Thu May 31, 2018, 05:08 PM

Gothmog (90,959 posts)

Wonkette-Jill Stein Robbed You Suckers Blind

Jill Stein is not a trustworthy person. I refused to contribute to her efforts and it turns out that this was the wise move https://wonkette.com/634591/jill-stein-robbed-you-suckers-blind

Drum roll, please, as we now go live to the Internets to learn how this recount booty was spent.

Ongoing litigation, travel costs, and staff salaries are also likely to eat up whatever is left [of the $7 million raised for a recount], meaning those who donated to Stein are unlikely to receive a once-promised chance to vote on how the post-recount money would be spent. Nor have donors been given much of a window into how Stein is actually spending their donations.

The last FEC filing from the Stein campaign was for the month of September 2017. And the last update from the campaign itself came in a post on April 20, in which it said it was down to $932,178 in recount funds.

“It is strange that they would just stop filing reports given they were a legitimate, professional campaign, and despite still having more than a million dollars in cash on hand,” Andrew Mayersohn, a researcher at the Center for Responsive Politics, told The Daily Beast.

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24 replies	Author	Time	Post
Wonkette-Jill Stein Robbed You Suckers Blind (Original post)	Gothmog	May 2018	OP
yes she did	TeamPooka	May 2018	#1
Rec'd because I was one of those suckers.	Baitball Blogger	May 2018	#2
Me too...	BigmanPigman	May 2018	#3
Don't feel too bad. I bought into John Edwards hook, line & sinker in 08	Va Lefty	May 2018	#4
Still have a John Edwards T-shirt in a drawer somewhere.	Codeine	May 2018	#5
Erm, I'm two for two.	Baitball Blogger	May 2018	#6
Same. I donated $1K (a massive amount for me) to John Edward's campaign in 2004.	VOX	May 2018	#7
I did, as well, although it's not quite the same.	GoCubsGo	May 2018	#13
$20 here.	tavernier	May 2018	#8
I also donated, but i don't feel stupid - it made me feel better at the time	womanofthehills	May 2018	#10
But it was a scam	oberliner	May 2018	#14
Anyone could tell it was obvious that the recount couldn't possiby succeed	MichMan	May 2018	#11
I volunteer a great deal of time on voter protection issues	Gothmog	Jun 2018	#22
Thom Hartman	gibraltar72	May 2018	#9
Here's a couple of blasts from the past	oberliner	May 2018	#12
You and a few others could see from the beginning it was a scam	MichMan	May 2018	#15
Jill Stein is an avowed enemy of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party	oberliner	May 2018	#17
A vote for Stein was a vote for Trump	Gothmog	Jun 2018	#21
K&R	Scurrilous	May 2018	#16
Damn straight. Some of us didn't flush money down that particular toilet. (nt)	ehrnst	May 2018	#18
"Jill Stein Robbed You Suckers Blind" Is not that	Cha	May 2018	#19
Stein lied and took advantage of the people who donated to her	Gothmog	Jun 2018	#20
.	dalton99a	Jun 2018	#23
Stein just filed some late FEC reports	Gothmog	Jun 2018	#24

Response to Gothmog (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 05:09 PM

TeamPooka (18,593 posts)

1. yes she did

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Response to Gothmog (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 05:12 PM

Baitball Blogger (37,312 posts)

2. Rec'd because I was one of those suckers.

I contributed to her effort to find out what happened after the election. Didn't see her as a viable candidate, but she was the first out of the gates to call for an investigation.

Now I wonder if she ever had any real intention to investigate, or was she planning to profit from the emotional outrage that we were all feeling at that time.

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Response to Baitball Blogger (Reply #2)

Thu May 31, 2018, 05:19 PM

BigmanPigman (40,383 posts)

3. Me too...

I would have paid a king's ransom to not have the fucking moron get inaugurated. I still would too, even if I had a king's ransom that is.

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Response to Baitball Blogger (Reply #2)

Thu May 31, 2018, 05:27 PM

Va Lefty (6,242 posts)

4. Don't feel too bad. I bought into John Edwards hook, line & sinker in 08

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Response to Va Lefty (Reply #4)

Thu May 31, 2018, 05:30 PM

Codeine (25,586 posts)

5. Still have a John Edwards T-shirt in a drawer somewhere.

I once cast a vote for Dennis Kucinich as well. We all have our off days, I suppose.

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Response to Va Lefty (Reply #4)

Thu May 31, 2018, 05:52 PM

Baitball Blogger (37,312 posts)

6. Erm, I'm two for two.

I even donated to the Clinton campaign in the days before the election. Three for three. Obama is the only one who ever made it through with the dark curse of my donations. LOL.

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Response to Va Lefty (Reply #4)

Thu May 31, 2018, 06:09 PM

VOX (22,962 posts)

7. Same. I donated $1K (a massive amount for me) to John Edward's campaign in 2004.

I also talked him up to family members, got them to contribute, too. We all went to see John Edward speak— twice. He was just too perfect...back then.

But today, I feel like a genuine chump for incorrectly measuring that man’s (lack of) character.

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Response to Va Lefty (Reply #4)

Thu May 31, 2018, 06:44 PM

GoCubsGo (25,769 posts)

13. I did, as well, although it's not quite the same.

I believe that Edwards was sincere with his "2 Americas" message. He was mostly just a shitty husband, who made terrible decisions, because he thought with his penis, rather than with his brain. I think he actually wanted to try to make the country better for everyone, even if he was a scumbag of a human being. I don't think he was an outright fraud like Stein is. She had no intention of pushing for a recount. She just saw a bunch of desperate people, and she took advantage of them. Edwards, at least, had his record as a US Senator to back him up. He was a pretty good Senator, IIRC.

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Response to Baitball Blogger (Reply #2)

Thu May 31, 2018, 06:16 PM

tavernier (8,976 posts)

8. $20 here.

I’m seldom so stupid, but I was desperate to do something.

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Response to tavernier (Reply #8)

Thu May 31, 2018, 06:35 PM

womanofthehills (5,175 posts)

10. I also donated, but i don't feel stupid - it made me feel better at the time

even though it was a long shot.

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Response to womanofthehills (Reply #10)

Thu May 31, 2018, 06:45 PM

oberliner (58,724 posts)

14. But it was a scam

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Response to Baitball Blogger (Reply #2)

Thu May 31, 2018, 06:38 PM

MichMan (4,045 posts)

11. Anyone could tell it was obvious that the recount couldn't possiby succeed

She had no hope of overturning one state, much less all three. She played people she knew would be foolish and gullible enough to give her money. Most likely using much of it to either enrich herself or undermine Democrats.

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Response to MichMan (Reply #11)

Fri Jun 1, 2018, 12:58 AM

Gothmog (90,959 posts)

22. I volunteer a great deal of time on voter protection issues

I was part of the Clinton Victory Counsel program. Marc Elias is a great election law attorney and if there was a chance in a recount, he would have filed one and raised the money. It was clear to me that a recount had no chance

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Response to Gothmog (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 06:18 PM

gibraltar72 (5,858 posts)

9. Thom Hartman

deemed her a perpetual candidate. Always working on someone elses dime. Think she won an election once as town alderman or something like that. Even Rubes on our side will be rubes.

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Response to Gothmog (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 06:42 PM

oberliner (58,724 posts)

12. Here's a couple of blasts from the past

Think carefully before sending money to Jill Stein allegedly for a recount

https://www.democraticunderground.com/12512623429

Stein has changed the goal to 7 million dollars

https://www.democraticunderground.com/12512625163

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Response to oberliner (Reply #12)

Thu May 31, 2018, 07:03 PM

MichMan (4,045 posts)

15. You and a few others could see from the beginning it was a scam

Unfortunately, so many others begged to be conned. There were so many other useful places for people to donate $$$ like local charities for the poor or animal rescue etc, yet so many decided to send it the Stein instead.

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Response to MichMan (Reply #15)

Thu May 31, 2018, 07:06 PM

oberliner (58,724 posts)

17. Jill Stein is an avowed enemy of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party

I wish people didn't give her money.

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Response to oberliner (Reply #17)

Fri Jun 1, 2018, 12:56 AM

Gothmog (90,959 posts)

21. A vote for Stein was a vote for Trump

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Response to Gothmog (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 07:05 PM

Scurrilous (38,613 posts)

16. K&R

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Response to Gothmog (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 07:32 PM

ehrnst (32,640 posts)

18. Damn straight. Some of us didn't flush money down that particular toilet. (nt)

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Response to Gothmog (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 07:35 PM

Cha (268,117 posts)

19. "Jill Stein Robbed You Suckers Blind" Is not that

what we've been sayin'?!

stein LIED to get votes..

"Stein actively helped Trump win. It’s not just that she bashed Hillary Clinton, but she argued for Trump repeatedly, claiming the former reality TV star was less likely to get us into a nuclear war than the former Secretary of State and current possessor of a functioning brain stem. Paul Ryan never went that far. I recall an interview Ryan had with Chuck Todd during the campaign that I just made up."

https://wonkette.com/634591/jill-stein-robbed-you-suckers-blind#1ZKTMosrd5VZvmLh.99

Thanks, Goth

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Response to Cha (Reply #19)

Fri Jun 1, 2018, 12:55 AM

Gothmog (90,959 posts)