Michelle Obama in Seattle for fundraiser
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SEATTLE -- First lady Michelle Obama will be in Seattle Tuesday night to raise money for her husband's re-election bid, but only those willing to spend big bucks will get a chance to meet her.
Michelle Obama is a big draw, and people are willing to spend freely to see her. On Friday night, only those who paid $500-$1,000 for a fundraising dinner will get a chance to meet her.
It's all about money, and ever since former President Bill Clinton realized the Puget Sound was a gold mine, Democrat politicians have been flocking here.
"Since then we have been a very good and profitable state for fundraisers," said political analyst Ron Dotzauer.
The numbers back him up, too. President Obama has raised nearly $9.4 million and Mitt Romney has pulled in almost $3.6 million in Washington. While the candidates are happy to raise the money in Washington, they aren't spending it here.
"You know, I think the campaigns are raising money in 50 states and spending it in about eight," said Washington Democrats chairman Dwight Pelz.
Unless you're ready to spend big money, the most you'll likely see during any of these fundraising stops is a motorcade. And the city pays all the costs of those motorcades.
"You know what, if people are going to raise money, that's the way politics works and that's going to happen," said Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn.
Some of the money raised at Tuesday's event will go to the Democratic party, but most will be for the reelection campaign.
Not to be outdone, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is coming to Washington to raise money for gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna.
Michelle Obama is a big draw, and people are willing to spend freely to see her. On Friday night, only those who paid $500-$1,000 for a fundraising dinner will get a chance to meet her.
It's all about money, and ever since former President Bill Clinton realized the Puget Sound was a gold mine, Democrat politicians have been flocking here.
"Since then we have been a very good and profitable state for fundraisers," said political analyst Ron Dotzauer.
The numbers back him up, too. President Obama has raised nearly $9.4 million and Mitt Romney has pulled in almost $3.6 million in Washington. While the candidates are happy to raise the money in Washington, they aren't spending it here.
"You know, I think the campaigns are raising money in 50 states and spending it in about eight," said Washington Democrats chairman Dwight Pelz.
Unless you're ready to spend big money, the most you'll likely see during any of these fundraising stops is a motorcade. And the city pays all the costs of those motorcades.
"You know what, if people are going to raise money, that's the way politics works and that's going to happen," said Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn.
Some of the money raised at Tuesday's event will go to the Democratic party, but most will be for the reelection campaign.
Not to be outdone, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is coming to Washington to raise money for gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna.
Don't we have enough traffic problems as it is? Why should tax money, local & federal be wasted on these visits
The audacity of these folks showing up again, with their hands out. The novelty of the first colored president was fun for a while, but now itâs time to get down to business. Truth be told, this presidency has been a huge disappointment for me.
I wonder if she will mention the funds she has spent on her and her kid's vacations around the world. How nice it must be to have a world passport and an unlimited travel budget while her husband's constituents walk across the border and/or live in slums and poverty. What's the bill? Oh..... say ten million or so.
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Yeah, she and barry on on your side...... They care sooooooo much....
Go Michelle Obama!!!
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Why does the city (i.e. taxpayers) pay for motorcades of politicians who come here to raise money? Â They should be paying for it themselves out of their own campaign funds. Â
 12 reasons I voted Democrat
1. I voted Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my German Shepherd.
2. I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon ofgas at 15% isn't.
3. I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a better jobof spending the money I earn than I would.
4. I voted Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
5. I voted Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun, andI know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.
6. I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us ifit will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.
7. I voted Democrat because I'm not concerned about millions of babies being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.
8. I voted Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits, and we should take away the social security from those who paid into it.
9. I voted Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the Democrats see fit.
10. I voted Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.
11. I voted Democrat because I think that it's better to pay billions for their oil to people who hate us, but not drill our own because it might upset some endangered beetle, gopher or fish.
12. I voted Democrat because my head is so firmly planted up my #$%$, it's unlikely that I'll ever have another point of view.
 @Obummer Well, Your glass is half empty.  Bet you're a hoot at parties.Â
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I hear they're serving cherry kool-aid.
 @lisaraintree No, that ran out when Bush and the neocons were talking us into 3 trillion dollars worth of wars, 6000 dead and tens of thousands wounded.  How many schools could we have rebuilt, teachers hired, roads and bridges rebuilt.  You fools got drunk on the stuff.Â
 @BH HerringWhen are you sheepish leftist lemmings going to give up the Bush ghost?? 2020?.......2024??
Puhleeeeeze get over it....getting more tired than a room full people who O.D'd on Sominex.
 @BH Herring  @lisaraintree Yet, more deaths have occurred in Afghanistan  under Obama.  Obama has continued this war and even expanded it. Â
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How many schools could we have rebuilt, teachers hired, roads and bridges rebuilt?
'It's all about money, and ever since former President Bill Clinton realized the Puget Sound was a gold mine, Democrat politicians have been flocking here'
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Pretty much sums it up.
Liberals don't care about the little people. It's all about the money.
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And here we are, supposed/led to believe that they care about the middle class. Right...
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Follow the money. Understand slavery. Who's yer Daddy?
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 @bobalouie Have any idea how much it costs to run a presidential campaign.  What's Obama supposed to do, sit on his hands while the Koch Brother and Sheldon Adelson buy the presidency for Romney?  Common sense, please.
 @BH Herring  @bobalouie Obama has Soros and the Unions thugs, so I think they are pretty even. Â
 @sfvcyco  @BH Herring  @bobalouie union thugs?
take a look at a calendar, notice 2012, not 1952 where you kooks seem to wish to return to.
At least she should get enough to pay for her $5000 Designer coat to visit the Queen!
This woman is a star. Â A person of true compassion who chose to support our men and women in uniform. Â She took on child obesity and did it by example. Â She's eloquent, graceful and clearly has a good soul. Â Excellent first lady.
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I hope she brings in a cash haul. Â I know she's helping her husband overcome the dirty money that's flooded in from the greedy rich to help Romney, Mr. It's-not-my-job-to-care-about-the-47%.
Please she is a commie like her husband- look at what she, her vacations, whardrome have cost us taxpayers and the Obama's are very rich and support and appoint crimals to their little dictatorship
 @BH Herring You sad foolish woman. Â
@BH Herring  Romney never said "it's not my job to care about the 47%". What he said is that there are 47% that are going to vote for Obama regardless because they have a victim mentality and believe the government owes them everything....you know, the democrats...Â
 @scared_citizen  @BH Guess what, scared_citizen?  Romney went on to say that "there's nothing I can do to convince those people to take responsibility for themselves."  I'm paraphrasing but I'm sure the sentiment is accurate.  What he misrepresents is that a large portion (probably majority) of those 47% who depend on the government are Republicans who fought wars, paid into social security and medicare and take advantage of medicaid because they're too poor to afford proper health care. Â
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Assuming the 47% are Democrats is just pure stupidity but it plays well with a undereducated population who want to point at people and say "it's their own fault."
 @scared_citizen You certainly must mean southerners. I grew up in the south and the only welfare queens I ever met were living in trailer parks, shooting their kids with bb guns while sitting on the porch.  They voted solid red and complained about "those black welfare queens" on a regular basis.  I wish I was exaggerating but i'm not. Then again, southern states take in more federal dollars than they give back.
Is she bringing any of those free cell phones they are giving out to get the Moron vote?
@Obummer  You win. That was the funniest post I have read today.
 @Obummer More baloney from the reich wing.  Is this the new "fast and furious" found to be started by a prior administration and ginned up by political hacks?
 @BH Herring...Obiwan has doubled the cost since taking office...no ginning up, & the only thing currently hacking are cats with hairballs when they hear the proverbial "justification" spin & denial from the lemming left...now go drink your kool-aid while it's still cold.
 @BH Herring ...and by quadrupling the national debt, what Bush did is spit in the ocean compared to Obama....now go have another swig...you seem parched.
 @Sydthepiper Let's talk about how much GW kept off the books in two wars.  You think what Obama has done to increase whatever stupid program you're referring to is spit in the ocean compared to what Bush did?  Think again, if you have enough capacity to do so.
I can't count all the Obievisits to our state in the last 4 years, and I've seen NO advantage to them.
Other than adding to the re-election coffers, what have we gained?
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Slight correction, KOMO: "And the city pays all the costs of those motorcades." Actually, it's the taxpayers who are paying for it but this distinction is one of many that is rarely made by the Left....they don't like to remind people that it's coming out of their pockets, regardless of their political affiliation. Â Much better to refer to it as "the city" so that it sounds as though it's "someone else" to people who aren't paying attention.
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Also, KOMO: "Not to be outdone, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is coming to Washington to raise money for gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna."
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I'm rather doubtful that Gov. Christie considers himself to be in some sort of competition with M'Zero to the point where he's worried about being "outdone". Â Still having Democrat operatives write your stories, I see...I dare you to actually ask Gov. Christie whether he's concerned about being "outdone".....he'll happily make you feel about a half inch tall and it'll make another delightful viral video that will show the shameless and obvious Leftist media bias that alternative media has freed the thoughtful people from in recent years.
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An Obama fundraiser was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the headline of Something Fishy on I-5 in the Off-beat section.Â
Will she have the chool kids menu?
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I'd pay to see her leave.....
 @scared_citizen why?
 @montrose620 Because my team is better than your team, na na na boo boo
So that's why I was surrounded by SPD and men in black suits this afternoon on 4th Ave.
 @Wormwood Did you jaywalk? Â
@Wormwood  Maybe....Maybe not.... What were you doing on 4th Ave today?