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| Obama spent nearly $700,000 for stage, lights in Berlin |
| 2008-11-01 |
| Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama paid a German company nearly $700,000 for staging, sound and lighting services at the time he delivered a speech this past summer in Berlin and declared himself a "citizen" of both the U.S. and the world. Billed as a highlight of Mr. Obama's July trip to Europe, the speech -- delivered before hundreds of thousands of people in front of the historic Victory Column in Tiergarten -- was organized by the Berlin-based company Mediapool, opening much like a rock concert, with warm-up performances from the band Reamonn and reggae singer Patrice. The German company, whose Web page says it specializes in theater and event management, is listed as a disbursement recipient on Mr. Obama's most recent campaign expenditures report, filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission. The company prominently displays pictures of the Obama speech and rally on its marketing pages and lists the event at the top of its projects page. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Lot of dough to present "The One's" image properly. If BO was so great wouldn't people just know it without all the hooplah? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-11-01 19:11 |
| #1 How nice that his international donors gave so much to help keep the German economy from sinking deeper into depression. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-11-01 16:14 |