A Front Row to History: A Political Raffle???

“Anneliese --

I want you to be there with me on Election Night when the results come in.

We're planning a big event that will include tens of thousands of supporters in Grant Park in downtown Chicago.

We're saving some of the best seats in the house for 5 people who have given to the campaign before -- and who decide to make a donation one last time before Sunday at midnight.

If you're selected, you can bring a guest, and we'll fly you in and put you up in a hotel for the night. You'll go backstage at the big event and -- no matter what happens -- you'll have a front row seat to history as we celebrate the supporters who got us over the finish line.

Any donation counts -- whatever you can afford. Show your support at this crucial time with a donation of $25 or more, and you could join me on Election Night:

https://donate.barackobama.com/frontrow

This movement for change has been a testament to the power of ordinary Americans coming together to achieve extraordinary things.

I look forward to having you there on Election Night.

Thank you,

Barack”

Two things, Barack.

Thing 1: I just gave you $25. Like, on Tuesday. I make $7.50 an hour. Can’t I get retroactive entry into your raffle? How about you pretend that every time I have volunteered for your campaign, I have been giving you my time’s worth of donation? Even at minimum wage, I should still get a free raffle ticket. Damn it, Senator! I am broke!

Thing 2: Isn’t this a little tacky? You are raffling off the opportunity to get physically closer to you? You are just asking for some creepy, fangirl nonsense on this one. If you are already going to use your celebrity and the fact that a Grant Park Plus One is currently going for more than a ticket to see the Beatles (complete with time machine), then why don’t you just commit to the tastelessness and go all out!

“Help us out with $75 or more, and you could be one of the lucky three picked to be sung to sleep on election night by the Obama children! You pick the lullaby!

A $100 donation buys you a .00001% chance that Michelle Obama will
make out with you!

And for only a $150 donation, you will receive entry into a 1/50,000
chance that the candidate... himself... will teabag your mom!"



Ew.