Posted on 12/15/2021 12:08:57 PM PST by ransomnote
Barack Obama is trying to out-crass the king of post-presidential grifters. And he’s making one heck of a case for himself. Somewhere, Bill Clinton is quietly raising a glass to his game challenger.
Showing a stark refusal to be shackled in any way by the least residue of shame, the Obama Foundation is transparently using hallowed names in progressive circles as canned vehicles for a naked donor cash grab.AP's image of Michelle and Barack Like Bill and Hillary Clinton before them, Barack and Michelle Obama are addicted to the pursuit of money. / AP / File
On Nov. 23, WorldTribune spotlighted how Amazon and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was handing over a whopping $100 million in cash to rename a space at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Given the Obama track record of late, we should have known this was just the tip of the iceberg.
It’s difficult to see how what follows is any different from paying $500,000 for a Hunter Biden painting. Yet the below may actually surpass Hunter art aficionados in one important metric: sheer poor taste.
From a Dec. 9 release by the Obama Foundation:
On the heels of its announcement last month to bring more inclusivity to the traditional naming process, the Obama Foundation is announcing a new set of spaces within the Obama Presidential Center that will be named in honor of civil rights and social justice leaders whose significant contributions to society advanced justice and equality in America.
The Foundation believes named spaces at the Obama Presidential Center will send a message to hundreds of thousands of visitors expected to visit the Campus each year beginning in 2025 and inspire them to act in their own communities. Visitors will learn about the leaders and activists who worked to help create a more perfect union and on whose shoulders the Obamas, and so many others, stand.
How it works: Big-ticket donors get to choose the new names:
In addition to the gift from Jeff Bezos that led to the naming of the Plaza after Congressman John Lewis, the following donors who are participating in the new naming approach include:
Michael Sacks has given seven figures, at least, to the Obama Foundation, over the years.
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You know what they say about a fool and their money.......
Do they toss Big Mike’s jock straps in the same laundry load with the money?
Yeah, but now Hillary is threatening to run in 2024. That should get those Clinton Foundation “donations” flooding in again.
“”named in honor of civil rights and social justice leaders whose significant contributions to society advanced justice and equality in America.””
I didn’t know that was ever achieved. If it has been, then what’s all the caterwauling about from the left?
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