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CANDIDATE POVERTY WATCH

Obama’s June Haul Smaller Than Last Night’s Bar Tab

by Sara K. Smith

10:03 am July 17, 2008

He is the 'Zzyzx Road ' of presidential candidatesWonkette Fundraising Operative “Neville” sends us this sad screencap from CNN.com that reveals the true state of Barack Obama’s finances. He has officially raised enough money to buy one gallon of gas and a pack of Old Golds.

{ 35 comments }

Borat July 17, 2008 at 10:07 am

is that $52 zimbabwe dollars?

ManchuCandidate July 17, 2008 at 10:08 am

I’m more annoyed by the Tony Snow byline. Man of “Goodness?” By goodness if you mean speaking in blah blah tones and evading questions with Cheney’s hand up your ass then, yes, he is a man of goodness.

Darehead July 17, 2008 at 10:09 am

Hope he is still left with some spare change we can believe in.

EnBuenOra July 17, 2008 at 10:10 am

I guess the competition from leaf blowers cuts the take for raking.

norbizness July 17, 2008 at 10:10 am

McCain got $14 in Confederate money and a rock that looks like it’s quartz but on closer examination really isn’t.

tsunami July 17, 2008 at 10:13 am

i thought only illegals raked. you don’t suppose…

Donkey Sauce July 17, 2008 at 10:17 am

He should be a good sport and use it to buy one of Hillary’s horrifying t-shirts. Show some unity!

Paultardville July 17, 2008 at 10:17 am

Damn, there goes the Nicorette budget.

EnBuenOra July 17, 2008 at 10:18 am

Hey, why no jokes on how slow their building homes from the other headline? What, slow motion home construction not good enough for ya?

scotterl July 17, 2008 at 10:21 am

The new, “Can you give a dollar a week for Hope?” pitch finally worked.

Serolf Divad July 17, 2008 at 10:23 am

[re=38306]ManchuCandidate[/re]:

Maybe it’s “goodness” as is “my goodness this guy lies a lot!”

freakishlystrong July 17, 2008 at 10:28 am

Remembering Tony Snow, Man of “goodness”..
Lawmakers “drill” for compromise on oil…
Somebody has a case of the humorz at the CNN..

Darehead July 17, 2008 at 10:32 am

[re=38330]freakishlystrong[/re]: Maybe Ken is moonlighting there, too?

Cord July 17, 2008 at 10:44 am

Maybe he could buy Kenya and make it the fifty-first states. How about them African Apples.

masterdebater July 17, 2008 at 10:51 am

That’s just the amount he got with an actual rake. Of course he got bazillions more to give to Hillary and stuff.

freakishlystrong July 17, 2008 at 10:55 am

[re=38331]Darehead[/re]: Ken DEFINES “media whore”…

shortsshortsshorts July 17, 2008 at 10:57 am

Jesus Christ, you stupid bastards have just given ANOTHER 52 million to Al Qaeda. WHY DO YOU HATE FREEDOM SO MUCH???????

WadISay July 17, 2008 at 10:57 am

After the big speech in Berlin, $52MM ought to be about enough to buy a night out at a caberet, where he can sit depressively smoking Luckies and drinking scotch. A nasal-sounding host insinuatingly introduces “Fraulein Lisl”, a chanteuse in a tuxedo jacket and fishnet stockings who sings about die Haifisch. Then he can crash at the local youth hostel and wonder where the money went.

nbawriter July 17, 2008 at 11:05 am

I think he blew all but that much on poker … check out his crappy ranking playing on Full Tilt:

http://officialpokerrankings.com/fulltiltpoker/obama4president/poker/results/CA68B0FDC822465FA132B8679F45EEA1.html?t=2

JSDC007 July 17, 2008 at 11:07 am

Tony, you weren’t a man of goodness. You were a liar and a whore, but you were a handsome liar and whore. And for that we forgive you. You see, the goodlooking are always given a pass.

jimh July 17, 2008 at 11:13 am

I raked in more than that in June.
If you want to know my secret Barry: Garage Sale!

Elitist Republican Tard July 17, 2008 at 11:16 am

That means I gave 48% of the campaign’s money last month. What cabinet positions can I choose from? Can I have sex with Michelle? I will double my contribution this month if you promise to incorporate my visage on a coin.

Elitist Republican Tard July 17, 2008 at 11:30 am

I will also promise to purchase and donate this bill for 5 billion dollars.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110269646241

Of course, it’s being sold in GBP, which meas i probably can’t afford it…

Elitist Republican Tard July 17, 2008 at 11:36 am

[re=38374]nbawriter[/re]: wow, I just looked up my poker stats. I suck. But I have fun.

http://officialpokerrankings.com/pokerstars/timbilly7/poker/results/693996F168A840C3BE273FFCD3BEE376.html?t=2

Any, actually, Obama4President on Full Tilt has only entered one tournament, which he won. That’s not bad. Experience I guess doesn’t matter so much blah blah make your own joke

gurukalehuru July 17, 2008 at 11:36 am

The header was entirely appropriate. How many times did you sit in front of the TV and say “Goodness gracious, I can’t believe the shit that comes out of that man’s mouth.”

But, Snow…what an unfortunate name for someone in his current location. Doesn’t really have a chance.

Lolo July 17, 2008 at 11:39 am

Sorry for the spoiler, but Barack is scheduled to make a guest appearance on MTV’s “I Love Money” next week. He and Chance are gonna kick Mr. Boston’s ass once and for all…

Lolo July 17, 2008 at 11:42 am

[re=38306]ManchuCandidate[/re]: It’s not nice to speak ill of the dead…unless they were liars and apologists for an illegal war and are now rotting in Hell. Then, by all means, speak ill.

nbawriter July 17, 2008 at 12:08 pm

[re=38429]Lolo[/re]: Wow, I’m officially old, because that post about MTV’s “I Love Money” may as well have been written in Mandarin. It was a bunch of nonsense to me.

That said, I steadfastly argue that it isn’t my senility that makes MTV suck ass in my eyes. I truly believe that channel should go back to showing videos, with Flava Flav limited to Guest VJ duties.

Hooray For Anything July 17, 2008 at 12:09 pm

I think CNN meant Schrutebucks and not campaign bucks.

Squiggyfm July 17, 2008 at 12:10 pm

What, with all the Clinton campaign being flush with cash…this was to be expected.

Botswana Meat Commission FC July 17, 2008 at 12:42 pm

I’m going to order the $5 foot-long Mexican drug sub for lunch today.

sanantonerose July 17, 2008 at 12:56 pm

Rold Golds?

He better get the reduced salt.

TGY July 17, 2008 at 1:16 pm

Must…sell..kidney…on EBay..for Hopey.

hazmaq July 17, 2008 at 1:23 pm

I knew that two timing gold digging bastard would suffer without me. If he wants to hang with those centrist HO’s and take sloppy seconds – good fuckin Riddance!

natoslug July 17, 2008 at 1:53 pm

[re=38306]ManchuCandidate[/re]: So was it Cheney’s hand that gave him cancer? That manthing is toxic!

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