Details on Mitt Romney’s fundraiser in Atlanta next week
Five days out, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has only one campaign appearance scheduled in Atlanta next Wednesday. But it’ll cost you $1,000 to see him – in a 6 p.m. general reception at the W Hotel Midtown in Atlanta. The 5:30 p.m. VIP reception entrance fee is $2,500.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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AOM
February 3rd, 2012
8:49 pm
$1,000 per plate? That’s chump change to Romney. A quarter of his campaign cash comes from 41 people.
You know who has his ear.
double
February 3rd, 2012
9:08 pm
What is the exchange rate pesos to dollars?He eliminates the poor in more ways than one.
Going Right
February 3rd, 2012
9:15 pm
AOM; No, who has his ear? Same guy as BHO? George Soros. I thought so.
double; approximately the same as Kenyan Shilling.
Look before I leap...
February 3rd, 2012
9:16 pm
I hope the head honcho of the local Mormon tabernacle shows up and asks him where the nearly $700,000 he under-tithed in 2010 is.
Will
February 3rd, 2012
9:18 pm
Maybe they will ask Obama and the miserly Biden about their giving too. Obama seems a lot more generous with our money than he is with his.
Obama is still raking in the big bucks. More money last election than anyone in history.
double
February 3rd, 2012
9:37 pm
We know who doesn’t have his ear.By his own admission.The Poor,The Poor.
Going Right
February 3rd, 2012
10:03 pm
Look before…; I didn’t know you Socialists knew what “tithe” meant. Well, sort of: you actually mean the extra 10% the stinking, rotten, bast–ds that are rich and that represents their additional “fair share.” I jumped the gun at first but forgot I read the Socialists Manifesto and it explains how the Rich are to be demonized, drawn-and-quartered and their money stolen by the Gummint.
double; the poor? you mean the 99%? Sure as hell they do, double, they are the ones that vote for him so the Socialist Democrats can keep them on the plantation. Yeah, he has their ear. Gimme some of the same free $$$$ and I’ll vote for him too.
Bootnewt
February 3rd, 2012
10:05 pm
Willard’s been getting his tongue rattled lately trying to state things. Reminds me of a classic quote of his father, George, then Governor of Michigan, while running fot the GOP nomination for President in 1968. When trying to clarify what he said when misquoted by the Press, Gov. Romney replied, “I didn’t say, ‘I didn’t say it.’ I said, ‘I didn’t say, ‘I said it’.” Can anyone diagram that?
hl
February 3rd, 2012
10:07 pm
Going Right, You need to sober up before you post. Manifesto and socialist and gummint. All those folks getting free money. My goodness sober up and try to post something in the morning that makes sense.
Look before I leap...
February 3rd, 2012
10:20 pm
Upon further reflection, I allowed my snarkiness to get the better of me. Mitt and his relationship with his church is HIS business and I should not be commenting on it.
My only defense is that the discrepancy was pointed out to me originally by a Mormon friend of mine.
Look before I leap...
February 3rd, 2012
10:24 pm
Romney replied, “I didn’t say, ‘I didn’t say it.’ I said, ‘I didn’t say, ‘I said it’.” Can anyone diagram that?
Clinton’s “definition of the word “is” is…” was far more efficient but no less insulting.
For Pete's Sake
February 3rd, 2012
10:28 pm
He’s a career candidate. He can claim he’s an outsider but he’s a chameleon that takes on whatever majority is present to win office. He’s in the private sector – he’s the great capitalist. He’s in MA running for Senate – he’s more liberal than Ted Kennedy. He’s in MA running for governor – he’s more liberal than O’Brien. Oh wait! He’s running for President – he’s seen the light on abortion, etc. and even hunts varmints. He fails. He runs again – he’s the second coming of Ronald Reagan saying he’s far more conservative than Newt or anyone else.
The man is an opportunist people. He moved from UT to MA to put a feather in his cap to run for President. He’s run for office 3 other times and only won once. His only experience in elected office was moderate at best and with failed policies. Republicans who were fed up with the likes of Dole, W, and McCain have stupidly sold out again for this guy. And judging from this invitation, the rubber stamp, “so far up the tailpipe all you see is shoelaces” crowd is all lining up. Don’t worry Sasha and Malia….daddy’s gonna be there four more years.
Dam Buford
February 3rd, 2012
10:40 pm
Republicans like him. Conservatives loathe him. Hard to win when your constituency is split like that.
tybee island
February 3rd, 2012
10:42 pm
WOW
for more info on tybee island vacations visit: http://www.sandysbytheshore.com
double
February 3rd, 2012
10:55 pm
$1k-$2.5k must be phesant tacos.
Look before I leap...
February 3rd, 2012
11:04 pm
I don’t know if you meant pheasant tacos or peasant tacos.
For the sake of a good night’s sleep, I am going to assume you meant pheasant.
Going Right
February 3rd, 2012
11:07 pm
Going Right, You need to sober up before you post. Manifesto and socialist and gummint. All those folks getting free money. My goodness sober up and try to post something in the morning that makes sense.
hl @ 10.07p; I read your “blog” three times and I thought your third toke would have fizzled out by now but I see that even if I go and buy a Marvel Comic Book featuring “Educated Frogs” you would still be stuck in an educational warp. Can’t help you dude, you are gone.. I can only communicate with those whose IQ’s are at least one degree above freezing.
td
February 3rd, 2012
11:14 pm
Dam Buford
February 3rd, 2012
10:40 pm
Republicans like him. Conservatives loathe him. Hard to win when your constituency is split like that.
But Conservatives learned their lesson when they stayed home and put Obama in office. They will hold their noses and not make the same mistake twice.
Jack Nasty
February 3rd, 2012
11:23 pm
The homophobe couldn’t buy my vote with ALL his millions!
double
February 4th, 2012
12:19 am
Hope you sleep well.I meant pheasant(the bird)that the forgotten peasant(the poor) could not afford.
double
February 4th, 2012
12:24 am
Going Right would that be cent.or farenheit?
Ol' Timer
February 4th, 2012
3:00 am
It’ll be interesting to see what Mitten has to say when he comes to town. It should a good speech with that ticket price. I wonder what plan he’ll offer to create jobs beyond the standard cut taxes and eliminate regulations.
We already know Ol’ Newt is concerned about jobs and what he’ll do — he’ll build a colony on the moon. I don’t know how many new jobs that’ll involve, but the commute is a b@#ch!
Buckhead Boy
February 4th, 2012
4:55 am
Romney had best bring along endorsers Christine “I’m not a Witch” O’Donell, Sue “Pay the Doctor with Chickens” Lowden and Donald “Birther” Trump, if he has aspirations of out-clowning the retinue assembling around Gingrich. Georgia Republicans do have a predilection for clowns these days.
Goober
February 4th, 2012
5:14 am
Lived on Tybee in the 80’s, probably wouldn’t recognize it now.
Frederick Douglass
February 4th, 2012
7:06 am
A little off topic, but where’s that long awaited double dip recession you conservatives have been looking for? I’ll go back to bed now, the pre-planning for President Obama’s re-election gala at my home, stretched way into last night.
BIg Hat
February 4th, 2012
8:00 am
Which one of his wives will he bring?
Ol' Timer
February 4th, 2012
8:01 am
Looks like the only way Romney will be able to carry the state is for the state legislature to repeal the law that prevents those with an IQ over 60 from voting.
BitterEXdemocrackkk
February 4th, 2012
8:09 am
Surely Myth RoMoney is charging folks AT LEAST $10,000 per head, right?
Come on, Moochelle and Barack can attract $38K+ per head!!!
And Billary Clintonista, oh, well he’s rich enough to cough up plenty, but DOES he?
Myth RoMoney is NO Conservative! Neither is Newt!
There is ONLY ONE candidate fighting for YOUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY !
His numbers keep growing exponentially. Dr. Ron Paul
Read the washington times dot com today and find out more!
STRIVE to be SMARTER than Myth and Newt WANT you to BE ! ! !
Attack Dog
February 4th, 2012
8:19 am
1. Even though some Dixiecrat politicians use campaign contributions for personal use, donations made to a political campaign are not classified as personal income. 2. Some Dixiecrats really believe that we would be in better shape with John “I don’t know much about the economy” McCain. 3. Regarding Willard’s “not being concerned about the 5% who are rich or the poor” comment. We can agree that the top 2% are rich, so that means Willard thinks 3% of Americans are poor. Well at last count is was 15.1%, so he only missed 37 million people. 4. Since George W. Bush used the debt leveraging model as his basis for fiscal and economic policies, would some Dixiecrat please explain what Willard has to offer? .
howardchronicle
February 4th, 2012
8:37 am
Let us talk about President Obama’s upcoming February Receptions out in Hollywood for the stars and assorted others.
Now, for the “Platinum Reception”, You can have dinner with President Obama at a private home. That will cost you $71,600.
Now, the Gold Reception will get you a reception and photo opportunity and 1 seat for dinner. That will cost $38,000. not at private home
Now, the Silver Reception. The person will get “general admission” to a February event and a “photo Op” with Michelle Obama. That will
be only $15,000.
Now for $1000.00 you can go to a reception for Mitt Romney in Atlanta.
Let us have perspective, President Obama may say, let us soak it to the rich, those are his “supporters” and they will “shine” for him out in Hollywood, that is where the money is.
Miss Priss!
February 4th, 2012
8:45 am
Why go … we can watch the highlights later on Eyemissedit Snooze.
Ol' Timer
February 4th, 2012
8:57 am
Too bad we didn’t get an invote to the Koch Brothers gathering out in California. Seems like they raised over a $100 million to defeat the Prez — even though they’re living in boom time under the Obama adminstration while most of the country is in bust mode.
I think it must be a philosophical difference they have with the Prez. Nothing more. It’s tough to get Democrats to buy into a political movement that is determined to create The Gilded Age Revisited. If he were still around, Ol’ Mark Twain could write a sequel.
Going Right
February 4th, 2012
11:14 am
Double: You are dense! We live in America, not Amerika as you should know and we use the Fahrenheit scale. I know you idiots want us to join the European Union but, as of now, we still don’t use the Centigrade scale. At least not at this writing.
double
February 4th, 2012
2:50 pm
33 sounds about right.
Attack Dog
February 4th, 2012
3:39 pm
To those Dixiecrats who say that President Obama going to Hollywood for a fundraiser is a bad thing forget that: (1) they support them having tax cuts in order to pay to go to the fundraiser. (2) The Dixiecrat Super Pacs just write huge checks and forget about the rubber chicken and photo ops. Dixiecrats chasing their tails. Sad.