Paul Simon: 50 Ways to Donate to Kerry
Longtime Democrat Paul Simon — the singer, not the late senator — is pitching in for John Kerry. No, he´s not slated to perform at either the Bette Midler and friends show at Radio City or the Barbra Streisand event in Los Angeles. Simon and wife Edie Brickell are going one better. They´re having strangers to their house.
Simon and Brickell, who are not very public people, have agreed to give a Kerry fund-raiser at their beautiful country home near Greenwich, Conn., one week from today. The minimum contribution asked for on the invite is $2,000, but the real money that the Simon party is supposed to raise is way beyond that. (That makes three homes for Simon in the area, counting Manhattan and Montauk, Long Island. Proceeds from a lucrative European tour this summer with Art Garfunkel could certainly generate more of ´em!)
Potential guests are reminded that individuals may contribute $27,000 each to Kerry 2004. How does this work? Well, that first two grand goes right to the Kerry for President Committee. But the $25,000 ´extra´ goes to the DNC Services Corporation/Democratic National Committee, which is a soft money contribution.
No word yet on whether Simon or Brickell will perform or whether there will be an appearance by Garfunkel. But it´s a good bet that Simon pals Chevy Chase and Lorne Michaels will be there, and that other locals like Glenn Close, Ron Howard, David Letterman, Charles Grodin and Regis Philbin are on the invite list.
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