My Conversation With Barack’s Fundraisers

by poputonian

This is pretty much how the telephone solicitation went down:

FUNDRAISER: [Opening script] … can we count on you for $150?

ME: I will vote Democrat, but I won’t give any money to Obama’s campaign. I disagree with him when he says it does no harm to children when adult authorities force them to stand and recite the pledge ritual.

FUNDRAISER: [Long follow-up script] … can we count on you for $50?

ME: No, Barack Obama doesn’t respect the separation of Church and State the way I believe he should.

FUNDRAISER: But but … we’re a Christian nation … that’s what we are. Weren’t the Founders Christians?

ME: Not necessarily; some were, but some were also atheists and some were deists. You can track the way Virginia law asserted in the positive that atheists were eligible for public office. If Obama gets the Democratic nomination, I will vote for him, and I will vote for him in the primary above Edwards or Hillary. But he won’t get money from me as long as he panders to the religious nuts in this country. Please tell Obama that I said that.

FUNDRAISER: OK – thank you for your time.

I gotta admire him, though, that his is the first call I’ve gotten. His campaign appears organized and serious, and I like the way he’s skewering Hillary “I don’t make mistakes” Clinton for her war vote.

One other thing, too, about Mr. Happy, Terry McAuliffe. Last week this millionaire consultant and frequent golfer appeared on several talk shows stating how each and every day, he tells Hillary to just go out and have fun.

Yeah – why am I not surprised? What’s there for her to get all serious and introspective about?