Subject: Re: State Dinner Countdown
From: "Kaplan, Jordan" <[email-masked]>
To: Lindsay Rachelefsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 12:22:20 -0700

We can add her for the next one.

Jordan Kaplan
National Finance Director
Democratic National Committee
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On May 14, 2016, at 3:14 PM, Lindsay Rachelefsky <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Lindsay Rachelefsky
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From: Cookie Parker <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: May 14, 2016 at 11:59:58 AM PDT
To: "Lindsay W. Rachelefsky" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: State Dinner Countdown

Lindsay,

What is it going to take for me to get invited to a State Dinner?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/complete-guest-list-for-the-nordic-state-dinner/2016/05/13/82eb610e-1949-11e6-aa55-670cabef46e0_story.html
I have done more for the Administration than a lot of these people who have name recognition. I have been patient and not kicked up a stink because it is not my style. But as the Obama Administration winds down, I am feeling very down about this. I never received any kind of commission appointment. Other than the holiday parties that everyone gets invited to and the African leaders dinner, I have never been invited to any of the small gatherings or concerts, much less a real state dinner. I raised a lot of money for the DNC for both cycles, got someone to give a $1m to Priorities USA, and here I sit venting and feeling  very much under appreciated. Plus not even feeling better for venting. But thanks for listening.

Cookie

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