So… Is it on or is it off? U.S. media is keeping it all very hush hush, but the bets are that since the Grand Compromise bill has been signed that it is on!! Guess we will find out~
Marilyn Monroe embarrassed President John F. Kennedy in front of the American people for his birthday in 1962.
Video: Marilyn Monroe - Happy Birthday Mr. President
For is 50th… Obama plans to insult the American people by having this lavish party for his 50th that will cost U.S. taxpayers (guesstimated) around $1.9 million when all is said and done… so after saddling us with another $2.5Trillion in debt he can simultaneously raise money, on our nickel) to be re-elected and do it to us again. What you didn’t get your invitation? Well. you can take pride in the fact that you helped pay for it…
As Washington races to the finish line to solve the debt ceiling deadline, the president is still busy planning his birthday big money fundraising bash in Chicago on Wednesday. When asked if the president should postpone the party/fundraiser due to the country’s economic realities, WH advisor Valerie Jarrett said the American people want “us” to “move forward.” Advice to the White House, Americans may want to move forward, but with 9.2 percent unemployment that might be the next thing to tackle…not a fundraiser.
Andrea Mitchell: Do you think the president should go forward with his birthday celebration which is basically a fundraiser… Or should that be postponed given the economic realities?
Valerie Jarrett: I think what the American people want to see is for us to move this debate behind us and move forward.
Video: Valarie Jarrett: American People Want The President To Fundraise
Source: GOP.com
Party Details from the UK…
Last updated at 11:27 AM on 1st August 2011
It was supposed to be the mother of all parties, now it may not happen at all.
President Obama's big 50th birthday is scheduled for August 3, the day after the debt talks deadline and the date that the U.S. had risked defaulting on its good faith and credit.
Despite the announcement of a deal on Sunday night, the champagne corks may not be popping in Chicago as doubts remain if the deal will actually make it through both houses of Congress.
Singing for the President? Jennifer Hudson was scheduled to join the bash at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom (Bummer she was one of my favorites!)
The party was planned for the Aragon Ballroom, which costs $40,000 to rent.
There is supposed to be a concert featuring jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and Jennifer Hudson, the star of Dreamgirls.
The entertainment was to be followed by a lavish dinner for couples giving $35,800 to Obama's campaign.
With the government scheduled to run out of money on Tuesday, an extravagant bash would hardly look good.
The plans are currently on hold, but senior White House officials are still saying the party would go forward only if the deficit negotiations and deadline to raise the debt limit ceiling have been resolved.
Booked to appear: Famed jazz pianist was said to providing some of the entertainment at the party
Glum: The President has said the birthday present he wants more than anything else is 'a debt-ceiling deal' (wrapped in special hidden goodies that we are already finding… only hours after the bill was passed by the Senate and signed by Obama)
An official said: 'The President will not attend the event in Chicago if negotiations are ongoing.'
Mr. Obama has already cancelled a series of campaign fundraisers to stay in Washington for the tense negotiations that have angered the U.S. public, worried financial markets and raised fears of a first-ever U.S. debt default.
The fundraisers would have brought in millions of dollars for the re-election war chest, the campaign official said.
The President cancelled a planned trip to California and Seattle, put off a fundraiser in New York
Mr. Obama's last campaign fundraiser was on June 30 in Pennsylvania.
He reported raising $86 million in the quarter ended on June 30, far eclipsing the money raised by any of the Republicans vying for their party's nomination to compete against him in the 2012 president election.
Asked what he most wanted for his birthday, Mr. Obama said 'a debt-ceiling deal.'
Obama’s Lavish Birthday Plans
Happy Birthday, Mr. President
Originally posted: July 16th, 2011
If America defaults on its debts come Aug. 2 -- as the Obama folks warn, absent a deal by then -- what will President Obama do on Aug. 3? Why, host a big birthday bash for himself, of course, to raise cash for his re-election.
That's his plan right now, anyway. (He turns 50 on Aug. 4.) Tickets for a private birthday dinner with the prez will go for as much as $35,800 a couple.
We, too, want to wish the president a joyous birthday. But how can anyone take seriously his threats of default -- and those of underlings like Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner -- when Obama himself doesn't seem terribly concerned?
We, too, want to wish the president a joyous birthday. But how can anyone take seriously his threats of default -- and those of underlings like Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner -- when Obama himself doesn't seem terribly concerned?
Indeed, the president and his fellow Democrats haven't seemed particularly worried about the nation's fiscal state for some time now:
* Obama has yet to produce any detailed proposal for a debt-ceiling deal, including what budget cuts he'd make. So what is it, exactly, that negotiators are supposed to agree on before Aug. 2?
* Since the president's $3.7 trillion baloney budget -- with its monstrous $9.5 trillion in deficits over 10 years -- was nixed in May by every voting Democrat and Republican in the Senate, he's yet to offer a new one.
* In 2010, House Dems failed their most basic responsibility: to pass a budget. It was Congress' first such failure in 36 years.
* House Republicans, by contrast, passed a long-range budget this year, addressing both short-term spending and long-term woes like Medicare. But the Democratic-controlled Senate voted that down -- without offering an alternative.
No wonder the warnings from Obama and Geithner have become more ominous: This week they said even Grandma might not get her Social Security check if no deal is reached by Aug. 2.
Their credibility is shot -- forcing them to heighten their threats.
Meanwhile, though, the prez has big plans for Default Day +1.
Enjoy your birthday, Mr. President.
Source: NY Post - AFP/GETTY IMAGES - Barack Obama
But Seniors… he might not be able to send out your social security checks.
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Obama not as old as he thinks
POSTED JULY 15, 2011 AT 8:46 PM BY EDDIE SCARRY
President Obama seems to have a little trouble keeping track of birthdays, even his own. During a press conference in late June he incorrectly identified his daughter Maliaas being 13 years old. She was 12 at the time and her birthday wasn’t for another five days. Then in another presser on Friday, Obama said he would be turning 50 “in a week.” Actually, he won’t hit his half-a-century mark for almost another three weeks, according to USA Today. His birthday is on Aug. 4.
We hope, for his sake, his memory doesn’t fail him when it comes to his and Mrs. Obama’s anniversary. Just in case, it’s Oct. 3.
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h/t Politico and Daily Thought Pad
Well… we didn’t default, but most people are very unhappy with ‘the deal’ still not resolved this morning… the day before Obama’s party most people feel that this extravagant party and fundraiser are a bit of slap in the face of the American people…. most of whom, now, plan not to vote for him.
At a time when many Americans can barely afford Burger King and a movie, Obama boasts of spending a billion dollars on his re-election campaign and a bundle (whatever the exact figure is) on a birthday party for himself.
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