Obama’s e-mails raise cash and concerns

Did you think the Obama fundraising would end on Election Day?

Think again.

A report at the link below says:

In the five weeks since Election Day, Obama's once-cohesive Web presence has fragmented into a jumble of sometimes disparate-feeling fundraising pitches, YouTube videos and calls for activism spread across three websites.

Want a sleek Obama '08 coffee mug, a four-year calendar with pictures of Barack Obama on the campaign trail, or a blue T-shirt with "Change Can Happen" emblazoned under stylized photos of the incoming president and vice president?

You’ll have to hurry. But they all can be yours for the holidays, if you go to Obama's campaign website and donate $15, $35 or $30 to the Democratic National Committee.

So said a trio of e-mails sent since Obama's historic victory last month to the 13 million or so folks on his unprecedented campaign e-mail list, which has also been used to raise cash for Obama's non-profit presidential transition group and former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's insolvent presidential campaign.

That’s right, he even wants you to pay Hillary’s campaign debt! If not, she may be the first Secretary of State to assume office owing millions in presidential campaign debt.

And, of course, there are the fashion and novelty sale items — including the Obama fleece scarf being hawked this week with a deadline duly noted to ensure delivery in time for Christmas.

With the country in a recession and an elaborate coronation ..er.. I mean inauguration, coming next month, why is the begging hand still outstretched for donations?

Will Barack Hussein Obama be the first president to sell souvenir ashtrays from the Oval Office?

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