Poor folks have to win a raffle to hang with BH0 and Clooney; Willyt butthurt.

[BannedFromDU]

WillyT (38,253 posts)


 
Dear Mr. President... Especially Your Campaign Staff... Really... REALLY !!!
WillyT. --

On May 10th, I'll be spending an evening at George Clooney's house with a few supporters like you to help raise resources for everything that needs to be done between now and November.

Any grassroots donation you make today automatically enters you for a chance to join us.

George has been a generous and loyal supporter.

But both he and I know the real work of this campaign happens at the grassroots level, when someone who maybe can't afford to host a party decides to make a donation.

That's how the lights get turned on in a field office in Ohio or Arizona, and it's the only way we're going to compete with the massive special-interest spending on the other side.

Donate $20 or whatever you can to support the campaign and be automatically entered to join us:

http://donate.barackobama.com/Clooney-and-Me

Thanks,

Barack

And the winner probably gets to only stand in the vicinity of the Messiah while some flunkie takes a picture with a wide-angle lens. Face it, DUmbasses, you devote your heart and souls to someone who wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire...unless you have money.

 

What do you say about your 1% now, DUmmies?

[Freeper]

we're going to compete with the massive special-interest spending on the other side.

And we all know there are no special interest groups on the side of the democrats. 

[BannedFromDU]

And we all know there are no special interest groups on the side of the democrats. 

Maybe the winner gets to chat about politics over dog tacos with The Messiah and Clooney.

[GOP Congress]

Actually, if I"m not mistaken, this is illegal. A "contest" must include alternate entry methods that do not involve purchase, otherwise it's considered gambling.

Now, they may have alternate entry methods, but I'm not bothering to search for it, and frankly I don't think Eric Holder would give enough of a damn to investigate this anyway. Suffice to say, if Mitt gave this sort of contest, it would be scrutinized beyond belief, and you can damn well bet they would highlight the illegality of the act.

[Freeper]

Maybe the winner gets to chat about politics over mini dog tacos, and free beer with The Messiah and Clooney.

Slight fix.  

[miskie]

Maybe the winner gets to chat about politics over dog tacos with The Messiah and Clooney.

¡Yo quiero Taco Bell!

[Ballygrl]

Here's the alternative method to enter the contest without making a donation, you had to search hard for it though:

http://www.barackobama.com/obama-clooney-you/rules

7. How to Enter. Participants may enter as follows:

(a) Free Online Entry Method:  To enter via the free online entry method, visit https://my.barackobama.com/page/s/obama-clooney-you-alt or other web page specifically identified by Sponsor and complete and submit the online entry form during the Promotion Period.

And here's the form:

https://my.barackobama.com/page/s/obama-clooney-you-alt

Interesting that this is in the rules:

Not open to illegals:

1. Eligibility. PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION WILL NOT INCREASE ODDS OF WINNING. PROMOTION VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. PROMOTION OPEN ONLY TO INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND LAWFUL PERMANENT U.S. RESIDENTS WHO ARE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND PUERTO RICO

and the winner has to pay the taxes not the taxpayers:

ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECEIPT OR USE OF ANY PRIZE ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF WINNER.

and I assume photo ID would be required?

Winners must then identify potential guests to Sponsor, and Sponsor may, at its option, conduct the same background check and process applicable to potential winners. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any potential guest in its sole discretion.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

No illegals allowed?  That's...  That's....  Oh hell, what's the word I'm looking for?  Oh, that's right...

 

[GOP Congress]

Here's the alternative method to enter the contest without making a donation, you had to search hard for it though:

http://www.barackobama.com/obama-clooney-you/rules

Hmmmm...just noticed something...

Free Entry Rules

I won't bother copy-pasting the rules here. What I will say is this.

I see NOWHERE where a person is prohibited from entering more than once...

(IN FACT, once entered, they encourage you to ENTER AGAIN!)...

Ergo, legal inference...

A person may enter as MANY TIMES as he WANTS!...

With no captcha in place... and a special email created especially for this campaign...

(and of course a phone number that I use only for spam purposes as well through google voice)...

Ergo... using iMacros or other automate form entry serive....

...and of COURSE a throwaway email or one in which you could care less about spam...

One could...COULD!... enter a few thousand...or more.... times and kinda up the odds....

NOW...multiply this by a few dozen cavers.... and a few thousand freepers....

(We are not DUmmies...we should get the drift by now!!)

Wink wink...

EDIT: Do you REALLY THINK they are smart enough to use software to limit only one entry? nahh.....

[JohnnyReb]

 

ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECEIPT OR USE OF ANY PRIZE ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF WINNER.

DUmmie wins what he thinks is a free, high profile dinner with the hot shits but leaves owing 40% tax on it....or about $20,000.

 

Now that's a sneaky way to pay down the national debt.

 

[dandi]

And the winner probably gets to only stand in the vicinity of the Messiah while some flunkie takes a picture with a wide-angle lens. Face it, DUmbasses, you devote your heart and souls to someone who wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire...unless you have money.

 

What do you say about your 1% now, DUmmies?

Well what does he want, Clooney to just throw his estate open to anyone so they can turn it into one giant OWS flophouse, with mildewy tents on the lawn, drum circles in the driveway and winos pissing in his geraniums?

And think of the grease ring in his pool. They'd never get that out.

 

[Freeper]

ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECEIPT OR USE OF ANY PRIZE ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF WINNER.

DUmmie wins what he thinks is a free, high profile dinner with the hot shits but leaves owing 40% tax on it....or about $20,000.

 

Now that's a sneaky way to pay down the national debt.

 

Reminds me of when Oprah gave out all those free cars and many had to sell them just to pay the taxes on them. 

[GOP Congress]

My Firefox iMacro counter is up to 2,500 entries so far. I am setting it up on 8 other computers, I want to have a million entries when all is said and done 

If I win, I wonder how much the taxes would cost for this "prize?"

[GOP Congress]

Ahhh...damn it. I thought I had read through the rules, but didn't fully read the VERY LAST paragraph, the "Miscellaneous" paragraph.

14. Miscellaneous.  The Promotion and these Official Rules will be governed, construed and interpreted under the laws of Illinois, U.S.A. without regard to its or any other jurisdiction's choice of law provisions. Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. Any provision of these Official Rules deemed unenforceable will be enforced to the extent permissible, and the remainder of these Official Rules will remain in effect. Sponsor reserves the right to change these Official Rules at any time, in its sole discretion, and to suspend or cancel the Promotion or any entrant's participation in the Promotion should viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond Sponsor's control affect the administration, security or proper play of the Promotion, or Sponsor otherwise becomes (as determined in its sole discretion) incapable of running the Promotion as planned. Entrants who violate these Official Rules, violate any law, rule or regulation in connection with participation in the Promotion, tamper with the operation of the Promotion or engage in any conduct that is detrimental or unfair to Sponsor, the Promotion or any other entrant (in each case as determined in Sponsor's sole discretion) are subject to disqualification from entry into the Promotion. Sponsor reserves the right to lock out persons whose eligibility is in question or who have been disqualified or are otherwise ineligible to enter the Promotion. If you have any questions about these Official Rules or the Promotion, please e-mail them to digitalissues@barackobama.com or send written questions to the address listed below, Attn: "Obama Clooney and You" Questions.

Well, it was fun while it lasted. It's surprising that they don't fix the page so that automatic entries couldn't be done. A simple caption would be enough in most cases!

The should be very lucky. I had just completed a C++ program that would have pinged one entry a second for me! That would have been hilarious.

BTW, here is what the the top of the source page of the Obama site's look like. Note the hilarious "O" logo they use even on the source pages. Talk about egotistic!!

<!DOCTYPE html>
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<!--[if IE 9]>    <html class="no-js ie9" lang="en">           <![endif]-->
<!--[if (gt IE 9)|!(IE)]<!-->
<html class="no-js" lang="en"><!--<![endif]--><!--
              .:/+osssyssso+/:.
          ./osyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyso/-
       ./syyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyys/.
     .+syyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyys+.
   `/syyyyyyyyyyysssooooosssyyyyyyyyyyys/
  `oyyyyyyyyyyso/-``      `-:osyyyyyyyyyyo.
 `oyyyyyyyyys/.               ./syyyyyyyyys.
 oyyyyyyyyyo.                   .+yyyyyyyyyo`
-yyyyyyyyyo`                     `+yyyyyyyyy:
oyyyyyyyys.                       `syyyyyyyys
syyyyyyyyo                         +yyyyyyyyy
syyyyyyyyo```.....----------....```+syyyyyyyy
osssssssssoossssssssssssssssssooooossssssssss
-sssssssssssoo+//::--...```````````..--://+o:
 ossso+/:-.``             ....-----------...
 `/-``       `.--:/+oooosssssssssssssssssso.
       `.:/+ossssssssssssssoo++///:::-----.
    `/ossssssssssso+/:-.````      ``.--:.
     .+sssssso/:.`         .-:/+ossssso-
       ./o/-`        `-:+ossssssssss+.
                 `-/ossssssssssss+-`
                :+osssssssoo+:-`
--><head>

[AllosaursRus]

Hmmmm...just noticed something...

Free Entry Rules

I won't bother copy-pasting the rules here. What I will say is this.

I see NOWHERE where a person is prohibited from entering more than once...

(IN FACT, once entered, they encourage you to ENTER AGAIN!)...

Ergo, legal inference...

A person may enter as MANY TIMES as he WANTS!...

With no captcha in place... and a special email created especially for this campaign...

(and of course a phone number that I use only for spam purposes as well through google voice)...

Ergo... using iMacros or other automate form entry serive....

...and of COURSE a throwaway email or one in which you could care less about spam...

One could...COULD!... enter a few thousand...or more.... times and kinda up the odds....

NOW...multiply this by a few dozen cavers.... and a few thousand freepers....

(We are not DUmmies...we should get the drift by now!!)

Wink wink...

EDIT: Do you REALLY THINK they are smart enough to use software to limit only one entry? nahh.....

Well, most can't find their ass with both hands even when they have their head up it, so my guess is, not a chance.

[FlaGator]

And the winner probably gets to only stand in the vicinity of the Messiah while some flunkie takes a picture with a wide-angle lens. Face it, DUmbasses, you devote your heart and souls to someone who wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire...unless you have money.

 

What do you say about your 1% now, DUmmies?

The winner might be able to partake of some $47 hookers with the Secret Service and some unnamed White House staffers.

[Ballygrl]

Well now this is interesting. I was reading blindgossip.com, and they had this Blind Item:

http://blindgossip.com/?p=42617

Hollywood Democratic Leader Has A Secret

In Hollywood, it’s popular to be socially liberal and a Democrat. This handsome American actor is an industry leader in supporting Democratic Party candidates. He has donated his time and money and creative fundraising ability to many Democratic causes. However, he has a secret about the way that he votes that only his close friends know. He publicly talks like a Democratic Party loyal. But he actually votes Republican. A lot.

The majority of people say it's George Clooney!

[GOP Congress]

Well now this is interesting. I was reading blindgossip.com, and they had this Blind Item:

http://blindgossip.com/?p=42617

Hollywood Democratic Leader Has A Secret

The majority of people say it's George Clooney!

I could care freakin' less. If he walks like a lib, talks like a lib, and more importantly, gets tons of people to vote like a lib, voting like a republican is sort of like a bank robber robbing a bank and leaving a quarter in the Salvation Army pot outside the door during his getaway.