11 October 2005 - 1:32pm
Bullet the Blue Skybox: Santorum scalping U2?
In a comment to this story, Matt sends us to this report (no permalink, scroll for "MIXING MUSIC AND POLITICS"):
The political writers are missing out on one important point: There's no "teaming up" going on. That concert has been scheduled for months as part of the Vertigo Tour and is not suddenly a political fund raiser.
That said, the senator is, in fact, using the concert as a fund raiser. It appears as if the senator's people have rented a skybox for the evening, and are selling space (i.e. - tickets) to watch the concert with the senator at $1,000 per person.
And if you don't believe it, follow the link and check out the jpg of Santorum's invitation, featuring a photo of the band.
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Hillary Clinton, too, by the way -- except tix in her box are running $2500. U2 isn't happy in either case, since, well, they didn't sign up to be whores.