Chairman Tom Cole and the Republican Leadership of the United States House of Representatives Cordially Invite 90Wt and Guest to attend the 2007 President’s Dinner!!
So, I’m here piddling around with some things in my home office when the phone rings. Checking the caller ID, I see it says Out of Area, which I never answer (usually automated telemarketing). Much to my surprise the fax begins printing. I’m thinking who in tarnation is that !?
Turns out, it is a 4 page fax inviting me to the National Republincan Congressional Committee’s President’s Dinner. Also the NRCC’s Annual Board Meeting.
On the cover, they mention that “due to your standing with the party” they’ve reserved seating for me and arranged for a VIP photo.
Funny thing is, I’m not a member of ANY political party.
There are a lot of enticements listed in the program - Photo op with Karl Rove ! Photo-op with Members of Congress! Welcome Breakfast!
IIWY, I would check to see how much that dinner might set you back. Then again, why not go, if it’s not too expensive? I like watching critters in their natural habitat, and think of the threads you could start!
I’ve read the fine print and nowhere does it say ’X per plate'. The only thing that even mentions is the ‘personal instructions and itinerary’ which direct me to make my own reservations at the Ritz-Carlton ( :eek: ).
Wait… ah ha … I think I’ve found it.
“New members of the House Republican Trust and Congressional Leadership Council recieve two complimentary tickets to”. That probably means that I’d have to join that Council … for a small fee. Heh.
NinetyWt, from my Mississippi memory, Robert Johnston’s Crossroads is up there in Clarksdale. A midnight jaunt might help you find that answer if yer tortured about it
Hello is this NinetyWt? Listen to me NinetyWt, ‘nor would I ask of any fellow American in defense of his freedom that which I would not gladly give myself - my life before my liberty.’
Lewis Black has a bit about one of these things on his Carnegie Hall CD. Unless you’re a whore, don’t go. Even if you’re a whore, you shouldn’t go. It’ll be the most uncomfortable experience of your life. (Unless, of course, you’re perpared to make an absolute ass out of yourself [like say, running around naked with nothing buy a GOP elephant on your head], in which case, I insist that you go, and you alert the media as to what you’re planning to do.)
So, it looks like it will set you back at least $5k to join the House Republican Trust. But if you join at the $10k per annum level, you can get a lovely tote bag!
