I sat and watched pieces of the Democratic debate from last night, and Senator Warren got all over that poor kid....Mayor Pete.
Mayor Pete apparently had some campaign fund-raising done....in a 'wine-cave', with 900-dollar-per bottle wine.
I stopped the video, and ran that a couple of times....just that 20-second piece.
Being from Alabama, I am a bit curious about a wine-cave. We don't drink that much wine in Alabama and when we do....it's usually on the deck out back, or under some shade-trees in the midst of a hot summer afternoon, with an ice cube or two in the wine cup (you know, those Dixie-cups).
But then I got onto the subject of the 900-dollar wine. You see....having lived for years in Germany, I've had a chance to drink a fair amount of wine. In fact, I've sipped some really fine Italian, German, Australian, South African, Spanish, French, and even Greek wine. Well....some were fine (that Greek wine is marginally two-star, no matter what you pay for it).
The general amount that you'd pay for fine German wine is maybe $6 to $20. On some special occasions, you might pull out the equivalent of $30. The majority of Germans will tell you in their entire life, they've never spent more than roughly $30 for a fine bottle of decent wine.
So the question ought to come up....all these poor fools who were paying 900 dollars for a wine with Mayor Pete.....were they really drinking a bottle of wine worth $900? I have my doubts. My guess is that the bottles were simply $100 per bottle wine, and the rest were catering services and the donation to the Mayor Pete's campaign.
Does Senator Warren have a point? Basically, you have to offer 'something' for a campaign stop fund-raiser. It doesn't matter if it's a cup of Pepsi, some catfish, cupcakes with Cool-Whip on top, or beans and rice. In the end, you need to get a couple of hundred dollars out of some crazy fool.
The sad part of this story is that Trump only needs to say he's getting impeached, and send you a personal e-mail about this, and it's forty-percent chance that you will just send Trump's team $100, for nothing. No dip, no wine, no biscuits....nothing. You might go one step higher, buying that stupid cheapo red-baseball cap with 'MAGA', for $35, or buying ten of the stupid hats for $350. Can Mayor Pete compete with Trump? No.
My end-point is this....which you have to wonder about....what exactly was Senator Warren serving for her fund-raiser? A beer and cheap chips, for $129.00?
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