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'Disappointing' turnout at Warren Buffett-headlined Obama fund-raiser
New York Post ^ | October 1, 2011 | GEOFF EARLE and CARL CAMPANILE

Posted on 10/02/2011 4:33:08 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

Tycoon Warren Buffett, headliner of last night’s fund-raiser for President Obama at the Four Seasons, reiterated his advice for a tax on “ultra-rich people who are paying very low tax rates.”

But the message appeared to have limited appeal to donors expected to pay $10,000 a plate; the turnout was “disappointing,” according to one guest.

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barackobama; taxes; warrenbuffett
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Hey Warren! When are you going to pay the billion bucks in back taxes your company owes?
1 posted on 10/02/2011 4:33:17 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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Where the “Ha-Ha” guy pic?


2 posted on 10/02/2011 4:36:01 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network ("Cut the Crap and Balance!" -- Governor Sarah Palin , Friday August 12 2011, Iowa State Fair)
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Gee, I wonder why... LOL


3 posted on 10/02/2011 4:36:03 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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limited appeal to donors expected to pay $10,000 a plate

..ell by the time Odumbo runs his course, he'll be selling hotdogs at the WH gate for 25 cents

4 posted on 10/02/2011 4:37:03 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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But the message appeared to have limited appeal to donors expected to pay $10,000 a plate;

Those prospective donors must feel they have already paid their fair share!

5 posted on 10/02/2011 4:37:08 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Is this the same Warren who is fighting his tax bill in order to pay less, and ordering others to pay their “fair share”?


6 posted on 10/02/2011 4:38:17 PM PDT by NoGrayZone ("Islamophobia: The irrational fear of being beheaded." Andrew Klavan of PJTV)
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7 posted on 10/02/2011 4:41:46 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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When are you going to pay the billion bucks in back taxes your company owes?

Which company is that?

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8 posted on 10/02/2011 4:41:50 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Doesn't disappoint me.
9 posted on 10/02/2011 4:42:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them." --Ronald Reagan)
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the turnout was “disappointing,” according to one guest.

Perhaps this is a harbinger of future campaign events for a collapsing President.
10 posted on 10/02/2011 4:43:36 PM PDT by Signalman
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Buffet supports the Bamtard?

I begrudge every second I spent paying attention to anything he had to say.


11 posted on 10/02/2011 4:43:44 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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Buffet supports the Bamtard?

I begrudge every second I spent paying attention to anything he had to say.


12 posted on 10/02/2011 4:44:13 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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UNEXPECTED!!!


13 posted on 10/02/2011 4:44:18 PM PDT by mo
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Who in their right mind would want to pay $10,000 bucks to hear some crazy old coot whining about wanting to pay more taxes? That’s weird.


14 posted on 10/02/2011 4:47:09 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you always tell the truth, you won't have to remember what you said.)
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15 posted on 10/02/2011 4:49:03 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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16 posted on 10/02/2011 4:50:08 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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An Obama fund-raising insider said the campaign has been getting resistance from some Wall Street donors from 2008 over the proposal

I can't imagine why that would be. How unexpected.

17 posted on 10/02/2011 4:51:05 PM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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Well, evidence of Warren’s onset of senility is now clear.


18 posted on 10/02/2011 4:53:18 PM PDT by OldArmy52 (Obama, the most corrupt and incompetent President since Carter.)
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Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.


19 posted on 10/02/2011 4:57:31 PM PDT by Donnafrflorida (Thru HIM all things are possible.)
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Obama would be better off listening to Jimmy Buffett.


20 posted on 10/02/2011 5:00:37 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule (So how did Charlie Weiss get to be on Dancing With The Stars?)
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