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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 12:28 PM Sep 2012

BO: "If somebody here has a $10 million check . . ."

WASHINGTON -- Speaking at a fundraiser hosted by the famous rapper and singer couple Jay-Z and Beyonce, President Barack Obama made comments, seemingly in jest, asking guests to help out his campaign against Republican nominee Mitt Romney by giving $10 million to outside efforts to help him retain the White House.

"We don't need to match these folks dollar for dollar. We can't. I mean, if somebody here has a $10 million check -- I can’t solicit it from you, but feel free to use it wisely,"
Obama said to the room full of guests. The transcript of the event notes that guests laughed both after he mentioned the $10 million check and at the conclusion of his sentence.


read: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/barack-obama-super-pac_n_1897010.html?utm_hp_ref=tw


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