Posted on 04/27/2009 1:09:50 PM PDT by llevrok
When Chelsea Clinton was a student at the Sidwell Friends School, the same school the Obama girls attend, the Clinton family’s involvement with the school’s annual benefit brought in big bucks. In 1996, a round of golf with Bill Clinton went for nearly six figures;
This past weekend was the Obamas’ first chance to participate in the Sidwell Friends School Dollars for Scholars benefit, and some families who remember the Clintons’ support are disappointed in the Obamas’ first showing.
According to a source with ties to the school, the only items up for bid from the Obamas included a signed copy of the Rolling Stone issue featuring the president and a signed copy of the January Vogue that featured the first lady.
“There were expectations that they might donate something more personal, like the Clintons did,” said another source who knew about the auction. “Lots of people were disappointed.”
A spokesperson for the Obamas said, “We have no comment on this.”
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White House spokesman, "We have no comment on this".
What does 0 say about charitable giving?
The Obama’s, like a lot of liberals, are all about themselves. It’s well documented that liberals give much less to charity than conservatives do.
Not bad for a thug from Chicago........
Who is advising these people on their gift-giving?.....K-Mart?
Barack H. Obama, "Hon, call the IRS, the FBI, the CIA, and BATF and find out what they have on llevrok."
If they go to Sidewell, where do they go to Church?
He gives Zero. And then expects us to make up the difference.
Gunner
Well, then the school ought to get creative and auction off a bucket of water that Obama walked on.
Charity is for the little people.
I guess they ran out of airport gifts.
ROFL!!! let me open the bidding, I bid the dirty water left in the bucket after mopping my kitchen.
pikers
How much did they get for that Air Force-One trip around NY Harbor today!
Just when you thought it wasn’t possible to make Bill and Hilary Clinton look good...
guess which is their most charitable donation
yep it goes to the negro college fund.
The sooner the idiots wake u-p and realise that the obama’s are in this for themselves and they care for nothing but themselves the better this country will be
so no comment from them on this, no surprise there
FWI. In case you need any ideas.
And seldom have donated to worthwhile “charities” . . .The Congressional Black Caucus isn’t one of them.
As I posted over the weekend with respect to Biden’s pittance of donations . . . this says a whole lot about who these people really are.
a bunch of kids who have just left college it seems
Charity begins at home...some one else’s home.
Giving to charities is for suckers and Churchies.
prolly more than 100 grand
He could have at least run to the “Dollar Tree” and picked up some ceramic nick-nacks made in China.
The Obambi’s just don’t know how to be Americans, do they?
It could have been worse....remember when Hillary wrote off bubba’s underwear as a charitable donation?
not only do they not send their kids to public school but they also stopped kids on vouchers going to private school
My wife heard Beck say this and she said “the obama’s don’t want their kids going to school with inner city kids”
President Potter.
I have a Marine One Toy (Cost: $4.99) just like the one the Obamas gave PM Brown for their sons. So it’s sort of an Obama gift. Wonder how much Sidwell can auction that off for?
Hey! He gave the Queen of England an iPod with his speeches on it. What did you expect? More than th Queen got?
Let’s face it - he’s cheap, mean and petty.
They didn’t want a lot of riff raff getting scholarships to Sidwell.
Obama has been doing an excellent job of making me wish Bill Clinton was in office instead.
forgot to add
did he go to church ?
All I have heard is that he was playing golf on Sunday
Does this buffoon ever work.
It was reported that he has not worked one weekend since he has been in the white house and then there is the Wednesday night going though the ipod, Friday night date night, then there is the interviews and speeches he likes to do.
no wonder everything is going heads up
Trashy “gifts” from trashy people.
ROFL!!!! That made me spew my beer!
Michelle could donate a signed signature belt.......
glad you enjoyed.
How ‘bout this: auction off a pita pocket as manna that Obama threw out to his people.
This school needs me on their auction committee.
Maybe Michelle can donate some of her sweaters and belts for their Rummage Sale
I guess the “gifted” 0ne is gift enough to us all.
As is with everything Obama. Pathetic. A sad, pathetic excuse for a human being. That sums it up.
Their charitable giving only went up when it looked like he was campaigning for the presidential office,” said Paul L. Caron, a professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and editor of the TaxProf Blog, which examines tax questions and has posted the returns.
The average American gives about 3.1% of their income (before taxes) to charity.
Obama’s numbers are:
6.1% - 2006
4.7% - 2005
1.2% - 2004
1.4% - 2003
0.4% - 2002
0.5% - 2001
0.9% - 2000
“It could have been worse....remember when Hillary wrote off bubba’s underwear as a charitable donation?”
Those boxers were probably full of charitable donations as well. :)
Is this one MORE of the "let them eat cake" moments, from our very own Empty Suit President?
How thoughtful, again.
The Big Zer0 is only generous with other peoples’ money,
Even K-Mart has Martha Stewart to advise them, LOL!
Michelle said, “why would I donate to a school for a bunch of rich spoiled kids....oh wait”
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