Publisher: Bush will receive ‘minimal interest’ on the lecture circuit.
By on Jan 9th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Publisher: Bush will receive ‘minimal interest’ on the lecture circuit.
In 2007, President Bush told biographer Robert Draper that he would “replenish the ol’ coffers” by going around and giving speeches after office, where he could make “ridiculous money.” But it’s unlikely that Bush will be rolling in the dough. Interviewed by the Daily Beast, a publisher said Bush will likely only receive “minimal interest” because of his unpopularity:
“My feeling is that for the first year there probably will be minimal interest in him,” said one agent who works in the public speaking business. “There have been other former presidents who’ve been unpopular leaving office, but nobody’s ever been this unpopular. After a year, though, people forget and then he’ll have a very lucrative career.”
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Maybe if he brought along his own teleprompter....
January 9th, 2009 at 3:01 pmPerhaps dubyah can be hired to pack and carry mAnn Coulter's jockstraps?
January 9th, 2009 at 3:04 pmMaybe if Bush wrote some books and involved himself in some worthy projects a la Jimmy Carter, people would gladly pay to hear what he has to say.
However, Bush isn't exactly Jimmy Carter, so it's a bit of a long shot.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:06 pmI can think of few things less attractive than spending $250 to sit through 2 hours of Dubya reading My Pet Goat....
January 9th, 2009 at 3:06 pmMaybe they can put dubyah in one of those dunk tanks, but the customers get to toss shoes at him instead of softballs at the dunk lever.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:09 pmI hope he is able to get big fees speaking at corporate retreats for cronies like HalliburtonExxonKBR. Otherwise, we'll end up gouging out our eyeballs as our TV screens are defiled when Bush is reduced to the Bob Dole route and endorses Viagra. Bleech!
January 9th, 2009 at 3:13 pmFor his first year out of office he could join the circus as a clown. I'm sure lots of folks would pay to see that.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:13 pmIn 2007, President Bush told biographer Robert Draper that he would “replenish the ol’ coffers” by going around and giving speeches after office, where he could make “ridiculous money.”
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I suspect this may be one of the key reasons why Dubya wanted to be president in the first place -- in addition to perceived glory (and looking good to Dad), it's a means toward lecture circuit riches.
Only problem with that -- to make "ridiculous money", you have to be worth it, whether you've been POTUS or not.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:17 pmMaybe he would get more speaking offers if the wooden Chimp could sit on Cheney's lap & Darth the Ventriloquist could give the speech and move Chimpy's mouth & make words come out.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:18 pm.
But really, how big is that lecture circuit in the Hague anyway?
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January 9th, 2009 at 3:23 pmConsidering how rapidly his base is shrinking, I don't see it happening. Hopefully in a very few years all the remaining neocons will fit into the D.C. VFW hall and he can speechify there.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:24 pmPeople just want the past 8 years to go away! No one needs to be constantly reminded of how bad he and the rest of BushCo fcuked up this country and the world.
Having to watch him stumble and smirk through a 30 minute circus act would be like replaying the bombing of Pearl Harbor, over and over and over .......
January 9th, 2009 at 3:25 pmPersonally, I'd like to see Dubya get paid by his having to slam a few rocks in the clink.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:25 pmNo doubt he'll be all over the conservative circuit, peddling his BU--SH--.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:25 pmCounty Fairs are the best venues. The bitter hayseeds love him.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:26 pmBush should sell his 8 years of speechs and make billions there so funny. Watch David Letterman's Presidential Speechs as it is so funny and Bush is so stupid it's priceless. Look the World knows he's an idiot and dumb as a door knob. It's clear he's an alcoholic and a drug user so why not get paid for it.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:28 pmAfter a year, though, people forget and then he’ll have a very lucrative career
No. I think GDumbya will "break the mold".
If he is popular on the speaking circuit a year from now, it will only be because he is paying $100 or more per head to assemble an audience to sit politely and listen to his drivel.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:29 pmNo doubt he'll prove a huge hit on the "Blue Collar Comedy Hour."
January 9th, 2009 at 3:29 pmHowza bout if the 'circuit' involves courts, trials, convictions and executions????
January 9th, 2009 at 3:29 pmBush will be consigned to his city/estate somewhere in the deep dark suburbs of Dallas. He will be a lonely man with only his dogs and SS agents to keep him company. Every time a car backfires in the hood, they will all shit their pants, except for the dogs. And we all lived happily ever after.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:31 pmSeems the Bush Family Coffers were filled to "overflowing" during his Residency. So what's to "re-fill"?
Best he can expect is picking up the "ya-owe-mes" speaking at Very Private Executive Retreats for Haliburton, Saudi Oil, Exxon, BKR, Carlyle, Blackwater and Banking interests . . .
January 9th, 2009 at 3:31 pmAgent:
" My feeling is for the first year there probably will be minimal interest in him".
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For the first year only...!!
January 9th, 2009 at 3:34 pmWhy would anyone pay to hear Dumbya tell his version of history, because to tell the truth, he would have to admit his abysmal failures.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:39 pmWhat else could he talk about -- how to clear brush? ride a Segway? give shoulder masssages to foreign dignitaries? pathetic soft shoe dances?
"How I got to be president and other incredible stories."
Lecture circuit?? Give me a break. Aren't the words "Bush" and "lecture" mutually exclusive?
January 9th, 2009 at 3:40 pmNo respectable rubber chicken would be caught dead in the Bush gullet.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:47 pm"After a year, though, people forget and then he’ll have a very lucrative career."
Whomever this publisher is doesn't have a clue. As time goes by, more and more of the corruption that has been covered up and stonewalled by the Administration will be revealed. The result will not only further tarnish the man whom history will most assuredly judge our worse President ever but criminal cases will be brought based on the suppressed information that will send people to jail. Though war crime trials won't likely happen here they will outside the U.S. and Bush, Cheney, et all may have to watch where they travel the rest of their lives.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:49 pm"...but nobody's ever been this unpopular."
That's not true -- Herbert Hoover was this unpopular (and still is), and he's still not getting any bookings for speeches...
January 9th, 2009 at 3:49 pmHopefully a career washing dishes and cleaning toilets in prison.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:52 pmIs his first book going to be called "If I Did It?"
January 9th, 2009 at 3:59 pmAccording to KKKarl, he should be real successful on the lecture circuit in about 60 to 100 years.
January 9th, 2009 at 4:07 pmHow long will it take for Dumbya to relate all he learned from My Pet Goat? I guess he can go on after this as he and his cronies have been doing recently by regurgitating their "readjustments" (to their liking) of exactly how events of the past eight years have occurred. How pathetic can a group of people be really? As difficult as it may seem, this is Nixon and company times ten, with no trails or other judicial proceedings in the works. What happened in Illinois this afternoon to Gov Blago SHOULD BE A PRECURSOR TO WHAT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE IN LINE TO RECEIVE!
January 9th, 2009 at 4:13 pmDaddy's friends will feel sorry for Shrub, so they will drum up some token appearances for him on the all-white country club circuit.
January 9th, 2009 at 4:19 pmMaybe he could be a stunt double for Will Ferell. Like for those jump out of a ten story building scenes.
January 9th, 2009 at 4:33 pmWhat do you want to bet if the Hague sent him an invitation for a speaking gig, he'd actually be dumb enough to show up? Any takers?
January 9th, 2009 at 4:33 pmYeah, Bush will likely forget how unpopular he is now, but I won't. And I'm going to help make damn sure this war criminal, this idiotic, grinning moron gets what he deserves: if not jail, then ignominy and obscurity.
God I can't believe this fool was our president.
January 9th, 2009 at 4:37 pmThanks a lot for considering us as a bunch of mindless nitwits. If you believe that after a year Bush will emerge as a point of interest, you just are not as disgusted as us nitwits. Hopefully there will be so many investigations going on for years that Bush won't be able to say a word in any venue for fear of violating some court order.
January 9th, 2009 at 4:48 pmBush??!!! Lecture???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??!!!!! The imbecil can hardly speak english!
January 9th, 2009 at 5:00 pmThe Daily Beast is a crappy fusing of the linkspew of the Huffington Post and the conservative-friendly trash content and concern trolling from The Globe.
I really haven't seen much reporting of worth from there aside from the RSS feed rehashes.
January 9th, 2009 at 5:23 pmKnowing how they're going, the NYT will probably hire him for a column.
January 9th, 2009 at 5:25 pmAmerican's should protest and boycott any company that pays this murderer money.
January 9th, 2009 at 5:34 pmHe said he could make “ridiculous” money out on the lecture circuit: “I don’t know what my dad gets. But it’s more than fifty, seventy-five” thousand dollars a speech.
Brag, Brag, Brag
Who would pay to see this idiot?
I doubt seriously if pappy is getting that much per speech.
January 9th, 2009 at 6:54 pmLecture circuit?You mean somewhere where the Secret Service doesn't shut down the entire zip code and arrest people because of the bumper stickers on their car out in the parking lot?
January 9th, 2009 at 7:25 pmOut of the bucking fubble he's curled up in for the last eight years?
Please let it happen!
As his term nears its end, I am reminded of many things he did in office---things I would like to see abolished. Like campaigning for his party during the presidency. I want Obama to NOT campaign for the democratic party while he is in office.
January 9th, 2009 at 7:26 pmConyers is still talking about investigations and prosecutions - I don't know whether I can believe him - my hopes have been dashed before.
January 9th, 2009 at 8:01 pmBush might be able to make some money on Comedy Central.
January 10th, 2009 at 2:08 pmWhat? Nobody wants to pay to hear Chimpy say, uhh, er duh, umm, & of course all of those words he's invented.
What's wrong with you republicans?
January 10th, 2009 at 2:57 pmAfter a year, though, people forget and then he’ll have a very lucrative career.”
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Don't bet on it.
January 10th, 2009 at 4:26 pmso he'll never read "the pet goat" in front of a class again?
January 10th, 2009 at 4:27 pm