WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it “Checks and the City.”
Needing to boost his donor base, President Barack Obama is banking on elite entertainers for help so often they have essentially become a cast of characters in his campaign. He is using his Hollywood access and raffling it off as a prize to others, tapping into a culture that revels in celebrity even in hard economic times.
Obama’s big-name tour makes its next stop on Thursday at Sarah Jessica Parker’s place in the West Village of New York City. The “Sex and the City” star, who is married to actor Matthew Broderick, is hosting a cozy $40,000-per-person fundraiser along with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.
The president and first lady Michelle Obama will then appear at a second glitzy fundraiser in Manhattan, headlined by a performance by Mariah Carey.
While Democrats have long held political and ideological ties to the TV and movie industry, the dynamic is different this time for Obama. His own celebrity has faded a bit after more than three years in the slog of governing, and some reliable donors have gotten so used to seeing him, they want more — like a real movie star.
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I sure as heck don't want the 'hollywood' freaks running our country. That's about what it adds up to.
Most of Hollywood are the Liberal Elitists, so of course he will run to them. No one else in the country has any "Spare" money to throw away at his Inept and Ineffectual policies. They probably are also thinking that when he institutes Marshall Law that they will have more "Freedom" than us Regular Joes and Janes because of the Buddy-Buddy attitude they are portraying now…heck they might even star in his "Re-Education camp" movies.
I wonder if Sarah Jessica Parker quit barking and chasing cars to bite the tires.All these idiot so called stars try to suck up to the 1/2 coon and the gorilla he married.who really cares what these stars think if they were so smart they'd havereal jobs.You can teach an animal to act.