I guess I am just confused as to why we care about this. Election night parties are the norm. There are people out there who have been working eighty hours a week for both campaigns. They need closure whether their candidate wins or loses.
And as with the wardrobe I don't care what the party costs as long as laws are complied with and none of it amounts to a stealth donation. By the way, I just donated to the Obama campaign, so that may be my money going for that. That's just fine. There are plenty of pressing issues in this country but celebrations are important and so is thanking the people who have put their lives on hold to help you win. What would you suggest he do with surplus campaign funds? ::shrug:: On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> oh. My mistake. A few questions then, as this has not surfaced as an >> issue over in my third-world part of the country. >> >> Why do you think an election-night celebration is unusual? >> > > it's not. it's exactly the same. same ol' same ol'. no change here that i > can see. > > >> Who is paying for the party? Is it taxpayer money or regulated >> (campaign) funds? If not, then what is the problem? >> > > the problem is that this thread started when people starting pointing to the > "issue" of the excessive spending of the RNC on the wardrobe. the problem > is that many of those same people who are pointing are the ones screaming > from the rooftops that obama will bring change. the problem is that we're > supposed to believe that this man is responsible enough to run the country > and pull us out of the financial crisis when he's spending $2 million on a > party (mayor daley of chicago even suggested that obama seek out a cheaper > venue, but was turned down, according to reports). > > >> Who paid for Reagan's many parties when he took office? I'l help you >> with that one: >> >> >> http://books.google.com/books?id=_kFA6DGrlG8C&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=reagan+inauguration+parties&source=web&ots=pQ22VuHqe2&sig=_qvqJehVhR470gDZVsKwCmsZCcg >> p 21 >> >> Gee how about Bush: >> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/31/politics/31money.html >> >> or the Clintons for that matter: >> >> http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEFD8173DF930A35751C1A964958260 >> > > So what you're saying is... Obama is... the same? > > Not different? Not a change? > > -- > I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my > wife. And I wish you my kind of success. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276545 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
