Price of photo-op with Bush keeps dropping

[CatWoman]

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“Gas prices may be up, but there’s something that’s apparently a little cheaper these days: A photo with President Bush.”

Bush headlined a fundraiser for the New Jersey state GOP, where donors could pay $5,000 to pose for a photo with the Commander in Chief. Expensive photo op, right? Well, that’s actually cheaper that what donors paid just a year ago for a grip and grin with Bush. Last summer, GOP officials around the country charged at least $10,000 a pop for presidential photo op, a bargain compared to the $25,000-a-flash Bush commanded during some Republican National Committee fund-raisers back in 2000 and 2004.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/04/price-of-photo-op-with-bush-keeps-dropping/

[trotsky]

1. Hmmm, trying to remember supply vs. demand from Econ 101...

For prices to fall, either supply has to go up or demand has to go down.

Supply has remained constant (still just one stupid Chimp), so...... ?

[CatWoman]

2. from $25K to 5K

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[AX10]

3. Soon, a photo-op with Mr. Bushista will cost no more than a one...

night stand.

:rofl:

[bahrbearian]

4. Not much longer before Chimpy will be writing checks to get a photo-op

[liberal N proud]

5. They would have to pay me 25K to appear with that asshole

[TahitiNut]

10. $25K? (Hmmm.) That'd be a tough call. I might hold out for $50K ... or more.

:shrug:

[n2doc]

13. I'd do it for free, so long as I could hold a banana creme pie in one hand....

Of course, it might "slip".....Banana's tend to do that....

[BrotherBuzz]

6. A little beltway birdie to me people are paying big dollars...

to NOT be photographed with him.;)

[CatWoman]

7. you know how former presidents charge huge speaking fees?

i wonder what Chimpy's will look like? :)

[Catshrink]

9. Since he can't put a coherent sentence together

let alone deliver it without extensive coaching, I'd say nada.

[blondeatlast]

20. Pretty much any RRRepub running for election or re-election

for 2008, perhaps???

As I've said, we need to dredge Google images for every photo op with the creep we can find.

[BrotherBuzz]

21. Those boys will pay big dollars to have those photos...

disappear down the memory hole.

You know what I mean, Vern?

[gatorboy]

8. But the economy's going so well!

The photo-op price should be at a brazillion by now.

[yourout]

11. His incarceration at the Hauge would be the only picture of Bush I would pay for.

[Vexatious Ape]

12. Great post.

[Divernan]

14. Were they wearing their "I'm With Stupid" t-shirts?

(I copied that comment from a reply to the link.)

[jazzjunkysue]

15. Let me know when the Bush doll comes free with the Happy Meal.

Then we'll know the GOP has finally lost all it's good employees in the promotions dept.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

16. Decider at a discount?

bahahaha :rofl:

Cut Rate Commander-Guy?

Price check on Pretzeldents. aisle 3!

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :evilgrin: :D:D:D

[Kurovski]

17. Soon he'll have to sell photos of himself

to Jeff Gannon's new website "Military-stud-redeployment.com"

[Initech]

18. So does that include a presidential coin or do you have to buy those on eBay?

[Dukkha]

19. only if I wear this in the photo

[Lisa]

22. wait a minute -- it costs more than $18k to hire a Bush impersonator

Like Steve Bridges (the guy who appeared alongside Bush at the press dinner last year).
http://www.rakemag.com/stories/section_detail.aspx?itemID=17415&catID=282&SelectCatID=282

But then again, Bridges is a trained professional who can be trusted not to grope the German Chancellor or insult the audience, even if his contract rider is a tad demanding.
http://www.stevebridges.com/rider.html

He's also an experienced comic who can do a range of different voices. And the Bush impersonator on that "Next Best Thing" talent show does magic tricks and fire-eating. So you'd actually be getting quite a bit more entertainment than you would if you just hired the actual George W. for the evening.

[Kurovski]

23. You'd make a great agent!

:D

[Lisa]

24. why, thank you!

I'd never considered that as a possible career. But with my luck, I would probably get stuck with untalented schlubs like the real-life Bush. Trying to "pimp out" a liability like that would be much worse than trying to get my students into grad school (the closest agent-type thing I do now)!