I have the T-shirt of President-elect Obama and that other guy

Now that the election and expensive campaigning are over and Barack Obama raised well in excess of $610 million, he'd like some more money please.

$30 more to be exact. At least.

This money isn't for him per se. It seems that in addition to his 6/10ths of a billion dollars to bring about change to believe in within the White House, the Democratic National Committee was spending more money than it had on hand to win several states.

The e-mail appeal calls it "considerable debt."

That's called borrowing or deficit spending. All very familiar terms in Washington. So no change there.

And now, over Obama's popular name, the DNC is seeking to pay off those debts by requesting minimum $30 donations from thousands of Obama supporters on that swell, vast donor list he's built.

And in return donors will get an actual blue "Victory T-shirt" with the pictures of Obama and the Delaware guy and the phrase "Change Can Happen." On the back it has the bipartisan expression: "Our Time for Change Has Come."

Speaking of Joe Biden, he hasn't had much to say since he suggested Hillary Clinton might have been a better Democratic VP pick by Obama than he was.

And speaking of Hillary Clinton, whatever happened to the Obama campaign's promise to help retire the campaign debt she accumulated trying to unsuccessfuly thrash Obama? We hear some grumblings about that.

Oh well, what she do she and that loquacious husband of hers matter now anyway? Somebody else will soon be in the Lincoln Bedroom.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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Comments

[andy corax]

Mr. Malcolm, I just wish you weren't quite as cynical as you seem to be.
Thank those founding fathers for a free press, though -- the fourth estate and all that.
I do appreciate your work, but just --
well, you see my point.
thanks for your efforts.
don't let anybody get away with anything!

[Miles Maestas]

Your reports of the dollar amount requested by Obama's campaign aren't exactly right. The amount requested is either exactly or close to the previous amount contributed by the donor. If you received a $30 request, then it is likely that you made a prior contribution of $30 or less. It makes sense to ask donors to give an amount they are likely to afford.

[OIFVet06]

Keep making those divisive appointments Mr. President Elect. The same weak minded people who gave you a "narrow" victory can sober up and snatch it from you in 48 months, and ACORN won’t be around to cook the vote on your behalf. Don't expect an accommodating House and Senate two years from now either. History shows you won't have it. You might want to ask Bill Clinton what happened to his Congress just two years into his sordid regime.

[julia]

Gee whiz. Why so bitter, Mr. Malcolm? Maybe your political legacy has been resoundingly rejected by the overwhelming majority of, well, people who have ever lived on earth, but you've met some nice PUMAs and your grandchildren get a better world.