Just as professional Democrats have begun fleeing any association with Barack Obama, the party has come up with the brilliant idea of holding a raffle. Give money to the party right now and you could win a chance to meet President Obama.
It is, perhaps, a sign of desperation within the party that you’re automatically entered in the contest for making a contribution as small as $3.
You read that right. Not $3000, not $300, not even $30. A mere $3 contribution is all it takes to enter this contest and win the chance to meet this devalued President.
The Washington Examiner has details of the desperation:
It will happen October 22, when Obama appears at a rally for faltering Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Las Vegas. “The president will be kicking off the final push at a grassroots rally,” an Organizing for America email says. “We’re saving three backstage passes for supporters like you.”
Obama has been criticized for appearing at high-dollar events like a soiree at the Washington DC home of former network newswoman and White House health care spokeswoman Linda Douglass. That event cost $30,400 to attend. This one will be different. If you send in just $3 between now and 11:59 p.m. Friday, you’ll have a chance to win — air fare, hotel, and “backstage pass” to meet Obama.
And it’s even better than that. Read the fine print of the email, and you’ll see — at the bottom, just like a contest on the back of a box or a six pack of soft drinks — “No purchase or contribution necessary to enter. Void where prohibited.” Even if they don’t send in any money, winners will receive “one round-trip ticket within the continental U.S. to Las Vegas; hotel accommodations for one; and a meeting with President Obama at a rally even on 10/22/10 (approximate combined retail value $1,200.00).” The email does not specify how much of the $1,200.00 is for the plane, how much is for the hotel, and how much is for meeting Obama.
In other Democrat news, Joe Biden is organizing a fundraiser where he’ll pay $3 for the chance to meet you.
Source: Washington Examiner
