hypocrisy all the way over here.

Effing pigs. I hate them more and more every day. I didn't think it was possible.

in answer to Malaise's question. Although I am still not totally at the hate point as a constant, it does come in flashes though.

I am a Democrat...are you?

NOT Obama...his health care plan is in jeopardy, and for him to speak anywhere about it for any amount of money is fair play!

continue it. What a huge mistake. Never again.

his own party served up so this asshole can go after President Obama's pension.

Ain't gonna happen, though.

Obama and prior presidents ran and serve with the understanding that there would be a pension. It is one thing to apply it going forward, but absolutely foul to apply it retroactively against those who have already served.

is doing.

This asshole is doing more than Whining and calling it "distasteful" and comparing it to "working for trump".. When President Obama is getting paid $400,000 to speak at Cantor-Fitzgerald in September at their annual Health Conference

Having his foot looked after and leaving office quickly?

Do I have the wrong person here?

Fugg him.

it's nearly impossible to rescind a federal pension. hastert will stil get his. What an idiot Chafuzz is/ He's just trying to feed his racists supporters some red meat.

I can't wait to see him gone

Then pnuch Secy Mnuchin in the face.

Hell! Pnuch them all in the face!

(one of Bill Maher's better lines)

What a POS. Can't wait for him to fade away.

n/t.

Hint Chaffetz - stop mentioning him. The juxtaposition with your nightmare doesn't suit you well.

In his foot, allegedly.

Someone I bet they could eke out an existence without the pension. Taking it away would be an incredibly unfair and nasty thing to do, but we've come to expect that from Republicans.

when it comes to a black president. White presidents can go on vacation, can get pensions, can get speaking fees. Our first black president: whining from Republicans about every vacation the Obamas ever took, whining from Republicans and some "progressives" about Obama's speaking fees, and now whining about Obama's pension. So...

Dear White People

If you complain about a black president receiving some of the same compensations white presidents took for granted, you may be racist. Think about that.

Love, a fellow white person.

They hate the fact this black man has not been ruined for having the audacity to succeed.

Hate to throw a dose of reality at this, but the bill Chaffetz is threatening to reintroduce is one that was co-sponsored last year by Elijah Cummings and passed the House and Senate by voice votes. It would cap the allowance for ex-presidents office expenses at $200,000, with a dollar for dollar reduction in that amount for income earned by the ex president in excess of $400,000. Notwithstanding some bad reporting, the bill as introduced and passed did not tie an ex-president's pension to his earnings -- just the amount of "monetary allowance" for office expenses.

Obama vetoed it, but mostly because it didn't provide for a transition period and thus threatened to result in staff hired by ex-presidents losing their jobs.

Yeah, Chaffetz is a putz and one wonders if he would have bothered to reintroduce his bill (which is not limited in its impact to Obama, but would impact Carter, both Bushes, and Bill Clinton as well) if not for the opportunity presented by the hoopla surrounding Obama's speech fee.