Bush Inaugural Fund-Raising Hits $18M; Short Of $40M Goal

[AllyCat]

Awww, gee, that's too bad...

Friday January 7, 5:57 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP)--The team collecting private donations to finance President George W. Bush's inaugural festivities has taken in $18 million, putting it nearly halfway to its goal of at least $40 million.

Bush's inaugural committee raised about $4.5 million of that total over the last week, according to updated donor information posted Friday on its Web site.

The latest donors include Cinergy Corp. (CIN), an energy company whose businesses include electric and natural gas distribution in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Cinergy was among those donating $250,000 to become inaugural " underwriters" and receive a sponsorship package that includes tickets to various inaugural week events featuring President Bush, first lady Laura Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne.

Other new $250,000 underwriters include AT&T (T); Bank of America (BAC); Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY); United Parcel Service (UPS); San Diego Chargers owner Alex Spanos; American Financial Group (AFG) of Cincinnati and one of its top executives, Carl H. Lindner; New Energy Corp. of South Bend, Ind.; Thomas Stephenson, a partner in Sequoia Capital in Atherton, Calif.; and Maryland-based Strongbow Technologies Corp.

http://money.excite.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&feed=dji&src=704&news_id=dji-00088020050107&date=20050107

[katinmn]

1. awwwww!

:cry:

Those corporate whores don't know what to do.

Faced with a possible revolution, they don't know where their bread is buttered, or whose ass to kiss first.

[Cobalt Violet]

2. Cry me a river!

:cry:

[sam sarrha]

3. will have to cut back to Crack Whores instead of call girls...

[candy]

4. God---they may have to budget themselves--like we do!!!!

Hypocrites all!

[AllyCat]

5. Glad I don't work for UPS anymore!

Cannot believe the way their stock jumped after the election. Note their healthy contribution according to the article. Now, everything is USPS.

[hatrack]

6. Donations were pouring in - then, the "Let The Eagle Soar" story broke!

Corporate funding interest suddenly dried up. Hmmm . . . I wonder why.

[AllyCat]

7. Missed that story hatrack

What was it? Link?

[peacebird]

9. Asscrofts little ditty to be sung by Lawrence Welk singer at coronation

Trent Lott is helping organize the coronation and from the Boston Globe:
"Guy Hovis, a vocalist from Tupelo, Miss., who performed on the Lawrence Welk show, will sing, ''Let the Eagle Soar," a song written by outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft. Thomas Basile, a spokesman for the committee, said the song is a favorite of Lott's. "


http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/bush/articles/2005/01/06/cheney_to_be_sworn_in_by_hastert_at_inaugural/


:puke:

[AllyCat]

12. Ugh...I'll be sure to miss that one

I can think of no musical venture more horrible.

[bahrbearian]

8. They'll have to dip into the Iraqi slush fund.

[itzamirakul]

10. Either Iraqui slush fund or

they will help themselves from some of the tsunami donations.

[AllyCat]

11. Oh God... you know they would do it too.

[bleedingheart]

13. people without healthcare in the country and schools without books

but the GOP is raising money for a party....shows you the true morality of the GOP...

[blm]

14. If they don't reach their target, expect Bush to claim he's cutting back

because of the tsunami tragedy. Count 15 seconds and then watch his eyes well up with unshed tears. The man is 100% fraWd.

[peacebird]

15. sick... but probably totally accurate.

[justiceischeap]

16. Does that mean they'll make up the difference

with our tax dollars? They seem to think it's okay to use our tax money for things they shouldn't (Armstrong Williams).