‘tone deaf’,narcissistic posturing in politics: Politics of the rich and famous. Was this a rescue mission or just flexing

...is this simply a case of emergency cash infusion?

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“a meal that costs as much as a decade’s worth of wages for regular folk”

‘…the 2016 presidential politics,  if anything, has brought to the fore, the depressing spectacle of the ‘tone deaf’  hedonistic or should we say, narcissistic posturing of the haves in sharp contrast to the reality of the struggling middle class who are being cajoled and bullied to accept the myth that they share common goals that will be adequately catered by the same political actors. Let’s accept this for what it is, a ‘MYTH’

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Hillary Clinton’s fundraiser at George Clooney and wife Amal’s house was a glamorous affair, with Jane Fonda and Ellen DeGeneres on the guest list and prawn risotto for dinner.
The night cost guests $353,400 per couple, but little did they know there was money raining right outside.
A group of 100 Bernie Sanders supporters showered Clinton’s motorcade with 1,000 single-dollar bills as she drove into the Clooney residence on Saturday.

150 guests dined on salad, followed by Santa Barbara spot prawn risotto and a choice of beef tenderloin or Chilean sea bass

The songs Hail to the Chief and We’re in the Money were played as the motocade passed, and then the supporters danced on the street as they stomped on the cash.

Clooney’s neighbor Howard Gold organized the event and withdrew the $1,000 himself, he told CNN.|Gold said the event was supposed to poke fun at the absurdity of campaign finance laws. It was a sentiment echoed by Clooney himself just a day after his star-studded event. The Hollywood star condemned the ‘obscene’ sums of money in politics during an interview with Chuck Todd on NBC News’ Meet the Press.
‘Let me start with a dinner you co-hosted on Friday night,’ Todd began.
‘Do you look at how much is being raised..to be a co-chair – do you look at it yourself and think, “That’s an obscene amount of money?”‘
Clooney immediately agreed, saying ‘Yes. I think it’s an obscene amount of money.’

Alisa Blair, who won a contest to attend the event, said Clooney gave a speech that touched on his human rights work

 
A group of 100 Bernie Sanders supporters showered Clinton’s motorcade with 1,000 single-dollar bills as she drove into the Clooney residence on Saturday

The songs Hail to the Chief and We’re in the Money were played as the motorcade passed, and then the supporters danced on the street as they stomped on the cash

I think that – you know, we had some protesters last night…and they’re right to protest,’ he said.
‘They’re absolutely right. It is an obscene amount of money. The Sanders campaign when they talk about it is absolutely right.’
‘It’s ridiculous that we should have this kind of money in politics. I agree completely.’
Bernie Sanders has pounced on former secretary of state Clinton over the big-ticket event and for accepting large sums of money for her campaign.
The Vermont senator told CNN in March: ‘I have a lot of respect for George Clooney. He’s a great actor. I like him.’

Clooney, a supporter of Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid, broke ranks over campaign financing on Saturday to condemn the ‘obscene’ sums of money in US politics and praised Bernie Sanders

 

 ‘They’re absolutely right. It is an obscene amount of money. The Sanders campaign when they talk about it is absolutely right,’ he said during an interview with Meet the Press

‘But this is the problem with American politics, is that big money is dominating our political system.’
‘So it’s not a criticism of Clooney. It’s a criticism of a corrupt campaign finance system, where big money interests – and it’s not Clooney, it’s the people coming to this event – have undue influence on the political process.’
But also in attendance was Alisa Blair, a freelance writer and composer from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania who won a contest organized by Clinton’s campaign to attend the event.
Blair and her husband Rob, a retired high school counselor-turned landscaper, gave PEOPLE a peek inside the affair, where 150 guests dined on beef tenderloin and Chilean sea bass in a ‘gorgeous’ tent.
The pair said they met Fonda, who introduced herself the minute they walked in, as well as Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi, and Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons.

Clooney and Amal’s fundraiser held a price tag of up to $353,400 per couple

Bernie Sanders has pounced on former secretary of state Clinton over the big-ticket event and for accepting large sums of money for her campaign

And they of course got to meet Clinton herself, who they described as ‘fresh’ and ‘gracious’.
‘Comparing to what you get to know about somebody through the filter of the media, I just felt her to be more gracious,’ Rob told the magazine.
Alisa said she found Clinton to be ‘softer’ in character than she expected.
‘We asked her how she was doing and what she does to refuel,’ Alisa continued. ‘She said, “I do like everybody else, I take a walk, I watch mindless movies to kick back.’
And the couple couldn’t have been more surprised when they realized they would be sharing a table with both the Clooneys and Clinton.
‘It was mind-blowing,’ said Alisa. ‘I looked up from my meal at George and Amal and Hillary and thought, holy cow, I am sitting across from these people. I’m eating salad with them.’
‘But at the same time, it was amazing how at home we felt,’ said Rob. ‘They made us feel so much at home.’

A fundraiser for Sanders also took place in the area, with tickets going for a far-cheaper $27 a pop

Clooney (pictured with Clinton in 2003) endorsed Obama in 2008 but was quick to pledge his support for Hillary after she announced her presidential bid last year

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