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And I thought AC/DC was charging a lot at $89/general admission. Seems pale in comparison to $28,500 a ticket. Still...just goes to continually show that the Presidency is a bought position...like Bush proved 2 elections in a row.

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Source: msn.com
"BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Barack Obama partied with Hollywood celebrities Tuesday night and with the help of Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand raised an eye-popping $9 million for his presidential campaign and the Democratic Party.

The night was split into two glitzy events, a reception and dinner costing $28,500 each at the Greystone Mansion, followed by entertainment by Streisand at the nearby Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. About 250-300 people were expected at the dinner and about 800 at the entertainment, which cost $2,500 a ticket.

Dinner guests seen by reporters, or noted by waiters, included Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Lee Curtis and DreamWorks founders Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Obama spent more than an hour before dinner getting his picture taken with guests. He said later that people had encouraged him to be tougher and had questioned why he was so calm in a close race against Republican John McCain.

"I'm skinny but I'm tough," he said...."
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Yeah, it pretty much doesn't matter who gets in there... They all say what you want to hear, get in there and make ththemselves and their friends rich... It's been like that throughout history.
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but those that do what they say, get assassinated.
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