Quick, write down all the dumb ways there are to waste five bucks.
Never mind. Crumple up that list and throw it away because we’ve found the absolute dumbest. It cannot be topped.
CNSNews explains the losing proposition:
The Obama reelection campaign’s $5-per-chance dinner-with-the-president raffle is now a two-for-the-price-of-one deal.
The winners will not only get dinner with President Barack Obama but with Vice President Joe Biden, too.
In an email sent out June 15, President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign announced that in return for a $5 donation the president was offering supporters a chance to participate in a raffle to win a “casual” dinner with him at an unstated location. Four lucky contributors would win this prize.
It’s not a misprint, they did say the “winners” get to eat with Obama and Biden. Second prize is two dinners with them (it’s an old joke but so is Biden.)
Naturally, it’s all legal:
In order to comply with federal law, no donation is actually required to participate in the president’s campaign dinner raffle. While the e-mail prominently displays a donation form, a separate link to register for the contest without making a donation to the campaign is included in the email’s fine print.
We suspect those who enter without donating have as much chance of winning as Obama does of naming all 57 states.
Bill Clinton peddling nights in the Lincoln bedroom seems classy in comparison. Obama’s next fundraising plan will probably feature him hustling 3-card monte on the White House lawn. Kinda makes us nostalgic for 2008 when they simply accepted unverified credit card donations from the Middle East.
– Written by Bonfire of the Absurdities
Source: CNS News
