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Ticket sales slow to Obama’s S.F. fundraiser — deals offered
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | November 19, 2013 | Matier and Ross

Posted on 11/19/2013 2:16:45 PM PST by artichokegrower

Ticket sales for President Obama’s big fundraiser Monday at the SFJazz Center are so sluggish, organizers are cutting the price of some tickets in half.

The cheap seats for the Democratic National Committee luncheon — the ones that were going for $1,000 — have been reduced to $500, according to an e-mail to potential donors sent out Monday by Ella Arnold of Buell Private Political Management in San Francisco.

Arnold added, “We are thrilled to announce that if you have already purchased a $1,000 ticket … your seat will now be upgraded to VIP, which includes rope line access!”

We’re told organizers are even making deals on some the $15,000 tickets to the reception with the president, with prices dropping to as low as $10,000.

Arnold declined to comment Tuesday, and the Democratic National Committee did not immediately return our call.

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: bho44; deals; dnc; fundingtheleft; fundraiser; obama; obamas; offered; sales; sanfrancisco; slow; ticket
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Great chance for a half price deal.
1 posted on 11/19/2013 2:16:45 PM PST by artichokegrower
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They’re junk tickets to a junk event.


2 posted on 11/19/2013 2:18:39 PM PST by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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Maybe they should up the ante to $20,000 per person. Paying them that much should entice a few more San Franciscans.


3 posted on 11/19/2013 2:19:47 PM PST by kempster
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Even some Rats have learned that you don't want Obama behind you, and you won't get your money's worth.
4 posted on 11/19/2013 2:20:38 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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When a guy like him can’t draw in San Francisco...

Ouch!


5 posted on 11/19/2013 2:21:41 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Obama, the Democrat Party, the Left in the U. S., have essentially become the 4th Reich.)
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To: artichokegrower

I’d pay money NOT to see him.


6 posted on 11/19/2013 2:24:34 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Marked down!


7 posted on 11/19/2013 2:24:37 PM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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And if you buy a ticket now you get a free Shamwow!


8 posted on 11/19/2013 2:27:08 PM PST by From The Deer Stand
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We should send someone there with donations.

He really needs to hear what we have to say.


9 posted on 11/19/2013 2:27:38 PM PST by struggle
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I’d spend $1,000 if they had a dunk tank.


10 posted on 11/19/2013 2:31:55 PM PST by artichokegrower
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11 posted on 11/19/2013 2:34:19 PM PST by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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12 posted on 11/19/2013 2:43:00 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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I read that obama fund raising has been absorbing the donations which would normally go the DNC. So much so, that the DNC has to borrow to continue functioning.

I am always confused why he is fund raising? I don’t remember Bush doing this in the second term. Actually, I barely remember him ever doing it.


13 posted on 11/19/2013 2:52:25 PM PST by castlegreyskull
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It's not nearly enough.

I wouldn't be willing to listen to or meet that big-eared doofus unless the DNC paid me at least $50,000.

14 posted on 11/19/2013 2:54:59 PM PST by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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15 posted on 11/19/2013 2:57:08 PM PST by Iron Munro (When a killer screams 'Allahu Akbar' you don't need to be mystified about a motive.)
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” this will be the president’s ninth fundraising trip to the Bay Area in the past 2 1/2 years —”

And it cost how much to fly Air Force One across the country. Nine fundraising trips to SF alone and 150 rounds of golf makes him a pretty busy man.


16 posted on 11/19/2013 2:58:47 PM PST by artichokegrower
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Great, the nosebleed seats just dropped from $ 50 to $25!
and the Tee shirts are now going for $ 4.75...
Get’em while they’re hot!


17 posted on 11/19/2013 3:00:24 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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You know the guy who wouldn’t walk across the street to piss on Obama if he was on fire? I wouldn’t even offer a drink of water to someone who would.


18 posted on 11/19/2013 3:11:38 PM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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The end of "the magic negro". /LATimes
19 posted on 11/19/2013 3:27:28 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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soon they will have to pay people to attend!


20 posted on 11/19/2013 3:28:01 PM PST by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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