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Food On The Table

Speeches don’t put food on the table. ~Hillary Clinton

While I know what Clinton means to say by this, it’s a bit rich for her to say this when one of the principal sources of her family’s income over the last eight years has been…Bill Clinton’s speechmaking.  Meanwhile, I think Mike Huckabee would also dissent from this claim, since he has been very explicit recently that making speeches does put food on his table (albeit low-cal, non-fat food, which barely qualifies).   

Then again, if you put food on the table, where will you put all of the options?

about the author

Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and was a columnist for The Week. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and resides in Lancaster, PA. Follow him on Twitter.

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