'Brilliant idea!' Would Obama submit to tough interview in return for $250k DNC donation?

Twitter user @JNeutron1969 floated an idea in an attempt to entice President Obama into a tough, no holds barred interview: Would the president allow himself to be questioned by investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson for two hours in return for a crowd-sourced $250,000 donation to the DNC?

Multi-part tweet (1) I had an idea and am crafting a Kickstarter campaign. I want to raise $250K to be donated to the DNC in return for…

— Uncle Jimmy: Positively Toward the Negative ? (@jneutron1969) April 18, 2014

@jneutron1969 (2) a no-holds barred interview with Pres Obama, with no questions submitted in advance by @SharylAttkisson for 2 hours…

— Uncle Jimmy: Positively Toward the Negative ? (@jneutron1969) April 18, 2014

@jneutron1969 Obama would get $250k for the DNC, the rest of us would get @SharylAttkisson interviewing him Nixon/Frost style for 2 hours.

— Uncle Jimmy: Positively Toward the Negative ? (@jneutron1969) April 18, 2014

@jneutron1969 Please let me know if this would be of interest by RT'ing, etc – @TwitchyTeam @exjon @GaltsGirl @KatMcKinley @hboulware

— Uncle Jimmy: Positively Toward the Negative ? (@jneutron1969) April 18, 2014

@KatMcKinley @TwitchyTeam @exjon @GaltsGirl @hboulware He admits by NOT sitting that even $125k/hr is not enough to answer ?'s from her.

— Uncle Jimmy: Positively Toward the Negative ? (@jneutron1969) April 18, 2014

@KatMcKinley @TwitchyTeam @exjon @GaltsGirl @hboulware I'd like the interview to take place in October prior to elections.

— Uncle Jimmy: Positively Toward the Negative ? (@jneutron1969) April 18, 2014

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President Obama’s people might be more agreeable to the interview if Attkisson would called the show “Between Two Ferns.”

Some are already on board:

@jneutron1969
Brilliant idea!! I'm in! 🙂

— Mr. Peabody (@Timoniumbill) April 18, 2014

@jneutron1969 @exjon Where do I donate?

— The Delusional Gentleman (@TheMadGargoyle) April 18, 2014

@jneutron1969 @exjon would definitely contribute to that!

— FroJoe (@Jschu_FroJoe) April 18, 2014

Convincing Team Obama to submit to such an interview would probably be more difficult than raising the cash:

https://twitter.com/ChadSedrick/status/457219883659718657

Very true.