Opinion: Maybe two grand gets you Eggs Benedict

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In communities throughout America, pancake breakfasts are a friendly, low-key way for service organizations and other groups to raise a little bit of cash and for neighbors to pass a convivial weekend morning. But here comes the modern presidential campaign ready to bend such events to its fundraising imperative.

As Newsday reports today, Hillary Rodham Clinton (with husband, Bill, in tow) will be in the Hamptons this weekend with more than just summer fun on their minds. Clinton aims to raise as much as $1 million for her presidential campaign during a series of appearances that include a pancake breakfast Saturday at the home of Democratic philanthropists Alan and Susan Patricof.

Cost of a plate of grilled batter: $1,000 (no word on whether bacon is extra). Want a keepsake to remind you of the meal for years to come? Pose for a photo with the Clintons -- for $10,000.

Let’s hope the photographer knows what he’s doing.

-- Don Frederick