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...will buy the $25 ticket and give you the $50 bus ride," Grubbs continued, voice rising as if he were in some kind of auction. "We are going to have the biggest tent up there... Four national entertainers. We haven't picked them yet, but they will be big-name entertainers... The television networks are going to be there... We are going to have a great barbecue to which you are all invited free. We may have balloon rides. And bring your families if you want to. There is going to be entertainment for the kids, face painting and games...
Grubbs never faltered that day. His next offering was a Forbes T shirt showing the Forbes campaign trail. Another Forbes aide came skipping through the room holding the T shirt high, as if he were in a television auction. "Greenfield is on the T shirt," roared Grubbs. Just then a man from Stuart, a town up the road, whispered in my ear, "What are they thinking about? Forbes doesn't have the chance of a snowball in hell down here. Doesn't he have anything better to do with his money...
eBAY Man admits conning $37,000 out of auction website's patrons. Caveat emptor, Netizens
Rival campaigns laughed when GEORGE W. BUSH's campaign paid $43,500 in a silent auction to rent prime space at next month's Iowa straw poll. "They took the bait," chuckled an adviser to Lamar Alexander. But Bush is laughing now. Rather than dip into his campaign chest, he had six donors cover the tab. Too clever, says Steve Forbes' team, which charges that the end run is a violation of campaign laws that prohibit individuals from giving more than $1,000 to a candidate. The Bush folks say that since the money went to the Iowa Republican Party...
Rival campaigns laughed when George W. Bush's campaign paid $43,500 in a silent auction to rent prime space at next month's Iowa straw poll. "They took the bait," chuckled an adviser to Lamar Alexander. But Bush is laughing now. Rather than dip into his campaign chest, he had six donors cover the tab. Too clever, says Steve Forbes' team, which charges that the end run is a violation of campaign laws that prohibit individuals from giving more than $1,000 to a candidate. The Bush folks say that since the money went to the Iowa Republican Party...