DraftWesleyClark.com Auctions eBay “Virtual Fundraising Dinner;” Genuine Army MRE’s for Those Who Can’t Afford Bush $2,000 Dinners

(Washington, DC) – DraftWesleyClark.com, the largest effort to draft General Wesley Clark for President, today unveiled a “fundraising dinner for the rest of us” to counter the $2,000-a-plate dinners being hawked by the Bush-Cheney campaign.   The dinner for four is being auctioned this week on eBay, and will consist of four genuine Army, “Meals Ready to Eat” (MRE’s), supplemented by “Clark” bars, and “Draft” Clark mugs.  Bidding began at $20.04.

(see www.DraftWesleyClark.com for details).

“Those $2,000 Bush dinners must be pretty darned yummy, but with the state of today’s economy, who can afford them?,” queried John Hlinko, a leader of the DraftWesleyClark.com effort.   “For one one-hundredth the price, our MRE dinners provide all the nutrition a voter could hope for, with a healthy helping of ‘regime change at home’ for dessert.  Oh, and a Clark bar too.” 

Bidding for the dinner for four is underway, and will last until Thursday, July 31.

ABOUT DINNER

The dinner for four starts with four stylish Draft Wesley Clark mugs, perfect for enjoying a frothy “draft” beverage. At the heart of the meal is a sumptuous feast of four hearty Army Meals Ready to Eat (MRE). These high-protein meals will have you ready to defend the ideals of your country, just as Four-Star General Wesley Clark did when he ended the Serbian ethnic cleansing campaign in Kosovo. And to cap off your dinner you will receive four Clark bars, the signature desert of the Draft Wesley Clark movement.

DRAFTWESLEYCLARK.COM: LATEST MILESTONES

1) Approximately 30,000 letters (not petition signatures, but actual letters) sent to General Clark;

2) Over $300,000 in pledges for a Clark campaign via its “General Fund,” – in only 4 weeks;

3) Clark MeetUp membership is now spread among over 400 cities, with real-life meetings having occurred in July in approximately 100 cities - up from only three meetings one month earlier;

4) According to the "Lycos 50 Daily Report," the number of people doing web searches for Clark is third - behind only Dean and Kerry - among all "candidates;"

5) According to Alexa.com, DraftWesleyClark.com is second in traffic among all “candidate” sites (only Dean is ahead);

6) DraftWesleyClark.com has already been featured on Meet The Press, CBS Evening News, Crossfire, CNN, MSNBC, AFP and Fox, as well as in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Esquire and Newsweek.

ABOUT DRAFTWESLEYCLARK.COM

Launched in April, 2003, DraftWesleyClark.com has already collected tens of thousands of letters urging General Clark to run, gained national and international media coverage in print, online, and on TV, and built a network of volunteers, ready to serve – if General Clark chooses to lead.

DraftWesleyClark.com is the largest effort to draft the General. It is not affiliated with General Clark, but is motivated by high regard for his solid record of leadership and achievement: Former supreme commander of NATO; First in his class at West Point; Vietnam combat veteran; A Rhodes Scholar; A necessary voice of common sense and moderation on the foreign policy front.  The effort is led by a diverse team including veterans of a number of grassroots and political efforts. It is headquartered in Washington, DC, one block from the White House. For more information, please see www.DraftWesleyClark.com .