It appears there is mimimal interest in hearing Chimpy's historic revisions

[CatWoman]

But then, who would want to pay to hear that bullshit?


How Much is a Bush Speech Worth?

by Benjamin Sarli

The soon-to-be ex-president is planning to “replenish the ol’ coffers” on the lecture circuit. Will anybody be willing to pay?

But Bush, of course, is a unique ex-president. He’s far less popular than his dad, or Bill Clinton (who earned more than $50 million in speaking fees from 2001 to 2007) or Ronald Reagan (who once made $2 million for a single set of speeches in Japan). Throw in the toxic economic environment that emerged on his watch, and it’s worth asking just how much Bush can hope to earn with a speech.

“I imagine people will not pay the same dollars that a compelling speaker like Bill Clinton could command,” says speechwriter Mark Katz, a former Clinton speechwriter who heads a consulting company, the Soundbite Institute. “The George W. Bush years are going to be like our collective junior high school years, something we had to endure but engenders little or no nostalgia.”

Another industry veteran said that Bush will find it rough going at first, but that his value might increase over time, perhaps even approaching Clinton's standard domestic fees of $100,000 to $200,000 a speech if the economy bounces back. The assessment echoes similar valuations of Bush’s planned memoirs, which some think would be worth more if written after a few years have passed.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-09/how-much-is-a-bush-speech-worth/

[provis99]

1. there will be plenty of CEOs who will spend company money to hear Bush

crooks like to listen to other crooks tell stories about how they screwed everybody else.

[Skittles]

2. only freeper type repuke whores would pay to hear that bastard speak

:puke:

[Jennicut]

3. Clinton was popular when he left office, Georgie boy is being given a good riddance goodbye

He shouldn't earn a dime from anyone.

[LiberalFighter]

4. What will be the advantage to having him as a speaker?

It may depend on whether JEB does run for office.

[onlyadream]

5. There are some a$$holes who would pay to hear that idiot

speak, but the numbers are few...
I think bush would make more if his empty headed wife got up there and *opened up* (just for curiosity's sake),

[lunatica]

6. Doesn't he need to be an effective speaker if it's for money?

Maybe the reason no one is showing much interest is because no one wants to listen to him speechifyin stupidly like the village idiot he is. And who's going to write his speeches? Who's going to educate him on any given subject to the point where he can actually speak intelligently about it? He's illiterate, ignorant, clueless and consummately uninterested. There's a reason why his public speaking has always been so protected and isolated from any real audience.

[monmouth]

7. If Bush is capable of making hundreds of thousands of dollars speaking,

than Barack is going to be a kazillionaire when his day comes...LOL.

[NastyRiffraff]

8. MORE idiotic speeches?

Hasn't this country suffered enough? Sheesh.