[Marty62]

Did anyone get any names?

[jveritas]

Never before in the history of the Republic there has been a President or even a politician who has lied in such a shocking and brazen way like Obama lies on an hourly basis. Just incredible.

[RJL]

Were they clinging to their abortions and bailouts?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Yeah, but Bush did it too. And these donors Obama is meeting are really underprivileged adults from Detroit.

Nyah nyah boo-boo!

[kristinn]

Lynn Sweet, writing at Politics Daily, previewed this exclusive closed door meeting between Obama and his bagmen:

Obama on Tuesday will motorcade to Washington's Mandarin Oriental Hotel for a reunion with selected members of his 2008 presidential Finance Committee at an event for the Democratic National Committee. A person I talked to familiar with the event said the invitees included Obama 2008 presidential campaign bundlers who produced the most campaign cash. This type of dinner could well be a precursor to Obama organizing his re-election campaign next year.

A bundler is a person who uses his or her personal contacts to raise money for a candidate. Individuals are limited on what they can give to a federal candidate -- someone running for the White House, Senate or House -- so a bundler is valuable because there is no limit on how much that person can raise from other people for a campaign. This event is not a formal fund-raiser; major donors have been invited to the dinner to rally the troops.

A Democratic party official explained, "The president will stop by a gathering of some of our strongest Democratic supporters and long-time friends." The president is not expected to deliver any remarks. The Obama White House usually allows a pool reporter to cover fund-raising events only when the president speaks.

Sweet's article goes on to detail other fundraisers Obama will be headlining in the coming days.

[Doogle]

excluded reporters from the event since the president did not give a speech.

..so what was he doing there besides taking bribes?

[Paladin2]

Openness and transparency would at least require a video of the festivities.

[Gapplega]

Change the name from Honecker to Obama and this is the respect “our president” deserves.

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/30/obituaries/erich-honecker-ruler-east-germany-for-18-its-last-years-dies-exile-81.html?pagewanted=1

[Jim from C-Town]

“the president did not give a speech.”

What this Hugo Chavez, Castro like character DIDN”T give a speech. i hve never known him to STFU.

[SunkenCiv]

The really important and influential donors weren’t there per se, but they have been wearing a rubber glove for obvious reason, for quite a while now. Thanks kristinn.