"Minimal Interest" Predicted For Bush's First Year On The Lecture Circuit

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

The lecture circuit is the fate that awaits all ex-presidents of the United States, and a little over a week from now, it will be President Bush's turn to take the gilded podium. According to one industry source, Bush is already in talks with Washington, D.C., lawyer Robert Barnett, who helped manage Bill Clinton's transition to the private sector and negotiated Laura Bush's recent book deal. (Barnett declined to comment for this article). Bush has wondered aloud about his after-dinner career. In an interview for Robert Draper's 2007 book Dead Certain, Bush said that he planned to "replenish the ol' coffers" on the lecture circuit, where he could make "ridiculous money."

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[boycottrightwingthings]

Only the truly crazy would pay to hear anything this collasal failure would have to say. I wouldn't listen to him when he spoke for free, why would I (or anyone with a thinking brain) ever pay to listen to this idiotic failure?? Do people really have that kind of money to waste? Is it going to be called the lecture of what NOT to do, if you want to be successful?? Bush should be impeached and jailed after what he did to this country. People who had to listen to him in jail would never offend again just to never have to listen to him again!

[truthglow]

His "Coffers" are quite full enough with the money he's been stealing from the taxpayers for years, and from his trust fund from his Daddy who also stole from the taxpayers, and from their oil rich Saudi buddies!

[zanzig]

Indeed, I found it offensive in the extreme that he spoke of "replenishing" his coffers, implying that there had been some diminution of the coffers during his presidency.

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

Probably even less interest for his book.
At least when he talks, it's hilarious.

[LiberTLover]

All the comedians who need the material could pay Bush to go on a lecture circuit at the nation's worst prisons. All of the worst offenders would have to listen to his one hour speech, then have it piped into their cells every hour on the hour. Criminals would get punished, Bush would be helping to defer people from going to prison and the comedians would have material for quite a while to keep us laughing. Better still, he could be giving the speeches as a prisoner. I'd give up the laugh fest for that any day.

[nirak]

He would have to pay me and pay me well in order for me to listen. ROFL

[smokeystover39]

Relax folks - Little Georgie's lecture circuit will fold as soon as the last grand opening of a Chuckie Cheese takes place.

[4 Real]

Maybe he can do the carni circuit...that's more his speed.

[anastasiabeaverhousen]

Billy Mays may be retiring from info-mercials some day.....maybe the shrub could replace him. Other than that, he'll have to be happy to speak to his sheeple - Regents University, and the like.....

[Whinger]

Jeez! Anybody with a brain would stay away in their thousands - yup yup!

[MyTake]

No matter what organization around the world would invite him to speak, his secret service staff are under orders to remove all SHOES from the participants!

[BobSF94117]

Maybe he can make scrub-clearing videos...

[rasit]

I wish George W. Bush would be honest enough to write a book about all the mistakes he made as well as the missteps by his adminstration officials. I think itwould do some good for GWB to cleanse his soul , at least partially, and the American people may be willing to forgive, in spite the damage done in many ways...

[Skepticat]

Perhaps he could speak - using the proceeds used to pay down his administration's contribution to the national debt - as part of his legacy. What a guy! To keep expenses down he could travel between gigs in an old overloaded pick-up just like the Okies and Arkies in Grapes of Wrath. Many out of work folk would love the symbolism. Attendees to the speeches could throw 'merkin made shoes - perhaps sold at the scene along with over-priced beer and hot dogs. To ensure a long speaking career a chicken wire fence around the podium would probably be desirable and necessary. An admittedly thin book of profound presidential statements could also be offered for sale along with T-shirts, K-tels "original presidential hits", bobble head dolls, mission accomplished bumper stickers and other merchandise. The tour could be advertised tastefully on talk radio by the same guys that do ads for the monster truck shows.

[Okieborn]

I would rather pay to see Wayne Newton and I think he is terrible !!!
Please George Just Go Away !!
You Have Done Enough !!!!

[shengirl]

How about a speech-off; B and Palin, see who totally collapses into a pile of futility first. Caro.line K., you know, could, you know, moderate.

[BlueGirlRedState]

Are we, the taxpayers, paying for a post-term speechwriter and teleprompters? The neo-cons have gone into hiding -- they have not gone away. Look at all the Nixon cronies Bush brought back? Surely, Bush won't travel on commercial airlines with the commoners, even first-class commoners. People are tuning in to post-presidential entitlements... because this one is particularly undeserving of yet more of our dwindling tax dollars. What will Bush talk about on the lecture circuit if everything he's done the past eight years is an "ongoing investigation"? Laura locked in her book deal early because interest will wane Jan. 21, and her advance might have been, well, embarrassing. .