Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Barack Obama, regular guy

I guess that fundraiser at rapper Jay-Z’s place in New York was just way cooler than a meeting with Netanyahu would have been.
President Barack Obama attended a fundraiser at Jay-Z's 40/40 Club in Manhattan that featured a champagne tower of 350 bottles worth $105,000 - more than twice the median household income of an American family.

The tower of $300-a-bottle Armand de Brignac Brut Gold, known as 'Ace of Spades' because of its label, is a permanent fixture at the club.
I’m kind of reminded of the scene in George Orwell’s Animal Farm, where the other animals are looking through the window of the farm house at Napoleon the Pig, partying with some of the local humans and preferred members of the pig class.

Update: Oh, and what a class act this Jay-Z character is! (Hit the link and scroll down).

3 comments:

Yojimbo said...


That hundred grand is also more than the net worth of a significant chunk of the American populace, never mind the yearly income stat.

I think I heard a stat(could be wrong) that stated the average IRA is about $12,000.

rinardman said...

Or, as Rush likes to call him....President Kardashian.

RebeccaH said...

That should give you some idea of the base that Obama is trying to appeal to.