Posted on 05/28/2008 4:56:10 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
The Democratic Party is struggling to raise money for its convention in Denver on Aug. 25-28, with fund-raising by the host committee falling far short of the party’s goals and lagging behind the Republicans’ efforts for their convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
So far, the Denver host committee is about $15 million short of the $40.6 million it must raise by June 16. With only $25 million raised so far, the committee is scrambling to offer a new round of special deals for corporate underwriters, as well as to devise a backup plan should the fund-raising fall short and plans for the convention need to be scaled down.
“We will raise the money,” Chris Lopez, a spokesman for the host committee, said. “We are working every day to get it done. We are in a situation where we have to get it done and we will. We can’t make any excuses.”
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What’s so odd about Dems being deadbeats?
Hey, Dems, free advice.... 1. sell advertising, this ought to be the most watched convention in history, 2. set up popcorn and food stands outside the convention to feed hungry rioters, police, press and audience and 3. demand kickbacks from all hotels for filling their rooms.
I suppose the Dems could extort cash from say, Big Oil, by threatening to have Maxine Waters “socialize” them.
Our local FOX affiliate, which is oddly leftist in it’s bend, claimed that the “Feds’ would step in to finance security costs, workmen’s comp, etc. No mention that the “Feds” means TAXPAYERS. WE have to finance the Dem Convention, against our beliefs.
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