RECENT POSTS
- President Obama: Asia Trip Helped Usher in a New Era of American Engagement
- Secretary Sebelius Celebrates the Tenth Anniversary of National Adoption Day
- Organizing for America Targets Sarah Palin
- Obama Administration Starts to Publicly Raise Issue of Detained US Citizen Xue Feng
- President Obama Gives Interview (of Sorts) to Dissident Cuban Blogger
- "You Guys Make a Pretty Good Photo Op," President Obama Jokes to Troops at Osan Air Base
- Did the Chinese Government Crack Down on an Obama Interview?
- Our Trip to the DMZ
- President Obama Greets U.S. Troops in South Korea, Wraps Up Week in Asia
- White House: We’re Not in the “Immediate Gratification Business”
MONTHLY ARCHIVES
« Previous | Main | Next »
Just Hours Later, Obama Campaign Uses Berlin Speech to Raise Campaign Cash
July 24, 2008 7:35 PM
Shortly after 6 pm Central time -- just a few hours after Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, gave his speech in Berlin, which his campaign insisted was not political -- his campaign manager, David Plouffe, sent out a fundraising solicitation using the speech to raise campaign cash.
"As you may have heard, Barack has been in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia this week," reads the email, with a big red "DONATE" sign. "Today, he spoke in Berlin, Germany. In a city where a wall once divided the free from the oppressed, he talked about tearing down the walls that divide all peoples so we can address our common problems -- the threats of terrorism and nuclear weapons, global warming and genocide, AIDS and poverty. Watch Barack's historic speech and share it with your friends."
The letter offers a link to the video and asks recipients to please "forward this email to your friends, family, and colleagues."
This is certainly going to be used as ammunition for those critics who wondered about the true purpose of this "non political" trip.
- jpt
UPDATE: The Obama campaign takes issue with my description of its email with its big, red "DONATE" button as a "fundraising soliciation." The campaign, which has raised more money through the internet than any other campaign in world history, says the purpose of this email, the "DONATE" button notwithstanding, was for folks to see the speech and share it with their friends.
(When you click on that DONATE button, I might add, you're taken to this webage which reads: "Make your donation online...Make your donation using the secure form below...$25 $100 $500 $2,300
$50 $250 $1,000 Other: $ ...Credit Card: Visa MasterCard American Express Discover...Donating Offline: If you would prefer to contribute by mail, send a check to: Obama for America, P.O. Box 802798, Chicago, IL 60680...Donating Monthly: Click here to make a recurring donation....Americans Abroad: Click here to make a donation.)
The campaign calls the above blog entry "misleading." You be the judge.
July 24, 2008 in Obama, Barack | Permalink | Share | User Comments (317)
You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.
I suggest that you carefully look at
the face of McCain he was not happy
with the choice that was made for him
by Repulican Party top officals.
Mainly, George W.Bush
Thank's for helping Mr.Obama to the
White House.
Great Job! Thank's, MH
Posted by: Marvin L. Howard | Aug 30, 2008 9:37:23 AM
How many of you know that our service men and womens votes who are over seas DOES NOT Count, because this NO GOOD Congress will not do a thing to see that this is done.
The last Presidential election, over 80% of the votes from our overseas service men/women and Americans living over there due to work, did NOT have their vote counted. Our government says it is to costly and they do not have enough people to count all the votes.
Now give me a break, we can have oversight committees and pay them, yet we can't have a government committee in each state count our overseas military votes or even give them a ballet?
Call, write your Congress this is an outrage and needs something done NOW>
Posted by: So-So | Jul 29, 2008 11:38:41 AM
we keep hearing that the american news media paid for the free beer and food so they could photograph a big crowd during obama speech in germany, does anyone really know what happened during the event.
Posted by: Ron | Jul 27, 2008 1:40:05 PM
Well, well well, it kind of reminds you of the story of Jesus with the money changers inthe temple, doesn't it? Obama will do anything and use anything, even faith, to get elected. Doesn't this man have any scruples at all?
Posted by: Mary Anne | Jul 27, 2008 10:41:58 AM
INSULT TO INJURY ...
The 'real' story is that Obama could have visited the wounded soldiers, but the Pentagon said not with the huge entourage and media circus ... however, Obama supporters are now trying to mislead the American people by enabling Obama to now blame the Pentagon for HIS bad decision. This is a typical form of damage control that the Obama and his people have used throughout his campaign. If Obama does something right, they shower credit upon him ... if he does something wrong, they blame it on someone else, or they tell us we misinterpreted what happened.
Posted by: Lee | Jul 26, 2008 12:33:56 PM
The Berlin speech just reinforces my belief that Germans are still suckers for eloquent men w/empty suits.
Posted by: Alan | Jul 26, 2008 12:09:15 PM
Let the Obamessiah run for President of Germany, or Europe. Naaa... President of the WORLD!
Posted by: James | Jul 25, 2008 11:47:30 PM
I'm SHOCKED, SHOCKED is say that they would use this journey in search of enlightenment for crass political gain.
Posted by: Robert | Jul 25, 2008 9:07:04 PM
When 60-70% of a SOCIALIST country are cheering for Obama, that's tells us all we need to know. It was the best thing that could have happened. The more he speaks, the better...the facade is dropping.
His arrogance is astonishing. He is short with reporters and gives the impression he would "cuss" you out as he did a fellow Ill. legislator that corrected him.
It's amazing he is even in the running. I would like to know who is pulling the strings on the puppet show! I've never heard a candidate with so many er's and uh's speaking impromptuly. At least McCain doesn't stumble.
Somebody should tell him that "a bomb" wasn't dropped on Pearl Harbor. It was thousands.
Obama doesn't know Afghans don't speak Farsi as well as the number of states and which committees he is on...need I continue??? There's many more besides hanging around terrorists and being protected by "goon"s and terrorists.
His books reveal he has a problem with self-identity which is common with someone of mixed race. He wants to appear black and receive the AA benefit, but remains confused about what to do with his "white half".
Posted by: gofer | Jul 25, 2008 8:48:21 PM
CNN - “only the facts” are reported; ya!
That is because Obama took his three largest news agencies overseas that conduct their campaign donations center with them; ABC, CBS and NBC. American news networks have found a new low when it comes to ethical behavior. In the past, News Networks attempted to be seen as impartial. Now, all News Networks are only impartial only symbolically and not based on actions. Fox News (25 Jul 08) released data on which News Networks employees gave donations by political party. Democrats received most of the donations and Republicans received a few donations; nearly a half a million dollars to fifty thousand dollars even though no one Fox New employee donated a single dollar. ABC, CBS and NBC led the pact with donations that equaled to nearly three hundred thousand dollars. During the same period, Republicans received to a few thousand dollars. Americans did not need to be told that News Media Networks favored Democrats financially since most news events have been one sided; they have been for Obama their Democratic rock star politician. This includes falling all over themselves during the recent Obama overseas trip.
Just like Obama going to the gym versus visiting wounded troops in Germany, when the Pentagon told him he could not take his political campaign to the base, Obama declined to visit our wounded troops. All Obama does is a campaign rally to raise monies and he clearly reveals that he could care less about the average citizen. Obama only cares about Barack H. Obama and his growing wallet.
Posted by: Dr Hubert, Lt Col, USAF, Retired (2005) | Jul 25, 2008 7:58:55 PM
Obama is Photo Ops We Can't Believe In.
He used that trip to generate loads of MEDIA coverage to make him look good for voters in the US. The man is very manipulative. And can not be trusted.
Using Germany to further his political career, and then *using* his appearance there to raise money, to further his political career???
There is *nothing* new about Obama. He is as manipulative, deceptive and dishonest as any career politician can be. Wake up people! You are being manipulated by the liberals in the media that want to ram their Phony Messiah into the White House before you even get to vote in the election!
Posted by: Jon | Jul 25, 2008 6:27:41 PM
Wow, candidates raising money. Now that's news! McCain didn't try to raise any money yesterday, did he? Cause that would be just awful and should make headlines.
Posted by: obamamama | Jul 25, 2008 3:14:46 PM
jhw:
You got that wrong...guess you never heard of Reagan Democrats.
Dems DO vote republican sometimes.
Posted by: kat in your hat PUMA | Jul 25, 2008 2:49:45 PM
Obviously Jake Tapper is 100% correct. The Obama camp really contacted him?? LUNATICS. Jake, tell them to just keep on giving rock star speeches while IGNORING wounded American troops by cancelling their pre-scheduled visit with the hospital in Berlin.
What's the donation for? Throat lozenges to keep Obama's voice clear as he BLABS to anyone who will listen to him?
Oh, and we know there were bands, free beer, and free food at Obama's Berlin speech. And where was the million people who were supposed to show up after plastering posters and flyers everywhere, and hading out invitations all over the city? It was a pretty day--where was everyone?
Meanwhile, those in attendence were not allowed to bring signs of any kind--totally controlled by Obama's rules. AND his visit cost the Germans over 1/2 million dollars just to have him visit.
The reviews on Obama's speech are NOT that good in Berlin, BTW.
Obama...go away, stop trying to get votes through the media, speeches, and Olympic ad buys, and come back after you have actually DONE SOMETHING besides LIE about your resume...and which banking committee you are NOT even on!
Tired of you. Obama overload. People are sick of him.
Posted by: kat in your hat PUMA | Jul 25, 2008 2:48:31 PM
b.s.meter: Hillary supporter for McCain? You must think we're idiots to float a lie like that - a Hillary supporter voting to extend the Iraq war, new tax cuts for the rich, the continuation of our train wreck corporate healthcare (except for the poor clogging our expensive ER's for hangnail treatments), and to create a Supreme Court that will indisputably overturn Roe v. Wade? Senator Clinton supporters, like Senator Clinton herself, are disappointed but strongly interested in doing the best for this country. And the last 7 years, 6 of it under complete Republican rule, makes it abundantly clear that voting for Senator McCain does not do that.
A true Senator Clinton supporter will not vote for Senator McCain, that's the reality that makes Republican's pretend attempts to stir the pot fall flat.
Posted by: jhw539 | Jul 25, 2008 2:46:19 PM
Obviously Jake Tapper is 100% correct. The Obama camp really contacted him?? LUNATICS. Jake, tell them to just keep on giving rock star speeches while IGNORING wounded American troops by cancelling their pre-scheduled visit with the hospital in Berlin.
What's the donation for? Throat lozenges to keep Obama's voice clear as he BLABS to anyone who will listen to him?
Oh, and we know there were bands, free beer, and free food at Obama's Berlin speech. And where was the million people who were supposed to show up after plastering posters and flyers everywhere, and hading out invitations all over the city? It was a pretty day--where was everyone?
Meanwhile, those in attendence were not allowed to bring signs of any kind--totally controlled by Obama's rules. AND his visit cost the Germans over 1/2 million dollars just to have him visit.
The reviews on Obama's speech are NOT that good in Berlin, BTW.
Obama...go away, stop trying to get votes through the media, speeches, and Olympic ad buys, and come back after you have actually DONE SOMETHING besides LIE about your resume...and which banking committee you are NOT even on!
Tired of you. Obama overload. People are sick of him.
Posted by: kat in your hat PUMA | Jul 25, 2008 2:46:08 PM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sadly, yes. We already hear them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Where? I haven't herd a peep about black racism. Ever.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I may not be an Obama supporter but I'm dammed if I will blame blacks for voting for him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So it's OK if blacks vote for him just because he's black, but white's are racists if they vote for someone else because they're white?
Posted by: Brook | Jul 25, 2008 2:42:36 PM
THANK GOD, THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THESE POSTERS DON'T WANT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA ANYWHERE NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE!
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN ALL THE WAY!
Posted by: b.s.meter | Jul 25, 2008 2:15:16 PM
Anyone considering voting for this blithering idiot better first have a clear understanding what he actually stands for. Obama's statement in Berlin that he was "a citizen of the World" was NOT idle chatter. The following from WorldNetDaily:
"Obama's $845 billion U.N. plan forwarded to U.S. Senate floor
'Global Poverty Act' to cost each citizen $2,500 or more
Tom DeWeese at NewsWithViews said the plan "is very telling" about what Obama would do as president.
DeWeese, president of the American Policy Center, warned the over-arching plan includes the ideals of consolidating all international agencies under the U.N., regulation by the U.N. of all corporate environmental issues, license fees charged by the U.N. to use air, water and natural resources, a restructuring that would give hand-picked non-governmental organizations huge influence, authorize a standing U.N. army and require registration of all arms."
Posted by: Greg Neubeck | Jul 25, 2008 2:11:07 PM
"I wonder if we'll be hearing cries of racism directed at the black community when Barry gets 95%+ of the black vote in the general election."
Sadly, yes. We already hear them. I may not be an Obama supporter but I'm dammed if I will blame blacks for voting for him. He may not be representative in my opinion, but where I live blacks have been holding their heads higher and talking more positively and openly than I've heard since the pre-MLK assasination days. The Obama supporters I've seen go whack job have all been white.
He IS raising some black's self-image and there is nothing but good about that. This is the right thing about the man. It's just not sufficient reason to vote for him.
Posted by: len | Jul 25, 2008 1:50:31 PM
Post a comment


