Cantor Passes Up Obama Presser For Britney Spears Concert
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) was asked by NBC this morning if President Obama "said anything last night that you and your colleagues will support."
And Cantor answered in great detail ... which must mean he caught Obama's press conference on TiVo during breakfast. Because the rising GOP star went straight from a campaign fundraiser to Britney Spears' sold-out D.C. concert last night.
Here's how Cantor's office explained it to Wonkette, which first reported this fact today:
After attending the NRCC dinner, Eric, like President Obama has been known to do, enjoyed a night at the Verizon center. It was a bipartisan night, as Eric was joined by Senator Landrieu and other Democrats.
Wonkette later reported that Cantor's office was unable to confirm that Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) was also in attendance at the Spears show.
Late Update: HuffPo quotes an anonymous GOP staffer stating that Cantor attended the show "at the request of a fundraiser." Either way, we hope he didn't have to stay up too late getting up to speed on the White House presser.
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Oops!...He Did It Again. :-\
March 25, 2009 5:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Woah, was his wife there?
March 25, 2009 5:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Love those conservative Republican family values, Embarassing Eric! Attending the show of a tramp, slut, whatever you want to call her,...Republican!
March 25, 2009 6:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
He was just doing research for the next set of RNC attack ads come 2010.
"Nancy Pelosi thinks she's a celebrity like Britney Spears..."
March 25, 2009 6:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL! Very good, sir.
March 25, 2009 6:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
His very own personal stimulus package.
March 25, 2009 7:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oy gevalt
March 25, 2009 7:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
why are we wasting time with this?
March 25, 2009 7:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
No offense, guys, but who gives a fuck?
I missed the presser, too, and everyone's been to a concert in the past that they surely would get laughed at for admitting (myself: Tracie Spencer, 1989).
I'm all for a joke at Cantor's expense, and he's an utter dick. But really - the guy can spend his free time doing whatever he wants, and the presser was not mandatory viewing. Why not a post about the fact that Cantor seems to think Obama's a fascist?
March 25, 2009 8:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's all about the hypocrisy, Sci. Just a quick reminder that these people are full of poo-poo.
March 26, 2009 10:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
Well, his taste certainly isn't unimpeachable. But, being a Republican congressman, you'd think he'd be more into the Jonas Brothers...
Anyway, he's a lying, sleazy sack of shit. And if he's willing to go to a Britney Spears concert for a contributor (lobbyist), what isn't he willing to do?
March 25, 2009 10:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
A Britney Spears concert?
"at the request of a fundraiser."
and this supposed fundraiser is, what, 11 years old?
March 26, 2009 1:21 AM | Reply | Permalink
mr krohn is 14 yrs old. ;-)
March 26, 2009 3:50 AM | Reply | Permalink