Posted on 04/22/2011 12:25:26 PM PDT by Justaham
President Obama asked for support Thursday from a small Los Angeles audience dotted with Hollywood stars.
Speaking in a tiny room of the Italian restaurant Tavern to a an audience of 60 that included Steven Spielberg, Will Ferrell, Tom Hanks and George Clooney, Obama said he understood frustration with his compromises with centrist Democrats and Republicans on healthcare, ending the Bush tax rates for the wealthy and other issues.
Over the past two and a half years, Obama said, he was sure there were times "where you're reading the papers or you're watching TV and you're saying, 'Ah, Obama, you know, why's he compromising with the Republicans?' Or 'Aw, why did healthcare take so long? and I want single-payer plan anyway.' "
The president then joked: " 'Golly, you know, if he was just as good a communicator as George Clooney, I'm sure the American people would understand exactly what needs to be done.' "
The remark cracked the room of donors up, according to a White House pool report.
Obama, who returns to Washington from California on Friday, has held a series of fundraisers in the Golden State over the past two days as he completes a week of barnstorming across the country that foreshadows the presidential campaign.
The president has spoken to liberal supporters in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Palo Alto whose continued support will be critical if Obama's campaign is to meet a goal of raising $1 billion in campaign funds for 2012.
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How many of those limousine liberals get their gardens tended by illegals?
Star Obama speaks to the Stars. What a bunch of bull.
I used sean penn as the villian in my comic. and for the nazis i will use the new hollywood crowd, the old crowd like Cagney and Stewart and the Duke and Gable and Bogart and lee marvin will be in the next part as real American soldiers.
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For Tom Hanks to say “5 1/2 more years” illustrates how completely out of touch he is with the times. What an elitist slob.
Tom Hanks needs to STFU. We don’t need his political opinion OR his movies.
I wonder how Jim Lovell feels about Tom away from Hollywood. Hanks played Lovell in Apollo 13. Lovell is a very conservative Republican. Hanks is what he is.
Please post the guest list I want to make sure I avoid all who attended, they will not see a dime of my money We made them we can break them!
I cannot recall the last time we went to the movies or rented a DVD for that matter. In addition to being a minimum of 3rd rate, there’s zilch-point-zero originality in the offerings.
That said, I’d dearly love to see the stars flame-out.
A parting point to ponder - next time sitting in a theater, consider the collective pedo you’re sitting in. Ay carajo!
projectile vomit!!!
Wow a whole room full of celebrity and polidiot trash who lie for money....who’d a thunk it........:o)
Just remember your movie tickets, DVD and Blu-Ray purchases are your donations to the Democratic Party.
I’ll have to check my “No see-ums” list to make sure they are on it.
I know that most hollywood celebrities are out of touch with the real world, but backing this zero borders on plain stupidity.
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