Musharraf hires US lobbyist for $25,000 a month to bobby for him

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Re: Musharraf hires US lobbyist for $25,000 a month to bobby for him

@mAd_ScIeNtIsT

Actually, it does seem that Musharraf has made millions from speeches, judging from how much the firms that wanted to get him to do speeches were offering to pay.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2008/08/22/musharraf-in-the-money.html

Chicago-based Embark LLC is just one of the international public-relations firms trying to land Musharraf as a highly paid keynote speaker. Public-relations executives say the articulate and brash 44-year army veteran’s earning power could approach that of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who famously snubbed him during a lightning visit to Islamabad eight years ago.

“The [speaking] fee for Musharraf would be in the $150,000-200,000 range for a day,” says Embark President David B. Wheeler, “plus jet and other V.I.P. arrangements on the ground.” Wheeler says Clinton, for whom Embark has arranged speaking engagements in the Middle East, commands up to $250,000 per appearance. “If we did multiple events in multiple cities, [Musharraf] could get closer to the $500,000 to $1,000,000 range [for a series of talks],” he said.

An article from 2008?? Comparing Mush to Clinton??? Gimme a break!

Would like you like to post a recent article showing Musharraf actually getting paid anything close to that amount?