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Romney Donors Out in Force in Hamptons
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. A woman in a blue chiffon dress poked her head out of a black Range Rover here on Sunday afternoon and yelled to an aide to Mitt Romney, Is there a V.I.P. entrance. We are V.I.P.
No such entrance existed. The line of cars waiting to enter a Romney event at a waterfront estate here had reached 30 deep, testament to the Republican candidates fund-raising might on a weekend when he is expected to haul in $3 million in the Hamptons.
Mr. Romneys aides apologized for the wait: each donor had to be checked off a guest list in the driveway, leading to a major backup. We are doing our best, an aide carrying a clipboard said, sweat dripping down her cheeks.
Mr. Romney arrived in this town of outsized homes and conspicuous consumption for the first of three major fund-raisers on Sunday afternoon, his motorcade of Chevrolet Suburbans passing a gleaming line of Bentleys, Porsches and a Mercedes Benzes waiting to deposit guests who paid up to $25,000 a head to hear him speak.
No such entrance existed. The line of cars waiting to enter a Romney event at a waterfront estate here had reached 30 deep, testament to the Republican candidates fund-raising might on a weekend when he is expected to haul in $3 million in the Hamptons.
Mr. Romneys aides apologized for the wait: each donor had to be checked off a guest list in the driveway, leading to a major backup. We are doing our best, an aide carrying a clipboard said, sweat dripping down her cheeks.
Mr. Romney arrived in this town of outsized homes and conspicuous consumption for the first of three major fund-raisers on Sunday afternoon, his motorcade of Chevrolet Suburbans passing a gleaming line of Bentleys, Porsches and a Mercedes Benzes waiting to deposit guests who paid up to $25,000 a head to hear him speak.
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Romney Donors Out in Force in Hamptons (Original Post)
ohgeewhiz
Jul 2012
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Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)1. LOL - the minimum suggested donation at one of the events was $25,000 and ...
some folks thought they were more of a VIP than other VIPs! LOL
That really is funny
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)5. It's funny until you get more than enough of that attitude
And it's all over this place.
tanyev
(42,601 posts)6. They should have said "We are MVIPTOVIPS!"
That would gotten them right in.
ohgeewhiz
(193 posts)2. More gems from the beautiful people at Romney's Great Gatsby events:
These from another article in the LA Times.
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. As protesters assembled on a beach in advance of Mitt Romney's evening event at the home of conservative billionaire David Koch, the candidate slipped to East Hampton for his first of three fundraisers on this tony stretch of Long Island.
The line of Range Rovers, BMWs, Porsche roadsters and one gleaming cherry red Ferrari began queuing outside of Revlon Chairman Ronald Perelman's estate off Montauk Highway long before Romney arrived, as campaign aides and staffers in white polo shirts emblazoned with the logo of Perelman's property -- the Creeks -- checked off names under tight security.
The line of Range Rovers, BMWs, Porsche roadsters and one gleaming cherry red Ferrari began queuing outside of Revlon Chairman Ronald Perelman's estate off Montauk Highway long before Romney arrived, as campaign aides and staffers in white polo shirts emblazoned with the logo of Perelman's property -- the Creeks -- checked off names under tight security.
These are priceless:
A money manager in a green Jeep said it was time for Romney to "up his game and be more reactive." So far, said the donor (who would not give his name because he said it would hurt his business), Romney has had a "very timid offense."
A New York City donor a few cars back, who also would not give her name, said Romney needed to do a better job connecting. "I don't think the common person is getting it," she said from the passenger seat of a Range Rover stamped with East Hampton beach permits. "Nobody understands why Obama is hurting them."
A New York City donor a few cars back, who also would not give her name, said Romney needed to do a better job connecting. "I don't think the common person is getting it," she said from the passenger seat of a Range Rover stamped with East Hampton beach permits. "Nobody understands why Obama is hurting them."
More:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-hamptons-fundraiser-20120708,0,4909639.story?track=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=56325
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)4. one gleaming cherry red Ferrari - great stuff
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