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DEL.ICIO.USCheney: ‘Veni, vidi, I raised $200,000’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Vice President Dick Cheney dropped in at the north Atlanta home of Aaron Rents founder Charlie Loudermilk on Monday afternoon, as the main draw for a fund-raiser that netted U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss a cool $200,000, according to his re-election campaign.
The press was barred, except as witnesses to the fact that Cheney did in fact touch down at Dobbins Air Reserve Base near Marietta.
About 120 Republicans attended the event, including U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, Gov. Sonny Perdue, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, and U.S. Reps. Phil Gingrey of Marietta and Tom Price of Roswell. We were assured that no furniture was trashed or damaged in the frenzy to shake the vice president’s hand.
Cheney’s visit was more about status than a fervent need for cash on Chambliss’ part.
In federal campaign disclosure documents due to be posted today, Chambliss will report $3.3 million in cash on hand for the ‘08 race. His target is $5 million by the end of the year.
Democrat Dale Cardwell reports just over $50,000. We’re still waiting on Democrat Vernon Jones’ numbers.
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By Anonymous
July 16, 2007 2:20 PM | Link to this
Eccchhh… dark cloud gathers over Georgia every time Cheney inflicts his presence on us. How many times is he coming back here, anyway? I need to stock up on crosses and holy water.
By Brian S
July 16, 2007 2:57 PM | Link to this
Chambliss doesn’t want to do anything about global warming.
Chambliss in Davos
By Tom Jones
July 16, 2007 4:40 PM | Link to this
Brian:
Probably because it would be foolish to “do something” until we know what the causes are. Let me guess, you have a solution in search of a problem?
In any event, Chambliss traveled to Greenland to see the effects of climate change first hand: http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2006/08/21/daily29.html
By The Thin Guy
July 16, 2007 5:24 PM | Link to this
Six billion years from now the sun will run out of the hydrogen that it has been burning for the past 4.5 billion years and switch to helium which will cause it to become a red giant and swallow the planets Mercury, Venus, and perhaps the Earth. You green warmies got any solutions for that? As a problem facing the human race Global Luke Warming ranks somewhere between the colorization of movies and the Designated Hitter. I’m far more afraid of Sheryl Crowe’s plans for my toilet tissue that any of the nonsense spouted by The Gorbot. Let it not snow, let it not snow, let it not snow!
By Reginald
July 17, 2007 6:44 AM | Link to this
Oh ye GOPers, buildeth thou an ark to escape EXXON’s lies….
Float away and let the heathens who believe in science solve the problems.
By murray
July 17, 2007 9:18 AM | Link to this
$3.5 million vs $50K—this while Dead Eye comes in at a 13% approval rating (1/2 that of our esteemed W). Hmmmm. No wonder this fund raiser is in a private home—not even the VFW or the DAR wants Dick & Co. All the flag factories have moved to China—so what’s left? Aaron Rents.
By Tom Jones
July 17, 2007 9:48 AM | Link to this
“Float away and let the heathens who believe in science solve the problems.”
That would be a cute argument, if not for the fact that no scientists agrees on how to solve the problems.