FANTASTIC LOOK BY THE LA TIMES ON HOW MUCH MONEY IT COSTS TO EAT WITH OBAMA!

Note: This is a GREAT look at how much money it took to attend President Barack Obama's "Mega" Fundraiser in San Francisco last night. This is from the LA Times and I HAD to pass this along to all of you this morning.  So much for his "Change We Can Believe In" stuff.

Randy Economy

It takes this much money to eat with Barack Obama

October 16, 2009 |  2:38  am

FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
By Andrew Malcolm

Didja ever hold one of these $10G notes in your hands?

Well, it took this bill....

...plus this bill....

and yet ANOTHER IDENTICAL $10,000 bill

 PLUS FOUR BEN FRANKLINS:

for a couple to have dinner with Barack Obama Thursday night in San Francisco's Westin Hotel. And hundreds of northern Californians lined up to do so. It better be an abundant shrimp cocktail for that price.

This is a newish administration that so quickly denounces the egregious excesses and appalling financial greed of corporate America. And was someone recently saying the country faces one of the most serious economic eras since back before even Joe Biden was born?

Apparently not these San Francisco Democrats, who also got to hear Speaker Nancy Pelosi, well, speak. (VP Biden, by the bye, is in Nevada Friday doing the same campaign/money thing for happy Harry Reid, the embattled Democrat Senate Majority Leader.)

You'll be surprised to know that Pelosi praised the attendees as "a great collection of....

...intellectuals, entrepreneurial spirit, idealism (and) integrity." And, she told the president during her introduction, "They have a full appreciation for what you have done." details, video and transcript available here). According to the White House press pool report, the president seemed energized. And the night's haul of $3 million couldn't hurt.

The speaker told the crowd that the major issue at hand is healthcare reform. But she said the reforms were not really "about the details of the policy, it was about something bigger. It was about our moral responsibility…social responsibility and the character of our country.'' "Mr. President," Pelosi stated, "you give us hope, you make us proud. Thank you, Mr. President, for giving us hope. Thank you for being with us so soon after the Nobel Peace Prize.''

Obama was fresh from the long, comfortable 747 flight from New Orleans, which is a lot closer than Copenhagen. Obama held another town hall meeting in the Crescent City

(Obama returned Pelosi's praise: "Having now known Nancy, I can tell you that, day in and day out, she faces down some of the toughest problems…and she doesn't break a sweat. And she is willing to stare folks down and tell them how things are going to be.

"And that steel that Nancy Pelosi has is part of the reason why this has been such an incredibly productive Congress — and why I am so confident that we are going to end up getting healthcare done.''

The president predicted that it was going to take a long time to address the nation's vast array of problems, perhaps even longer than 36 months. Which coincidentally puts him right at the 2012 presidential election.

"We're just getting started," Obama said. "Some of our opponents seem to think they can wear us out and I just want to be clear. I'm not tired. I'm refreshed. We are not going to stop."

Oh, btw, for their $30,400 dinner tab, attendees also got a photograph with the president. It won't cost you even one of these....