Obama has offered top Democrat donors access to the storied White House bowling alley and movie theater, plus loads of other perks.
Can selling nights in the Lincoln Bedroom be far behind?
From the Washington Times:
During his first nine months in office, President Obama has quietly rewarded scores of top Democratic donors with VIP access to the White House, private briefings with administration advisers and invitations to important speeches and town-hall meetings.
High-dollar fundraisers have been promised access to senior White House officials in exchange for pledges to donate $30,400 personally or to bundle $300,000 in contributions ahead of the 2010 midterm elections, according to internal Democratic National Committee documents obtained by The Washington Times.
One top donor described in an interview with The Times being given a birthday visit to the Oval Office. Another was allowed use of a White House-complex bowling alley for his family. Bundlers closest to the president were invited to watch a movie in the red-walled theater in the basement of the presidential mansion.
Mr. Obama invited his top New York bundler, UBS Americas CEO Robert Wolf, to golf with him during the president's Martha's Vineyard vacation in August. At least 39 donors and fundraisers also were treated to a lavish White House reception on St. Patrick's Day, where the fountains on the North and South Lawns were dyed green, photos and video reviewed by The Times and CBS News also show.
Presidential aides said there has been no systematic effort to use the White House complex to aid fundraising....
"No systematic effort to use the White House complex" in fundraising.
So it wasn't "systematic." It just happened to work out that way. Amazing!
I'm not surprised by these revelations at all. Actually, I'd be surprised if Obama didn't reward his top donors with White House perks.
Do you know what would really surprise me?
I would be surprised if Obama offered the White House-complex bowling alley to Special Olympics participants, like he promised he would after he so cruelly mocked them when he appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, March 19, 2009.
It's pretty sick that Obama hasn't made good on that promise while he has been granting access to top Democrat donors.
This is sleazy politics as usual.
Change?
What a load!
Obama's first 9 months in office have been marked by broken promises and lies. Really disgraceful.
3 comments:
I am tempted to say something like "BO pimping the crib." but, I think that would be considered in bad taste and form and could make me the target for the PC crowd. So I refrain.
:D
Well, you could say it, but don't plan on trying to buy the St. Louis Rams.
And you clearly are an "ardent Dem."
Way to represent your political party!
Well done.
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