ABC News: The Money Trail
ABC News and their chief investigative reporter Brian Ross are doing an illuminating series of stories about how the Democratic Party has been courting big money at their convention in Denver while doing their best to prevent any media coverage of it.
Anybody who thinks the Democrats are the party of the little people should read about the “Pelosi 100“:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) created the “Pelosi 100″ for people “who contribute and raise $100,000 in personal funds,” according to documents obtained by ABC News.
The wealthy members of the “Pelosi 100″ attended a private, lavish party Monday night in the penthouse suite of the Denver Performing Arts Center, featuring Tony Bennett, John Legend and James Taylor.
There was a heavy security presence with police telling reporters “no media is allowed,” although observers on the balcony of a nearby apartment building could view the scene.
Also included in the $100,000 Pelosi package was “preferred booking” at a top downtown Denver hotel, four convention hall credentials and access to luxury sky boxes overlooking the convention floor.
An ABC reporter trying to cover the event was roughed up, choked by a cigar smoking Denver policeman and ultimately arrested by several police officers even though he and the cameramen appeared to be on a public sidewalk. One officer can be seen pushing the reporter out into the street while the reporter is complaining that he’s on public property. (The link for the video is in the article.)
During the arrest, one of the officers can be heard saying to Eslocker, “You’re lucky I didn’t knock the f..k out of you.”
In addition, lobbyists are spending wildly at the Democratic Convention and some ethics groups have noted Barack Obama’s silence on the matter.
A spokesman for the Obama campaign, Ben LaBolt, said the Senator could not “make changes to this year’s convention” because of the “very late end to the primary season.”
As a result, lobbyists are once again spending millions of dollars here on gourmet food, top-shelf liquor and private lavish parties for Democratic elected officials who seem more than happy to play the role of world-class freeloaders.
According to Denver’s top chefs and caterers, no expense is being spared.
Kevin Taylor, of the Denver restaurant Palette, who says he is the only four-star chef in Denver, says he is booked to prepare delicacies for more than 100 “high end, hush-hush events.”
“The demand is over the top, you’ve never seen anything like this,” said chef Taylor, especially for his signature King Crab terrine appetizer with white champagne caviar.
The Democratic Party elite are certainly not having trouble putting gas in their tanks, food on their tables or paying for health care though they want us to believe they understand the financial difficulties so many Americans are having these days. The fact is they don’t.
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