Posted on 11/08/2001 8:35:07 PM PST by kristinn
Senator Hillary Clinton ('Rat-NY) held a sparsely attended political fundraiser at her Washington, D.C. Embassy Row mansion this evening. The dozen-or-so anti-Hillary protesters who gathered at the entrance to her street almost out-numbered those who came to pay homage to the former first lady and her political agenda.
One of the protesters walked up the road at 6:45 p.m. and observed the affair from across the street. What she saw shocked her; there was hardly anyone at Hillary's fundraiser. Around one hundred name tags were laid out on a table on the driveway in front of the house under a party tent. But only a few people could be seen milling about--and most of them were staff and waiters. In fifteen minutes, only one guest was seen arriving.
No media was seen there. The lackluster scene was in stark contrast to the expectation earlier this year that Hillary would take the place of the late Pamela Harriman as the Democrats' salon hostess-with the-mostest in D.C. after she held her wildly successful first fundraiser in April for freshman Senator Maria Cantwell ('Rat-Wa).
Things have gone south so fast for Hillary that one staffer was heard to say tonight, "This always happens. We send out alot of invitations, and just a few (people) show up."
An hour later, when the affair was in full swing, a second recon was done. A couple dozen name tags were gone from the table, but a steady stream of people were seen leaving Hillary's mansion in the ten minutes the recon team was there.
When the door opened for the guests to leave, the recon team observed that there were no party sounds emanating from Hillary's mansion. In fact, it appeared that the guests were not bade farewell by anyone at the door when they left.
Another thing the recon team noticed was that the fundraising staff had instructed the partygoers to park their cars inside the Danish Embassy's property directly across the street, which they did.
I'm not sure, but it seems that a foriegn government was providing an in-kind contribution to Hillary's fundraiser.
The party ended around 8:30 p.m. The departing guests who saw the anti-Hillary protesters as they drove away gave mixed reactions to them. Some called out their support for Hillary, while others swore at the protesters.
One woman, an elegant, fiftyish looking blonde beauty, leaned over to the protesters as she was chauffered past them and angrily jabbed her middle finger at them from behind the rear seat window of her sedan. It was sad to see such a lack of class from one of Hillary's upper class political sorority sisters, but not surprising.
President Bush gave a televised speech to the nation while the fundraiser was going on. Perhaps that contributed to the sour mood of some of Hillary's guests. One can only surmise how Her Heinous reacted to the speech; but judging from her disrespectful demeanor during his speech to a joint session of Congress last month, she was probably saying things like, "Yeah, George, let's roll--right over the rights of women, minorities and children."
The Honor Roll for tonight: Angelwood, Marylander, Doctor Raoul, Gore_War_Vet, BufordP, Jimmy Valentine's brother, NoDemocratsIn2000, sauropod, tgslTakoma, staytrue, The Glaswegian (+2) and kristinn.
Hillary may still pick up money, but she is NEVER going to be a social success. Her lack of class and social and political tin ear alienated Sally and the Washington people years ago. Her behavior since 9/11 has only magnified that antipathy.
I am imagining Sally watching Hillary's mean-spirited performance the night of the Presidient's speech before Congress. Ha!
Thanks for the eye-witness account, kristinn! You DC Freepers are the best!
Great FReep! I am sure ya'll were very sad by the lack of Dims catering to #97. ROTF!
Not to rain on your parade too much, but those who had name tags most likely had already paid whatever large sum was required. They just didn't bother to attend. It never ceases to amaze me that people are so perverted that they actually donate money to socialists like Hitlary who want to destroy everything that made this country great.
I consider both actions obscene.
Thank you to the DC Chapter for maintaining the FRont lines in DC!
They just went there to kiss her ring, plunk down a donation and then leave. The queen does nothing more than hold her hand out. For the kiss and/or donation, I don't know which.
Maybe Bill's recent outrageous speech and his ad for new interns in New York - along with the booooooooing - along with perhaps a realization that this country is in mortal danger because of Hitlery and X42 - had some impact on the guest attendance! Then again - maybe a few more quietly like President Bush and wanted to hear his speech - like millions of other Americans!
Thanks again, all of you! You never falter, you never fail!
In your face, sinator hillary!
nutmeg, thanks for the ping.
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