Shame on anyone who finds this acceptable in a politician

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150. Nice deflection.

Jimmy Carter is IMO one of the BEST living examples of a humanitarian and a wholly decent human being. I also supported his Presidency at the time, not in some retro discovery. The radical left did not.

That said, Jimmy was defeated after his first term (four years) in 1980 and was blatantly snubbed by the political establishment for years after that. Shamefully, IMO. As such, he was not in high demand as a speaker. Hillary was FLOTUS for eight years, a NY Senator for eight years, and Secretary of State for four years. Each tenure ended in a high, not a defeat, and all have taken place more recently.

Do you not see a slight difference right there?

In the meantime, speakers' fees have risen exponentially for everyone and those who will draw the most attendees are better paid. http://uspolitics.about.com/od/presidenc1/tp/How-Much-Former-Presidents-Get-Paid-to-Speak.htm

From the link:

Former President Jimmy Carter "seldom accepts speaking fees," The Associated Press wrote in 2002, "and when he does he typically donates the proceeds to his charitable foundation." His fee for speaking about healthcare, government and politics, and retirement and aging was listed at $50,000 at one time, though.

Carter was openly critical of Ronald Reagan at one time, though, for taking $1 million for a single speech. Carter said he'd never take that much, but added quickly: "I've never been offered that much."

"That's not what I want out of life," Carter said in 1989. "We give money. We don't take it."

Neither Clinton has yet been offered $1 million to my knowledge. But there is certainly precedent for that.