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Signs of donor fatigue at Obama's Bay Area fundraisers
SFGate.com ^ | 7/23/14 | Carla Marinucci

Posted on 07/23/2014 5:33:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

LOS ALTOS HILLS -- President Obama hit the Bay Area for a fast cash-and-grab fundraising drive Wednesday, but there were signs that even in one of the nation's most reliable Democratic ATMs, donor fatigue is setting in.

There was no listed price for tickets for Obama's morning appearance at a roundtable in San Francisco for the House Majority PAC - the type of intimate gathering for which admission is usually $32,400 per person, the legal maximum. Some donors said tickets had been offered for a deep discount.

And in Los Altos Hills, the heart of Silicon Valley big money, the president's appearance at the home of real estate mogul George Marcus drew an older crowd that was noteworthy for the absence of 20-something angel investors, startup stars and tech leaders who have flocked to fundraisers Obama has held while paying 17 previous visits as president to the Bay Area.

Democratic donors who were invited to the San Francisco event, at the Four Seasons Hotel on Market Street, said they had initially been asked to donate as much as $25,000 to sit down with Obama. One who balked at the price said organizers had offered a cut-rate deal of as little as $5,000.

"Five-thousand dollars to sit down with the president for an hour? That's usually what it costs for a photo of you and your whole family" with Obama, said the invitee, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Not a fundraiser

Organizers at the House Majority PAC said the event wasn't really a fundraiser.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: bayarea; donor; enoughalready; fatigue; fundingtheleft; fundraisers; obama; signs
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Ruh roh.. is that rivets I hear popping?

or did The Beast bottom out on a reality speed bump?

1 posted on 07/23/2014 5:33:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

5K is too much to pay to see this phony.


2 posted on 07/23/2014 5:35:35 PM PDT by dforest
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To: dforest

Ya can get a selfie with zer0 for a C note.. or a case of beer.


3 posted on 07/23/2014 5:39:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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Why? Just think, these people would probably pay $35 grand to be spat on by 0bama. To get to stand next to him, bask in his glory, and not get any spittle on you, that’s gotta be worth about $100K. These are cheap white crackers who need to give it up.


4 posted on 07/23/2014 5:43:52 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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To: NormsRevenge

A letter I just wrote to the San Jose Murky Noos: (they won’t print it, of course)

Russia taking over Ukraine. Obama plays golf. Our country is being invaded
from the south. Obama can’t be bothered. Israel is fighting for its life.
Obama goes to a fundraiser. A US Marine is rotting in a Mexican jail.
Obama does nothing. The IRS and the EPA are running amok.
Obama goes on vacation. How much longer can this country abide
this incompetent, arrogant, ignorant, disconnected excuse for a chief
executive?


5 posted on 07/23/2014 5:45:20 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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Oh no...that means he’ll be coming back to Austin soon. Wonder how many more times the Texas trial lawyers will pay to be fleeced by the carpetbagger from D.C. They are one dumb bunch.


6 posted on 07/23/2014 5:45:40 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: beethovenfan

Good letter!

By the way, the Seventh Symphony is my fav...


7 posted on 07/23/2014 5:47:43 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (If Obama hated America and wanted to destroy her, what would he do differently?)
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To: NormsRevenge

So does that mean the Caliph was thinking he made ten grand at Nelson Mandela’s funeral?


8 posted on 07/23/2014 5:48:55 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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So does that mean the Caliph was thinking he made ten grand at Nelson Mandela’s funeral?


9 posted on 07/23/2014 5:48:55 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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Bottomed out, but not quite high-center.


10 posted on 07/23/2014 5:50:30 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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Five-thousand dollars to sit down with the president for an hour? That's usually what it costs for a photo of you and your whole family" with Obama, said the invitee, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The lowest bidder wins...

11 posted on 07/23/2014 5:52:07 PM PDT by GOPJ (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize-Voltaire)
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Is he raising money for somebody else? He’s a lame duck. Isn’t it a little illegal to “raise” money when you aren’t running for anything? I thought you couldn’t charge speaking fees until you were out of office.


12 posted on 07/23/2014 5:55:07 PM PDT by toast
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To: Rennes Templar

Re; Beethoven; I cast my vote for The Emperor; a powerhouse of a piece meant to be heard at top volume and vibration.

On another note; I hear Hillary in also sniffing around here in the Bay Area, for dollars and attention. Can’t wait for them both to leave.


13 posted on 07/23/2014 5:55:25 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: NormsRevenge

What arrogance! As if this pea brain could say anything the movers and shakers of silicon valley wanted to hear.


14 posted on 07/23/2014 6:04:45 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Rennes Templar

Mine is the Sixth (Pastoral), but they’re all incredible.


15 posted on 07/23/2014 6:10:19 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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“they had initially been asked to donate as much as $25,000 to sit down with Obama. One who balked at the price said organizers had offered a cut-rate deal of as little as $5,000.”

Who in their right mind would pay $25,000 or even $5000 to sit down with that lying phony. Desperate tech wanna be entrepreneurs paying to pretend to be important. The pictures of them with Obama that now hang on their office walls to impress people will be thrown in the trash within a few months.

16 posted on 07/23/2014 6:12:37 PM PDT by detective
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What kind of F’ing moron would give a nickel the here this jackass speak?
17 posted on 07/23/2014 6:12:48 PM PDT by WHBates
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To: dforest

I might pay 5.00 to piss on his shoe.


18 posted on 07/23/2014 6:14:20 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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What kind of F’ing moron would give a nickel the here this jackass speak?

You actually sort of answered your own question.
19 posted on 07/23/2014 6:24:48 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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Organizers at the House Majority PAC said the event wasn't really a fundraiser.

True. It didn't seem to raise any funds did it? Snicker, snicker, guffaw!

20 posted on 07/23/2014 6:27:25 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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