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A toned-down Howard Dean juiced up about 300 Democratic activists yesterday during his first party fund-raiser in Boston since taking over the Democratic National Committee helm.

The party expected to raise between $250,000 to $300,000 during last night's event, which offered donors summer fare with their dose of politics - hot dogs, popcorn and a bit of Dean's Vermont political roots - Ben & Jerry's ``Peace Pops.''

Summer fare? Try cheap ass fare. How pissed would you be if you paid $2000 or more for a dinner with Howard Dean and got fed a hotdog and popcorn. At least give people the choice of dry chicken breast or shoe leather steak. A tubesteak and popcorn?!

You think they went there for the food?

Where does is say it was a dinner?
Or that it was a $2000 a plate dinner.

Martyred wrote:Where does is say it was a dinner?
Or that it was a $2000 a plate dinner.

If you divide 300 people by the 250k estimate, it comes to 833.33 per person. Of course, the diner might have been a tiered affair, where some donors pay more for "special" features like a private meet and greet. So who knows what the average ticket price might have been.

You think they went there for the food?

Of course not...just the principle. Obviously the point was to raise money and not provide a 4-star meal, but hotdogs and popcorn is ridiculous.

I'm sure Dean is hardly the only one to pull this, but this is a hall-of-famer, as far as cheap cuisine at a fundraiser goes.