Obama Hung Out With Anna Wintour In Harvey Weinstein’s Basement

by Verena von Pfetten | 11:06 am, August 12th, 2011

Last night, after making a fundraising pit-stop at New York City’s Ritz Carlton, President Barack Obama found himself in the “hot basement room” of Harvey Weinstein and Georgina Chapman‘s West Village townhouse, where fifty fashion types and celebrities had paid $35,750 each for less than two hours of the President’s time. So, who was there?

So far, the list includes Tory Burch and Lyor Cohen, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, Pharrell Williams, Aerin Lauder, Kenneth Cole, Alicia Keys, Gayle King, Jimmy Fallon, and, duh, Anna Wintour, who played co-host for the night.

Imagining what the rich, fancy types who can afford to go to these things talk about at them is always a fun game. Do they compliment each other’s shoes? Do they talk about last night’s game-changing episode of the Road Rules / Real World Challenge? Or is Project Runway a little more in their oeuvre? It turns out that, just like other adult aged people, they complain about their significant others and talk about movies.

From TIME magazine’s recap:

Weinstein said he had been trying to persuade his wife for three years to have a housewarming party and it had taken president to make it happen.

He said that that last year in Martha’s Vineyard the president had asked him if he had any movies and he had given him a rough cut of the “King’s Speech.”

Obama quipped: “It was pretty good.”

Weinstein said this year he would send Obama Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher in the “Iron Lady” to watch on his vacation.

First off, we’re not sure “it was pretty good” counts as a quip. But secondly, can you imagine a world in which you borrow movies from Harvey Weinstein? That’s kind of like asking Tory Burch if she has a spare set of flats lying around, or if Aerin Lauder has any good lip balm in her purse. Last year, Obama had such a good time he stayed an extra half hour.

This year, he left on time, but what we want to know is: did the poor guy have to eat all alone, again?

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Anonymous

Funny that 0bama. He demonizes the rich, says congress should get back to work then goes to fundraisers and sucks up to…. THE RICH and then heads out on a $50,000 10 day vacation.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bonnie-McGuinness/100002588403595 Bonnie McGuinness

What’s the point of this article. . really. Another slam at the President? Do you not think there are secret GOP fundraisers, cameras not allowed going on all over this country. Report these too. Once again, your racial bias is showing. Go after rowe’s secret funding, the koch brothers secret funding. Report it all or shut up.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bonnie-McGuinness/100002588403595 Bonnie McGuinness

More than 40% of Perry’s campaign money since he became governor in 2000 has come from groups and wealthy individuals who donated $100,000 or more each, a USA TODAY analysis shows. They include some of his party’s biggest fundraisers, such as Houston billionaire home builder Bob Perry. No relation to the governor, he has donated nearly $2.5 million to Rick Perry’s campaigns, records show. Texas law sets no limits on donations from individuals and political action committees.
The amount that is spent on secret donors and campaigns is obscene ruthless and cruel. Report all of it.
Anonymous

Ahhh.. the common people. How much does the average middle class American have to pay to “hang-out” with the president? …becasue really -he makes it clear, that it is all about money.
Anonymous

Go after Obama’s secret funding. You sound paranoid.
Su

funny how I never heard any complaints about bush’s vacation from the right
victim of theft

No he didn’t eat alone since it’s Ramadan he only eats with the muslims.
Mattdamon

since you support Obama you’re clearly an idiot, so I’ll type slowly….

Bush never demonized the rich, then went off and hung out with them.

when he went on “vacation” he went to his own ranch in Texas and cut brush for God’s sake.

Obama goes off to Martha’s vineyard to stay in a billionaire’s house (and sends us the bill)…or Hawaii…or Spain or London….etc, etc.

slow enough for you? get it now?
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

It must be pretty uncomfortable for these people to look President Obama in the eye and hand him checks while at the same time look at their own bank account.
ATLAS

Weinstein is an idiot. Wonder if he asked the Prez why the WH website scrubbed any mention of Jerusalem, Israel this week.
Anonymous

Did Barry lecture them on the evils of being rich and how they were destroying the country?
Anonymous

The arguments in the comments section made me laugh so hard… POLITICS RIGHT?! :p
http://twitter.com/BarneyFranken Barney Frankenstein

More than 40% of Perry’s money comes from ”the rich”, i.e. from the people who can most afford to donate? And that large donations add up to alot of money? Wow with math skills like that you must go to MIT.

Hmm..but that also means that 60%, or a majority of his donations comes from the non-rich in smaller amounts.

Interesting. Thanks for showing us that Rick Perry is a man of the people after all- LOL.

Why are you bringing up Perry anyway? A little nervous perhaps?

And since you care so much about Rick Perry’s donations I’m sure you REALLY care about Obama raising a BILLION dollars.

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_98/obama-billion-204192-1.html

Seems a little hypocritical to bring up Perry’s fundraising as some sort of equivalecy to the ultimate fundraiser-in-chief, Barrack Obama.

Thats like Mcdonalds warning people not to eat at Subway or it will make you fat.
bidoof

How ugly and personal you all get when it comes to politics. youre all equally as aweful as each other. yeesshh!
JamieLG

So, is the “thinking” that Bush has a little patch of land. He is an extremely wealthy person who never had a real job that wasn’t handed to him until he became Governor. Once in the White House, he and his cronies set about following an agenda which was based on acquisition (I know this is a big word and my using it makes me an elitist, but look it up,) of wealth for the wealthy and power for the powerful. He also went on more vacations than any modern day president. Did you never see the tape of him golfing just after 9/11? I’m guessing not since you obviously get your “news” from Fixed News. Do yourself a favor, spend some time reading and trying to understand facts before you start spewing your opinion.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3GKFVYE4ERPTIPL3NJ3S7COQGY Doc P

Haha, and never to return to “clearing brush” again after he left DC. What an idiot you must feel to have fallen for that pageantry! “Cut brush for Gods sake” LOLOLOL-SUCKER! Whos slow, moron? Wow, just wow- You catch on finally, genius? Not to mention Chimps spent 2 of 8 years toal time on vacation, but he wasnt black so it was ok. Lol, get it NOW? Lolol…
MissesWiggins

LOL LOL LOL You RACIST!!! How dare you criticize anything that the ONE does? Don’t you know that he is perfect in every way! The only reason you would ever say anything negative about him is because you are a bigotted racist! /sarc

……. Bonnie McGuinness 2 days ago
…………Another slam at the President?………….. Once again, your racial bias is showing. ………. ……..
Anonymous

Yes, and Bush was just a humble god fearing man from Texas, not some rich east coast elitist from a powerful blue blood family who went to all the prep and ivy league schools like Obama did.
Anonymous

He demonizes the rich like the way rw jerks demonize anyone who isn’t some redneck dittohead like themselves?
Anonymous

So I suppose you can provide me a specific rw example of the HYPOCRISY which was the crux of my point. You speak in some very broad generalities…. rw jerks… redneck dittohead. I’m speaking specifically of 0bama and his class-warfare, Marxist speaches to the public and then turns immediately from his pulpit and goes directly to the home of one of the “millionaires/billionaires/fat cats/private jet owners” he supposedly despises. You’re OK with that? Either you’re OK with it and a hypocrite as well, OR you’re one of the gullible that believes the DNC class warfare meme. Most likely you’re both, which speaks to your deductive abilities.
Anonymous

Fact: Find the money see Obama! This is one heck of a money sniffing rodent!
Anonymous

I wouldn’t give the sweat off my testicles to eat with Obama, he would have to pay me $38,000 just to talk to me. I usually don’t talk or waste time on TRASHY People, but if he paid me that much, I might give the “N” a couple of my valuble minutes. Anyone But Obama in 2012!
Anonymous

Wow, the trolls have hit Styleite. Sigh.
http://profile.yahoo.com/A4OCX4GIHTZAROZOKNOONXYXTY Chas

I FEEL SORRY THAT OBAMA HAD TO ENDURE 2 HOURS WITH WINTOUR…

IF IT WERE ME…I WOULD HAVE STEPPED ON HER UGLY HEELS
http://profile.yahoo.com/A4OCX4GIHTZAROZOKNOONXYXTY Chas

DICK AVEDON ONCE SAID, BEFORE HE DIED, “ANA WINTOUR WREAKS HAVOC ON HER EMPLOYEES LIKE A MISERABLE WOMAN SCORNED BY GENTLE-SUITER VICTIMS…HER MAID PICKS HER OUTFITS, AND HER X-HUSBAND SUFFERED VERTIGO.”

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