by Mark Silva
While Democrats battled over the "disenfranchised'' voters of their party in Florida and Michigan, President Bush was plucking money from his party's faithful in Florida today.
The president picked up $685,500 for the Republican National Committee at a fundraising luncheon in Jacksonville today at the home of John Rood, former ambassador to the Bahamas, according to a party official, and another $762,000 at an early evening fundraiser in Palm Beach. About 50 people attended each closed-door event.
Jeb Bush, the president's younger brother and former governor of Florida, and George P. Bush, the ex-governor's son, were on hand to greet the president for a ride to the Palm Beach home of Dwight C. and Martha Schar. He is chairman of NVR Inc.The youngest Bush -- "P,'' as he is known around the family (for Prescott) -- campaigned for the president and is viewed by many as perhaps next in line of four political generations of the Bush family.
That's $1,447,500 in Florida in one day's work -- a significant contribution toward the president's stated goal of $28 million in fundraising for the party in the first quarter of the year -- a goal he spelled in out in a personalized email to supporters earlier this month.
In between party fundraisers today, the president stopped at the teeming Port of Jacksonville to tout the benefits of free trade in a public speech.
Robust free trade, Bush believes, is essential to reviving a slowing economy. "In the long-term, we're going to be just fine,'' he told dockworkers today. "We're the world's leading exporter of goods and services.... And that's positive, particularly if you're somebody whose job depends on trade.''
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Comments
"BUSH SPEAKS"
I STILL GOT IT, I STILL HEAR THE VOICES.
We're almost at the finish line. We're almost at the "VICTORY" line. We're almost going to get away with the biggest and most "BREATHTAKING ABUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION" above any man, PRESIDENT, or VICE PRESIDENT BEFORE.
America hasn't put one (1) and two (2) together yet. America doesn't care about the fact that the same people that took your ENRON, MCI, SPRINT 401K portfolios are now running your FHA. America doesn't do it's due dilligence in knowing who is writing MORTGAGE GUIDELINES to benefit a 200 billion again a 200 billion dollar bailout on the flipside of the 2.00 AMERICAN DOLLAR.
America doesn't have a clue as to who their mortgage was with yesterday, and now today.
just like QWEST EMPLOYEES who lost their jobs during "THE COMMISSIONER" JOHN MCCAIN TENURE.
America doesn't know who Mathew or Thomas of the worlds are OR WHY THEY ARE NOW BEING REWARDED for the next "PELICAN BRIEF" to be read before the "SUPREME BEINGS ON THE SUPREME COURT."
AMERICA IS BROKE AND LONELY IN A "CIVIL WAR" just like Russia was while the KREMLIN stole the TREASURY.
IF NOT YOUR DIGNITY, YOUR MONEY. IF NOT YOUR MONEY, YOUR PATRIOTISM. IF NOT YOUR DIGNITY YOUR VOTE. IF NOT YOUR VOTE, YOUR CIVIL LIBERTIES.
CONSOLIDATE, HIDE, CONSOLIDATE, HIDE, BE KIND REWIND, HIDE, CONSOLIDATE, OR JUST SHUT DOWN AND ACT LIKE IT WAS "THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S FAULT"
200 BILLION DOLLAR $2.00 NO BID SALE TO (CALL CENTERS ALL AROUND INDIA)
DOING AMERICAN JOBS IN "EUROS"
IT PAYS TO "DISCOVER"
Posted by: Roger Morris | March 18, 2008 6:47 PM
All that RNC scratch will go directly to McCain who's also raised money in Chicago before his trip to Iraq. The fundraising gap will soon be closed as the dems are too busy destroying each other.
Posted by: Jeff | March 18, 2008 7:08 PM
Raising money from the 19% of Republic Party idiots who still think W is doing a heckuva job is about all this fool is worth nowdays.
http://www.attytood.com/2008/02/worse_than_watergate_bush_scor_1.html
John W McCain = third term of the Bush/Cheney disaster.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/Biggerfoot/1-mccain_bush_hug.jpg
Posted by: John Hussein E | March 18, 2008 8:06 PM
America can't afford another Bush! Send "P" down to Crawford, TX with Dubya and tell him to stay there!
Posted by: BC | March 18, 2008 10:05 PM