Why did Obama pick August 2nd for the deadline for raising the debt ceiling? Many people have asked why that date, and now we know the reason why Aug 2nd, of all dates, was picked.
The reason is because Obama is holding a huge 50th birthday bash and fundraiser the very next day (Aug 3rd), and Obama wanted to be able to use his administration’s forced overspending and jacked-up tax rates as a draw for some big donations from the loonies on the left.
This is the same reason why Obama has said that he will veto any short-term fix. They know that the Democrats are looking very bad due to their tax and overspend policies, which has tanked our economy, and Obama doesn’t want to have to deal with it again before the next election.
Obama knows that he and his party are nothing but obstructionists to the multiple ideas and plans that the Republicans have come up with, while Democrats have not put even one plan down on paper to be scrutinized. (Probably because the American People would revolt when they see how Obama plans on running our nation’s economy further into the ground.)
More Tea Parties are needed to show them that we mean business!
Herbie Hancock, Jennifer Hudson and OK Go, three artists with Chicago roots, will head up the entertainment portion of a planned birthday party and fundraiser celebrating the president’s 50th birthday on August 3rd.
There’s an emphasis on the word “planned” because developments on a deal to increase the debt ceiling in Congress and the Senate ostensibly could keep the president in Washington, DC as a deadline date for a final solution bumps up against the planned celebration.
The party is being hosted by Obama’s Victory Fund 2012, a joint fundraising vehicle of the Obama re-election campaign and the DNC. The event is booked at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, and is open to the public with a campaign donation.
Hudson sang the national anthem at the 2008 Democratic convention and performed at the first State Dinner of the Obama administration.
Hancock performed at Obama’s inaugural concert in January of 2009 and at a January, 2011 State Dinner. That event generated some controversy when Lang Lang, a young Chinese musician who performed with Hancock, performed a song that is something of a current standard, but in the 1950’s had also appeared in a Chinese film that some perceived as anti-American.
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