Expose Obama
May 13th, 2010BY MICHAEL MCAULIFF
AND DAVID SALTONSTALL,
NY Daily News
Obama doesn’t mind rich people as long as they give him money
President Obama has been happy to beat up on Wall Street "fat cats," but tonight he’ll be even happier to take their money.
The President is slated to headline a superswank, $50,000-per-couple fund-raiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee at Manhattan’s gilded St. Regis hotel on Fifth Ave.
The high-dollar affair will feature fine French food, a bevy of Wall Street titans and 23 Congress members – including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Not everyone is thrilled that Obama and Pelosi are looking to use New York as a campaign ATM at the same time that they are trying to rein in Wall Street, the city’s biggest job and tax generator by far.
At least one ex-congressional campaign committee giver said he’s decided to boycott the event and will send his money to the GOP instead.
"I’m a New Yorker first," said the once loyal Dem, who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of inciting the White House. "We are depending on our congresspeople to defend New York, not to just go along with Nancy Pelosi for the ride."
Kathryn Wylde, president of the business-backed Partnership for New York City, was considerably more welcoming – but still drew a link between Wall Street’s health and its ability to bankroll political campaigns.
Note: Okay, we can interpret this latest fundraiser as hypocrisy and we all know how important it is to Obama to continue compaigning throughout his short stay in the White House ... short, as in all the money in the world will not get him the votes come 2012. Afterall, how can one person cause more destruction to America than a hurricane and expect to be relected?
Now, here's a message to Israeli-American billionaire Haim Saban: please, rethink your contributions to this Party. Perhaps seek ways to help the families of our troop coming home, or to families of the IDF. I know someone who wishes to make Alliyah, and he is a cancer survivor; many wishing to make Alliyah do not have the funds to see their dream come true, as the rules have changed and the cost of visiting Israel for one week, coming back to the states, BEFORE making Alliyah are impossible, financially, for some. Give me a few days, and I'm sure I can come up with more ways to bless others, as I am sure you also think about, Mr. Saban. American Jews, many, wish to go home. Send me an email, Mr. Saban, and we can talk privately, okay?
