Ante Upped on ‘Win Dinner With President Obama’ Contest
**Written by Doug Powers
A while back I got an email urging me to donate at least $5 to President Obama’s re-election campaign, and if so I’d be registered to win a dinner with him — which isn’t bad since that’s something that usually costs in the $38,500 range. Sure, the dinner is a fundraiser, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it can’t **take place at the White House (**Important: Put your profession down as “Wall Street banker” or “tech exec”).
Against all instinct, I held off, and thank goodness, because the deal has now been sweetened. I just got this teaser email:
Doug –
I just got an unexpected update about the “Dinner with Barack” contest we kicked off last week that I think you’ll want to hear.
The President wanted to tell you the news himself, so he recorded a short video with the new details.
I can’t tell you anything more than that — but let’s just say if you haven’t yet thrown your name in the hat for this thing, I have a feeling this announcement might change that.
Who is the deal sweetener? Lady Gaga? J-Lo? Tom Hanks?

The Conductor of the Train to the Future? I’ve, uh, got other plans that night…
If they’d have said the First Lady would also be attending and serving French fries and fat cakes she brought back from her “promoting healthy eating” tour of Botswana, Obama’s campaign might have my check by now.
**Written by Doug Powers
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Check the fine print – it’s probably potluck. Is it on Karl Marx’s birthday – they can serve Red velvet cake.
Winner: dinner with Obama and Biden.
Loser: dinner with Obama, Biden, and the entire administration.
Gag me with a
spoontrowel.I wouldn’t dine with Barry Soetoro if it was all the Krispy Kreme you could eat.
Can I bring a guest? Netanyahu perhaps.
I think having to look at that bunch would ruin my appetite.
Doug Powers said:
Hanks has enough money he can afford to live in an alternate universe where the pResident is still cool.
Now if I could get an offer for dinner with Michelle Bachmann, Sarah Palin and our hostess, I’d be already writing the check.
What’s with this “donate” rubbish? Why isn’t this mandatory like everything else they do? $5 for dinner with the clowns, $10 buys you an out.
AlohaGuy said:
Right, ‘second’ prize is TWO weeks in Cleveland! To be honest, I don’t which of these two clowns I’m most eager to get RID of!?
Hey, if I win, maybe I can use the Dalai Lama’s exit.
Seriously, can you imagine a scenario where a conservative won? I’d gladly pay $5 to spend an evening telling those two what I think of their policies.
Dinner is actually a cookout at the William Ayers residence. It promises to be a night to remember; a real blast.
So, first they want me to pay them to put my name in the hat.
Then, they want me to fly to D.C.if I win, which means being groped by the TSA thugs.
Then I’ll be in D.C., surrounded by our overlords and their pals.
And on top of all that nonsense, they want me to hang out with Biden and Obama?
Why do I think I’d be better off spending the money on a lotto ticket?
Should we all register as “R. W. Clinger?”
Whoa! Pottery Barn is having a bedroom sale? Cool.
I think I’ll pass. I’d rather put that $5 with the other couple fivers I have and buy a can of coffee.
Dear bho and biden, my check is in the mail every April 15! That otta do for you from our house. That is all you slugs are going to get.
L
I’d sooner have dinner with Dracula. All he wants is my blood.
….a night in the Lincoln Bedroom will be available for an additional
chargedonation.**Not including bed linens, bathtowels, or pillows, each available seperately depending on level of donation. (Kindly refer to winner’s notification for complete details. All major credit cards, debit cards or cash are accepted, cash in large denominations preferable).
Or T. Bagger?
Dinner w/BHO $5, bring a story and your ideas to give the government.
Lunch w/Warren Buffet $2.6 million, receive ideas from a successful entrepreneur.
Value
Does Obummer have a new book coming out, “To Serve the American People”?
Are you sure it doesn’t say “If you win the drawing, the President and Vice President will have you for dinner”?
How about instead of having a fundraiser for the Crook-In-Chief, we investigate the Secretary of State for her connections to Al Qaeda?
Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton, and Al Qeada, the scrubbing begins.
On June 27th, 2011 at 2:34 pm, hawkeye54 said:
All
major credit cards,untraceable prepaid debit cards or cash are accepted, cash in large denominations preferable).Guess some earmuffs will be necessary if the VP is going to be there. Cause this IS a big f’in deal!
If so, I sure hope he’s not drawing on a certain Twilight Zone episode for inspiration.
Much better, and more accurate.
If the deal sweetner is J-Lo and MO will be there that’s a lota junk in two trunks. What room would hold all that stuff?
On a more serious note does the winner get a copy of the birth certificate?
RedDog #18 It has taken me this long to stop laughing and start breathing again. Good one.
P.R. Oletarian?
Sounds like the old joke; Care to buy a lottery ticket for the homeless? Helll No, with my luck I might win one of them.
Serving wieners?
that’s not worth the cost of a stamp (was .44$)
How about I. M. Bitter?
And all this time I thought Ed McMahon died a few years back.
Nice to know I “still could be a winner”.
If not french fries and fatcakes, what’s on the menu? Burgers and beers followed by ice cream cones and slurpees for dessert? Leftovers from the super bowl party? Or just more waffles and porkulus?
If you win this, you’ll have to pay taxes on it as if it were income.
Lady Gaga is at this moment in Japan. She is reporting that “Japan is safe and beautiful” even though news reports are stating that “radioactivity is showing up in the urine of the population”. On a lighter note Gaga has twittered to her fans:
@ my fans : I just luv Japanese men. Did you know their penises glow in the dark?
Dinner would be fava beans and a nice cianthi.
The leader of the free world is holding a raffle for dinner with him? Seriously? This is incredibly embarrassing. Is he going on Dancing with the Stars next?
This is a tough call. Dinner with the president . . . or buy a gallon of gas?
I’ll go with the gas. Having gas makes me smile.
I believe his new campaign manager is Vince the Sham-Wow guy.
“Can your candidate do this? You know those Kenyans make good stuff.”
Japanese men have multiple penises?
On his Facebook page Obumble made the mistake of posting “What would you ask the president over dinner?”
I think my comment was the longest in facebook’s history.
Godzilla vs The . . . nvm
Literally! Bring ear plugs. Great comments all, I mean for a buncha’ conservatives w/ no sense of humor and all?
Does hers glow now too?
Oh, my God!!! The radiation has caused blindness in Japan?????
A loaf of bread,
A jug of wine,
And
thouLady GagaDoesn’t this constitute illegal gambling? I’m no lawyer, but my understanding is that to avoid being considered gambling, contestants in this “contest” have to be given instructions on entering the contest without being obligated to “purchase” anything. So there should be some fine print somewhere that to enter without making a contribution, I need to send a self addressed stamped envelope to some po box in timbuckto requesting an entry form. I think publishers clearing house has all the details spelled out by some court on the proper procedures.
Because I’d really like to enter, but I don’t have 5 bucks since losing my job at the factory.
I’d rather split a mocha with John Wayne Gacy or Jeffrey Dahmer!
On June 27th, 2011 at 3:18 pm, Darthnoob said:
Having gas makes me smile.
“Don’t ya know it’s bad etiquette to reach in front of a person when said person is trying to snag a morsel of food?”
- Moe (VIOLENT IS THE WORD FOR CURLY, 1938)
“I’m just crazy about Spanish food… especially corned beef and cabbage.”
- Curly (THREE SAPPY PEOPLE, 1939)
“I’ll bet he eats soup wid’ a knife.”
- Moe (WHAT’S THE MATADOR?, 1942)
Did anyone notice on the form the following statement that you had to affirm in order to contribute to the campaign? “I am a United States citizen or a lawfully admitted permanent resident of the United States.”
Gee whiz. BHO can’t contribute to his own campaign.
I’d rather be a donkey fluffer in Ensenada.
Why do I have a feeling that the meal will consist of what passes for a new and improved MObama school lunch program meal and the airfare will be on this airline.
Is that considered good duty or bad duty for a Navy guy?
hmmm… Hang with me on this. Looking at the video, it’s clear that Obama is in the Map Room (ground floor of the White House). You know, where Roberts re-administered the oath of office, and where BHO met with the Dalai Lama, rather than in the Oval Office where most dignitaries are greeted. (Kind of goes along with getting kicked out the back door among the trash, I guess.) Anywhoo… From page 130 of the Federal Campaign Election Laws:
I don’t see any wiggle-room here, does anyone else?? $5k and up to 3 years in jail. There is a caveat in Section (b), but the way I read it, it only refers to the receipt of contributions, not the solicitation of them. But then again, I’m a ChemE, not an attorney, so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong!
Oh, bad.
The donkeys are smaller on Guam.
Sounds more like a sentence than a prize.
“Son, you’ve been found guilty of stealing that car. You either get 18 months in county prison, or dinner with Obama.”
“I’ll take the 18, Sir. The company is better…”
It only makes me smile when I can blame it on the dog or someone else standing nearby.
On June 27th, 2011 at 4:32 pm, Lan Astaslem said:
Looks like section b only applies to staff members collecting contributions not to the solicitation of donations.
I’m 56 and can still hit the high notes.
Second place wins two dinners with him.
No purchase, payment or contribution necessary to enter or win. So everybody head on over to BarackObama.com/dinner and sign up.
That is, if you want them to know who you are, where you live, etc.
Exactly! So doesn’t that make BHO guilty of Campaign Finance laws just by filming this in the White House??
Not that the rules apply to him anyway…
How about a cake walk at the county fair for 25 cents? I never won that either.
I ask you, Doug, isn’t this the same kind of thing Barry tried to pull in 2008?
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/obama_raffle_no_gambling.html
2008:
DENVER, Colo. — The cities hosting the Democratic and Republican national conventions buzzed this week with a mini-controversy over whether Barack Obama’s presidential campaign was running an illegal raffle that offered contributors a chance to meet him backstage before his acceptance speech.
The Obama camp put a quick stop to it – but not without generating some headlines in the process.
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/27/dreams-do-come-true-dinner-with-barack-fundraising-gimmick-now-to-include-joe-biden/
How about we start a $5 Impeachment Campaign to Save Our Beloved Republic?
Sign me up
Booyah! Real Clear Politics must read MM’s comments, because they picked up on the Campaign Finance violation (link on Drudge). I’m sure he’ll have some explanation though…
Integrity is never for sale. Nuff said.
Another friend of Joe Biden…
George Washington on questioning patriotism:
I don’t recall Van Jones being in the field with us, chewing the same dirt with us, going unbathed with us, eating cold MRE’s and C’s with us, missing family events like us, being shaking from the cold and wet while being bone tired with us, etc. etc. etc.
He questions my patriotism? He questions your patriotism. He can take a flying “flip” in a rolling doughnut.
I’d go down in history as the projectile vomitter.
You do not show up till sunset. Your detractors are going to accuse you of being from Transylvania.
What can I say, I’m a capitalist and it was 103°F when I got home and I lounged in the pool
A pool? Obviously you are unpatriotic and not paying the taxes you should.
It’s no cement pond
Ante Upped on ‘Win Dinner With President Obama’ Contest
Yep, Sock Puppet will give the winner his half eaten waffle and then try to converse in Austrian.
I’d rather go to the zoo and eat with the monkeys. Better company and better manners. Not to mention that the monkeys will be able to carry a more intelligent conversation than these two morons.
Did they ask for a credit card number or socical security number? They might be trying to steal your identity.
Did it mention anywhere in the fine print about this being ‘Dutch Treat’?
They seem to be doing a lot of unexpecting lately.
Drudge just put up some other prizes. Spend time with a White House Chef!
I’m waiting for “win a free ride to Iowa on Air Force One!”
Nah, I don’t wanna participate for a number of reasons, but among them, Lady Obama standing over me at the table counting calories and screaming about nutrition. Gag me.
Hot Air: Obamateurism of the Day
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/29/obamateurism-of-the-day-537/