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Hope! Change! Being A Deadbeat!
doubleplusundead — Hope! Change! Being A Deadbeat! You mean the Magic Unicorns couldn't pay off his party debts? Here is where I recycle my old "if the Republicans had sone this..." line. Stacie Paxton, a spokeswoman for the Obama-controlled DNC, explained the reimbursement delay by saying, "We are still looking at various costs and bills.'' She would not say whether parts of the bill are disputed. The city spent $1 million on police protection for the rally. The Office of Emergency Management and Communications racked up more than $120,000 in ...

$1.74 million deadbeats of the day: Obama and the DNC
Michelle Malkin — “Shared sacrifice” apparently means shafting your hometown and letting your victory day celebration bills go unpaid. What happened to “We must all pay?” The deadbeat fish rots from the head down. Via Sun-Times: Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama’s victory celebration in Grant Park — despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions.“The Democratic National Committee has not yet paid us,” Peter Scales, a spokesman for the city’s Office of Budget and Management, said Thursday after questions ...

HOPE, CHANGE, AND DEBT: Obama victory bash owes city $1.74 mil. “Chicago has yet to recoup the $1….
Instapundit — ... HOPE, CHANGE, AND DEBT: Obama victory bash owes city $1.74 mil. “Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama’s victory celebration in Grant Park — despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions.” This is starting to sound like a theme. ...

Deadbeatonomics: Obama stiffs Chicago for $1.74M
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... When Barack Obama won the presidential election, the DNC and the Obama campaign staged a massive party in Chicago’s Grant Park.  They wanted to emphasize that Hope and Change had finally come to America.  Instead, it looks as though they showed how they planned to deal with the mortgage crisis — by letting the bill go unpaid after the big party (via ...

Chicago Sun-Times Reports on Deadbeat Democrats
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — In a news story not covered by other major media, the Chicago Sun-Times today reported that the Democratic National Committee still hasn't paid Chicago for November's Obama victory celebration.  "Obama victory bash owes city $1.74 mil." begins: Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park -- despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions. "The Democratic National Committee has not yet paid us,'' Peter Scales, a spokesman for the city's Office of Budget and Management, said Thursday after questions from the Chicago Sun-Times. "We're reaching ...

Dwayne Horner: The Obama Economic Plan: Pass The Buck!
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Aren't we measured on what we will do by what we've done in the past? If so, now we know why the Obama Administration advocates a society of "Don't pay your bills" because THEY didn't pay their tab to the City of Chicago for Election Night Obamapalooza: From the Chicago Sun Times : "Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama’s victory celebration in Grant Park — despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions. “The Democratic National Committee has not yet paid us,” Peter Scales, a spokesman for the ...

Deadbeat Dems
Rhymes With Right — ... with a $1.74 million bill for his victory party on election night. Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park -- despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions. "The Democratic National Committee has not yet paid us,'' Peter Scales, a spokesman for the city's Office of Budget and Management, said Thursday after questions from the Chicago Sun-Times. "We're reaching out to them this week." Funny, mayor Daley was shocked and offended by suggestions that Obama and ...

He'll Run America Like They Run Their Party
small dead animals — He'll Run America Like They Run Their Party By throwing the unopened bills in a drawer; Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park -- despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions. "The Democratic National Committee has not yet paid us,'' Peter Scales, a spokesman for the city's Office of Budget and Management, said Thursday after questions from the Chicago Sun-Times. "We're reaching out to them this week." That was February 20th - a full three and a half months ...

All The Known Gaffes Of The Obama World
Jules Crittenden — [image] « Apology Accepted All The Known Gaffes Of The Obama World UK Telegraph Toby Harnden  cruelly lines up his Top 10 Obama-Biden gaffes. More gaffeology follows, in what I hope to establish as a repository of Obama errata: 10.  Just after he’s been sworn in by him, the newly-minted Vice President Joe Biden gets the name of Justice John Paul Stephens, “one of the great justices” of the Supreme Court, wrong by calling him “Justice Stewart.” 9. Barack Obama jokes about Nancy Reagan having séances in the White House. He later called her to apologise  after the AP noted that although she had consulted astrologers, “she did not ...