President keeps low profile on Martha’s Vineyard
http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-20/news/29909644_1_greg-craig-blue-heron-farm-obama
But it was later, at the Vineyard Golf Course in Edgartown, where the president’s recalcitrance was most evident. Approaching the eighth tee in a golf cart with friend and frequent golfing buddy
Eric Whitaker, the president noticed three TV cameras and a Globe photographer across the street. Rather than stop and be photographed teeing off, the president skipped the hole.
Nor did the president show up at “Voices for Obama,’’ a fund-raiser for his reelection campaign held the night before. The commander in chief was, in fact, just arriving at his deluxe Chilmark digs as 300 supporters - each of whom paid $100 - were filing into Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs.
Afterward, it was off to the Oak Bluffs abode of
Ron and
Judy Davenport, founders of Pittsburgh-based Sheridan Broadcasting, where 170 guests, each of whom contributed between $500 and $2,500, wined and dined. While Democrats like to call themselves the big-tent party, they could have used a larger awning on this night. “We were sold out,’’ Lesser said afterward. “There was a huge buzz and rush for tickets.’’
Seems like the people on vacation sure do have a lot of money to throw around.
