Discount Liberalism?

I've been thinking about something that went on in my state recently. President Bush came down here for a wee visit and to raise funds for the Republican party. First he stopped off in Athens, way up in the northern part o'the state. There he visited a newly restarted nuclear power plant. Nice. Then he came on down to Mobile where he attended a GOP fund raiser at about $1,000 per plate. Pretty darn cool. I mean, sure, I can't afford to hob-nob at such a high tariff, but then again last time he was in Gulf Shores no one had to pay a dime to see him ... and this is, after all, a fund raiser. So, all in all, pretty cool.

Then I found that one of the poster children of the Democratic party, Senator Obama himself was going to hold a very similar fund raiser for the Dems in Birmingham. Funny thing is, his get-together cost $35 per plate. Hmm ... discounted liberalism, anyone? Ah, but then again, you get what you pay for, I suppose.