Democrats with $20,000 to spare are invited to get up close and personal with President Barack Obama when he comes to Tampa Thursday, Sept 20.
The Hillsborough County Democratic Party is hosting an evening reception with the president at the Tampa home of Lisa DeBartolo and husband Donn Miggs, with a special performance by Eddie Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam. The exact address will be given out when guests RSVP.
DeBartolo is the executive vice president of DeBartolo Holdings LLC and the daughter of Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former owner of the San Francisco 49ers.
This Thursday's fundraiser isn't cheap. According to the Hillsborough County Democratic Party, tickets are $20,000. This is expected be Obama's last major fundraiser before the end of this financial reporting cycle so organizers are hoping for a big turnout.
According to a blog on Tampabay.com, chef Tyler Florence will be cooking the food and the event is expected to be less than 50 people
Those interested should RSVP at this link.
Would you spend $20,000 to meet President Obama and Eddie Vedder?
It has nothing to do with Race, nor has it ever. We as American need to question the establishment. Bush felt the same questioning during his 8 years in office. Clinton did during his 8 years. As Americans we do need to question with respect and facts those who we elect to run this country.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/the-statistical-state-of-the-presidential-race/?gwh=5EF8A26AB0E3EE9AB54C2C6ABE8CBF36 Right now, conservatives are just desperately and wildly slinging feces with both hands and hoping that will do some damage. They see how statistically improbable it has become for a Romney win.
1. He wants a healthy economy 2. He knows how to build businesses and create jobs 3. He knows and understands world economics 4. He has successfully and profitably managed large companies. 5. He knows how to cut government spending and increase consumer consumer spending 6. He is against Obamacare 7. He believes each state should have the right to govern their own affairs 8. He believes in a strong military and protecting our boarders 9. He has strong, positive and charitable morals 10.He has government experience and knows how to work with the other party 11.And I would hate to see our country turn into a socialist country which is what we are on our way to if Obama is re-elected.
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Needless to say, the coreless Romney will follow Obama's policies as Obama followed Bush's. "And George, I have lived too long to waste my time with cynics who do not wish to leave their world a better place." You, madam, are arrogant and not in touch with reality. We live under a system of plutocracy covered with a very light veneer of democracy. I will match my record of service to this country and world with yours any day.
I'd like to offer one piece of advice about something you may not have considered. There are two types of racism; one practiced by those who dislike black people simply because of the color of their skin and the other practiced by people who like black people but who do not think black people can advance without white leadership (namely themselves). The first is practiced by SOME Republicans, certainly NOT BY ALL. Many of the white southerners who transitioned from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in the late 60s and early 70s fell into this category. They were drawn into the Republican Party by Nixon's pursuit of the Southern Strategy. The second is practiced by SOME Democrats, certainly NOT BY ALL. These are the ones who accuse all Republicans of racism. They do not want you cutting in on their action. Also try a little less hyperbole. You don't really have "millions of friends I know," do you? And your "community is all proud republicans" is a bit of a stretch, isn't it? No democrats? No independents? I find that hard to believe.
JAN 4:16 pm on Sunday, September 23, 2012 Oh, my, I cannot wait til this election is over. I am so tired of hearing all the bashing directed towards our President. I feel certain that if he was a different color there would not be so much mud slinging going on. 4 MORE YEARS! When I read that post I was upset, I can handle being called other names but to be called a racist by this person is extremely WRONG which brought tears to my eyes because I have never been called a racist so the point I tried make was to show how wrong she was & still is then this person continued with efforts to discredit what was written truthfully, here you go part of what he wrote: Dad of Three 10:52 pm on Sunday, September 23, 2012 GBOWR has become a good comedy source, unintentionally, of course, on his or her part. But, I must confess pleasure at seeing someone in the radical right trying to say nice things about Dr King, even though they are twisting the nice things so that they can then say what Dr King, and all those who struggled with him for equal rights for all Americans, would never say about President Obama. I don't appreciate being called a liar, I am always truthful, everything I write is based on facts & not fiction! As for different kinds of racism, I can only defend what I am NOT! As for Nixon, I was a teen growing up in DC & remember watergate scandal which was a huge shame...
I neither support nor defend either party or either ticket because I am convinced they are both bought and paid for by the same paymasters and are committed to protecting their paymasters. I'm not even certain that that is a bad system. To me it is what it is. I'm not about to start a revolution to change it. Of course that is why I won't vote. I don't expect others to change their political views. If one is for Obama or for Romney, so be it. I just like giving people something to think about. Accept it or reject it as you see fit.
Even though I see our system as a plutocracy with a democratic veneer, that doesn't mean I never act foolishly and attempt to change the system if I think change is possible. I thought I saw that possibility with Obama in 2008. I didn't expect miracles from him and I recognize the obstructionism of the Republicans on Capitol Hill. Even knowing that he would protect his wealthy supporters on Wall Street, I did not think he would totally oversee Bush's 3rd term in office. I don't think he has made the country worse but he has done almost nothing to make it better either. That is why I honestly don't see him as any different from Romney. Actually Obama is cooler but Romney is funnier (unintentionally). Come 2016, it will make no difference whom we elected in 2012. The world will be as it will be.That is just my opinion. Yours may differ. I'm sure it does. So be it. "You know the reason they obstruct him-- will continue obstructing-- as well I do." You call the Republicans racists. They call Obama a Socialist and a Muslim among other things. Most of them are no more racist than Obama is a Socialist or a Muslim. Stupid charges. It's all part of American politics. Political campaigns are part of the bread and circuses offered us by the plutocrats to make us think we really have a say in how we are governed..
In my opinion cracking jokes is good when things get too serious & out of control in these posts, providing they aren't insulting or demeaning!