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nndb.com - 1/27/2009
Alfalfa Club
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ORGANIZATION An exclusive Washington, D.C. club for the rich and powerful, founded in 1913. Its sole purpose is to hold an annual banquet each January honoring the birthday of General Robert E. Lee . There are approximately 200 members. Each member is eligible to bring up to two guests to the ...
huffingtonpost.com - 1/29/2009
Palin Attending Alfalfa Club Dinner Because Of Obama
— huffingtonpost.com — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she will attend an exclusive club dinner in Washington this weekend because... it will offer her an audience with President Obama. In an impromptu meeting with reporters Wednesday outside the governor's mansion, Palin ... (more) Palin Attending Alfalfa Club Dinner Because Of Obama

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Obama gets laughs at Alfalfa dinner
cnn.com - 2/1/2009
Obama gets laughs at Alfalfa dinner
— cnn.com — Colin Powell chats with other guests at the Alfalfa dinner in Washington on Saturday night.... (more) Obama gets laughs at Alfalfa dinner

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news.yahoo.com - 2/3/2009
Obama rocks the Alfalfa Club (Politico)
— news.yahoo.com — Politico - How big is Barack Obama right now?... (more) Obama rocks the Alfalfa Club (Politico)

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She got PAC: The latest on Sarah Palin
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... The columnist says that Gov. Palin will will attend the annual invitation-only dinner of the Alfalfa Club Saturday. The black tie dinner, the club’s only function, has been held on the last Saturday of January every year since 1913 in honor of Robert E. Lee. the Alfalfas are mostly politicians and business leaders, and have included several U.S. presidents. Ronald Reagan, Harry S. Truman, William Rehnquist and Earl Warren have all been members. The governor is also expected to attend at least a day or two of the RNC’s  ...

Palin launches new PAC?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... to help recast the ‘Cuda as a centrist. And the media to pay very close attention to how much money her PAC’s raising compared to Huck’s and Mitt’s. Adams also claims Palin will be at the Alfalfa Club dinner with Obama that’s coming up; take a gander at the membership roll . Exit question: Will she be ...

Ericka Andersen: Sarah "Palling Around" at Alfalfa Dinner
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... The club reportedly serves $200 a plate filet mignon and lobster and offers a stage for the political roasting so common among formal Washington dinners. The 200-member club, first started to celebrate the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee, welcomed incoming club president, Sen. Kit Bond and said goodbye to the outgoing Sen. Joe Lieberman. As star speaker of the evening, Obama poked good natured fun at his Republican counterparts, ...

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MSNBC’s O’Donnell: Sarah Palin Called Obama a Terrorist
newsbusters.org 1/29/2009 — During the 3PM hour on MSNBC, anchor Norah O’Donnell derided Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for attending the annual Alfalfa dinner in Washington, D.C., declaring: "Sarah Palin is coming to D.C. she ran as a maverick this whole campaign, wanted ...
Martinez and McCaskill join Alfalfa — Anne Schroeder's Blog
We were so focused on Gov. Sarah Palin attending the big Alfalfa dinner here in town on Saturday night, we missed some other news. The oh-so-exclusive Washington club welcomed two new members at the dinner: Sens. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO).  No word on who ...
Clyburn: New Faces at Alfalfa Dinner — News
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the most powerful African American lawmaker in America, says there were many new faces in the crowd at Saturday night's Alfalfa Dinner, hinting that power has taken on a new complexion in Washington, D.C. with President Obama in the White House. "There ...
Top Secret McCain Alfalfa Dinner Jokes Revealed — Politics Daily
As I reported earlier , The Alfalfa Club held its annual Alfalfa Dinner on Saturday. The exclusive shindig, held on the last Saturday of January to commemorate the birthday of confederate General Robert E. Lee, is traditionally attended by the President, along with a small group of business and ...
Obama: Robert E. Lee'd be 'very confused' — The Swamp
by Mark Silva President Barack Obama, the first African-American to hold the office, suggested last night that Robert E. Lee would be "very confused'' if he were around today. Obama, guest of honor at one of Washington's most exclusive events, the Alfalfa Club dinner, made a debut with ...
Quote of the Day — Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
"I am seriously glad to be here tonight at the annual Alfalfa dinner. I know that many you are aware that this dinner began almost one hundred years ago as a way to celebrate the birthday of General Robert E. Lee. If he were here with us tonight, the General would be 202 years old. And very ...
Obama Riffs on Emanuel, Robert E. Lee — News
President Obama delivered punch lines on Robert E. Lee and Rahm Emanuel tonight at the Alfalfa Dinner, a closed banquet with Obama and other politicians. See excerpts from Obama's remarks below, as released by the White House press office: I am seriously glad to be here tonight at the annual ...
Obama at the Alfalfa dinner — AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
Excerpt of the President's remarks tonight, they're cute: I am seriously glad to be here tonight at the annual Alfalfa dinner. I know that many you are aware that this dinner began almost one hundred years ago as a way to celebrate the birthday of General Robert E. Lee. If he were here with us ...
Robert E. Lee, confused — Ben Smith's Blog
Obama appears tonight at the Alfalfa Dinner, a gathering of Washington's elite with Confederate roots, a fact on which the president remarked, according to excerpts from his prepared remarks: I am seriously glad to be here tonight at the annual Alfalfa dinner. I know that many you are aware ...
Excerpts of Barack Obama's Alfalfa Club Dinner Remarks — Politics Daily
Any regular readers of this page will tell you that I've had a real bug up my urethra over this Alfalfa Club Dinner. First, I wrote about its connection to Robert E. Lee, then about how nobody wanted to report it. Well, the White House has released excerpts of the President's remarks, and he ...
Who Cares That Alfalfa Dinner Honors Confederate General Robert E. Lee? — Politics Daily
As I reported yesterday , President Obama and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will be speaking at the Alfalfa Dinner tomorrow night. The annual dinner is private, very exclusive, and is a chummy roast-a-thon among the elitest of elites. Here's the thing. Every news account from prior years included ...
Palin to attend Alfalfa Club Dinner (President Obama Will Be There Too) — Political Punch
Washington DC's elite Alfalfa Club has only 200 or so members, mostly drawn from the worlds of business and politics (and specifically not from journalism). Since 1913, the club has feted various leaders and jokingly nominated its own presidential candidates...
Sarah Palin and Barack Obama to Face Off at Alfalfa Club Dinner — Politics Daily
I guess the Arugula Banquet was already booked? (Sorry.) From Politico : In what could be a preview of the 2012 presidential race, Sarah Palin and Barack Obama will share a stage together this Saturday night in Washington, D.C., Politico has learned. The Alaska governor and former GOP vice ...