President attends $17,900 per person fundraiser at Medina home

Terri_Gardin3ea said on February 21, 2012 at 5:17 PM

I think they should all get a pay cut too, and see how it feels. Their plates were more then we get in a year, budgeting, saving doesn't seam to matter.

509er said on February 19, 2012 at 6:23 PM

what you people talking about he didn't ask for $17,900 ...that's what the host family charged ,besides his election committee only asked for $5,000 here in Microsoft gold country!! that's penny's.......lol now cry!

weymouth said on February 19, 2012 at 10:57 AM

It goes to show you how over educated idiots would continue to throw money at this phony. He is running the country into the ground and gas is headed to five dollars a gallon. Is this the change we were supposed to be getting? These people can afford five dollars a gallon, most of us can not. He is the black Jimmy Carter.

spacedover said on February 19, 2012 at 8:55 AM

Chrissy keeps following Barry hoping for an appointment.

jdtt1 said on February 18, 2012 at 10:06 PM

Just repizintin' the 99 percent. LOL. Maybe he's undercover...doing some research? He's seeing how the 1 percent lives, so he can go back to DC and make his 1,457th plan to really do something this time.

lori11 said on February 18, 2012 at 6:43 PM

R U kidding me!! I'm on Social Security and don't even get that in a year!!!

crzyppl said on February 18, 2012 at 6:07 PM

Imagine how many people could be fed for that outrageous amount of money. I wouldn't pay $1 to see or hear him. This is a prime example of why our country is in the financial condition it is in.

maryannmarrs said on February 18, 2012 at 5:27 PM

I remember when he was the President and went to the donut shop and ate donuts with "real" people. Now that he's the CANDIDATE, you don't get to talk to him unless you pay $18,000! I wish he would go back to being the President so the rest of us could have a donut with him and tell him what's on our minds and what we would like to see him do next. I hate candidates, but I love Presidents.

hannah said on February 18, 2012 at 4:27 PM

" I wouldn't have had you all stand out here if I know it would be raining..." your in Washington of course its going to be raining. :O) I'm sorry... wait no i'm not, none of the people in our government deserve half of the pay they are getting for doing such a crappy job! They should all be "retired" (fired sounds better to me) and replaced with people who want to help make this a better country NOT make their pockets fatter. Pay for all government positions should be cut in half , then maybe the people who run for the positions ( because we don't make them take the job they volunteer !! ) wont be all about padding their pockets and will actually care about improving the country !! THAT WOULD BE NICE FOR A CHANGE. To set a good example obama can take a pay cut , but for some reason I don't see that happening.

detour said on February 18, 2012 at 2:28 PM

Where's the change?

eightwrong said on February 18, 2012 at 1:15 PM

At a certain level, it's not what ethnicity you are--it's how much money you make. Money is the great equalizer, more than democracy. The more money you have, the more equal you are. Obama has more in common with the rich, than the middle class and nothing at all in common with poor people. Him and Romney are both a joke.

Conseula said on February 18, 2012 at 12:26 PM

Does anyone know how many attended? How much money was raised?

NWdude83 said on February 18, 2012 at 11:54 AM

The U.S used to be the world's #1 ship builder, but the government stop subsidizing that industry... Lots of people losts their jobs, local economies were hurt, and now China and South Korea are the world's biggest ship builders. Yet the government can bail out the auto industry, airlines, and Wall street???

NWdude83 said on February 18, 2012 at 11:49 AM

So glad that not even a little bit of the money raised went to charieties, shelters, or the Powell boys memorial! The 1% cant afford to be giving their money to people who arent in the 1%.

meatplow said on February 18, 2012 at 11:29 AM

For $18,000 there better pie.

klondiko said on February 18, 2012 at 10:52 AM

Thank you president Obama. Wife and I are doing fine now that you're in charge.

ss427 said on February 18, 2012 at 10:46 AM

gladimoved, please move out. While watching news coverage of the President's visit last night I couldn't wait to read the comments from the stupid right wing wacko's. Now listen up people. I know you didn't pay attention in school so here's a lesson for you; The man visiting yesterday is ONE THIRD of the United States government. Stick that up your____________. We read about you weirdo's in the toilets all the time. And another thing; People like Warren Buffet are rich for a reason. It's called the United States of America. Many understand that the Bush-right wing greed tax cuts can never work and will bring this country down. Look around. Do you see anything except vegetables like yourselves that would be here without government of the people, not right wing wacko's?

scott_bellevue said on February 18, 2012 at 9:14 AM

$17K per plate fund raisers are a reminder that democracy lies with the 1%. The rest of us take what we can get.

javajoe said on February 18, 2012 at 7:53 AM

What a joke!

Tnadal said on February 18, 2012 at 2:03 AM

Too much trouble for him to look outside and see the kids standing in the rain right? i'm glad the man's got his priorities straight, those people paid good money to have lunch with him after all and it's not like the kids paid to see him.

riverman said on February 18, 2012 at 1:21 AM

medina and bellevue... $18,000 for dinner... speaks volumes. get the hell outta here so we can get on with our lives...

koolaiddrinker said on February 18, 2012 at 12:14 AM

Obozo and Goldman Sachs are joined at the hip. The 1 percenters keep getting richer!

cntbelieveit2395 said on February 17, 2012 at 11:17 PM

Haters gonna Hate... For those of you attempting to reason with the haters... you are wasting your time. They are gonna hate on President Obama no matter what he does. Just nod your head and smile... cause you know they are gonna get even worse in his second term.

ankh5 said on February 17, 2012 at 11:06 PM

@BraveNewWhirled By far, four of the most inane comments I have ever heard in succession. You need serious psychiatric attention. Quit drinking.

ankh5 said on February 17, 2012 at 10:58 PM

Do your homework, Cap'n Larry. Wall Street has given much more money this time around to the Mittster than to Obama. How in the hell do you know that Obama doesn't like getting $$$ from his rich buddies. And you make the asinine assumption that Dems are somehow not into making money. How stupid can one be?

collentine1 said on February 17, 2012 at 10:11 PM

I knew BHO would make a bee-line for Medina/Bellevue. What a phony guy!

Oh-Ya said on February 17, 2012 at 9:38 PM

I <3 Costco I <3 Boeing I <3 Barack'dizzle

myopinion said on February 17, 2012 at 9:32 PM

Hey that is right next door from my house. LOL!!

CaptainLarry said on February 17, 2012 at 8:59 PM

WHAT a two bit phony! $17,900.00 per plate?! Yeah, he's hating on Wall Street Richie Rich boys, until their ponying up their wealth for his re-election! What a lame-o, two bit phony! Vote Republican this November, at least they don't LIE about liking Wall Street money! ( Uh, for you Democrats, that's money made in very successful investing or starting a great company that does so well it becomes publicly owned making the owner very rich. Then some of them give that money to O'Bama and he pretends not to like it)

ccole said on February 17, 2012 at 8:35 PM

Poor kids, what a waste of their time.

BraveNewWhirled said on February 17, 2012 at 7:45 PM

@blaze3016, I would pay an unlawful 520 toll to AVOID the bastage son.

BraveNewWhirled said on February 17, 2012 at 7:41 PM

@markf, ummm... so, how do you feel about the government panopticon telling you how to spend your money? Or maybe you prefer to give all your money to government so it can spend it for you. I know that people paying this money today are contributing to homeless/food banks, etc. in their vain workings of public relations. You gotta complain and say things you know nothing about, all in some vain attempt to feel important and better than those who political beliefs don't align with yours. Fascinating, eh?

BraveNewWhirled said on February 17, 2012 at 7:30 PM

I should say: The monthly "cost of living" "allowance" (don't you just LOVE these terms?) so graciously apportioned to Socialist Insecurity recipients who, without question, have LOST the vast majority of their "contribution" through this system of inflationary debt.

BraveNewWhirled said on February 17, 2012 at 7:25 PM

Why not $17,938.50? The $38.50 being the average increase for everyone forced to pay into Socialist Insecurity.

kboard306 said on February 17, 2012 at 7:13 PM

"Hey guys you're all so wet!" He yelled. "I wouldn't have had you stand out here if I knew it would be raining." Out of the mouth of a pompus jerk......

torkezilla said on February 17, 2012 at 6:19 PM

I thoght the liar-in -thief hated the rich. Remember the outrage when a republican did this type of fundraising on the eastside?

wearedoomed said on February 17, 2012 at 5:51 PM

Intresting that Costco put the State out of the liquor business. Every liberal in WA was ready to stone him, now he is hosting the President......it really is about the mone doesn't matter which side of the isle you're on. This is where I'd usually put my plug for Ron Paul, but people want more if the same and Obama will win again, or somehow a Republican will take his place, really no difference between them. Go Paul!

taylorwood said on February 17, 2012 at 5:49 PM

Quite interesting that we don't hear the same outrage regarding these campaign stops, particularly with whom Obama's hobnobbing with, as we did with his predecessor. I thought Obama was to usher in a new kind of politics? A man who is for the "little guy", not like the dastardly Republicans who are only out for their "cronies" (remember hearing that incessantly during Bush's term?), i.e., the rich? Or as John Edwards used to constantly regurgitate, the "haves" rather than the "have nots". So much for the idealistic "Hope & Change" mantra. Boy did so many foolishly buy into that hook line and sinker. But apparently it's conservatives such as myself who are the ignorant sheeple.

markf said on February 17, 2012 at 5:34 PM

Geezus people, it's a fundraiser. You know what they do at fundraisers? They raise money. If people want to spend their money this way, why are you complaining? You are anti-American if you want to tell people how to spend their money. How does this affect you guys? It doesn't. How do you people know that people paying this money today aren't also contributing to homeless/food banks, etc? You don't, but you gotta complain and say things you know nothing about, all in some vain attempt to feel important and better than those who political beliefs don't align with yours.

ritabita said on February 17, 2012 at 5:05 PM

Yeah, when GWB visited in 2003, raising money at a republican fundraiser, he visited the lesser well-to-do area of Hunts Point. ***You know, where there are mere shanties for homes compared to Medina.***HA! ***I think most presidents are out of touch of how people live, especially in these tough economic times. But to believe the republicans in the house recently, or those who are currently running for the nomination are so in touch with the "little people" , is a crock of shat.*** It's one thing if you don't agree with Obama's policies, but to out and out forget what other presidents have done to ruin our country, and to drag us down in unimaginable debt, is laughable. @@@Welcome to our state, President Obama.@@@

chuckstr76 said on February 17, 2012 at 4:59 PM

I bet they didnt servce mac and cheese, did they? How about we LIMIT how much these idiots can spend per person when running for a public office. Like 5 million per presidental candidate, 3 million for congressional candidates and so on... like was prevously posted, look at how many people you can feed for what they spent there.

kinggustaf said on February 17, 2012 at 3:18 PM

Welcome to our state President Obama.

blaze3016 said on February 17, 2012 at 3:16 PM

I wouldn't pay $1.79 to be in the same room or house with this person...

xtremeracer said on February 17, 2012 at 3:14 PM

Just goes to prove my point OBAMA...WHY STUPID PEOPLE SHOULDN'T VOTE How many homeless people could eat for a year on just one 17900 plate of food Democrats are IDIOTS

pettypplsuck said on February 17, 2012 at 3:13 PM

Let me guess.....a jumbo slice of pizza or a hot dog and a coke?????

nyb2010 said on February 17, 2012 at 2:24 PM

I'd like to invite Obama to my house for lunch. It's a small ranch style house built in the '60's. We live paycheck to paycheck and drive old cars. We are typical Americans that Obama should be focusing on. Not Jeff Brotman.

terpmom said on February 17, 2012 at 2:22 PM

Gotta love those 1% shindigs...

jdtt1 said on February 17, 2012 at 2:16 PM

But I thought he didn't like the rich?

gladimoved said on February 17, 2012 at 1:41 PM

It's so reassuring this Boob is in touch with the heartbeat of America. Wonder if he has told them exactly how much more in income tax they will be paying with his new plan of tax the rich! What's on the menu?