April 8, 2008
Barack Obama Comes to SF's Billionaires Row
During this week's Tibet rally and Olympic flame frustration, the possible future leader of the free world, Barack Obama, sneaked into San Francisco on Sunday, hitting Billionaires Row for a pricey, Getty-hosted fundraiser.
Neither you nor we were invited. Alas.
According to Leah Garchik:
In the Haight, stencils of Barack Obama's smiling face are decorating the sidewalk. But in real life, he is turning up in more lucrative venues: The candidate will be around here on April 6, at a series of events that includes three $2,300-a-head maximum-strength fundraisers: Sara and Sohaib Abbasi are throwing a luncheon in Atherton; he'll zip up to Nancy and Bob Farese's house in Kentfield in mid-afternoon; and proceed from there to Ann and Gordon Getty's in San Francisco.
Fortunately, controversial photog Zombietime was there to catch all of the action happening outside the Getty manse. Check out some of his choice images from today's top-drawer luncheon, or check out Zombie'e site for the full picture.
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Let's all just face it, Hillary is fucked. She's barely going to take PA (if at all) and going to lose NC in a big bad way - sealing her electoral fate. She cannot win.
Get your votes ready for Obama. I know most of you voted for her but seriously, she's a grade A bitch (I really mean "cunt") and most of the country doesn't like her because that is what she truly is.
In order of most repulsive, she is second in line behind John "Keating 5" McCain. We're still paying for that S&L bailout back in the 80's - remember that great decision?
Hillary is a despicable self-serving politician and part of everything that is wrong with DC. How many more years of Bushes and Clintons are we going to get suckered into before we make a change for someone different???
Don't waste your vote this November.
Go Obama!!!
Your preaching to to the choir. Obama won Sf easily in feb. Save it for LAist or Gothamist.
Didn't this happen Sunday, not during today's rally/
duh. (i meant duh me, not duh you.) i've been so focused on torchness, i'm stuck in today.
thanks for the heads up!
pretty pretty yellow mansion . . . so pretty
OMG TEH DEMORATS ARE ELITISTS! Obama talks to rich people and rides in a liberal limousine!
Sad. Looks like 'Zombie' couldn't even get a Drudge link this time.
P.S. That limo? I rented it for prom.
@jnice, word. that house is beautiful. i'm going to tour billionaires row this weekend. deep down i feel it's where i should be.
Mr. Obama did not "sneak" into San Francisco. Although I was not invited, I read about his appearance and saw it on every local news station for at least a week preceding the event. Why would you want to put such a negative phrase on his appearance in the City?
he snuck in... not sneaked in.