Hillary Clinton got $7K less than Snooki for Rutgers speech.

[RandyRandy]

To be fair, Snooki was at the height of her powers when she was paid $32,000 in 2011.


Hillary Clinton got $7K less than Snooki for Rutgers speech. Does it get any worse?

By Jessica Remo | NJ Advance Media

Earlier today, NJ Advance Media reported that Hillary Clinton was being paid $25,000 to speak at Rutgers University, for a speech about "politics, American democracy and her role in shaping women's political history." To some, this sounds like a nice chunk of change, especially considering that Clinton probably talks for free about "politics, American democracy and her role in shaping women's political history" every five minutes.

But to those who are familiar with the celebrity speaking circuit, it’s basically bubkes. Chump change. A drop in the DNC bucket.

Consider that in 2015, no less a statesman than Matthew McConaughey was paid $135,000 (plus travel and expenses — alright, alright, alright!) to speak at the University of Houston, and that Katie Couric cleared $110,000 in 2006 from the University of Oklahoma (pre-recession, sure, but still impressive!).

In fact, Rutgers has a history of shelling out considerably more that $25,000 to notable speakers. Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison made $30,000 in 2011. Bill Moyers received $35,000 to speak in 2015. And — wait for it — Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi was given $32,000 for a Rutgers appearance that offered the sage advice, “Study hard, but party harder.”

Snooki’s fee came out of a different fund than the one used to pay Clinton, and — granted — Snooki wasn’t giving a formal speech so much as spilling out her Snooki schtick.

But still. In a lifetime of indignities — Bill and Monica; losing the Presidential election to a reality television star; that unfortunate India incident a few weeks ago when she fell down the steps (twice), lost her shoe, and later slipped in the hotel bathtub and fractured her wrist — is there anything worse than being paid $7K less than a woman who made her name blacking out on reality television and referring to herself as a “meatball"?
We think not.

The conservative media, of course, pounced

They were all too happy to point out that in 2014, Clinton's standard fee for speeches at universities was $200,000.

But we offer this alternative viewpoint
Sure, Hillary might not be raking in the speaking fees as she once did. But did any of her conservative critics happen to publish a book that sold 300,000 copies in its first weekof publication. With royalties like that, who needs mere pennies from Rutgers?
Plus, we like to think that a post-2016 Hillary is a humbled and more modest Hillary — one who perhaps realizes that it isn't always the size of paycheck that matters, so much as the spirit inside.

To quote a much less divisive woman, Dolly Parton: "One is only poor, only if they choose to be."

And take this, haters!

For all the talk about how Hillary is a has-been, keep in mind that Hillary's speech had to be moved to a larger venue in response to initial demand, that the 6,500 available tickets were snapped up in 30 minutes, and that — at the time of the speech's start time — more than 3,000 people were on a waitlist hoping they might get in.

[OneHungLo]

^^ LOL $7k LESS than this thing
















Meanwhile...

[Rochard]

Look at a map.

Rutgers is located in New Brunswick, NJ, less than half an hour from the Jersey Shore. I would imagine Snooki is like royalty there....

[RandyRandy]

Originally Posted by Rochard

Look at a map.

Rutgers is located in New Brunswick, NJ, less than half an hour from the Jersey Shore. I would imagine Snooki is like royalty there....

Admirable your loyalty to your girlfriend. . .

In fact, Rutgers has a history of shelling out considerably more that $25,000 to notable speakers. Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison made $30,000 in 2011. Bill Moyers received $35,000 to speak in 2015. And — wait for it — Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi was given $32,000 for a Rutgers appearance that offered the sage advice, “Study hard, but party harder.”

[pimpmaster9000]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

those are some of the most precious pics on the internet

[OneHungLo]

I can only imagine how much less her foundation (aka clinton slush fund) is taking in.

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by crucifissio

those are some of the most precious pics on the internet

LOL Do you think a red hat had something to do with tucking her in the back of the store near the toilet paper? I mean, there's no way that was a coincidence