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| Obama Makes Millions on Best-Selling Books |
| 2008-04-17 |
| Sen. Barack Obama released his 2007 tax returns this evening, hours before his debate with Sen. Hillary Clinton. The tax returns show he made $4,238,165 last year, most of it ($3.9 million) a result of profits from his best selling books. He reported paying $1,396,772 in federal taxes and making charitable contributions totaling $240,370. Those donations included $26,270 to the Trinity United Church of Christ, which was the Chicago parish of his controversial longtime pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #7 these book deals just have to be some sort of money laundering. I just can't believe they return the money they pay out. |
| Posted by: Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-04-17 21:45 |
| #6 tu - I would assert that those are in fact personal gains that should be claimed as political contributions. The publisher will NEVER get their money back in sold books, but Deval's in their pocket now |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-04-17 21:12 |
| #5 And if he loses the Presidential campaign, he can make even more money from an Al Gore type of swindle. Al has "global warming"; Obama could take up another bureaucratization scam. |
| Posted by: Jereck Lumplump6568 2008-04-17 15:42 |
| #4 If a publisher is stupid enough to front him the money and some people are stupid enough to wanna buy the thing, I don't begrudge the guy making some money. Deval Patrick just got 1.35 million to write his autobiography. To me, who the hell wants to read Deval Friggin Patrick's life story? But there are people who do. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-17 15:27 |
| #3 ...maybe his next book could be, "What's the matter with You know, tell us how a raised overseas millionaire who lives in an exclusive neighborhood Ivy League freshman politician thinks that, because everything in illinois has been solved and going well, we need more big government teet, inspection, control, and oversight because - well shoot - miz mind just aint grab them thar big con-sept wurdlish ideers. Maybe he could get his skinny butt down here for a week and fight some fire for free. Then maybe he would understand why it pisses us off that for half the money he spent getting Bryant Gumble to talk about his mad ball skillz we could get new turnout gear. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-04-17 12:10 |
| #2 Why does that line from 'Distinguished Gentleman' pop into my mind, "I even bought 1,000 copies of your crappy book!" |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-04-17 11:46 |
| #1 The release, one day after the tax filing deadline, appeared to be the latest move in a game of transparency one-upmanship between Obama and Clinton. Earlier today, Clinton's campaign knocked Obama for failing to release returns from 1997 through 1999, something the Clintons had done as part of their time in the White House. appeared to be the latest move in a game of transparency one-upmanship lol! Yeah right, transparency one-upmanship. Don't ya just love the way the media bends over? If Obama were a Republican, the 24/7 newscycle would be Obama fails to release 97-99 returns. What is he hiding? Quite frankly, I'd be more interested in the the 97-99 returns because that was prior to the time when he knew they would be scrutinized. |
| Posted by: Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-04-17 07:30 |