As an insider member of the Obama Campaign we are the recipients of the official Obama For President emails. The most recent email sent out today details a lottery sponsored by Obama for a chance to win a dinner and meeting with "The One" and his wife Michelle.
The body text of the email (implied to be personally written by Barack - I call him Barack now that I'm on the inside) reads "Donate $3 or whatever you can to be automatically entered to sit down for a meal with Michelle and me." A link is embedded in that text which takes the reader to a donate page where you must donate in order to be entered into the drawing to meet the POTUS and his woman.
HOWEVER - the fine print at the bottom of the page says the following - "No purchase, payment, or contribution necessary to enter or win. Contributing will not improve chances of winning. Void where prohibited". Wait just a minute! Barack himself said you had to donate. The donate page ALSO says the same thing - "Make a donation today to be automatically entered for a chance to have dinner with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama". Can we get some clarification on this?
Wait - no need. There seems to be a political paradox at play here. The implication here made by Barack is that a donation is required. This is the goal here. HOWEVER the legal team added the tiny text at the bottom of the page for a little CYA. We understand now. The lottery will net a large amount of money because most people (especially the liberals who will actually do this) will not bother reading the fine print. Obama gets a fine photo op and, well, you get the picture... politics as usual.
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