At $51.00 a head Obama fun-raiser half-full..is the air coming out of the Obama Balloon?

by Space Invader Posted 2012/08/13 14:04:42

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	almost empty; and with all that hot-air!	15 votes	47%
	it's leaking; but Soros will patch it for him?	4 votes	13%
	just a blip	1 vote	3%
	Undecided	3 votes	9%
	None of the above	9 votes	28%

The Obama campaign cannot win re-election if his base is not excited.
At a fundraiser for young professionals in his hometown of Chicago on
Sunday, reports indicated that the attendance was less than impressive.

New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor tweeted that admission
to the event was "only $51" but the room was just "half full." Her tweet
got splashed on the Drudge Report, and the Obama campaign scrambled to
respond. Kantor subsequently tweeted that just some of the tickets were
$51, and that the campaign told her the event was actually sold out.
Kantor then tweeted that even though the campaign claimed the event was
sold out, the room was just half full.

Kantor tweeted: "Hmmm.

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Diane Spraggs Yates 2012/08/13 14:32:02

almost empty; and with all that hot-air!

+8
His up keep is expensive---
President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at
taxpayer expense .
According to the Pentagon, the Boeing 747 that normally serves as Air Force One costs $179,750 an hour to operate
People are tired of his lavish ways and paying for them with tax payers money !!!!!! And our grand children will have to pay for all this plus interest !!!!!!!

People are losing their loving feelings for a do nothing President !!!!!!
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mwg0735 2012/08/14 02:35:12
voice_matters 2012/08/13 19:20:46

None of the above

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why is it libs think you buy the election. obama needs them to vote not attend fundraisers

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Katie1234 2012/08/13 17:39:15

Undecided

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I hate Obama, and I want Romney to win. But, I am scared of who's gonna win the election.

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mwg0735 to Katie1234 2012/08/14 02:36:34
Katie1234 to mwg0735 2012/08/14 02:39:40

+1
Yeah... but, my only fear is ACORN.

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Linda 2012/08/13 17:35:13

None of the above

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CBS 2 - WBBM: Chicago — CHICAGO (CBS) — President Barack Obama is still behind Republican opponent Mitt Romney when it comes to filling his war chest with campaign cash. ~ So Obama heads to Iowa and Nebraska Monday, after spending the weekend fundraising in his hometown of Chicago. ~ As CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, President Obama will wake up in his Kenwood neighborhood home Monday morning with fundraising on his mind. Even after a lucrative weekend in Chicago, he is not done. ~ CBS 2’s camera caught him taking a stroll in his neighborhood. He took some time to say hello to neighbors. ~ The president looked relax, with his jacked slung over his shoulder. ~ On Sunday, Obama he attended five fundraisers in the Chicago area, raising between $3.5 million and $4 million. Romney has out-fundraised Obama in the past three months. ~ The biggest event that President Obama attended Sunday was at the Bridgeport Art Center, 1200 W. 35th St. He talked for 25 minutes about jobs, protecting the middle class, and the economy. ~ “Unless your cable is broken, you probably also know we’ve got a pretty intense campaign going on right now,” Obama said. “Chicago, we’ve got a long way to go. ~ Also Sunday, Obama talked about U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Romney’s newly-picked running mate. He call...

CBS 2 - WBBM: Chicago — CHICAGO (CBS) — President Barack Obama is still behind Republican opponent Mitt Romney when it comes to filling his war chest with campaign cash. ~ So Obama heads to Iowa and Nebraska Monday, after spending the weekend fundraising in his hometown of Chicago. ~ As CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, President Obama will wake up in his Kenwood neighborhood home Monday morning with fundraising on his mind. Even after a lucrative weekend in Chicago, he is not done. ~ CBS 2’s camera caught him taking a stroll in his neighborhood. He took some time to say hello to neighbors. ~ The president looked relax, with his jacked slung over his shoulder. ~ On Sunday, Obama he attended five fundraisers in the Chicago area, raising between $3.5 million and $4 million. Romney has out-fundraised Obama in the past three months. ~ The biggest event that President Obama attended Sunday was at the Bridgeport Art Center, 1200 W. 35th St. He talked for 25 minutes about jobs, protecting the middle class, and the economy. ~ “Unless your cable is broken, you probably also know we’ve got a pretty intense campaign going on right now,” Obama said. “Chicago, we’ve got a long way to go. ~ Also Sunday, Obama talked about U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Romney’s newly-picked running mate. He called Ryan a decent family man and welcomed him to the race, but criticized Ryan’s vision for the country, according to an Associated Press report. ~ Obama says Ryan – a devotee of the economic theory of Ayn Rand – is wrong in believing that cutting regulations and tax breaks for the wealthy will create more jobs, the Associated Press reported. ~ Obama leaves Chicago to continue his fundraising tour on Monday morning.
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mich52 2012/08/13 17:22:29 (edited)

None of the above

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As has been pointed out the event was sold out and 900 of 1000 people showed up..

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K-ZOOMI-----0 2012/08/13 17:19:17

Undecided

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He's hurting. More and more prominent Democrats keep canceling their appearance at the Democratic Convention cause they don't want to tank their careers.

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Linda to K-ZOOMI... 2012/08/13 18:55:44 (edited)

+1
a few not so prominent democrats are not attending because of their own campaign. Besides the funding isn't there so that's why the cut back. Sounds right to me.. After all he is running for re-election, why spend the money? I think it's smart.. Who are the more prominent Democrats? Curious.. I know of only eight out of 280 and that ain't shabby..

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K-ZOOMI... to Linda 2012/08/13 20:45:57

Yes, but they all fought tooth and nail in '08 just to be in the same state as Obama. Cracks are starting to show in the armor.

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BifDaddy 2012/08/13 16:39:00

almost empty; and with all that hot-air!

+3
Not only has he lost the air out of his balloon, but he’s destroyed so much of Americans wealth, even his supporters can’t spare an extra $51.

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Bob S 2012/08/13 16:00:59

None of the above

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Did you read the other end of the fee per person....40K per person. He can't govern but has had in the range of 200 plus fundraisers. The $51.00 was probably at some childs entertainment center so he could take their ice cream/candy money.

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frank 2012/08/13 15:57:49

None of the above

+4
Could it be that the people could not afford $51 to attend? You know with Hussein's Hope and Change.

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Bob S to frank 2012/08/13 16:01:48

+2
Now we have their motto, HOPE and CHANGE to Romney and Ryan.

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frank to Bob S 2012/08/13 18:52:02

+2
You got that one right.

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rightside 2012/08/13 15:40:23

almost empty; and with all that hot-air!

+6
Once you have heard bama speak, you never want to hear it again.

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Aurora 2012/08/13 15:22:11

it's leaking; but Soros will patch it for him?

+4
That was just for the college kids about 900 showed up, but he had 4 more fundraisers that day 40,000.00 a plate, and Michelle was in Hollyweird taking money too.

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Space I... to Aurora 2012/08/13 15:38:05

+3
yeah; at some HIP-Hop queens place; or so I've heard..

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Bob S to Aurora 2012/08/13 16:02:16

+3
weird goes where weird is...

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FAWKES' NOOSE ~ ΔTX 2012/08/13 14:40:59

None of the above

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The event was sold out. There were only a limited number of tickets available. Kantor Clarifies this in her tweets. Lets have a look at what else she says, shall we?

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American to FAWKES'... 2012/08/13 15:28:10
FAWKES'... to American 2012/08/13 15:59:25

+2
No, there were a limited number of tickets. The number of tickets has no bearing on the actual room capacity.

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Bob S to FAWKES'... 2012/08/13 16:03:39

+4
Limited to future Republicans and the winners circle.

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American to FAWKES'... 2012/08/13 16:13:58
FAWKES'... to American 2012/08/13 16:38:16

+2

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mich52 to FAWKES'... 2012/08/13 17:21:13

+1
Looks like the Trolls are after you..
Have fun..

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American to FAWKES'... 2012/08/13 17:32:40
mich52 to American 2012/08/13 18:32:45

This is what happens when a large city loses its manufacturing base it happens to most large cities regardless of leadership.. Michigan has had several recent GOP Governors and none have done anything to correct the problem..

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Space I... to mich52 2012/08/13 18:58:29

+1
Detroit Mayor's seem to always be sent to jail for corruption
And when will anyone realize the New Unions are for; well..the New Unions?
Teamster Local 549 Member

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mich52 to Space I... 2012/08/13 19:04:16

Tell me something I don't know...

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Space I... to mich52 2012/08/13 19:10:06

you are a Detroit'er?

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mich52 to Space I... 2012/08/14 00:59:07

Hell no.. Country guy here, can't stand cities.. I just keep aware of what's going on sorta like you I'd guess..

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BifDaddy to FAWKES'... 2012/08/13 16:27:27

+3
Really?

Like Team Obama is actually going to acquire a facility which will appear to be half empty when all the Obama Media is in attendance and parts of the event will be broadcast nationally.

Doubtful.

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FAWKES'... to BifDaddy 2012/08/13 16:41:08 (edited)

+2
Romney has yet to draw a crowd over 10,000. The President draws crowds over 10,000 regularly.

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BifDaddy to FAWKES'... 2012/08/13 17:01:00

+3
And I can draw a picture of the sun setting…so what?

The topic was the Obama event and only filling the facility to half capacity.

As an Obama supporter, you don’t find it concerning that his base, especially the middle class that he claims to care so much about, is losing interest?

Attempting to justify Obama’s loss of support by pointing to something irrelevant surrounding Romney is a weak argument.

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krayzrick to BifDaddy 2012/08/14 01:04:28

+1
silly FAWKES, just like a liberal.....distract from the subject
Like when Obama starts talking, 10 minutes later, you still don't know what he said :)

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Aurora to American 2012/08/13 16:13:30

+3
it was seating for 1000 and 900 people showed up, not that hopey changey thing going on any more.

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mich52 to Aurora 2012/08/13 17:20:10

+1
Wow a hundred people didn't show..

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Aurora to mich52 2012/08/13 17:22:39
mich52 to Aurora 2012/08/13 18:22:11

I did appreciate your info..
Obama's no imperialist nor did he kill the job market.. 30+ years of out-sourcing destroyed our job market..

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