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Al Gore thought the Democratic National Convention would be his quality time of a lifetime. He'd forgotten about Bill and Hillary's insatiable fund-raising appetites.
Instead of the convention, itself, being the big draw, the hot-ticket event has turned out to be the Saturday-night party to raise money for Hillary for Senate at a private swank Los Angeles estate – for 1,400 few close friends.
Paul Anka, Michael Bolton, Toni Braxton, Cher, Melissa Etheridge, Patti LaBelle, Brian McKnight, Diana Ross, Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Ted Danson, Michael Douglas, Whoopi Goldberg, Goldie Hawn, Angelica Huston, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Dylan McDermott, Rosa Parks, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Mary Steenburgen, John Travolta and Red Buttons.
Move Over and Let the Big Dogs Eat
NewsMax.com Thursday, Aug. 10, 2000
http://archive.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/8/10/122308
But it turns out Clanton may have spoken too soon. Not only will Moore
be descending on Boston during convention week to bask in the adulation
of adoring Democrats at three area appearances, the official DNC entertainment
list also includes Bush-hating rocker John Mellencamp.
Just two weeks ago, Mellencamp appeared at a Kerry-Edwards fund-raiser at Radio City Music Hall where he bashed the president as "another cheap thug who sacrifices our young." This was the same event where Whoopi Goldberg compared Bush to her genitals.
Though Whoopi won't be entertaining Dem conventioneers, Saturday's Boston Herald reports that "The DNC announced yesterday that John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Patti LaBelle, the Black Eyed Peas and Wyclef Jean will sing during the four-night convention."
Saturday, July 24, 2004 2:28 p.m. EDT
Kerry Campaign: Michael Moore an 'Extremist'
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/7/24/142957.shtml
