Posted on 05/05/2015 1:42:16 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
NEW YORK — At the head of the table, wearing a massive diamond brooch, was the widow of the man who was once the country’s richest African American. A few seats down, there was Wendell Pierce of HBO fame in “The Wire” and “Treme,” and beyond that, Baltimore Orioles slugger Adam Jones.
Taking the microphone Monday evening inside a luxury upper East Side penthouse in Manhattan was President Obama, thanking everyone for attending the $10,000-a-plate fundraiser. “It is wonderful to see so many old friends and a few new ones,” Obama began.
After headlining far fewer party fundraisers following Democrats’ drubbing in last fall’s midterm elections, Obama this week is reconnecting with scores of old contributors.
Obama’s lengthy motorcade on Monday paralyzed traffic at rush hour through stretches of Manhattan as he crisscrossed the city from Wall Street to midtown for a taping of the “Late Show with David Letterman,” then to the Upper East Side, Tribeca and back to lower Manhattan to reach his helicopter to leave the city.
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“Obama raises money for Democrats..........” And we conservatives paid for it.
Oh my, don’t you just admire The One and his special touch with the common man (do I actually need to indicate major sarc?).
0bama is worse than Chris Christie when it comes to being part of the anti-destination League?
So, let me get this straight. He’ll spend a million dollars of taxpayers money to make a million
Well, he isn’t yet bold enough to transfer it directly from the treasury into the Democrat coffers.
Surely some of this money raised will go to fixing up the damage and destruction done in Baltimore by his fellow community organizers (would not hold my breath for that though).
Adam Jones, bummer one of only 3 reason I will watch an Oriole game, beside Davis and Machado. Now only two left.
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