Rudy Giuliani raked in more from speaking gigs in '07 than the Big Dog: $11.4 million

[DeepModem Mom]

NY Post: $11M GIFT OF GAB
SPEAKER RUDY RAKED IN MORE THAN BILL
By MAGGIE HABERMAN and CARL CAMPANILE

May 10, 2007 -- Republican 2008 hopeful Rudy Giuliani snared more than $11 million for his paid speeches last year - an eye-popping figure that outpaced former President Bill Clinton's earnings, The Post has learned.

Giuliani's $11.4 million haul will be listed on the personal financial-disclosure forms he'll file next week, according to sources.

By contrast, Clinton - another in-demand speaker - earned close to $10 million for speeches last year, a figure that will be on the disclosure forms for his wife, Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the sources said.

The former mayor's $100,000-a- pop speech earnings are on top of what he's made from his company, Giuliani Partners.

He made roughly 125 paid speeches, sources said, putting him in the top ranks of sought-after speakers around the globe and taking him to more than 30 countries, including Qatar, Dubai, Iceland and Latvia.

In addition to the two dozen speaking engagements Giuliani had with the "Get Motivated" seminars, companies that paid him included Shell Oil Products, the Sir Ratan Tata Trust in India, the Bowling Proprietors Association of America, and the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association....

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05102007/news/regionalnews/11m_gift_of_gab_regionalnews_maggie_haberman____and_carl_campanile.htm

[no_hypocrisy]

1. He earned that much also b/c his expenses were limited.

He had provisions in his contracts that the host would pick up the tab for Rudy's private airplane fare to get to the speech and meals and sometimes accommodations.

[havocmom]

2. Bull...

...horn. It's the glam of his image with the bullhorn that day.

Take away the bullhorn and he is just another politician in a sequined evening gown. ;)

[Czolgosz]

3. Did Giuliani ever mention 9/11 at those speaking gigs? He's so modest he's reluctant to mention that

he was actually mayor of NYC on 9/11. That's what I like most about Giuliani - his understated humility and reluctance to take any personal gain from our great national tragedy.