The Drudge Report is headlining this afternoon a Washington Post story that says President Barack Obama and his 2012 Re-Election Campaign is using every way you can think of to raise money for his effort to retain the Presidency – even to the point of using the “White House Chef” as bait for donations, offering donors the chance for a “food tasting” session with the Cook-in-Chief:
Obama pushing behind scenes to win over big-dollar donors
By Peter Wallsten
Washington Post
President Obama and top White House aides are waging a behind-the-scenes push to win over skeptical big-dollar donors — whose early money is needed to help fund a dramatic summertime expansion of his battleground-state machinery.
Campaign officials are working to broaden Obama’s network of “bundlers,” the well-connected rainmakers tasked with soliciting big checks from wealthy donors, while seeking to preserve the aura of a grass-roots movement by luring back the kind of small Internet donations that helped shatter fundraising records four years ago.
To do so, Obama and his aides are leveraging every asset available to a sitting president — from access to top West Wing officials to a possible food tasting with the White House chef.
Much of the fundraising in recent weeks has occurred at targeted events designed to appeal to specific groups, many of which have expressed frustration with administration policies, including Jews, gays and business leaders. Obama has attended 28 fundraisers from coast to coast — a pace that could continue, or even accelerate, over the next several months.
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Obama Films Campaign Ad In White House, Possibly Violating FEC Laws!!
Make a donation today and be automatically registered for a chance to have dinner with President Obama and Vice President Biden together. We’ll cover your airfare and the meal—all you need to bring is your story and your ideas.
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Wild Thing’s comment……
Apparently he thinks adding Biden supposed to encourage more interest.
It is disgusting what Barack and Michelle have down to our WH and to the office Barack holds. BEYOND DISGUSTING!
The Clintons would let anyone with enough money stay in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House.
It’s like their own Bed and Breakfast for these Dems that are incapable of governing.
After a good scrubbing, The White House will be habitable and respectful again.
Real change is coming. We are the cusp of a great new American Renaissance.
I thought doing a campain ad in the White House was illegal. HOw does this yayhoo get away with that. In fact Bush was going to do one at the WH but was told he could not , because it was illegal. Another left wing Hypocritical moment. Double standards and more lies, won’t get this SOB re elected.
The Clinton years re-visited.
To answer Mark’s question as to how does he get away with it. How do Maxine Waters, Rep Jefferson and Laura Richardson, get away with it?
It appears that with the Dems. having the Press and Media in their pocket, the attitude is “so what”.
Now if the FBI gets involved or is sexually oriented ala Rep Weiner, then it becomes a whole different thing.
Obamao is crashing and burning and I am waiting for the DEM$ to throw Joe and Barack under the bus like they did to Hitlery in 2008 with just… 496 days until Election Day 2012!
…including Biden should lower the value of the event. Biden probably chews with his mouth open and drools…
..and I almost forgot: when Dear Leader taped the promo he refered to how Biden would call this event “a big deal”. Actually Dear Leader , Biden would call it a “big f^&+kin’ deal”. Picture Baraq or Michelle Hussein Obama kicking Joe under the table during the
“tasting”. Must the menu be approved as “healthy” by the Czarina of Food? How did we get these people?
Great input thank you all so much.
It is illegal and like you all have pointed out too, the left does not care if they are doing something illegal they pretty much run their lives that way and get away with it too. GRRRRRR