Obama Event Registry

In case the recent $40,000 a plate celebrity fund raiser at Sarah Jessica Parker's Manhattan brownstone wasn't enough to alienate voters, the Obama Biden 2012 campaign has doubled down, defining new boundaries for crassness and hucksterism.

A few months ago it was the Dinner with Barack promotion. No, you don't actually need to make a financial contribution but that's like thinking you'll win the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes without buying a magazine subscription.

Then came the online campaign store that makes Obama Biden 2012 merchandise for every occasion, including to wear your gender, religion, ethnicity, sexual preference and other secondary characteristics to being an eligible voter on a t-shirt that shills for the President.

And now we have the Obama Event Registry where the campaign suggests you forgo your birthday presents and wedding gifts to make a contribution to the campaign instead, and we quote: "It’s a gift that we can all appreciate—and goes a lot further than a gravy bowl."  Read a few of the more than 1,400 comments on the site.

Rumor has it that when Obama loses this November, he will cancel Christmas.