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Clooney to raise money for Obama in Geneva (One-percenters shell out $30K)
Fox News ^ | 6/29/12

Posted on 06/29/2012 3:08:10 PM PDT by Libloather

Clooney to raise money for Obama in Geneva
Published June 29, 2012
Associated Press

Actor George Clooney is offering more help to President Obama's re-election campaign by headlining a European fundraiser this summer for Americans living abroad.

An invitation posted on Obama's campaign website says Clooney will be the special guest at an Obama fundraiser in Geneva, Switzerland, on Aug. 27.

Tickets start at $1,000 per person, and dinner for two costs a cool $30,000.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: campaignfinance; clooney; foreignmoney; fundraiser; geneva; money
Dinner for one is $20K. The second ticket is half price.

I hear the Occupy freeloaders are getting tired of Hussein's rich pals.

1 posted on 06/29/2012 3:08:21 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

I thought money from foreign sources was a bozo no no


2 posted on 06/29/2012 3:11:45 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Libloather

Hollywood doesn’t have enough money for Obama


3 posted on 06/29/2012 3:12:43 PM PDT by scooby321 (h tones)
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To: al baby
Americans living abroad, assuming one can police that.

-PJ

4 posted on 06/29/2012 3:14:01 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you can vote for President, then your children can run for President.)
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To: Libloather

...let’s see how much Clooney wants to go to Jail


5 posted on 06/29/2012 3:18:08 PM PDT by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Doogle

I think the human Rectal thermometer would love it


6 posted on 06/29/2012 3:23:55 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Libloather

How about an Obama fundraiser in Havana, Cuba?


7 posted on 06/29/2012 3:24:45 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Libloather

Since when are foreign contributions okay in AMERICAN elections?????????????????????????


8 posted on 06/29/2012 3:25:17 PM PDT by SueRae (See it? Hell, I can TASTE November from my house!)
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9 posted on 06/29/2012 3:30:25 PM PDT by unique1
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To: Libloather

Is this even legal?


10 posted on 06/29/2012 3:32:06 PM PDT by jersey117
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Dinner for one is $20K. The second ticket is half price.

Clooney et al are selling tickets to a dinner akin to eating a meal on the Titanic. Anyone who has $20K or more to plunk down on a campaign that's spending money faster than taking it in and likely to be an epic fail in November must be brainless Hollywood types who think exposure with Obama will further their "careers."

About 50% of us view this publicity (outing themselves as hateful of capitalism commie/socialists) as career-ending, not sustaining.

11 posted on 06/29/2012 4:07:04 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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These aren’t one percenters. They are .01 percenters.

I’ve done fairly well over the years (not quite 1% territory), and I can’t imagine shelling out that kind of money for a dinner. There’s got to be lots of access payback expected, and it’s got to be like a big tip, not a major investment. This is very rich territory that Obama is trolling.


12 posted on 06/29/2012 4:10:51 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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When an individual is only allowed to give $2,500 to Obama how can they give $30,000 to Obama for a meal. Doesn’t real value enter in?


13 posted on 06/29/2012 8:28:47 PM PDT by Bellflower (The LORD is Holy, separated from all sin, perfect, righteous, high and lifted up.)
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To: al baby

*ssssschivers*


14 posted on 07/01/2012 10:18:09 AM PDT by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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