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That night, “President Obama swooped into the city Thursday night to stuff his campaign coffers with cash while his GOP rivals slogged for votes ahead of Super Tuesday,” the New York Daily News reports. “Obama attended four fund-raisers and was expected to rake in between $4 million and $5 million. The big-ticket event was a $35,000-a-plate dinner at ABC Kitchen, an E. 18th St. organic restaurant run by celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. After that, Obama moved to the nearby ABC Carpet & Home showroom, where the young, hip-looking crowd was hosted by “Parks and Recreation” star Aziz Ansari and jammed to music by The Roots and Ben Folds.” An earlier event was hosted at a Manhattan penthouse.
According to a pool report, at one of the events was fashion designer Michael Kors and singer John Legend. Obama said the following, “It is a special treat for me because as some of you know Michael has been redesigning the White House. And he has some strong opinions. And sometimes doesn't always agree with my taste. So it’s good to come to his house and critique it." Then pointing to a wall mirror, he kidded, "I don't know about this thing here."
Obama also said of Legend, “I also want to announce because John Legend is here, I will not sing tonight.” Legend responded, “Don't steal my job.”
NBC’s Shawna Thomas reports the president touted recent economic progress, but blamed Republicans for not cooperating. “The good news is, we've made incredible progress,” Obama said, per remarks released by the White House. “The bad news is, is that we haven't had much cooperation from the other side.”
Then he joked about the content of his ads this fall… “I recommend you watch the recent debates. We're thinking about just running those as advertisements -- little snippets, without commentary. We'll just sort of -- here you go, this is what they said a while back.”
He then called the election a “fundamental choice,” between one that is “generous and inclusive” versus one “that is narrow and cramped … and is satisfied if a few people are doing very, very well at the very top and everybody else is struggling.”
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He then called the election a “fundamental choice,” between one that is “generous and inclusive” versus one “that is narrow and cramped … and is satisfied if a few people are doing very, very well at the very top and everybody else is struggling.”
and he said this to a room full of folks that just paid $35,000 for dinner?
inclusive??? not hardly -- mostly a few people who are doing very, very well at the top and everybody else is struggling.
This is no joke. The President has a goldmine of goods from those debates. Grown men actually went up there and said the most selfish, petty, hateful, cowardly, and flat out lies about the people of this country and about the President: I guess it's something you fall into when you're insulated in a bubble with a small group cheering you on. But shouldn't the person worthy of the Presidency be capable of stepping up and shutting down that sort of misguided, ugly indulgences of the conscience? John McCain was certainly capable of it when he corrected that woman who was saying that then Senator Obama was not an American. But no one running in the GOP today are capable of the most basic form of leadership; to challenge those around you who are saying things that make YOU look bad. And so - they perpetuate those evil binges of hateful thinking from their ever-emboldened little group; while the rest of the world's jaws hit the floor.
It's priceless stuff: and it's being handed to the President on a silver platter to use to his benefit.
Kind of like Tina Fey...IMO her portrayal of Palin was brilliant BECAUSE she didn't need to change the dialogue one bit.
Eating your own words is hard enough....but in public before millions....oy
The President has plenty of (R) material to choose from doesn't he!
Yep, obama had the "hope and change" scenario down pat. No one knew what his plans were and many are still wondering. Right or wrong, the right wannabees are putting out potential plans, while obama only hid behind "hope and change"
Bush goes to war, lunatics come out of the woodwork and say its for oil!
Obama goes to war n a country where we got our oil from, (Libya, don;t worry you probably couldn't find it oa map lib) where are these people now?! Where's 'GIVE PEACE A CHANCE NOW?! Where's your little 'No Blood for OIL Now!!! Libs!!! All those poor people dying! WAAAH! The only reason that is no happening is because you animals don;t really feel that way!!! You just love bashing people doing somethign to help America, while hypocritcally, ptting someone in office that wants to destroy your country and then you sit down and shut up becase HE demands it?! HMM! Not what I remember eharing about from the 60s! But then again it was porobably ALL MEANINGLESS TALK!!! Hee hee