MightyFunk

Okay, so I don’t know exactly what they are serv­ing at this gala-dinner event. And no, the title of this post is not intended to be racist but to point out a dichotomy between ‘expen­sive’ and a rel­a­tively ‘cheap’ food source. Chicken wings just hap­pen to come to mind. If it makes the reader happy, I sup­pose I can change ‘chicken wing din­ner’ to ‘fish fry’ even tho a fish fry would prob­a­bly cost more. But why bother me about semantics.

In a few days (or weeks) from now, an acquain­tance will be attend­ing a din­ner event with Barack Obama. The price tag? $4,000.

Yep, you heard right. It’s not cheap.

Is this out of the norm for a polit­i­cal cam­paign ‘fund raiser’? Absolutely not. In fact, I’m cer­tain the prices are sim­i­lar for hav­ing Dori­tos with Clin­ton and Pringles with McCain. It still doesn’t hide the fact that this is an awful waste of money for the oppor­tu­nity to rub shoul­ders with some­one who prob­a­bly even have the time to talk with you. I’d much rather see the money ‘wasted’ going to a soup kitchen or an elderly care facility.

If it comes down to Obama as a Pres­i­den­tial can­di­date, I will vote for him. But ulti­mately, I sup­pose this fancy-pants din­ner is for a ‘good’ cause — the ‘lesser’ of all evils.

I just hope for my acquaintance’s sake it’s open bar…