May 23 2008
Bush/McCain event canceled
This is choice…
Poor ticket sales, expected protests scuttle Bush-McCain fundraiser at Phoenix Convention Center
Bush / McCainA Tuesday fundraiser headlined by President Bush for U.S. Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign is being moved out of the Phoenix Convention Center.
Sources familiar with the situation said the Bush-McCain event was not selling enough tickets to fill the Convention Center space, and that there were concerns about more anti-war protesters showing up outside the venue than attending the fundraiser inside.
Another source said there were concerns about the media covering the event.
Bush’s Arizona fundraising effort for McCain is being moved to private residences in the Phoenix area. A White House official said the event was being moved because the McCain campaign prefers private fundraisers and it is Bush administration policy to have events in public venues open to the media. The White House official said to reconcile that the Tuesday event will be held at a private venue and not the Convention Center.
Convention Center personnel confirmed the event has been canceled at their venue.
Tickets to the event were to range from $1,000 to $25,000 for VIP treatment. Money was to go toward McCain’s presidential bid and a number of Republican Party organs.
Arizona is Johnny McCain’s home state! Let’s review… A fundraiser for the presumptive Republican nominee for the presidency of the United States with the sitting President of the United States had to be canceled in the presumptive nominee’s home state because of poor ticket sales. They could not sell enough tickets to fill the venue. Their were fears that there would be more protesters outside the venue than supporters inside.
From this week’s Friday Night Cartoons (click to enlarge):
November 4 cannot get here quickly enough.
UPDATE: Isn’t it strange that this Associated Press story makes no mention of the above? Uh, tell me again, please, about the “liberal media.”
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