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Obama’s Inauguration Reportedly $10 Million Behind on Fundraising

Jan. 13, 2013 9:23am Madeleine Morgenstern

Obama Inauguration Reportedly $10 Million Behind on Fundraising

Construction workers work on the platforms on the west side of the Capitol ahead of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. (AP)

President Barack Obama’s inaugural committee is reportedly $10 million shy of its $50 million fundraising goal with just one week to go before he is sworn in for a second term, the New York Times reported.

The Jan. 21 celebration is set to be a much lower-key affair than four years ago, but it’s a striking shortfall coming on the heels of Obama’s billion-dollar re-election campaign.

According to the Times, committee officials told top donors about the fundraising gap in a conference call Thursday. Some donors said the hole is even bigger, revealing that just $30 million had been raised — something inaugural officials disputed.

The newspaper reported the inaugural committee has had particular trouble racking up corporate contributions after Obama announced last month he would accept donations from businesses, a change from 2009.

Finances aside, the inauguration has made plenty of headlines in the last week, including the pastor originally set to deliver the benediction dropping out because of a past sermon he delivered about gays. Obama is also set to take the oath with his hand on not one, but two Bibles — one owned by Martin Luther King Jr. and one by Abraham Lincoln.

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woodyee
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:23am
WE ARE DOOMED, if we do not demand and FORCE equal protection under the law BY Congress. Would YOU vote to pass, or sign into law, a bill so bad you’d want yourself and your family to have no part in?

The Congress did that with Obammycare, but THEY WROTE AN EXEMPTION FOR THEMSELVES, and I don’t dounbt they included their own families. THIS is why bad laws get written – they give themselves pay raises; they exempt themselves from law (e.g. Insider Trading), and they exempt themselves from laws they pass that the rest of us are, according to THEM, legally bound to obey.

THAT-IS-NOT supposed to happen with REPRESENTATIVE government. What Harry Reid did here is but a nugget of what goes on in Washington, and Nancy Pelosi, icon of verbalizing how clean the Congress is, participates herself. These guys have meetings in Washington DC restaurants, with businesspeople looking for deals regarding certain legislation. Often times donations are made to the candidate in exchange for a favorable vote, but knowing in, advance what a company is going to do and HOW your vote will effect the deal proves extremely lucrative for people exempt from insider trading. THAT’S just one example – excusing themselves from laws that the folks they represent must obey, is the worst of it.

Write about it. We must stop them from doing it in the future, and reverse ALL laws where an exemption for Congress exists!!!!

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- kat747
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:32am
  Don’t worry about ObamaCrap….as soon as we get a copy of Barry’s Waiver For His Friends, it will
  be on the internet and all of us will have one.
  
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- ConstitunalAmerican
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 11:45am
  That “unhealthy care” bill was passed by a democratic congress who made sure they took care of themselves and their friends as usual. I wonder if mainstream media and fantasy land celebrities are exempt also.
  Money shortages for the inaugural?? Embarrassing isn’t it, if its true.
  
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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 3:10pm
  No matter, Obama will just “borrow” the money from the treasury. What does he care, it doesn’t belong to him>
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL9RBtnT4G0
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 5:58pm
  Get it from your 47% AH !!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 6:24pm
  Obama’s Inauguration Reportedly $10 Million Behind on Fundraising
  
  AHWWW!!!! Maybe these dip-shi*s can get the cash from his 47%..
  
  or BO can Fly to Hollywood and hit up the Looney Clooney ATM,
  that always work in a pinch.. or find a way to grab some Tax Money..
  
  Shi*, sell tickets, he’s a F’N Rock Star… What a waste of $50,000,000. …
  these people have No conscience, Hell, he gets officially sworn in on
  Sunday the 20.. Monday the 21st is just for show.. I’d call the side show
  off and give the 50 million to the Sandy Hurricane victims, but I don’t
  think smiley would go for that… makes too much sense !!!
  
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- BigCanadianIrish
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 7:36pm
  50 million friggin dollars to have this clown put his hand on a book he doesnt know and swear to protect the country he has proven to hate?…dear american friends, get this SOB-POTUS out of there!
  
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rl
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:17am
It’s a shovel ready job.*******…. giv’em the money…..

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1FreeVoice
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:15am
He’s so “popular” he got re-elected n a landslide …81% in one of the eastern states, but hotels are offering discounts now because they expected a bigger turnout to see him sworn in again, and he can’t seem to raise the cash to pay for the buffet. Sounds like the vote is not so far in his favor as the stuffed ballot boxes would imply.

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- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:47am
  Amazing huh? Funny how all those voters lost interest in 8 weeks.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 11:37am
  Sounds like it … hard to get the dead, multiple votes, illegals, and rigged voting machines etc. to show up to an event beyond voting.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 11:54am
  CatB
  That is a money quote. How to spot a lie; the lie that is the Democrat Machine/Regime.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:14am
Impeachment proceedings would’ve made Barry’s coronation impossible because there’s enough major scandals to eject him from office. Nixon had Liddy and co. break into a shrinks office and tricky Dick was forced to resign,that was nothing compared to this lawless Marxist regime.

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- banjarmon
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 12:04pm
  Is there ANY congressman that has the gut to start proceedings??
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 2:26pm
  Sadly their their isn’t any and even if there was it wouldn’t result in a trial in the senate.The best we could hope for is if some congressman grew a pair and started impeachment proceedings to stain Barrys already disastrous record.
  
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kat747
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:11am
Seriously doubt that the small business types, big business types OR the hollywood types are going to fork over more cash to Barry for another party after he just finished raising taxes on all of them !
Only two left are the Unions (since they already “gave” $400+ MILLION to Barry’s campaigns – most likely out of the workers’ pension funds. Don’t know of any place else the Unions would find that amount of money.)
AND General Electric Corp. (Barry’s good friend who just took a couple of thousand of jobs out of the USA and put those jobs in China.)
Hopefully Barry will listen to the Oath of Office this time around…..it is “DEFEND the Constitution”
NOT “DESTROY the Constitution”.

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woodyee
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:09am
“‘Bama-phone!”

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noslave
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:09am
soros,chris mathewsall other liberal suck ups and communists should pay for this mutts CORONATION??not the hardworking taxpayers??bad enough your forced to pay for abortions and sandra flukes sexual escapades??we going to be forced to pay for GAY WEDDINGS&HONEYMOONS??NEXT??

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Robert Hawk
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:08am
I guess that means no Watermellon and only buckets of Kentucky fried chicken… do you still get a free cell phone for attending?

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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:22am
  @ ROBERT HAWK…. you do NOT SPEAK FOR ME…. YOUR DUMB A comments like this have -0- to do with why we detest Obama. You only serve to give fodder to ‘their side’ but then you probably are ‘their side’ trying to play the race card.
  
  We don’t support, like, believe in this man because he doesn’t believe in America, our Constitution and he’s setting himself up to be “World Leader” as in the Anti-Christ scenario…anything Anti- Freedom, Anti-American is loved by him. It has -0- to do with his color, and you know it. BESIDES, he only “WON” with the votes they stole in OHIO, FL, PA… and refused to count (Military) …. he has -0- mandate…but then the Silly GOP didn’t even bother to vote so we all get what we deserve this time.
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 8:32pm
  But Patty, I heard they were cutting the watermellon..
  you still get your Bama Fo’..ya’no’ !!! “Romney sucks !
  he sucks bad” ..”get yo’ free shi* wif Bama ya’no”..
  thats the way it went down, if you want to turn a blind
  eye, that your F’N problem. I wasn’t Racist till 2008..
  MSNBC told me so, if I didn’t agree with this TUR*
  I was Racist.. but 97% of blacks aren’t racist for voting
  obozo “Cuz’ he be black” HUH ?????
  
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SolitudeBliss
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:07am
Ah heck, he’ll just have Turbo Tax Timmy print him a few Obama coins and walla, all paid for. Ain’t being President grand?

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thibx
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:04am
do they take ebt cards. his voters have one of those.

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thibx
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:01am
2 bibles he is so dumb. i would not give him a penny if could throw it at him.

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- banjarmon
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:03pm
  Copper coated lead at 1500+ fps….air-mail!!!
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:00am
He will manage to find the money one way or another, the Communist-in-chief will ensure his comrades pay for it or else.

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loveoursoldiers
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:58am
oh. my.. where are all those supporters who allegedly voted for him? say what? they have no money except for what he.. I mean WE… give them?
This is what happens when you screw the working class…. taxed enough already.. no more goodies for theliarinchief.. the working class is angry
Where is Georgie Porgie?
oh wait…. soon ‘the American’ people will insist that they pay for the second white/black faux president’s installation.. or that is what he will have some flunkie say.. I hear it now.. ‘this is racial discrimination’ by pink people ( moi?) if Congress refuses to fund this extravaganza.
Maybe mooch and the girls can wear their black and red outfits from the first election.. how about we uses some of the billions headed to Morsi.. he’ll understand
2 bibles? I bet one is a Quran. I will not believe it is a real bible until and unless they show it at the time he is being ‘sworn’ to protect THIS country.. because if he doesn’t really get sworn in properly he couldn’t be mpeached and/or he doesn’t really have to protect this country
He could swear on a stack of bibles and I still would thnk he was up to something
Everything he does has 2 purposes.. one that he wants us to think he means and the other is what he really means
Life is a riddle to this con man.. he laughs at pink stupidity

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- kat747
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:20am
  Pertaining to the Bibles, it is difficult to figure out who it will be more insulting to: Martin Luther King or Abraham Lincoln.
  At this point in time, if he took the oath of office on the Koran, it would be insulting….he is NOT in it for “them” either.
  
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PA PATRIOT
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:57am
Make him use his own damn dirty money.

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Sharon Rose
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:56am
Oh, guess he will just add another TAX on us working people!

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mrunner
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:54am
Rat Bastard Obama will find a way to launder it through and just put it on the national credit card. Just pay it with the endless supply of Obamabucks.

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oldincarolina
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:52am
He should ask those who voted for him for a little help .

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ADNIL
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:51am
Gee, 10 million would buy a lot of vaseline and are we gonna need it!

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- gyro
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:45am
  this will hurt
  
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DougHuffman
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:44am
There must be an installation ceremony for the Federal Executive! If it is not in his constitution, then it will be, it must be! Damn the expense. Obama Oedipus Rex.

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TIMEBOMB
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:32am
10 million is peanuts to your magnificent gay ruler,I have a slush fund of many billions I’ve stolen from you idiots and my media hasn’t reported on it and they never will.

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- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:43am
  I hear you’re ready for Mt Rushmore. Of course the guy making your case is an illiterate
  with the mental facilities of a 4th grader. “but resist we much”
  
  SHARPTON: Obama ready for Mt. Rushmore
  http://freebeacon.com/sharpton-is-obama-ready-for-mt-rushmore/
  
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- skippy6
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:47am
  And you will never run out.. because your fed reserve buddies will print more trillions more….
  
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- TIMEBOMB
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:56am
  That’s right and I’ll order the fed to keep printing until your dollar is worthless,people will riot because of food shortages leading to starvation. A civil war will ensue and I your magnificent gay ruler will crush it mercilessly.
  
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- skippy6
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 10:04am
  For some reason it feels like there is a rope around my neck!!! Oh crap!!! never mind…
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 11:55am
  Hollywood helped elect him
  
  Hollywood & every other Democrat bundler should dig deeper & pay for this. They should take put 2nd mortgages if they must.
  
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- earache-my-eye
  Posted on January 13, 2013 at 6:59pm
  Praise be to BHO!
  
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woodyee
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:32am
It’ll get paid by George Soros or a number of Soros satellites. Or Gaybama will just mint a $10million platinum coin to cover the cost…

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CarolinaGirl
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:31am
Ha ha. Too bad. There shouldn’t even be another dime spent on this crook. Swear him into office inside a closet.

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GeorgieJo
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:31am
Maybe Oblamo can call Harvey Weensteen George Klooknee and SpikedLee for some bucks?
JadeZee probably has a few billion to toss his way?

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americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:30am
We could save him some money and all gather around and pee into a big Gatorade cooler and dump it over his and Michelle’s head as they walk out on stage. That would be about fitting since that’s all they do to the American Small Business Owners.

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GEEK_OMG
Posted on January 13, 2013 at 9:28am
I say we just skip the event and put the 30MM toward the debt… nobody cares anyway.

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