TONIGHT: Hedge Funders Are Paying $36,000 To Have Dinner With Obama

[Karmadillo]

http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-dinner-daniel-hedge-fund-managers-fundraising-2011-6

TONIGHT: Hedge Funders Are Paying $36,000 To Have Dinner With Obama
Katya Wachtel|Jun. 23, 2011, 8:49 AM|350|1

President Obama's Wall Street offensive continues tonight, with a $35,800 per guest dinner at Upper East Side restaurant Daniel.

He'll also be attending two other DNC events, according to Ben White at Morning Money.

The dinner "guest list expected to include hedge funders such as Marc Lasry and Orin Kramer but no big bank CEO-types such as Goldman's Lloyd Blankfein or JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon," White wrote.

The dinner is part of Obama's plan to win back the group of financiers that helped him cruise past McCain in 2008, many of whom were turned off by the President's labeling of them as "fat cats" near the beginning of his term.

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[n2doc]

1. Small price to pay to keep their 15% tax rate on their profits n/t

[ixion]

2. Ah, Obama sucking up to the parasite crowd. How un-change like...

but I guess that's what we've come to expect from him. :(

[piratefish08]

3. shit like this used to surprise me.......

i miss those days.

[Poll_Blind]

10. You and me both.

PB

[MadHound]

4. "Hey guys, I really didn't mean it when I called you 'fat cats',

I was just putting on a show for the masses, you know how it is. Besides, can't you feel the love I gave you with low tax rates and sham regulations? Don't actions count louder than word? Now pony up, and you can buy four more years of access, and let the good times roll as we continue to bleed the masses for the benefit of the few."

[woo me with science]

5. Who doesn't love kittehs?

[lonestarnot]

6. Fucking A. Could somebody please just choke.

[slay]

7. Yay - lets keep voting for Dems who are bought and paid for by the super rich

:sarcasm:

[EFerrari]

8. JANEHAMSHER JANEHAMSHER JANEHAMSHER

[amborin]

11. +1000

[eilen]

15. lol, you kill me. I love your posts. nt

[Hell Hath No Fury]

17. Got it in one. :)

[Maven]

18. ...

:rofl:

:loveya:

[EFerrari]

20. Hey, stranger.

:)

[Maven]

25. Well hey there.

Good to see you in top form as usual. :)

[girl gone mad]

19. !

:rofl:

[JackRiddler]

21. WEINERSWIENER WEINERSWIENER WEINERSWIENER

[KoKo]

23. KUCINICH KUCINICH KUCINICH!

[JTFrog]

9. President Barack Obama set to travel to New York City for a high-profile LGBT fundraiser gala on Thu

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=693479&mesg_id=693479

Tickets are already sold out.

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[kenny blankenship]

13. Patching things up with his base, at last.

[ProgressIn2008]

14. Oh, things were always hunky dory between Obama and his base. nt

[bvar22]

16. Obama should demand a percentage of the "take" for his services.

36K is peanuts for this level of Organized Crime.



Who will STAND UP and FIGHT for THIS American Majority?
You will know tham by their WORKS,
Not by their EXCUSES.

[scheming daemons]

22. Better they're giving $36K each to Obama instead of to GOP candidates

They're going to donate their money to someone. I'd rather it be our side than the other side that gets it.

[JackRiddler]

24. Caution: Acknowledging existence of this event may mean you are a Republican.

[slipslidingaway]

26. CNBC covering this now, awaiting the arrival of Obama. n/t

[Whisp]

27. Are Chelsea and her husband attending as well?

Are Chelsea and her husband still working for a Hedge Fund or did they move along to something else - like Snake Oil Inc.?