Cory Booker recieved $565,000 from BAIN CAPITAL for his 2002 race for Mayor

[bigdarryl]

That's why he defended Bain Capital on Meet The Press http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/2012/05/21/according-to-thinkprogress-mayor-cory-booker-received-bain-money-for-his-run-for-mayor-which-may-explain-his-remarks-on-sunday/

[DFab420]

1. I knew it. I fuckin knew it. First thing I did the when he was on Rachel was try to find his recent

donations.

Apparently I didn't look far enough back..


Fucking KNEW the only reason he would dare open his mouth against the President was to protect his monied donors.

[DFab420]

2. Original ThinkProgress article so you don't give Greta Van SUCKTREN clicks...

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/05/21/488002/bain-financial-industy-gave-over-565000-to-newark-mayor-cory-booker-for-2002-campaign/

[julian09]

3. He recieved $565,000 from FINANCIAL INDUSTRY not just Bain.

[liberalmuse]

4. This is why corporate funding of candidates should be disallowed.

I didn't think Booker could be bought. I thought he was a good, straight up guy. How very disappointing.

[calimary]

6. I'm wondering if he just killed his own political career through all this.

Paul Krugman said something about that in one of his blogs.

But it just struck me that he better damn well work his ass off to help Obama win reelection, because if he doesn't, I'm sure millions of Dems will remember how he stuck a shiv in Obama's back by showing who's really buttered his bread. And then, it seems to me, he's damaged goods. Because Dems won't feel secure in trusting what he stands for, and you KNOW the GOP won't be voting for him anyway. I certainly feel betrayed.

I, too thought he was a good, straight up guy, liberalmuse. And I too am very disappointed. Besides, he's not a complete novice at this. SURELY he understands who the other side is and how rough and dirty they play. SURELY it didn't come as news to him that they'd jump on anything he said, however inadvertent or taken out of context (when has THAT ever stopped them?) and use him for their purposes. He sure wasn't born yesterday, forcryingoutloud! NO excuse whatsoever for being a naif in his position! Seems to me he's in danger of becoming a man without a party.

Did he just get so enthralled about being on "Meet The Press" that he just simply lost his head and forgot himself and blathered on - as I've heard some people do?

[TheWraith]

5. No, he received $565k from the ENTIRE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY.

Which includes every single human being who works at a bank, brokerage, credit union, etcetera, even if they have absolutely no connection to Bain or anything else about private equity.

[Marzupialis]

7. Fix the title

As someone else said, the number is not from just Bain.