# Barbra Bush makes $ 60,000 per speech! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2002, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbra-bush-makes-60-000-per-speech/107423 "2002-05-05T20:31:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbra-bush-makes-60-000-per-speech/107423/1 "2002-05-05T20:31:14Z")
[Barbara Bush](http://library.northernlight.com/FB20020505250000031.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc) You go girl… but I’m still stunned - **$ 60,000** to hear what she has to say? Wow! I had no idea she was that desired a celebrity speaker. > [@](#): > > And Mrs. Bush has been keeping a hectic schedule, giving several speeches a month to business groups – commanding $60,000 for each. Over the year, she has polished her lines to perfection and she has a stand-up’s timing. She ran down a list of the groups she’s spoken to: “My absolute favorite: The National Association of Plastic Surgeons. I was scared to death,” she deadpanned. “I thought they were going to rush the stage.” ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbra-bush-makes-60-000-per-speech/107423/2 "2002-05-05T20:42:58Z")
Who on earth has $60,000 to hear Barbara Bush speak? What can she possibly have to say that is worth that much? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbra-bush-makes-60-000-per-speech/107423/3 "2002-05-05T21:01:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HerMajestyLorna \* > \*\*Who on earth has $60,000 to hear Barbara Bush speak? > > What can she possibly have to say that is worth that much? \*\* The National Association of Plastic Surgeons. 😛 But yeah…one would wonder.