Posted on 06/26/2012 1:24:14 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Apparently, those “win a dinner with Obama” contests are taking a toll on Team Obama’s finances. The “donate $3 for a chance to get a seat at the table with President Obama and (fill in the name of annoying celebrity)” offers just aren’t paying off. On Monday, Obama for America Chief Operating Officer Ann Marie Habershaw sent an email to prospective entrants which outlined the difficulties of managing those “Dinner with Barack” events (the next contest, in which several $3 donors will win a dinner with the president and the first lady, has a deadline of Tuesday night).
According to Habershaw:
One of my responsibilities as chief operating officer of this campaign is to sign off on travel costs — so I see every expense for a hotel room or plane ticket. If you win Dinner with Barack, I’ll be the one approving your flight arrangements from your town to your dinner with the President and First Lady. Managing the logistics of these dinners is tough, but we do it because giving supporters a seat at the table — literally — is a huge priority for this campaign.
Habershaw’s email closed with this grammatically-challenged sentence:
And don’t forget — I see the hotel bills, too, so don’t break in to that minibar.
Whether or not this was intended as a joke (an exclamation point or winky-face might have been helpful to that end), the message is not necessarily one that Team Obama should be projecting right now – “we’re too strapped for cash to pay for a few tiny bottles of liquor from your hotel minibar.”
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As a show of support for the winners of the “Dinner with Barack” contest, the RPA is making the following offer: We will cover 100% of the minibar charges for every single one of the contest winners. Drink up, fellow Americans, we’ll have your back, while you dine with Barack. This is a real and genuine offer, and it will be emailed to the winners, once they are announced. Whatever their hotel minibar charges, we’ve got ‘em. The winners will be given the choice of either contacting us before they leave for D.C., in which case we can inform the hotel in advance to put all minibar charges on our credit card, or they can simply bill us when they return. We will honor this offer. To expect someone to head out for a night with Barack and Michelle without first downing a few mini-bottles of vodka, whiskey, or rum, is cruel and unusual punishment. We will not stand for it, and we will not stand by without lending a hand to our fellow Americans.
This offer does not include room service, “adult” films or other pay-per-view charges, or anything beyond the in-room minibar. But as far as the minibar goes, knock yourselves out – we’ll pick up the tab.
Have a great trip!
...maybe the majority of his guests are muslims?
Oh now that makes me want to buy a $3 ticket just so if I win I can invite all of the area freepers to my room to clean out the mini bar and order up more.I’m sure it includes room service too? ;)
You pay $3.00 for a meal you get a $3.00 meal.
Surprised they don’t tell the family to stay home and fly Obama out to them. After all trips on Air Force One are free for Obama, and surely he could find some reason to claim the trip was legitimate.He has been doing it for 3 years.
Interesting concept and PR move.However,I hope there is some kind of limit . Minibars are expensive. Someone could really party down hard with lots of people to hose them.
Winner take all.
NO bid refused
The Ubama campaign is running an illegal gambling operation, but only a racist would notice.
This offer does not include room service, “adult” films or other pay-per-view charges, or anything beyond the in-room minibar. But as far as the minibar goes, knock yourselves out – we’ll pick up the tab.
Yes. I agree, since this raffle is being held through the internet, any state, county, township or any other municipality laws have the possibility of infringement. This would also fall under wire fraud.
“http://www.rafflefaq.com/united-states-raffle-laws/"; this is just one of many sources found in a simple search. Personally I am contacting the AG for my state to file charges against the Obama campaign.
Dinner for schmucks.
It could be limited to filling the “minibar” thing one time only. Which would limit the cost to maybe $250-300??
If I won the dinner with Barack, (and it was allowed), I would sell it on eBay then use the money to donate to my favorite other candidates.
I wonder of you have to present a photo ID to have dinner with Baraq?
Oh Geez. If this dinner scam doesn’t work, he’ll be forced to auction off used...things.
That Night Train’s a mean wine.
T-Bone $6.99
With meat, $21.95
Actually, if I won the dinner with Barak I’d go... wearing a sombrero.
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