June 26, 2014

Bill Clinton laughs about buying 14 fancy Swiss watches

He just can’t help himself.

One day after Bill Clinton insisted his family’s wealth doesn’t make him or Hillary “out of touch” with regular people’s economic reality, the former president found himself happily recounting the 14 expensive Swiss watches and “two rugs” he bought to hand out to friends.

Clinton spoke at a Denver meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative on Wednesday, where the moderator asked him about a visit he paid in April to a Detroit-area watchmaker selling ritzy Swiss watches for $550 a pop.

“I don’t know how many you bought, Mr. President,” the moderator asked with a grin. “20, 30 of these watches? Whatever it was?”

“My group did,” Clinton replied. “I bought 14 of them that month.” More

1 comment:

Mary said...

These people who have lived off the taxpayers in luxury their whole life cannot relate to the regular American.