beco]

Did you really believe that he wouldn't go for the money after he was finished? Did people really think he was different? That Bernie Sanders is different?

Stop following politicans.....they will lead you off the cliff

 

[water505]

Is this the same Obama who accused people of making too much money?

Fucking hypocritical liar.

 

[someoneyouknow]

Is this the same Obama who accused people of making too much money?

Fucking hypocritical liar.

A) He never accused people of making too much money

B) He never said people shouldn't continue to make more money

Here is the entire quote:

I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money. [Laughter.] But part of the American way is you can just keep on making it if you’re providing a good product or you’re providing a good service. We don’t want people to stop fulfilling the core responsibilities of the financial system to help grow the economy.​

If we're going to say the con artist is joking when he says things like locking up Hillary, that he'll repeal and replace Obamneycare on day one, that Mexico will pay for the wall, then the same can be said about Obama.

Also, I never saw a single item from the Obama administration which would prevent people from making more money. In fact, he created trillions in wealth thanks to the third longest stock market rise in history, by pulling us out of the worst recession in 80 years, recovered all the 14 million jobs lost under Bush and then some, brought back the housing market and had record corporate profits.

Yeah, he was so against people making money.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

Obama: bad!

Trump, Mr. Populist, doing nothing for the people while he enriches himself and his brand: good!

A) He never accused people of making too much money

B) He never said people shouldn't continue to make more money

Here is the entire quote:

I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money. [Laughter.] But part of the American way is you can just keep on making it if you’re providing a good product or you’re providing a good service. We don’t want people to stop fulfilling the core responsibilities of the financial system to help grow the economy.​

If we're going to say the con artist is joking when he says things like locking up Hillary, that he'll repeal and replace Obamneycare on day one, that Mexico will pay for the wall, then the same can be said about Obama.

Also, I never saw a single item from the Obama administration which would prevent people from making more money. In fact, he created trillions in wealth thanks to the third longest stock market rise in history, by pulling us out of the worst recession in 80 years, recovered all the 14 million jobs lost under Bush and then some, brought back the housing market and had record corporate profits.

Yeah, he was so against people making money.

 

[water505]

A) He never accused people of making too much money

B) He never said people shouldn't continue to make more money

Here is the entire quote:

I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money. .​

He never accused people of making too much money. He said "I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.

And it all depends of the meaning of the word "is" is.

Christ on a bike. Get real.​

 

[sr71plt]

He's retired. He's no long on the American official hook. More power to him. He shows Trump--and you, for that matter--how to do that right.

 

[Chris_Michael]

He's retired. He's no long on the American official hook. More power to him. He shows Trump--and you, for that matter--how to do that right.

OH YEAH, he definitely CAN DO whatever he wants. I would do it. $400,000 for just a 90 minute sit down talk? Hell yeah! I'd do it all day. $65M for a book. Psh, I'll write all the books you want. You had better get a good editor because my grammar sucks, though.

I'd be talking and writin' books at the same time. I would be cashing those checks!

Or... would I? Hmm... that's something to think about. If you had that opportunity after saying what he said, would you take the money and accept being called a hypocrite or would you maintain your dignity? Well, that's a good question.

I mean, I'd have to buy a multi million dollar bed because it would be hard to sleep at night knowing what I did. And I'd have to have an extremely expensive bathroom so that I could wash off how crappy I would feel.

It would be tough knowing that there are people barely making it. The working class who I made all kinds of promises to, those who were in need, and those who were suffering... I'd need some really good quality food to make up for all the food that they don't get to eat. In a sense, I'd kind of be looking out for them. As the first black president, I want to show America that a black man can be a president and make millions of dollars just for a 90-minute talk. I would be trying as hard as I could to show all black people that they could be where I'm at. That is truly inspiring.

So, in the end, is it really hypocrisy? I mean, he is doing what he wants... no NEEDS... to do for not just himself, but all Americans. Who knows, maybe him and Trump will get together after these 4 years are done and maybe they'll Netflix & Chill in richness. Trump and Obama might be great friends... with benefits. Maybe they'll roleplay slavery and have Obama eating Trump's ass out. OR maybe they'll play FUCK WHITE PEOPLE and have Trump eat Obama's ass out. I wonder which one would be the top and which would be the bottom... huh? I dunno.

I'm just saying, it's possible.

Agreed, as seen here.