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-Election 2012
Obama Campaign: Tell Your Wedding Guests To Send Us Money
2012-06-24
Ace has a great photoshop at this link.
Just when you thought the Obama campaign couldn't get any more desperate, they come up with this: the Obama Event Registry, asking supporters who are getting married, having a birthday, or celebrating an anniversary to direct gift-givers to Obama's re-election website:
Got a birthday, anniversary, or wedding coming up?

Let your friends know how important this election is to you--register with Obama 2012, and ask for a donation in lieu of a gift. It's a great way to support the President on your big day. Plus, it's a gift that we can all appreciate--and goes a lot further than a gravy bowl.

Setting up and sharing your registry page is easy--so get started today.
If this should happen to you, it seems to me a 2 cent donation is about right, plus a pretty crystal vase or a single wine glass in the happy couple's pattern. The key is that the physical gift should be easily broken, when they figure out what you've done.
Posted by:Fred

#12  Hows about foregoing the donation and getting the lucky folks a paper shredder, being sure the make sure the machine works by running a $500 check through it.

Unlike Team Obama, a gravy (sauce) boat is a sign of productivity. Think about it, it isn't really a necessity at the table, so it shows a person is above the minimum. Also, sauces do not just make themselves, and are more condiment than meal, so the sauce is also above the minimum eating. Therefore, a full gravy (sauce) boat shows, and is, success.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-06-24 15:24  

#11  During your campaign stops, do me a favor. Drop into a local wedding and attempt at honesty for once by:

1) Explaining the "Marriage Penalty" referred to by IRS taxes going up for two working singles who decide to get married, And

2) Then ask for their wedding gifts.

... without an invitation.
Posted by: Fluque Sholulet7146   2012-06-24 14:59  

#10  The only way this makes sense is if it allows for illegal contributions in some way.

Ummm...actually, Team Obama's already going there. Just like they did back in 2008.
Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)   2012-06-24 13:54  

#9  Potential new donors.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-06-24 12:04  

#8  The internal polls must be horrible.
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-06-24 11:13  

#7  Don't hold your breath Bammer, you'll run out of air.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-06-24 10:18  

#6  
Posted by: junkiron   2012-06-24 09:13  

#5  "But I wanted a gravy boat!"
Posted by: Steve White   2012-06-24 08:53  

#4  I can't wait to see the published totals. My guess is only super-rich partsans would be interested in such a scheme and they (along with friends) are likely to have donated already.

The only way this makes sense is if it allows for illegal contributions in some way.
Posted by: Rjschwarz   2012-06-24 06:24  

#3  Ok. Here's a nickel.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-06-24 02:22  

#2  Really now. Would you go to a wedding for a couple of assholes that would actually do this?
Posted by: tu3031   2012-06-24 02:13  

#1  Open to shape shifting aliens too!
Posted by: newc   2012-06-24 00:21  

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