Yup, the Clintons are looking out for the American people, and not just for themselves and their own enormous egos:
This weekend, the former President will be dining and drinking to 60 years with some of world’s deepest-pocketed donors at a series of glamorous events around Manhattan, beginning Friday evening and ending with a cocktail party on Gramercy Park in the wee hours Sunday night.
The price of entry for the weekend’s festivities is a gaudy reminder of slushier times in the 1990’s. With money going toward a growing endowment for the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation, donors will have to cough up $60,000 if they want to want to see Mick Jagger sing at the Beacon Theatre and at least $100,000 for poached eggs and mimosas with Bill and Hillary at Pastis.
The exclusive list of event “hosts” includes the names of historically top-ranked Democratic donors like longtime Clinton contributor Ron Burkle and S. Daniel Abraham, the former owner of Slim Fast Foods, who was ranked in 2000 as the No. 1 donor to the Democratic Party.
So, here we are, less than two weeks before an important election, and “major Democratic donors” are being hit up to sell-a-brate Bubba’s sixtieth birthday, which actually happened back on August 19th.
Don’t worry folks, it’s for Billy’s “charity”, so that makes this wanton excess just peachy keen.
All of the weekend’s invitees received letters from either Chelsea Clinton or Terry McAuliffe, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
The wording of the two invitations is largely the same, with small tweaks. In Chelsea’s version, the party honors a “very special person” who needs donations to “advance the work he has done throughout his life—solving problems, empowering people and even saving lives.” Mr. McAuliffe’s letter says that Mr. Clinton is a “truly extraordinary person” and that a donation is needed to “advance the principles he has stood for all his life—solving problems, saving lives and empowering people.”
Exactly who is taking credit for the weekend?. Mr. McAuliffe says the weekend-long celebration will be co-hosted by “Chelsea and I”; Chelsea wrote, “My mother and I are planning” the events.
Chelsea’s invite is heavy on policy and statistics, while Mr. McAuliffe’s tone is more emotive, writing that the weekend will celebrate all baby boomers and the two “greatest products of that generation: Bill Clinton and the legendary Rolling Stones.”
Sling that slop Terry.
Never mind that there is a war on. Never mind that Bill & Hill’s good war criminal patrons are provoking peacekeepers off the coast of Lebanon. In this nation where the poor, sick and desperate are so easily disgarded, there is every reason in the world to throw a lavish party! While Bill’s sycophantic fans browbeat other Democrats to give their money to those warhawk, corporatist hacks Schumer and Emmanuel, the rich and connected are going to a big shakedown so they can shake and get down with the Rolling Stones. Good thing that their priorities are straight.
And then, Sunday night, the biggest party of all: the Rolling Stones concert at the 2,800-seat Beacon Theater. All donors will be invited to the concert, but a gift of more than $500,000 includes a “backstage pass” for dinner and a photograph with Mr. Clinton.
In addition, as advertised in Chelsea’s invitation, donors should “please note that this performance will be taped for an upcoming Martin Scorsese film.” The film is reportedly a documentary on the Rolling Stones, and Mr. Scorsese will be filming the band all weekend.
After the concert, sometime past midnight, the whirlwind weekend will conclude with an after-party at the Gramercy Park Hotel.
Don’t worry you little plebians, the money really will go to a wonderful foundation that will help lots of people who need it, though they’ll wait until they cover expenses, overhead, administrative costs, travel, marketing, glossy publications, big shindigs, fancy conferences …
The Donks have no hunger to win, so they will feed at the trough of big money and bigger egos. Why devote any time or energy to actual politics? After all, they continually count on victory falling into their laps.
Boom, that’s it, easy victory, just like they won back in 2004. They could fight, they could actually go to the people, find a populist message, do the hard work of politics, but no … better to whimper and bow their heads, then find a way to cash in. The Clintonistas and their buddies at the top of the Democratic Party will fight for you and address the real problems of this country when …
… well, you know.
