Hollywood raises serious money for Mr. Obama

As of late I have been seeing more and more support coming out of Hollywood for Barack Obama, and this does not suprise me. I am pleased to see this take place none the less.

As reported:

Barack Obama partied with Hollywood celebrities Tuesday
night and with the help of Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra
Streisand raised an eye-popping $9 million for his presidential
campaign and the Democratic Party.Obama spent more than an hour before
dinner getting his picture taken with guests. He said later that people
had encouraged him to be tougher and had questioned why he was so calm
in a close race against Republican John McCain.

“I’m skinny but I’m tough,” he said. “I’m from Chicago and we don’t
play. Just keep steady. If we can cut through the nonsense and the
lipstick and the pigs and the silliness, then I’m absolutely convinced
that we are going to win,” Obama said, referring to some of the offbeat
charges raised against him. “The reason I’m calm … is I’ve got
confidence in the American people,” he said. “I really think they want
to see us do better.” Standing in the courtyard of the palatial estate,
he said his campaign was dedicated to people who need jobs and health
care and worry about their pensions and sending children to college.
“It’s about those who will never see the inside of a building like
this,” Obama said. He said the economic turmoil in recent days had been
sobering for America. “It’s reminded people that this is not a game.
This is not a reality show, no offense to any of you,” Obama said to
laughter. “This is not a sitcom.”