(CNN)—Academy award winning actor George Clooney is set to host a fundraiser for Barack Obama in Switzerland next month.
The event, taking place on the evening of September 2 in Geneva, Switzerland will be split into two parts: a reception and a dinner. According to Obama’s National Finance Committee, tickets for the reception where Clooney will speak are going for $1,000, followed by a dinner at the home of NFC member Charles Adams for $10,000 a plate. Space for the dinner is limited to 75 guests.
Clooney made headlines in February when he told CNN he was hesitant to campaign for the presumptive Democratic nominee, calling it a ‘slippery slope.’
“I feel that at times you can harm the person that you are trying to help,” Clooney told CNN’s Kiran Chetry in reference to campaigning for Obama. “I don’t want to damage anybody.”
Watch: Clooney won't stump for Obama
The Academy Award winning actor officially endorsed Obama early last year calling him a ‘rock star.’ Clooney compared him to the likes of John and Robert Kennedy saying, “Few people in my lifetime, that I’ve heard speak made me want to get up and do something,” but cautioned, “I don’t want to hurt him by saying that.”
Although next months fundraiser is taking place overseas, the campaign specified only U.S. Citizens with a passport will be allowed to contribute to the campaign.
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Thanks Clooney!!!!!
Democrats 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD INVITE MCCLUELESS.
YOU NEVER KNOW, WHO HE WILL WAKE UP THAT MORNING.
ON THAT DAY HE MIGHT WAKE UP A DEMOCRAT, & MAKE
A GOOD CONTRIBUTION. HE HAS DONE ODDER THINGS.
WOW..........................now thats what I call a PARTY......
GO DEMOCRATS!!!!!!
Thanks George!!!!
Obama 08/12
Hurray for George Clooney. Bill Clinton should step up to the plate, too.
OBama inspires us ALL!!
I could NOT vote for a man who MOCKS fellow Americans.
Ohhh-BAMA
Ohhh-EIGHT
Ohhh-BAMA
OOOHHHHH – YYYEEEAAAHHHHHH!
But Obama is not a "rock star"... right?
YEA CLOONEY, MANY THANKS !!!
I COULD SAY THAT IN APPRECIATION I WILL GO
TO SEE ONE OF YOU MOVIES, BUT THAT WOULD
BE VERY REPUBLICAN OF ME. DON'T WANT TO
GET COUGH DOING THAT. I USUALLY SEE YOUR
MOVIES TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE VIDEO RELEASE.
GREAT ACTOR, EVEN GREATER HUMAN BEING.
KUDOS TO YOU SIR.
Will looney have paris and britney there as well?
You ROCK George Clooney,,,YES WE CAN!!!!
If it walks with the megastars and it talks like the megastars and it looks like the megastars... maybe it is a megastar...
Or maybe Obama is only a quacking duck.
So why the uproar over the McCain ad for implying/ saying just this?
How funny it would be if there was a ROLL CALL at the Demoncrat Convention and then Hillary got the nomination!
CLOONEY YOUR ANOTHER MEDIACLOWN. YOU TWO MAKE A PAIR.
Clooney always seemed to be one of the more intelligent stars in Hollywood. He just made it perfectly clear that he's an idiot when it comes to politics.
Here comes the rock star/ pop idol thing again.
Obama wants it both ways: court the pop idol image and exploit it for appeal and votes.
then whine and
Criticize anyone who mentions that he is fueled by star power and not by accomplishements and track record.
Yes, invite McClueless so he can fly his and Cindy's private jet – the one that uses fuel like it's a dime a gallon... maybe for them it is. (It'd be interesting to see if CNN finally posts one of my comments)
Just because Obama is liked by big stars the stupid ignorant rascists think he is a rock star.
Just trailer trash talking.
Obama is the leader man.
The bro for the future of this land.
Uh oh. Obama probably doesn't need this. Hopefully the money raised will counteract the queasy reaction this kind of thing tends to invoke in the electorate.
CLooney and ObamaLooney, what a pair!
Clooney who lives in a villa in Italy will hold a fundraiser in Switzerland for Obama? I would like to know exactly how much of BHO's campaign funds come from foreign sources?
Anyone from any country could have donated to BHO over the internet right? How much from islamic nations? Wouldn't it be great for the muslims of the world to witness the US elect a President who has Hussein in the name? Barack is not Swahili but Arabic (Baraka).
Clooney of course is so in touch with Americans that the fundraiser will be in Switzerland? Elitists!
lame.
McCain is jealous because Obama is beautiful and he is an old white guy.
The rock star power of Obama overshadows McCain.
Obama is the super duper rock star America needs.
Switzerland?
Wow.
I love celebrity presidents.
Thanks George!!
Obama needs all the help and MONEY he can get to defeat McSnooze. Keep raising George!
OMG what a moron………….
Welcome to the Third World America. This is the promise of the media created false Messiah .
This imposter is clueless, can't hold a position more than 24 hours, is completely unqualified to lead even a McDonald franchise and hangs out with scum like Wright, Farrakahn, Ayers, Ludacris and Rezko.
He has stated he wished he could rid himself of his "white blood" (read his writings if you dare) and will be eaten alive by the enemies of America. His child-like views on foriegn policy and the economy ensure our descent into also-ran status.
Great job DNC of "selecting" your candidate over the objection of Michigan, Florida and the will of 18 million Billary voters. Another brilliant strategic plan by Howard (Yeehaww) Dean and the DNC.
It was great to be on top for so long. Liberals, get ready for a wake up call if this Manchurian candidate gets in…..
Vote McCain or join the insane………….
George Clooney has 100 times more common sense than McCain.
Megastar appeal...
Exploit it... then pretend that it is a fabricated distraction.
Say....can Clooney hold a fundraiser for me to too?
Good call by George Clooney. He is wise.
OBAMA (2008 -16)
Georgia Clooney is not only a good man, but a smart man.
Didn't Obama say the pop star image was an untrue distraction?
Why does he keep perpetuating that glitzy image and exploiting it for his personal gain?
Why bother to vote? Lets let Oprah and her celebrity big shots pick our next prez.
Another Smart American Doing The Right Thing And Backing Obama!
Another, educated, deep thinking, concerned citizen. He's an actor. Get an actor. Not a teacher, not a great humanitarian, not the one who will discover a cure for cancer. He's an actor just like Hussein.
I appreciate George Clooney's talent, but to support a man who has NO EXPERIENCE to become the new leader of this country is INSANE!
Ah, another ELITIST coming to Obama's aid.
An ELITIST for another ELITIST.
The Hollywood actors live in a fantacy world and have NO idea what the rest of America is going thru.
"David Goldman" aka "Venus" aka "Dr. Mimi:"
YOU are the one who is "clue-less" - there are millions of American voters who aren't one bit impressed with what George Clooney - or any other "megastar" thinks. Clooney jets around in Europe - has no idea what the average American has to deal with daily - and we should care what he thinks? WE DON'T!
And what did his "beloved" Obama do for Darfur (Clooney's "pet project") during his stint in the U.S. Senate - or while in the IL Senate? Can't recall anything, actually. Can you?
THE WORLD LOVES YOU...PRESIDENT OBAMA '08
Do you know what surprises me still?? The fact when Senator McCain released that ad about Paris and Britney, we heard the mom, right? She talked about what a waste of money was thrown, the time wasted, time consuming, people's money, etc. But not once did she mention her daughter. She did not mention once the main significance of how that ad was portraying her daughter. I thought that was surprising! I know she's an adult and she takes care of herself but even her OWN mom didn't defend her! She basically said, "I don't care if you make fun of my daughter but waste my money on something good."
I'm just schocked that she didn't defend her.....especially that she donated.
I can finally thank a George.
Allah, GOD,
Please help us if the Barack, "The Tire Gauge Guy" becomes our next president.
I'd rather vote for Larry the Cable Guy.
yeahhhhhhh way to go Clooney..., we are proud of you and your endorsement... Good Luck with your humanitarian efforts too....
BO/GC: remember if you believe in yourself you can do anything you set out to do..!!
Gosh Clooney is looking so old.
When George Clooney talks, women ARE going to listen – No matter what party they are affilitated with!
When the Clooney speaks, the women ARE going to listen.
Thank you George Clooney.
MY VERY FAVOURITE FILM STAR IS SUPPORTING MY VERY FAVOURITE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE!
WHAT MORE CAN A PERSON WANT?
WHATEVER HAPPENS, THANK YOU GEORGE! YOU ARE MY FOVOURITE FILM STAR. I just wish that I could meet you in person!
guess clooney figured he could make a better political ststement with presence and cash than his flims. just what we need another hi flying celebrity pretending to understand day to day life and needs in america. SURE HOPE FABIO DOESNT SHOW UP. YOU KNOW HE CLASHES WITH CLOONEY ON EVERYTHING FROM FASHION TO MANLINESS. GEES SEEMS LIKE A-L-L CELEBRITIES ARE OUT OF TOUCH, OUT OF SYNC, AND USUALLY LIVING OUT OF THE COUNTRY. TO THINK THAT POOR GIRL ON ER TRIED TO COMMIT HARRY-CARRY OVER HIM.....................................LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've always admired Cloony. Seems to be a smart individual. Its also good to see a wealthy person no that the needs of the many out way the needs of the few...
Thank you, Feorge! The only thing is I am shure that McLame will be whining about celebrities again. Anthing to distract from the issues! That is the Republican way!
Clooney the Looney and Obamination ! Hahahahhahahahahahah !
Now, that's the kind of t.v. ad we want to see! Not something stupid which attempts to belittle a candidate for the highest office of the land, the President of the United States of America. While at the same time, REALLY SHOWING US WHAT IDIOTS THE McCAIN CAMP ARE for trying to frame Paris Hilton in a negative light and showing no regard for all of the emotional trauma Britney Spears suffered over the past 2 years. The t.v. ad is a disgusting juvenile "misfire" and as McCain's own mother said, It's Silly!
Keep having them George, most americans look at hollywood like the Romans. Romans viewed actors as the lowest form of sociaty
I knew there was a reason I liked George Clooney besides the fact that he is a really good actor. Of course,now you know that by tomorrow, McStupid will jump on this and come out with one of attack dog ads. Something like"Only Clooney could host a party for Moses!"There is absolutely nothing wrong with hollywood hosting galas and fundraisers. They always have done so. Of course, McStupid would see nothing wrong with hollywood doing the same for him. He will find something wrong with it, I know. He has nothing good to say about anyone who disagrees with him. Typical republican bull--!
Mr. Clooney,
You have the right to endorse anyone that you want to, and it's cool that you have a voice that commands attention on the national stage. Don't worry about a bunch of chumps that would berate and insult you, or possibly damage Barak's candadacy – simply because of your endorsement. I have a feeling that the GOP attack machine will be focusing on a wide array of imignary threats and truth distortions – not just you ultra-liberal, elitist, media-controlling Hollywood personalities.
Obama should make sure he attends this event and that he is photographed with ALL of the other "Celebs" ! IN YOUR FACE McCain... Since when is it unpopular to be popular? That ad McCain put out about Obama shows how out of touch and clueless McCain and his goons really are about voters. Teens and Tweens support Britney and Paris by buying into the hype... Let's not forget it's their parent's money they are using to make these Celeb's popular.
Way to go Mr. Clooney, I'm def. gonna go out and rent more of your movies
Great to hear, i bet Mccain's smear campaign is what pushed Clooney to do this after being hesitant, thanks Mcidiot!
Clooney for VP!
As a fellow democrat, my admiration and respect for George Clooney just went out the window.
so?
C'mon George – can't you tell the difference between a game player trying to score points with the American voter by flip-flopping every other day and the real article? You would think with all of your good works in Dafur – you would recognize a fraud when you saw one.
Hey, it's not Obama's fault if he gets the attention of the rich and famous in Hollywood, even the smart among them know a good thing when they see one.
Yeah, I like Clooney but I wish Hollywood would just keep out of politics. It actually cheapens the whole process, makes it look fake. Next thing Barbara will be out singing. I love Barbara, but please let us stick to the issues and forget the celebrity aspect. Obama is a celebrity too and people do not want to have a celebrity in office otherwise we could have asked Britney or Lindsay Lohan to take the job.
Who even cares!!!!
Obama is just one big phony! He thinks that he is better than the rest of us! What a joke!
Soon it will come out how Obama screwed over Hillary Clinton in order to get the votes needed to become the nominee.
Hillary Clinton should be the nominee, and the delegates should all vote for her at the convention, and make her the nominee instead of the phony Obama.
I am one of those Hillary Clinton voters that will write her name on the ballot, or will vote for McCain, long before I would vote for such a losing phony!
Yes, Clooney, you will not harm Obama because people will not vote for Obama anyway. You just show us your acting, nobody will trust you either.
okay CNN, nice photoshopped picture.. Next you'll do a McCain and Paris Hilton.. oh wait, you have one of those..
Seems Miss P has her own too.... (It's Hot)
Where she OWNS McC.
Clooney is great looking.. thanks for that..
Yes ..We..Can...
Obama/Clooney... 2008, 2012
Oh, Heavens, no! This is such a huge mistake!!!
Clooney had made such a point that he understood how risky high-profile celebrity campaigning is. What happened??
Hasn't Obama learned a lesson from his recent trip, how McCain was able to get HUGE mileage from the images of European adulation???
And now, he is going to step in two piles of #$%#$% at the same time: celebrities and Europeans! And all this in the week or two after the conventions????
Is Obama TRYING to lose??? Why not just concede now? This will cost Obama a good 5 to 10% in the polls in one fell swoop.
And the sad thing is that, should Obama realize the mistake and cancel the event, McCain will eat him alive for that change of heart.
Um...these guys are really stupid. Holding a fundraiser in SWITZERLAND is the last thing they ought to do. They will deserve all the flak that the Repubs make out of this. Campaigning and Fundraising need to be done in the USA. Exclusively.
Good for you, Clooney
Thanks Mr. C.
Who cares? Perfect crowd for him, he thinks he's a celebrity too. I would rather have a serious president as opposed to one running around with Hollywood stars.
No talent, no brains.
Goes perfectly with empty vessel, empty words, empty (and changing daily) ideas.
Try picking up your neck while your "acting", same tired character in every role, just a hollyweird favorite because your ideas are not of regular folks.
Hey David, try suppressing the CAPS LOCK, it makes you look even more clueless in CAPS.
now you can understand why the gop call senator obama a rock star that 's because the star are behind him, gwen patrow, george clooney and host of stars. thanks george and the rest of the starts for back obama the next president 08
way to go george!thank you!!!!
Is this supposed to convince us he has more foreign policy experience because he can raise money in Europe?
McCain would die with envy.
Clooney is as "full of himself" as Obama. One "pretty boy" supporting another! Nothing more! Go away, Clooney - you're only a "movie star," which means you read scripts and act them out - just like Obama. Nothing more!
Looney Clooney–another Hollyweird rocket scientist..Doesn't know reality from fantasy.
Although I felf that the oversea's trip Barack did was wonderful and the speech in Berlin was fantastic...I think he should stay in the country until he wraps this thing up. It's not that I don't dream of a world where we can work together and get past our differences, but for the less educated and/or greedy American's it leaves his dedication to this country in question. Why??? That's beyond me. Either way though, I gave my support to Barack right off the bat and will support him in MOST things he does.
Obama '08!!!
Clooney for VP!!!
Add Clooney to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears--maybe Obama should move to Beverly Hills--this is great-a rock star, arrogant, elitist,
country club President leading us from his ivory tower where he never gets his hands dirty-
In his youth McCain was a war hero, while Obama was smoking dope.
AMERICA IS WATCHING, KEEP RAISING THE BAR "YOU ARE THE CHOSEN ONE" YOU CAN DO NO WRONG!! WE REMEMBER LUDACRIS, REV. WRIGHT, FR. PFLEGER, AYER , FARRAKAN – WE REMEMBER ALL THAT AND WE WILL HAVE OUR SAY IN THE VOTING BOOTH DESPITE WHAT CLOONEY AND ALL THE BIASED POLLS SAY. YES, YOU WERE RIGHT – YOU SCARE ALL OF US!!
OOoohhh La La... yummmy George Clooney. I'll take him over OLD MAN John McCain's Paris Hilton and Brittney spears LAME Ads any day.
I mean George Clooney....a REAL celebrity and mighty "delicious", or Paris Hilton? Hummmm there is NOT comparison to OLD MAN's LAME judgement.
It's SAD that John McCain also OFFERED his wife Cindy up to a Biker's Beauty contest, NOT REALIZING that would mean his wife strutting down almost NAKED the the other Biker's girls!! What a STUPID move, this just proves how out of touch John McCain is. He offered his own WIFE without knowing what it meant.
Count me in – I'll be there!
Obama for President of Switzerland and emperor of the world!!
We love you George Clooney
I'm so disappointed...I LOVE GEORGE CLOONEY but I would have thought he would've been smarter than that. Barack Obama can obviously speak well but he is clueless when it comes to the real issues our country is facing. Yes he's good-looking and does have the "rock star" image and I would love to have a President who looked good and presidential and all that but the issues are more important so go McCain!!! We do need change but not Obama's kind of change.
I AGREE WITH DAVID GOLDMAN 100 PERCENT.
Name one good movie this guy has made. He's over rated just like Obambi.
Switzerland? What are the Democrats doing? If stunts like this aren't scary, I don't know what is!
I hope that Mc-Loser will find somebody to do the same for him. What about Tom Cruise for featuring Top Gun although Mc-Loser never did something to be a Maverick or a Top Gun.
Mr. Budweiser go take e flight!
If CNN deletes your posts remember that there are plenty of other networks to post your opinions.
If I'm going to pay money to listen to a political leader speak... I want him to speak intelligently, use words ONLY found in Webster's dictionary, and can actually form coherent sentences.
Otherwise, you're just giving free money to an idiot... take notice, GOP!!
Remember: Oil is the crack cocaine that feeds the republican habit.
I like this but be careful because I am sure that the McCain camp and the RNC will try to find someway to be jealous and cry to the media.
Here we go again, another "star" supporting Obama. They like to stick together don't they? No wonder McCain compares Obama to Spears and Hilton. Of course liberal Clooney would support the most liberal candidate the dems could come up with.
Here we go again, another "star" supporting Obama. They like to stick together don't they? No wonder McCain compares Obama to Spears and Hilton. Of course liberal Clooney would support the most liberal candidate the dems could come up with. CNN is there some reason you won't post my comments? duh...maybe a little to conservative.
I think it's interesting that Europeans are buying Obama's presidency, make you wonder about his allegiance. Look out I thought Obama was the superstar, better tell Clooney to get out of the way of the Messiah.
I knew there was something I liked about George Clooney.
The LAST thing we need is a ROCK STAR in the White House.
Isn't that how BUSH got elected.....because he was the "cool one"
NO OBAMA
I use to think Clooney was okay, now I know I was wrong.
Where's the beef Obama??
NO BEEF! NOBAMA!!!
Well George Clooney is right he is a Rock Star, and I would not put him in the league of John and Bobby Kennedy. They were not Rock Stars. They were about helping others more than all about themselves as in Obama. I met Bobby in l964 and I volunteer for his short Presidential bid in l968.
Yep Hollywood Obama. No substance just reads speeches.
McCain is invited since he is also voting for Obama.
Better judegment is always better than prestige.
war war war
surge surge surge
drill drill drill
what happened to you Mr McCaine ???? 8 years or party line voting is no Maverick..
As an independent, I have no stake in this question, but maybe somebody could answer me (seriously). Now with Chuck Heston gone, and other than Chuck Norris, are there any Hollywood celebrities of the Republican persuasion left in L.A.? And I mean real Hollywood celebrities, not the red-state Nashville-type celebrities? And publicly so? Thanks.
Why Switzerland? Why not in the United States? Will his "only now proud to be American" wife be there?
If Sen. McCain was having a fund raiser like this all you Obama supporters and the news media would be all over it.
Oh, by the way, how come obama only leading by five points? Could it be people are finally getting smart to him.
way to go Clooney!
Two hollow heads on stage at the same time?
When is CNN going to cover this birth certificate issue??
I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD INVITE MCCLUELESS, Yeah So He Can Wear His 4 Billion Dollar Shoes!
There's National Stars and Movie Stars. Two Separate Entities. IMHO
Oprah caused enough flak. Why dig oneself in deeper when it's not needed. Why give the Repugnicants more ammo about Stardom?
Clooney not needed.
Obama 08