Posted on 07/28/2010 7:08:11 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
“President Obama is coming to New York on July 28 for Democratic National Committee fundraising, but apparently he has two events planned on the day - including one at the home of Vogue editrix Anna Wintour.” (Maggie Haberman, “Obama And Anna Wintour, For One Night Only,” Politico, 7/14/10)
TONIGHT’S FESTIVITIES JUST THE LATEST IN LONG LINE OF RITZY FUNDRAISERS
Calvin Klein, Harvey Weinstein And Several “Former Clinton Boosters” Are Expected To Shell Out Over $30,000 To Attend Tonight’s Events. “The price for the evening is just over $30,000 a head, making it a somewhat tougher draw. But the names - at least the ones I was able to pry loose - are a patchwork of a bunch of different industries. … At the Four Seasons, the first event of the night and a fifty-ticket event, a source familiar with the affair said attendees are expected to incude longtime Bill Clinton donor Bernard Schwartz, Obama booster Jane Hartley, Anne Hess, former Clinton boosters Stan Shuman and Michael Kempner. The next event, at Vogue editrix Anna Wintour's home, has been difficult to get details about, but a few names I was able to glean include Larry Gagosian, the art dealer who was a Clinton backer, along with Miramax founder Harvey Weinstein, and designer Calvin Klein, an Obama booster, and Marissa Mayer of Google fame.” (Maggie Haberman, “Mix Of Clinton, Obama Donors Slated For Prez Events,” Politico, 7/27/10)
n May, Obama Jetted To $15,000 Fundraiser At St. Regis In New York City. “President Obama headed to a $15,000-per-person fundraiser in Manhattan after spending the afternoon speaking to workers upstate about their economic struggles… Obama is the big draw at a dinner to raise money for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. He’s set to take the stage at 7:05 p.m. at the St. Regis Hotel, where tickets sold for $15,000 a person or $30,400 a couple, according to a Democratic official.” (Carol Lee, “Obama Tops $15K-Per-Person Event, Politico’s 44 Blog, 5/13/10)
In 2009, Obama “Basked In The Glow” Of His Hollywood Supporters, Holding Back-To-Back Fundraisers Among Hollywood Elite. “President Obama arrived at a back-to-back fund-raising dinner and concert on Wednesday night and raised $4 million for the Democratic National Committee. He basked in the glow of his Hollywood supporters and thanked them for making his candidacy possible… There was Jamie Foxx and Marissa Tomei, Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffth, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg, and a long line of bold and not-so-bold names.” (Jeff Zeleny, “Obama Rings Up Cash Among The Stars,” The New York Times’ The Caucus Blog, 5/27/09)
* Paying $30,400 Per Couple. “The people in the audience – who paid $30,400 per couple to attend – laughed as they ate a dinner of roasted tenderloin, grilled organic chicken and sun choke rosemary mashed potatoes.” (Jeff Zeleny, “Obama Rings Up Cash Among The Stars,” The New York Times’ The Caucus Blog, 5/27/09)
Obama Will Even Celebrate His Birthday With $30,000 A Plate Fundraiser Thrown By Billionaire Neil Bluhm. “$$$$$: Happy Birthday, buddy! Sneed hears real estate mogul Neil Bluhm is tossing a private birthday party here for President Obama, who turns 49 on Aug. 4. The shocker: The dinner invite to the Barack bash at Bluhm's home requires a $30,000 donation to the Democratic National Committee! The stunner: Obama is also scheduled to be in town Aug. 5 for a fund-raiser at the Palmer House for U.S. Senate hopeful Alexi Giannoulias, who is hoping to capture Uncle Rocky's old seat.” (Michael Sneed, “Price To Attend Obama's Birthday Bash: $30,000,” The Chicago Sun-Times, 7/23/10)
Read more: http://www.gop.com/index.php/briefing/comments/the_president_wears_prada#ixzz0uzAfQmYl
For the little people... so they can figure out how to stop those evil republican rich people.
Yep lol well said...
While the nation suffers, Bowrama fiddles!
Senator John Kerry’s 76 Foot Luxury Yacht Stored In Rhode Island To Avoid Massachusetts Taxes. “Sen. John Kerry, who has repeatedly voted to raise taxes while in Congress, dodged a whopping six-figure state tax bill on his new multimillion-dollar yacht by mooring her in Newport, R.I… Isabel - Kerry’s luxe, 76-foot New Zealand-built Friendship sloop with an Edwardian-style, glossy varnished teak interior, two VIP main cabins and a pilothouse fitted with a wet bar and cold wine storage - was designed by Rhode Island boat designer Ted Fontaine.” (Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa, “Sen. John Kerry Skips Town On Sails Tax,” Boston Herald, 7/23/10)
* Saving Kerry Approximately $500,000. “But instead of berthing the vessel in Nantucket, where the senator summers with the missus, Teresa Heinz, Isabel’s hailing port is listed as “Newport” on her stern… Sources say Isabel sold for something in the neighborhood of $7 million, meaning Kerry saved approximately $437,500 in sales tax and an annual excise tax of about $70,000.” (Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa, “Sen. John Kerry Skips Town On Sails Tax,” Boston Herald, 7/23/10)
Read more: http://www.gop.com/index.php/briefing/comments/the_president_wears_prada#ixzz0uzD1i9d2
An old friend of mine a true communist who managed to escape to the US found Jesus, and turned “conservative” (reactionary) recalls what Russian true commies would call politicians working the system for their individyal benefit.
COMMUNIST PIGS
I bet that was a fun party considering the noisy side effects of sun choke.
Correction
THE OBAMA’S ARE COMMUNIST PIGS SLURPING AT THE PUBLIC TROUGH AT THE EXPENCE OF THE PROLETARIAT
Word has it that if you put money in the totebag, it magically disappears!
“Not a good analogy, but this family reminds me of The Beverly Hill Billies.”
More like the Jeffersons on crack.
“Not a good analogy, but this family reminds me of The Beverly Hill Billies.”
More like the Jeffersons on crack.”
I dunno. The Beverly Hillbillies was about how sane, downhome folk didn’t let money go to their heads. The Jeffersons enjoyed their money but it was clear the money was made through good hard work in the free enterprise system.
I would analogize the Obamas, perhaps, to a whole lot of major lottery winners who squander everything within a very short period and end up worse than before they won. Clearly Obama is squandering whatever credibility he had with the “regular” or “common” folk he talks about frequently.
That sounds about right, I’ve never actually watched the Jeffersons, I’m happy to say. I was going by that obnoxious “Movin’ on up” song that always came on as the introduction which had me scrambling to change the channel.
It’s been a long time (decades) since I watched any television beyond major disaster coverage. But, if I recall, the Jefferson money came from a string of drycleaning establishments or something similar. It was, in its way, a salute to the American Dream and American Way. And it clearly poked fun at both white and black racism.
I was in my teens or early 20’s when that show was on and didn’t watch tv very often back then. I have seen a few minutes of it in re-runs. I have to say, I don’t care for it.
>>>But, if I recall, the Jefferson money came from a string of drycleaning establishments or something similar. It was, in its way, a salute to the American Dream and American Way. And it clearly poked fun at both white and black racism.<<<
True - Jefferson got his money from seven dry cleaning businesses. There was an interracial couple next door. The show WAS a salute to traditional American values - in fact, it was a salute to what most of us thought would be the future of the African-American community after the diminishment of racism and the establishment of civil rights. And I’ll bet it’s no coincidence that the main character is named Jefferson, either.
The country would have been a much better place if the ideals in the Jeffersons would have been the prevailing meme in our country. As a young man I thought that was the way we were going - black-owned businesses, growing wealth, inclusion into the American dream, working together in freedom and liberty. Too bad it was undermined by the left and the race-baiters. And now we’re here.
The apartment shown in the show’s opening was right across the street from where my uncle lived on the upper east side, too.
They make the Clinton’s look classy.
Best response yet.
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