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Obama to media: pony up for election night access
Crain's ^ | October 21, 2008 | Gren Hinz

Posted on 10/21/2008 1:12:41 PM PDT by VideoPaul

(Crain’s) — The best-funded political campaign in American history says news organizations will have to pay—in some cases almost $2,000 each—if they want to cover Barack Obama’s election-night celebration in Chicago.

A memo sent to news organizations on Tuesday by the Obama campaign says credentials will cost $715 to $1,815, depending on whether electrical and phone lines are needed and whether an indoor or outdoor seat is requested for the event, which is expected to be held outside the evening of Nov. 4 in Grant Park.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; arrogance; election; elitism; limousineliberal; obama; payforplay; potus
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This, people, is how this man will run the country: Pay for play. A sitting US senator and would-be president CHARGING the media for access.

The only good news out of this is that the lap-dog media that has done its level best to turn this form an election to a coronation is now seeing exactly what is about to happen: You have all the access you want as log as the money changes hands at the time and in he amounts we demand.

I wonder out loud: Does this money go to the Obama campaign or to the messiah himself? How is this legal--corporations cannot donate directly to campaigns. And it this is not a donation, it's simple fee-for-service. You pay us, you have access to this man.

Welcome to the post-Obama world: A government of one person, for the people who pay for access, by the people who are dumb enough to believe.

1 posted on 10/21/2008 1:12:45 PM PDT by VideoPaul
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To: VideoPaul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHRkOipLoXQ&feature=related
Obama and his brother - See how Obama treats his own family


2 posted on 10/21/2008 1:13:37 PM PDT by OPS4 (Ops4 God Bless America!Jesus is Lord!)
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To: VideoPaul

Chicago rules.


3 posted on 10/21/2008 1:18:06 PM PDT by battlecry
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To: VideoPaul

Front row seats for the freak show are expensive, you know.

I wonder if the fee includes priority access to the emergency exits, which will be necessary when FNC calls PA for John McCain before the dinner hour has passed...


4 posted on 10/21/2008 1:18:39 PM PDT by Loyolas Mattman ("Oh, God Love Ya'...Stand Up for Chuck!!!" - Joe Biden)
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To: VideoPaul

It will be worth the price of admission to watch 0bama cry.


5 posted on 10/21/2008 1:19:31 PM PDT by counterpunch (It's the SOCIALISM, Stupid!)
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To: OPS4

Heck, after the election’s over it won’t matter if he’s President or not. He’ll have enough money from the campaign to start his own country.


6 posted on 10/21/2008 1:20:21 PM PDT by AnglePark
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To: VideoPaul

They already sold their souls. What’s a few bucks?


7 posted on 10/21/2008 1:22:33 PM PDT by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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To: VideoPaul

This is unreal. I hope there is a severe backlash against Obama over this.


8 posted on 10/21/2008 1:24:14 PM PDT by Cyropaedia ("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
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To: VideoPaul

How, again, does this fit in with the share-the-wealth stuff?


9 posted on 10/21/2008 1:24:32 PM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: VideoPaul; AuntB

Thank you Obama! What a dumba$$! If I were the lame stream media, would tell the moron that we don’t pay to film losers. We are going over to the McCain/Palin HQ to interview the winners!


10 posted on 10/21/2008 1:24:41 PM PDT by Issaquahking (Maverick Barracuda voter! Drill baby drill!!)
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A spokesman later said that the fees will only pay the costs of, for instance, building risers with a view of the stage.

I wonder what union they're using, and how much they charge to "build a riser"?

How is it that people can attend sporting events in this country for less than $2,000 a ticket?
11 posted on 10/21/2008 1:25:05 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Obama's Grandmother will be just fine. Obama is an expert on health care.)
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To: AnglePark

Nope, the leftover campaign $ will funnel mysteriously to “various groups doing good for America” (read: ACORN).


12 posted on 10/21/2008 1:25:20 PM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: counterpunch

0bama will go “Odinga”

KILL WHITEY! KILL WHITEY!


13 posted on 10/21/2008 1:26:19 PM PDT by MrB (0bama supporters: What's the attraction? The Marxism or the Infanticide?)
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To: keepitreal

0bambi is just like Jesse Jackson, a Chicago shakedown artist.


14 posted on 10/21/2008 1:26:35 PM PDT by Mrs.Z ("...you're a Democrat. You're expected to complain and offer no solutions." Denny Crane)
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To: Cyropaedia

“This is unreal. I hope there is a severe backlash against Obama over this.”

Why would there be? The MSM is clearing the path for him. A few hundred $ is nothing to them.


15 posted on 10/21/2008 1:27:01 PM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: VideoPaul

Obviously election-night events must be planned in advance but the classy way to handle that is to make arrangements discreetly. The Obama campaign is almost flaunting their election-night celebration planning process.


16 posted on 10/21/2008 1:27:23 PM PDT by Mark319 (The U.S. fought Marxism throughout the 20th century and now Americans are voting it right in.)
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To: VideoPaul

So, when he isnt busy spreading the wealth, he’ll be hoarding the wealth?

You betcha!


17 posted on 10/21/2008 1:28:09 PM PDT by Canedawg (In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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Unbelievable. Obama's charging the media to cover his concession speech. These dopes will pay too. heh
18 posted on 10/21/2008 1:29:09 PM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: VideoPaul

Reading this over for a second time, it doesn’t make much sense. Are they charging to just get in the door? Or for communications facilities? Every reporter I know has a cell phone, most have a wireless laptop; TV and radio equipment has self-contained battery packs, and works through wireless links to a satellite truck parked outside of the venue. No news organization worth its salt needs any help from the facilities, except in the case of, say, a national convention where they might want to set up fixed cameras and have an anchor booth. Maybe they are charging for access to telegraph lines? Or maybe they are offering the media that has so far provided them with so many freebies a chance to donate hard cash as well.


19 posted on 10/21/2008 1:30:46 PM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: MrB

If they do that, then may they all get a whiff of the grape.


20 posted on 10/21/2008 1:32:49 PM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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