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They get paid six fucking figures, and it's still not enough.
FFS
What’s six figures per year compared to six figures per speaking engagement sponsored by Goldman or the Federalist Society?
That and have some ghost writer push out her auto biography and it mysteriously becomes a NYT best seller because a few firms placed 100k pre orders.
Solid campaign-money laundering scheme
So she ran as a Democrat, worked to undermine Democrats, left the party, and is now going to sell out even harder?
Living the Centrist Democrat Dream.
Pretty much. When all but a few democrats are right of center, it would be a sweet getaway.
Took bribes to flip an elected majority against the best interests of the people who elected them. She should be in jail, not lining up lobbyist jobs.
“Then she can ^REALLY cash in”
You don't act like she has expecting to be re-elected. She's had her escape plan since she decided to be who she is.
What the hell is she wearing in that photo!
Yeah, after all the crap they gave John Fetterman as well!
it appears to be a stone washed denim dress. how utterly shitty and fitting for her 'look'.
Who knew coveralls could have cleavage?
Some sort of Super Mario push-up attire.
The sexy Italian plumber costume from Spirit Halloween. I think you figured it out.
Odds are this was always her plan.
Waiting for "Sinema reportedly kicks newborn puppies" article to continue the heelturn to the next logical step.
These people will be shocked when they start being targeted for being shitheads like scalise was. there are a ton of desperate people out there hurting enough to take action against someone so flippant about hurting people and America's democracy.
TIL that "Sinema" isn't a second rate rapper name.
She dresses like one apparently
But for how long? Her value isn't going to be that much once she leaves office a few years down the line.
It's pretty clear in the article that she's not talking about cashing in politically via a role as a Fox News contributor or hitting up the right wing lecture circuit to criticize Democrats for the rest of her life. She specifically talked about using her Senate experience and Washington connections to land a cushy private sector job on a corporate board or to become a University president. Both of which pay substantially higher than the salary of a US Senator and are pretty well worn paths for ex-Senators. She could not care less about staying relevant publicly. She's already got what she wanted out of her time in the Senate.
But you need to maintain connections over time to get those kinds of jobs. She will have only one term as Senator to build up that Rolodex and gain political favors. I don't see why any major company would want to keep her on past being a reward for what she did for them in the Senate. Hell, she's burned bridges with large parts of her own party for voting against Democratic legislation.
I feel like she would find a lot of closed doors if she tried cashing in on her political influence because her influence has only been in saying no.
The quid doesn't always precede the quo. She's done the favors, it's time to collect the board memberships and consultant retainers.
If she is getting a position as payoff, that isn't going to last for long. She isn't going to get a multi-decade job for six years in the Senate.
After all, they are going to need to pay off the next people.
You can always create another bullshit board position.
You can, but why?
She's not going to bring prestige to the board given her age and relative lack of experience.
Her political connections are shallow given that she's left her party and her career has been being the 50th vote.
You can hire her as payback, but those positions usually only last a few years unless the politician helped the group for decades or that person can transition to one of the first two roles.
Her value is going to rapidly diminish over time.
I suspect that, as the headline said, she's grabbing what cash she can. Maybe she'll be ousted in a few years, in the meantime she's making 6-7 figures, and can retire comfortably with the 10 or so years of Congressional pay and corporate board pay. She gets her favors paid back with a nice little nest egg for her to disappear with.
She has six years of pay at $174,000 per year, which is ok but isn't something you can retire on in 10 years.
Maybe she gets that in her post-Senate career, but I doubt it will be enough to fully retire on, especially with her inflated lifestyle.
If she actually believes this, she may be the biggest narcissist in the senate, and that’s a group that includes Ted Cruz.