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The intimate dinner banked about $2 million, with 50 people paying $40,000 each. …
Speaking in a dimly lighted, art-filled room, Obama told supporters they would play a critical role in an election that would determine a vision for the nation’s future.
“You’re the tie-breaker,” he said. “You’re the ultimate arbiter of which direction this country goes.”
Among the celebrities on hand to hear Obama’s remarks were Oscar winner Meryl Streep, fashion designer Michael Kors and Vogue editor Anna Wintour…
The president and Mrs. Obama also headlined a second glitzy fundraiser in Manhattan Thursday night that included a performance from singer Mariah Carey and remarks by singer Alicia Keys. The 250-person dinner yielded the Obama campaign at least $2.5 million…
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So did they have to bank the 40 clams up front, or could they pay later and stiff the joint?
If his statement, was, in fact, the truth, then we are well and truly greased, bent and fucked over a pickle barrel.
Vote Tyrion Lannister in 2012!
Why do I keep thinking about the last days of the French monarchy?
What I think he meant was “My campaign looks like an Abattoir and I’ll need as much ‘get out of town’ money as you can afford”
Nothing to see here, move along….. OBoBo conned this gathering of “B-list, has been movie stars” into getting wet down to their socks!
Why? His declaration about *arbitors* is the SAME FUCKING LINE that he has used previously with other groups on his campaign “Fleecing for Dollars” speeches!!!!
Wanna be an Arbitor who decides what is good for America? Write a check with a minimum of 5 figures AND know diddley-squat about politics! (…WHICH, also fits the definition of a LibTard; —-a two-fer for OBoBo…)
Awwww crap! ArbitEr, not ArbitOr….. [...he, who, never won a spelling bee; evah...]
I have never been so disgusted with a president. Not even Cahtah.
Hold on, America, election day is coming.
I ALWAYS turn to Sarah Jessica Parker for all my worldly insight and life advice.
Others have said it before, I’ll say it again: “Rich people contributing to Teh Won’s campaign is like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders.”
And I first read it as “The inmate dinner…”
Talk about getting your hopes up for nothing…
reactions:
1) If the fate of America is actually being decided by celebrity air-head .01%ers then we really are truly fucked. These people can’t figure out anything besides where to shop today.
2) Luckily, he’s likely to be wrong, just like on so much else.
3) This is the Little President That Punches Way Below His Weight.
Like here in Brazil, there’s people paying for the ex-prez. Lulla a 100 grand to hear him make a speech. The guy is an illiterate, a thief, a con, a MORON, and people pay 100 grand to hear him!! Now he is trying to heal a larynx cancer and can’t speak much. Lucky us!!
#8 Sondra. You will be much better informed if you do like me, and depend on Barbra Streisand for information.
Sarcasm off now.
The “arbiter” line is boilerplate for Barry. He’s just fluffing the johns so they’ll deliver just in time for the next round of fundraisers.
Can’t hear you, nope…. Want a relaxing weekend…… Nope!
I’m really starting to actively hate these entitled nitwits!
Maybe he’s going to recruit them to count the votes since so many regular folks (hopefully) have become older and wiser.
“The inmate dinner…”
Little President That Punches Way Below His Weight.
Hee hee. Thanks for those gems, guys. I’ll use them when appropriate, maybe even at a get together tonight. There will be some Libs present.
Firstest, I godda give the devil his due! The sumbitch is good!
His ability to con the so-called leftist elites is incredible. I also
think that having follywood icons like Looney Clooney a big fan
& buddy-buddy with O’Bozo gets all the social climbing
wanna-be’s fightin’ each other to ‘have dinner with the precedent’.
Then they let it drop in conversation that they contributed
‘such & such chump change’ to his campaign, to brag about their
financial prowess to other elite social climbers. Also the social
bragging rights of ‘having dinner with Barak Obama’ is priceless!
Years ago I read a book about the greatest con men in the early
20th century. IMHO, they had nothing on BHO. I think he will
go down in history as one of the greatest con men of all time!
I’m still puzzled why wealthy people would support O’BamBam
with his war against the wealthy! The only hunch I have so far
is that many if not most of them went to college & got thoroughly
brainwashed & don’t understand history or reality.
People like us tend to forget that the highest traffic sites on the Net include celebrity gossip and don’t include politics (or history or science).
The more you think about it, the more horrifying it gets.
One minor point, Lance – no con works unless the mark WANTS to believe the con.
And these goofballs really do want to believe.
Lucky Ruby…
Arbiter? Is that German like “arbeit macht frei”? I think Barack is reworking the “Forward” campaign slogan.
Ego-stroked
Fantasy-based
Scripted message
Lack of objective professional standards
Big-money-driven
Foreign-influenced
Subversion-targeted
( What? Yeah, Hollywood, too.)
Actually, I believe the correct term is “punching ABOVE his weight”, like “batting out of his league” etc. But I could always be worng. I remember back in ’67 when I thought I was wrong this one time, but it turned-out later that I was right. Does that count?
Pee ess…
Ar-Biter: One who bites an Ar
Somebody said somewhere: Obama says the economy is doing just fine – everybody he knows can spend $40,000 for a dinner.