Bush Fundraiser in NC: $2,000 meal, but no utensils...

[phillybri]

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/politics/8364427.htm?1c

It was a mouthwatering menu. Not that you'd expect less for $2,000 a plate.

Seered beef tenderloins with golden tomatoes on an herb-encrusted baguette. Grilled garlic chicken with smoked gouda on a honey wheat wrap. Fruits and gourmet olives and crudite. A gourmet luncheon with only one thing missing: something to eat it with.

The explanation was at the bottom of the menus distributed at President Bush's $1.5 million Charlotte fund-raiser Monday.

"At the request of the White House, silverware will not accompany the table settings," it said in discreetly fine print.

No silver. No plastic.

The lack of utensils might have been why many plates went virtually untouched.

The reason: So the tinkle of silver wouldn't disrupt the president's speech

[LittleApple81]

1. You must be kidding me!!!! This is a joke, right? n/t

[phillybri]

8. Nope...it's real!

n/t

[supernova]

2. Well, that's just stupid

CYA for somebody's poor planning.

[Kathleen04]

3. Bizarre...

Can't these guys do ANYTHING right?

[PfcHammer]

4. disgusting. f'ing disgusting

[DenverDem]

5. At the request of the White House body armour will not accompany soldiers.

Gotta have some billions left over to pay those mercenaries who have all the accessories they need.

"Let them eat cake. . . with their hands."

Hubris unbound.

[supernova]

6. Does Bush piss

gold into a golden toilet too? :wtf:

[Skidmore]

7. Was this catered by the same guys

catering the troops in Iraq? Seriously, now this guy can't be upstaged by silverware? What a thin skinned POS.

[Ilsa]

9. Probably the same people who planned the war. n/t

[Hunter_1253]

10. Most likely...

Most likely the food is fake, just like the turkey on Thanksgiving and his presidency.

[NewJeffCT]

11. W*'s feet can't touch soil, either

A few weeks back, he was attending some photo-op somewhere and the planners were told that W's feet were not to touch the soil on the ground. I'm sure all those he-man, macho cowboy-farmers all hate getting a bit of mud on their boots, too.

[Nostradammit]

12. More likely still...

They didn't want him in a room full of people who had knives. They have to know that the majority of people in this country are on to their schtick, and all it takes is that one livid conservative to pose a threat.

[thebigidea]

13. much as I love to bash the monkey...

... uh, a baguette and a wrap? Sandwiches, yes? Who would need utensils anyway?

[supernova]

14. Nahh

any caterer worth their salt would provide utensils at a luncheon, regardless of the food being served.

[Momgonepostal]

21. They gave them to the reporters

And rich people in Charlotte? I'll bet lots of them would have wanted some kind of flatware.

[GOPisEvil]

15. So what happened to the food?

Please tell me it wasn't wasted. PLEASE!

[supernova]

16. Probably was

wasted. Just another example of GOP excess.

So, what's the point in having a luncheon in the first place? Why not just a meet and greet w/ punch and peanuts?

edit: In defense of Charlotte though, I will say this: If it was the WH that didn't want any sharp objects in the same room with *, then you can bet there were some pissed off big whigs in that room. You don't mess with civic luncheons in Charlotte. :P

[FlaGranny]

17. This is the stuff of

despots and kings, not presidents and democratic leaders.

I'd love to see a bush speech in front of an audience armed with whoopee cushions.

[PartyPooper]

18. Well, DUH! Everybody knows pigs don't eat with utensils, anyway.

They slop at the trough...didn't ya' know!

:silly:

[cclark401]

20. Priceless....

[Commendatori]

22. Saved me the trouble of saying the same thing

[Blaze Diem]

19. The piggypuglicans ..

Did Bush have their hands tied behind their backs, while he watched from his royal podium, as they ate piggy-style , snouts to the trough?
Didn't this just amuse the king *, to see his loyal patrons, entertaining his royal-arrogence in such a manor. Paying $2000 to amuse king *, will be rewarded, surely.

[citizen snips]

23. I wish it would have snowed that day.

Like it did the last time he came down here.

[KoKo]

24. Kick this is delicious!

[KamaAina]

25. Stick a fork in him. He's done.

If you can find one, that is :evilgrin:

Seered beef tenderloins with golden tomatoes on an herb-encrusted baguette. Grilled garlic chicken with smoked gouda on a honey wheat wrap. Fruits and gourmet olives and crudite.

Sounds to me like they actually chose a menu of finger food so that Bush* would not have to struggle to listen to Rove read the speech through his earpiece with the sound of silverware tinkling!

[KoKo]

26. And, if you "color your hair" you should be "called out" as being like his

Mom....who he doesn't realize has been gray haired since his Poppy was Pres. and before! According to "White House.Gov." website today where he called down a speaker about her "blondness," and the transcript got posted on the WH website.