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After lengthy deliberations over the shape, colour and upholstery of the chairs to be used at the event on state at the universitys Royce Hall, Mrs Clintons representatives specified the two long, rectangular pillows with two more kept backstage in case she needed additional back support.

The Lecture on Thought Leadership is one scores of paid speaking engagements that Mrs Clinton has performed since leaving office in 2009, with her fees going to support the Clinton Foundation, the Clinton family philanthropy arm.

Although Mrs Clinton does not personally profit from the events, there has been increasing scrutiny on the Clintons jet-set lifestyle in the run-up to the announcement ? expected early next year ? that she will run for president in 2016.

On a campaign visit to Iowa earlier this year for the Harkin Steak Fry political fundraiser, documents showed that event organisers had paid $50,000 [GBP31,500) just to fly the Clintons in to the state.

The idea that Mrs Clinton might be losing touch with the ordinary voter came back to the fore this year when she complained to an interviewer that she and her husband, Bill Clinton, were dead broke when they left the White House ? a remark that attracted widespread scorn.

It emerged from the documents that Mr Clinton had delivered the same Luskin lecture at UCLA in 2012, but only charged $250,000 [GBP160,000] causing one university official to exclaim Wow! She gets $50K more than hubby! When the University asked if Mrs Clinton could give them a discount given their status as a public institution, they were informed that $300,000 was the special university rate.

The University decided to award Mrs Clinton the UCLA Medal in recognition of her achievements. The former First Lady accepted but stipulated that it should not be hung around her neck, but presented in a box.

Chancellor Block has agreed to accommodate Hillary Clintons request to have the medal presented in a box, confirmed another official in the emails obtained by the Washington Post.

With Mrs Clintons time being so valuable, guests paid up to $2,000 for a pair tickets and a photograph with the potential future president as organisers tried to claw back some of her huge fee, reducing the number of free tickets available to students to 413.

The number of photographs was limited to a total of 50 clicks including two group photographs another university official wrote, twice urging that the groups needed to be ready and waiting for Mrs Clinton. She doesnt like to stand around waiting for people, the official warned.

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Cushions and crudites: the demands of Hillary Clinton

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A fantastical remark by Hillary Clinton went virtually unnoticed last week, especially by the mainstream media. By Monday, when President Obama let Ferguson, Missouri, burn to the ground by failing to deploy national guard troops to the city ripped by racial strife, the remark had been long forgotten.

But not here. At a black-tie event at the posh Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York on Friday, the multimillionaire former first lady said something spectacular about the presidents executive order to grant amnesty to some 5 million illegal aliens.

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We should all remember that this is about peoples lives. This is about, I would venture to guess, the people who served us tonight, who prepared our food tonight, and those who perform construction jobs, she said to applause. These are the lives of people who are, in many instances, longtime residents and workers who have not only raised children, but made contributions.

Yes, the former Secretary of State, whose last job required the utmost skill in diplomacy, said that the dozens of food servers and chefs at the exclusive hotel all had illegally sneaked into America (tossing in all construction workers for good measure). Yes, Hillary just assumed that her Hispanic waiter, filling and refilling her wine glass, bringing her a delightful chocolate treat after she gorged on a five-course meal, was an illegal who scaled the fence by Laredo, Texas, and now lives with 17 relatives in an overpriced apartment in Brooklyn.

The remark was stunning. The tin-earred Hillary had, in front of hundreds of one-percenters, also charged that the Mandarin Oriental Hotel employed illegals, which (in case everyone has forgotten) is a crime. The hotel, needless to say, was none too happy.

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Mandarin Oriental, New York does not knowingly employ illegal and/or undocumented immigrants, the hotel said, using a euphemism for illegal aliens (immigrants to America are, by definition, legally admitted into the country). We require all employees to provide proof of their eligibility to legally work in the U.S., said Tammy Peters, a spokesperson for the hotel, in an email to the Weekly Standard. All wait staff and catering staff are employed through our hotel and we do not use outside contractors for such services.

Awwwwkward. But what was more interesting was the assumptions the former top diplomat made not just about the wait staff at the hotel, but all Hispanics. In her speech she referred to those she believed the Obama executive order would help: waiters and cooks and construction workers, of course, but also fruit pickers and maids.

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It is a lot of work to be a larger-than-life public figure, particularly one who has become a symbol for an entire political party. Such is the case, perhaps, with Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has been first lady, U.S. senator, Secretary of State and now global-minded motivational speaker with an infatuated grass-roots following and some tall orders to live up to. The American dream Hillary Clinton is writing a new chapter, says a new video outreach from Ready for Hillary, the independent political action committee that has raised $6 million for her campaign. Shes fierce, shes funny. Shes focused and shes a fighter, the organization declares. Well, alrighty.

Mrs. Clinton also has the burden of multiple public opinion polls that relentlessly suggest shes the sole Democratic hope in the 2016 White House derby a high maintenance job indeed. She leads by historic margins among New Hampshire Democrats according to a new Bloomberg Politics poll, where 62 percent say shes their one-and-only. A Rasmussen Reports survey has identical findings 62 percent of likely Democratic voters would choose Mrs. Clinton, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts in distant second place with 17 percent of the support.

Journalists are murmuring, meanwhile. When will Hillary Clinton stake out her policy positions? wonders National Journal. Yes or no, Hillary Clinton? asks the Washington Post. And from Buzzfeed comes this: Clinton shadow campaign gets ready for the real thing. Which leads inquiring minds to wonder if Mrs. Clinton, new car smell and all, is ready to live up to all of this and hit the campaign trail.

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The question is not so much is Hillary ready for Hillary, a source observes. The real, more serious question is this: Is Hillary actually ready for the White House?

LIBERTARIANS NOT READY FOR RAND PAUL

Some are not happy with Sen. Rand Pauls recent resolution for a declaration of war against the Islamic State. Everyone knows that youre posturing to get the Republican nomination for president in 2016. But for this long-shot hope of winning the nomination, you have endorsed a roster of hawkish big government Republicans from Mitt Romney to Mitch McConnell. And now youre calling for sending our troops back to Iraq, which will be a death sentence for many of them, says Libertarian Party chairman Nicholas Sarwark in an open letter to the Kentucky Republican.

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Just how much can your long-shot presidential bid be worth? Is it worth the lives of these young men and women? The Libertarian Party says Absolutely not! While we agree with your view that no funds should be allocated to an illegal war, a policy of non-intervention remains the only just and reasonable approach to dealing with the Middle East a land halfway around the world where the United States does not belong, Mr. Sarwark says. Your bid for a declaration of war against ISIS is unjustifiable and dangerous. Please withdraw it immediately.

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