Posted on 10/19/2012 6:34:29 AM PDT by matt04
Last month’s Democratic National Convention ended up costing the DNC host committee a pretty penny. According to an Associated Press report, the DNC fell nearly $13 million short of its goal of raising $36.7 million for the Charlotte, N.C., event.
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The news of the overall shortfall comes on the heels of a Politico report, which notes that the committee also forked over an $896,000 rental fee to reserve Bank of America Stadium for President Barack Obama’s official nomination acceptance speech—a rental the committee ultimately abandoned due to an alleged threat of inclement weather on the night of the speech.
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That’s a lot of money to waste renting Bankrupting America Stadium
Hey Charlotte—This is what happens when you lie down with dogs.
Runs his campaign exactly how he runs the country. Bet the well is dry and there will not be as many commercials this month.
Pray for America
I wonder if they got a refund when the changed venues, due to the weather of course.
lol
I’m still waiting for the reports on local Charlotte vendors who got stiffed by the DNC.
Of course the Libdiots made much of how much was contributed by wealthy donors but considering we are now starting to hear of unpaid DNC bills in Charlotte, if I were a small business needing to be paid, guess which one I'd prefer?
So we should trust the Dems with the country’s checking account, then?
lol
So they rent Europe for a day at $250 billion and not do anything with it?
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