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In an anxious conference call from Air Force One, Obama asked campaign donors to send more money. Lloyd Grove obtained the tape and describes the presidential pitch.
by Lloyd Grove | The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/30/exclusive-president-obama-asks-campaign-donors-to-send-him-more-money.html)
President Obama sounded weary and maybe a tad worried late Friday during a rambling conference call with campaign donors whom he repeatedly begged to send money—and send it now.
“The majority on this call maxed out to my campaign last time. I really need you to do the same this time,†the president said in a highly unusual (and presumably legal) fundraising pitch from Air Force One on his way back to Washington from Colorado Springs, where he’d been assessing the terrible damage caused by uncontained wildfires. A special phone on the government aircraft is dedicated to political calls that are paid for by the campaign.
“I’m asking you to meet or exceed what you did in 2008,†the presidential pitchman continued, speaking to donors who were invited to dial in based on their contributions during the last election. “Because we’re going to have to deal with these super PACs in a serious way. And if we don’t, frankly I think the political [scene] is going to be changed permanently. Because the special interests that are financing my opponent’s campaign are just going to consolidate themselves. They’re gonna run Congress and the White House.â€
Continue reading at The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/30/exclusive-president-obama-asks-campaign-donors-to-send-him-more-money.html)
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lol Freeper already covered this lol
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,74905.msg900537.html#msg900537
lol
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Desperately trying to be relevant, the Ron Paul troll cuts and pastes articles that are already posted.
lol
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Desperately trying to be relevant, the Ron Paul troll cuts and pastes articles that are already posted.
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I thought this Benjiman was banned?
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I thought this Benjiman was banned?
All good things come to those who wait.
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I thought this Benjiman was banned?
That was a different dickhead whose name I can't remember.
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All good things come to those who wait.
That was a different dickhead whose name I can't remember.
I could have sworn that I saw that he was banned. It might have been someone else. Either way, patients hasn't ever been one of my strong suits :rofl: