I am still on those Obama lists. But I can state for a certainty that they never extended their "contests" to attending a taping of a television show that Obama was appearing on (either before or after he was elected president).
I think Spectacular ass is about right here - mostly for involving Colbert in a fundraiser without his permission. On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Bush v2.1 decided to launch a fundraiser on his campaign site (Motto: >> "No, seriously, they got the bugs out of this version!"). For a $3 >> donation, you can win VIP tickets to Bush's appearance on The Late Show >> Featuring Stephen Colbert. You know, the first show. >> >> However, no one bothered to actually *ask* Colbert or his staff if they >> were okay with this little stunt. Suffice to say, Colbert had a response. >> >> https://youtu.be/ZDcK3cbrn30 >> > > Spectacular Ass is overdoing it a bit. I used to be on the email lists for > Obama and Organizing For America and this was pretty much all they did. > Donate $3 and be entered into a drawing to be flown to an event to meet the > president. It took a few years to realize that this was the extent of > supporter engagement they were interested in and I unsubscribed from the > emails. > > Since the major part of Bush's drawing is a flight to NYC and a hotel > room, it doesn't seem so egregious. And tying it to the LS appearance means > Bush doesn't have to spend more than a minute or two with the winners. Plus > getting this attention from Colbert might have helped the fundraising > effort. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
