Bush Raises $3M for Bulging War Chest

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/nation/7349746.htm

LAS VEGAS - President Bush raised $3 million for his already flush re-election fund Tuesday and tried to boost his political standing by highlighting good news on the economy and passage of prescription drug benefits for seniors.

Bush visited two states with sizable senior citizen populations, Nevada and Arizona, to tout congressional approval of major Medicare legislation, which enacts sweeping changes to the government's health care program for the elderly and adds prescription drug coverage.

At a new hospital on Las Vegas' outskirts and later at a $1.2 million luncheon fund-raiser at a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Bush promised to sign the bill which Republican advisers see as a potential political weapon against Democrats who have long claimed political dominance over the issue.

"They used to call Medicare 'Mediscare' for people in the political process," Bush said. "Some said Medicare reform can never be done. For the sake of our seniors, we got something done."

Later, he took a nearly identical message to a made-for-the-cameras event at a community center in Phoenix, in another state Bush barely won in 2000. Though the White House had billed it as a "conversation" with seniors, Bush was the only who spoke, as about two dozen older Americans sat on risers behind his lectern.
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Remember the bitching that the repugs went through when Soros contributed to Move On and pledged to help defeat Bush?

not to mention all the time he has to spend on vacations in Europe with the frump, as well as vacations in Crawford and as well as weekends in Camp David.

Does this guy ever really work? It seems all he can do is play the part of a road runner and give speeches all over the place, as long as the audience contribute 2000$ to hear him speak the same speech that he has given over the past six months to other interest groups--he is simply a little puppet going and doing what he is told.

How many of our boys and girls died so far this week in Iraq? Or, now, in Afganistan? Let them eat cake, fits this ignorant, benign, Laura. She is resting now I suppose--no photos--that trip to London REALLY made her very , very tired. :nopity:--it just took so much out of her to go to London and be scrutinized for her horrendous designer clothes and now, she has to restl. No church attendance notable in the photo ops today at the church.

If so, I protest; he should be using that big war chest; after all he eschewed government funding. No wonder; we are paying anyway.

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:toast:

If he flies to Kal-ee-fornia for a fundraiser and flies back the party need to pay a good portion of the costs. If he flies out and gives some "policy adress" to a group of twelve boyscouts (non-gay scounts of course) speaking as President then the pary just needs to cover any costs he would not have incurred for his "official" travels.

If it works like Congress, they would only have to reimburse the cost of a first class ticket, not the cost of Air Force One pluss Secret Service + + + etc.

Of course "they all do it". Clinton did the same thing (Hillary was slammed for it while running for Senate). And the republicans screamed bloody murder.

at least $108 million

and, we're just under a year away to 2004

this alone should make people angry

And Bush knows it.

for fundraising, isn't it?

It's all Bush fucking does!