'An orgy of the 1 percent': NYT columnist Maureen Dowd slams Obama over his lavish 60th bash that has tarnished the Democrat party with its 'limousine liberals and Hollywood whoring'

Daily Mail ^ | Aug. 15, 2021 | Andrea Blanco

[rickmichaels]

A New York Times star columnist has lashed Barack Obama for axing people who helped him to the top from his lavish 60th birthday guest list in favor of A-list stars.

Maureen Dowd branded Obama 'Barack Antoinette' - a reference to the out-of-touch renaissance queen - and likened him to Jay Gatsby, the shallow people-pleaser from F Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby in her scathing piece, published Saturday.

She highlighted how the former president cut his ex-chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and former campaign strategist David Axelrod from the original 600-person guest list, despite both helping him secure his presidential victory.

Dowd was also scathing of Obama's decision to disinvite Caroline and Teddy Kennedy - key members of the Democratic political dynasty whose endorsement in the run up to the 2008 presidency was seen as critical to his eventual choice as the party's nominee.

Those who did make the cut after surging COVID rates forced Obama to slash his guest list included Beyoncé, John Legend, Steven Spielberg and Bradley Cooper - none of whom knew Obama before he ascended to the presidency.

They danced the night away at the president's $12 million compound in Martha's Vineyard - with Dowd saying the ostentatious display was also damaging to the Democrat party as a whole.

She explained: 'The party crystallized the caricature of the Democratic Party that Joe Biden had to fight against in order to get elected,

'It was as far from Flint and Scranton as you can imagine: an orgy of the 1 percent — private jets, Martha’s Vineyard, limousine liberals and Hollywood whoring.'

Some guests cracked jokes about being cut from the guest list, with Caroline Kennedy telling the Times: 'I would have disinvited me if I was him.'

[PhineasSpear]

“It was as far from Flint and Scranton as you can imagine: an orgy of the 1 percent - private jets,Martha’s Vineyard, limousine liberals and Hollywood whoring.”

Glad she mentioned Flint, though the King of Flint - fat, ugly, gross multimillionaire marxist, mikey - will still praise his buddy, Bath House Barry, to the sky.