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$5 Raffle Ticket Buys Dinner With Obama (Is this an illegal raffle?)
CNSNews ^ | June 15, 2011 | Matt Cover

Posted on 06/15/2011 2:48:14 PM PDT by jazusamo

(CNSNews.com) – In return for a $5 donation to his reelection, President Barack Obama is offering supporters a chance to participate in a raffle to win a “casual” dinner with him at an unstated location.

In an e-mail to supporters, the president says his campaign will raffle off four tickets for the casual dinner.

“We rely on everyday Americans giving whatever they can afford--and I want to spend time with a few of you,” Obama's e-mail reads. “So if you make a donation today, you'll be automatically entered for a chance to be one of the four supporters to sit down with me for dinner. Please donate $5 or more today.”

The e-mail, which also says the campaign does not take contributions from lobbyists or special-interests, says that “most campaigns” invite high-powered guests to its fundraising dinners. It fails to note, however, that President Obama himself has conducted several high-dollar fundraisers in the weeks since he announced his reelection effort.

“Most campaigns fill their dinner guest lists primarily with Washington lobbyists and special interests,” says the e-mail. “We didn't get here doing that, and we're not going to start now. We're running a different kind of campaign. We don't take money from Washington lobbyists or special-interest PACs--we never have, and we never will.”

Describing the event as a “casual meal among friends,” the e-mail goes on to imply that the dinner will be a chance for the president and four lucky supporters to share stories and ideas about national policy.

Winners will receive free airfare and hotel accommodations should they win.

“We'll pay for your flight and the dinner--all you need to bring is your story and your ideas about how we can continue to make this a better country for all Americans,” says the raffle e-mail.

“This won't be a formal affair,” reads the solicitation. “It's the kind of casual meal among friends that I don't get to have as often as I'd like anymore, so I hope you'll consider joining me.”

In order to enter, supporters are directed to one of two pages. The first--linked to twice in the e-mail--sends people to a donation page for the president’s campaign. The second, found only in the fine print, allows one to enter the contest without donating.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama; raffle

1 posted on 06/15/2011 2:48:17 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Attempt to get their average contribution lower so they seem more grass roots.


2 posted on 06/15/2011 2:57:07 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Raycpa

L’Etat c’est moi


3 posted on 06/15/2011 3:03:11 PM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: Raycpa

Why would I want to spend dinner with a guy so self-absorbed that he would be nose planted in his Blackberry?


4 posted on 06/15/2011 3:03:46 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: jazusamo

It’d be great if conservatives won those tickets..


5 posted on 06/15/2011 3:05:30 PM PDT by tje
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To: jazusamo

i wold so go to dinner for $5. where do i sign up?


6 posted on 06/15/2011 3:05:48 PM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: jazusamo

It’s an ILLEGAL LOTTERY...

But then, when did laws begin mattering to Democrats?


7 posted on 06/15/2011 3:07:24 PM PDT by tcrlaf (You can only lead a lib to the Truth, you can't make it think...)
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To: tje
It’d be great if conservatives won those tickets..

LOL! It sure would but it ain't gonna happen. Obama's thugs will know the complete history of the people.

8 posted on 06/15/2011 3:08:56 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: tcrlaf

Correct, laws don’t matter, especially to The Won.


9 posted on 06/15/2011 3:10:39 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/obama_raffle_no_gambling.html


10 posted on 06/15/2011 3:13:32 PM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: savedbygrace

So by them saying no donation required in the fine print makes it legal, is that correct?


11 posted on 06/15/2011 3:18:21 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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“We’ll pay for your flight and the dinner—all you need to bring is your story and your ideas about how we can continue to make this a better country for all Americans,” says the raffle e-mail.

1. You have not been making the country better for anyone except maybe homosexuals.
2. If you really want to make things better for Americans you should resign...


12 posted on 06/15/2011 3:19:36 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I sign up for the New American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?)
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To: jazusamo

People would be much smarter to buy $5 worth of lottery tickets. This guy keeps finding new ways to cheapen the office of President. He really ought to do a weekend national phone-a-thon, starring himself.


13 posted on 06/15/2011 3:20:40 PM PDT by Avid Coug
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To: Raycpa
Is this an illegal raffle?

The who f&*#*@g Presidency is illegal, and you're worried about a five dollar raffle?

ML/NJ

14 posted on 06/15/2011 3:21:51 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: jazusamo

your ideas about how we can continue to make this a better country for all Americans


Resign.


15 posted on 06/15/2011 3:24:17 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (Welcome to the USA - where every day is Backwards Day!)
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To: jazusamo

I bet he’d raise more money if he charged 50 bucks for folks to line up and kick him in the ass.
Whole lot of folks b lining up


16 posted on 06/15/2011 3:27:05 PM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: Raycpa

Since when does legal matter LOL ;(

Get people to donate so they will vote...they are invested.

He may not take money from lobbyists, but there was an article today on Drudge about his bundlers getting access and jobs....


17 posted on 06/15/2011 3:27:56 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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