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Home Front: Politix
Obamas Promise To Donate All Proceeds From Multimillion-Dollar Book, Netflix Deals To Combat Wealth Inequality
2018-12-10
CAUTION: SATIRE AHEAD [Babylon Bee] WASHINGTON, D.C.‐ Barack and Michelle Obama have committed to donate all of the money they are slated to receive as part of their recent multimillion-dollar book and Netflix deals to combat wealth inequality in the nation, the celebrity politician couple announced Monday.

Obama told the press he wanted to make sure people didn’t think he was using his experiences in public service for his own personal gain, but rather for the good of all, in order to remain consistent with his party’s platform.

"We talk a big talk when it comes to wealth inequality in our nation, and it’s time for us to start walking the walk," Obama said, speaking to reporters in front of his newly purchased $8.1-million home in an exclusive neighborhood in D.C. "That’s why we’ll be giving every dollar of our ridiculously profitable book and film deals to charities that help the less fortunate."

Obama also confirmed the millions of dollars he makes from speaking engagements with large Wall Street banks and other private sector firms will be donated to help the poorest of the poor in our nation. "It’s time we redistribute the exorbitant fees these Wall Street scumbags gave me to the people they oppress the most."

"It’s only the right, consistent thing to do," he added.

This is an older, May 2018 posting. Here is the official B'Bee Website.
Posted by:Besoeker

#15  'In honor of the California fire victims, the Clintons have ceased their tour to combat Climate Change in a vicious rebuke of Trump policies.'
Posted by: swksvolFF   2018-12-10 19:13  

#14  Call it atonement by Obama and Michael.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-12-10 16:55  

#13  Just like Hillary.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-12-10 16:29  

#12  
Coming in 2019: "The Wookie Explains How to Get Toned Arms"


Or, my favorite: Tucking and Taping by Michelle Obama.
Posted by: Butch Brown1806   2018-12-10 13:30  

#11  Liar.
Posted by: Woodrow   2018-12-10 13:09  

#10  First be endowed with plenty of testosterone.
Posted by: DonM   2018-12-10 10:38  

#9  Coming in 2019: "The Wookie Explains How to Get Toned Arms"
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-12-10 09:08  

#8  Ridiculously profitable? Hah! the guy is modest. Everyone knows he was way underpaid for those ventures.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2018-12-10 08:58  

#7  Nobody is buying the book, thus an attempt to generate interest in the book.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2018-12-10 08:54  

#6  Looking at the Clinton's trajectory, I see two things:

This stuff always crashes and burns.

The "donors" ripped someone else off to donate, but that also crashes and burns.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-12-10 08:44  

#5  Impoverishing the middle classes to barely above the benefit addicts is his idea of "fixing" wealth inequality. Of course that vast wealth goes to a vanishingly small number of people, himself included, but when you "average" it out on a per person basis, everything is grand.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-12-10 08:31  

#4  Wiki: Obama Foundation
The Foundation held its inaugural summit on October 31, 2017, in Chicago. According to Obama, he intends for the foundation to be central to his post-presidential activities, which he sees as having the potential to be more consequential than his time in the White House.[1]

On September 25, 2018, an IRS report revealed that the Foundation no longer identified any possible mega-donors.[2]
Posted by: Omong Snore1267   2018-12-10 07:57  

#3  Probably set up a Clinton Foundation style NGO to handle it all.
Posted by: Rjschwarz   2018-12-10 07:48  

#2  Pull the other one
Posted by: Frank G   2018-12-10 07:18  

#1  I'm really starting to like this guy! Maybe he's not such a hypocrite after all.
Posted by: gorb   2018-12-10 01:37  

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