Obama Spent $700,000 On Setup For Speech In Germany
$700,000. For one speech. In front of a crowd of people who couldn’t even vote for him.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama paid a German company nearly $700,000 for staging, sound and lighting services at a time he delivered a speech this summer in which he declared himself a “citizen” of both the U.S. and the world…
The German company, whose Web page says it specializes in theater and event management and advertises the Obama speech with numerous pictures on its marketing pages, is listed as a disbursement recipient on Mr. Obama’s most recent campaign expenditures report, filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission.
The company was paid $667,082 by the Obama campaign in three separate disbursements in July and August, according to the FEC records. The campaign also spent another $9,018 to Bero Berlin - Eurolimousine, the records show…
For hours before Mr. Obama arrived, attendees listened to live reggae, drank beer and munched on bratwurst and steak sandwiches. Many in the crowd sported black and white Obama T-shirts with the slogan, “I want you to stop climate change.”
And Palin gets crap for the RNC spending $150,000 for campaign clothes for her that will ultimately be donated for charity (likely for a heck of a lot more than they were bought for).
Nice double standard, isn’t it? Especially in light of revelations as to just how important (unfortunately) a woman’s looks are in politics.
