In a truly distressing bit of news, we learned today that president Obama's permanent campaign is selling access to Obama in exchange for a $500,000 contribution. Anyone who gives half a million dollars gets to attend a meeting every three months with the president. I have not done the research to determine this, but it seems to me that this practice is illegal. No public official can sell access to him or herself. But, even if the way this is structured keeps it on the right side of the law, it is a truly tawdry practice. The country ought to be ashamed that we have a president who just sells out to the highest bidder. For all of his tax the rich statements, Obama always seems to have something good for those rich folks who give him campaign cash. Just look at how well all those green energy cronies did with the billions of federal funds that Obama threw at their projects.
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