President Obama Asks Campaign Donors To Send Him More Money

President Barack Obama walks down the stairs from Air Force One upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Friday, June 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Daily Beast:

President Obama sounded weary and maybe a tad worried late Friday during a rambling conference call with campaign donors whom he repeatedly begged to send money—and send it now.

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Comments

[6465billy]

10:35 AM on 07/02/2012

The ONLY thing I would be willing to send Obama is a suit case to start packing because President Romney needs him out of the WH> Obama could start packing right now and it will NOT be so hard on him.

[Maui Gal]

03:32 AM on 07/02/2012

Hey Barack!
Ask not what your Country can do for YOU, ask what You can do for your Country!

[The Black Raven]

12:16 AM on 07/02/2012

Rome is burning! Well Barry's world is anyway. Contribute to the fire sale, support Mitt!

[Maui Gal]

11:24 PM on 07/01/2012

It's just ALWAYS about you, you have spent more time campaigning then the last 5 Presidents combined and on our watch, more time in Air Force 1, and on the golf course!
People want and need jobs, BUT it is only Yours that you will put any effort into!
These hundreds in Colorado have lost their homes, yet you worry only about getting money for yourself!
Hey Barack....................ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[demsneed2go]

10:10 PM on 07/01/2012

I bet Obama's been sick especially after he found out ROMNEY made $4.6 million 24 hours after SCOTUS's decision. Looks like people don't have his back like people have ROMNEY'S.

[tenilla]

11:34 PM on 07/01/2012

It is not "people" who have Romney's back; it is corporations.

Have you even heard of the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling?

[Larry Andre]

02:35 AM on 07/02/2012

Not true, corporations are apolitical, giving to both parties, look at the donations from corps, over 65% went to Dems and Obama

[The Black Raven]

12:20 AM on 07/02/2012

Well Barry does have a target on his back, and Mitt is aiming for it.

[last man standing]

07:19 PM on 07/01/2012

Why You're Voting for Obama because:

1. government will do a better job of spending the money you earn than you would.

2. Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.

3. you’re too irresponsible to own a gun, and you know that local police are all you need to protect you from murderers and thieves.

4. you believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if you don't start driving a Chevy Volt.

5. you’re not concerned about babies being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.

6. you think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits.

7. you believe that business should not be allowed to make profits. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as Obama sees fit.

8. liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.

9. that it's better to pay billions to people who hate us for their oil, but not drill our own

10. while we live in the greatest, most wonderful country in the world, Obama promised "HOPE AND CHANGE".

11. you’re head is so firmly planted up you’re a*s it's unlikely that you will ever have another point of view.

[Maui Gal]

11:28 PM on 07/01/2012

You got it all right!
As we know, those heads are stuck in there tight!
F&F

[amaboss52]

02:35 PM on 07/02/2012

As is yours!

[Patty Ann]

08:04 AM on 07/02/2012

Last Man Standing Fan & Fav you for having common sense..

[Terry DR]

07:11 PM on 07/01/2012

IF America is willing to allow the rich to purchase a president for them, then shes deserves what she gets. People better open their eyes. There are reasons why foreign countries are funding Romney. You think they arent telling him what they want?

[MtnMania]

08:51 PM on 07/01/2012

Maybe you are more right than you know, the money went to " this president" in 2008. So America deserves the $15T debt?

[gramma61]

09:21 PM on 07/01/2012

http://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-confused-about-government-spending-2012-6

[Terry DR]

09:57 PM on 07/01/2012

Please do tell us what Obama policy created this debt?  Let me give you a hint, NONE.  Obama is responsible for just over 900 billion.  You can thank W for over 9 trillion, mainly tax cuts for people not like you.Keep voting against yourself, they know how st oo pid you are.

[The Black Raven]

12:22 AM on 07/02/2012

So you mean we should not have left George Soros completely fund Obama's last campaign? Thanks for the pointer.

[mcmutter]

06:40 PM on 07/01/2012

192 BILLIONAIRES do whatever they want in the USA ....

and now ... thanks to the Supremes ... they can buy elections ....

oh well ... the Age of the Middle Class in America is over anyway ....

going forward ... its just going to be the 1% and the poor ....

[blondssspice]

06:42 PM on 07/01/2012

Not if I can help it... and the other 99%

[King of the Road]

07:14 PM on 07/01/2012

So if the court rules for the right, it is bought? But is the court rules for the left.. they used reason?

[mcmutter]

07:16 PM on 07/01/2012

this refers to Citizens United ....

[gaydood]

06:39 PM on 07/01/2012

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4 MORE 4 O !!

[The Black Raven]

12:32 AM on 07/02/2012

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[amaboss52]

02:38 PM on 07/02/2012

Yes bagger we all know how completey offensive you troIIs. By the way I'm hold up 3 fingers, it's a bouquest of middle fingers for you!

[The Black Raven]

05:08 PM on 07/23/2012

wow that was from long ago.

[tntmgmt]

06:17 PM on 07/01/2012

The bar has been "lowered" so much in my lifetime, that I now only look for this question to be answered by a political candidate;

"Do you understand the difference between the words "tax", and "penalty"?

[MtnMania]

08:59 PM on 07/01/2012

Both are punishments. One for earning and reporting more income than the govt thinks you should have, and the other for not complying with the law,

[gramma61]

09:22 PM on 07/01/2012

So you see taxes as a punishment? That's a pretty bizarre take ...

[The Black Raven]

12:33 AM on 07/02/2012

Yes Obama care is a Tax. The supremes you love so much now says so.

[tntmgmt]

01:58 AM on 07/02/2012

Haven't liked the supremes since Kelo.  No surprise. 

[amaboss52]

02:41 PM on 07/02/2012

Change the last letter of your screen name from an N to an R and you will have described yourself perfectly!

[speakingtruth2power]

06:10 PM on 07/01/2012

Without the millions 'invested' in politics by billionaires, Romney would stand a chance.

[Terry DR]

07:12 PM on 07/01/2012

Truly frightening

[speakingtruth2power]

08:00 PM on 07/01/2012

I hope you read in the missing 'not', as in would not stand a chance.

[Maui Gal]

11:31 PM on 07/01/2012

How in the world do you think Barack Won??????????????

[tenilla]

12:01 AM on 07/02/2012

President Obama won before the Citizens United Supreme Court case.

Look it up. And please quit making Comments that pretty much say "I am really not very bright, but I know what color I want my president to be."

[senator11]

06:08 PM on 07/01/2012

With Barack, we have an individual that knows no shame, he is in this for one person, and that is himself - he and his handlers know that he is trouble with this election. He and his people have done everything they could - legal and otherwise - to advance their agenda, and they fully realized they have turned off Main Street and definitely Wall Street....nobody likes a loser.

[gramma61]

09:24 PM on 07/01/2012

And what precisely does he have to gain?

[nmhokahey]

05:46 PM on 07/01/2012

Ignore the nonsense trolls who are paid to aggravate.

[speakingtruth2power]

06:14 PM on 07/01/2012

You can tell 'em by the cadence; talking point, something irrelevant,

talking point, something insulting, talking point and back at it again.

[tntmgmt]

06:18 PM on 07/01/2012

I do hereby declare, on this beautiful July 1st day, of the year 2012, that the term "talking point" has...in and of itself, become a "talking point".

That is all.

[CubnKira]

05:34 PM on 07/01/2012

The whole money raising scheme could have been avoided if Obama didn't lie to us in 2008 and agree with John McCain to take public funding. Obama broke his word and then outraised McCain 3-1. Perhaps both he and Romney would have taken public funds only had Obama done so as promised in 2008.

[speakingtruth2power]

06:06 PM on 07/01/2012

Romney could walk a block without private money.

There is no way he would go with public financing

and besides w/ Cit. Uni. none of that matters now.

[relaxxing 00]

06:36 PM on 07/01/2012

Obama went back on his word and of course you now say it doesn't matter as Obama crys beggs for money, Obama liked, loved that he had far more money then McCain. now cry baby cry hahah.

[tenilla]

12:08 AM on 07/02/2012

They have never heard of Citizens United and would be unable to comprehend
its meaning and its ramifications.

[RPDash]

05:10 PM on 07/01/2012

Fact: 94% of the time, the candidate with the most money to spend wins. President Obama will beat all odds because he is on the right side of history.

[CubnKira]

05:35 PM on 07/01/2012

Is that how Obama beat McCain, outspending him 3-1. The left rarely talks about that.

[speakingtruth2power]

06:07 PM on 07/01/2012

3 to 1 is a myth. If you knew more, you'd just be lying.

[speakingtruth2power]

06:15 PM on 07/01/2012

Con myth #23

[devildog09]

05:46 PM on 07/01/2012

You are mistaken. He is on the left side of the American public

[speakingtruth2power]

06:08 PM on 07/01/2012

Bushit, he's as centrist as Clinton.

It's just the right that's moved so far.