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45. Hopefully she will donate to congressional candidates if she cannot to Obama. Without a good

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Fri Feb 17, 2012, 03:42 PM

Feb 2012

congress he can promise anything but as we have seen it will not do him any good.

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Hope this isn't going to be a trend: Obama losing financial backing of big S.F. donor [View all] a kennedy Feb 2012 OP

And Susie, just what do you think having a Loki Feb 2012 #1

Susie, tell us your REAL reason. But it's your money. nt nanabugg Feb 2012 #2

And it was her 'good friend' Hillary Clinton who pushed the Keystone project before it was blm Feb 2012 #3

+1 AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #18

Aha! Someone should call her out on that flamingdem Feb 2012 #25

Excellent response! nevergiveup Feb 2012 #4

The bigger picture is if you support Obama taking private money, you have to deal with the process. EFerrari Feb 2012 #44

So she is going to match her 2008 donation to Obama. ieoeja Feb 2012 #5

Ding! Ding! Ding! We all know what this is about..... Tarheel_Dem Feb 2012 #11

She donated $2300 Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #21

That was my guess. She didn't give to him in 2008. She's a Hillary supporter who's mad.... Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #54

Your headline contains a factual error: since he never had her financial backing he can not lose it. ieoeja Feb 2012 #6

Nope... she donated $2300 Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #22

concerned about the environment? thug president will eliminate the EPA spanone Feb 2012 #7

As opposed to one whose head quits because he joeybee12 Feb 2012 #37

"Obama losing" How could he lose what he never had? SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #8

She is a Super Pac funder. former9thward Feb 2012 #10

Was she a "Super Pac" funder in '08? Tarheel_Dem Feb 2012 #12

According to the OP she was. former9thward Feb 2012 #15

She was not a Financial Backer for President Obama in 2008 SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #16

She did not directly back him. former9thward Feb 2012 #20

Not in 2008, isn't that right? nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #55

I don't know. former9thward Feb 2012 #57

There were PACs in 2008, but not SuperPacs. I think. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #62

Yes she was. She donated $2300 Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #23

Not according to this link SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #29

Your search criteria has the wrong zip code (which you didn't need to enter anyway). Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #31

ah I see..nt SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #34

Her company's in big financial trouble riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #9

Oooohhhh. The plot thickens even more. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2012 #13

She hasn't had anything to do with Esprit for 2 decades. Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #26

Would a principled stand on the environment be that bad? jsmirman Feb 2012 #14

It's rather ironic, doncha know? AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #27

She was protesting in October before the pipeline was nixed. Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #28

Keystone was promoted by HRC and the State Dept. AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #38

Apparently, you did not read the article. Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #40

Wrong. He didn't postpone the project, he nixed it. AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #41

No, the project hasn't been nixed. Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #43

Apparently you didn't read your own block quote. AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #46

The admin has allowed them to reapply with a route that skirts the aquifier Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #47

Everything after "that is ..." is pure speculation on your part. AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #48

From the State Department... Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #50

You aren't offering any new information. AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #53

Sounds like she's still pissed off that Hillary didn't make it four years ago. nt Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #17

A "loyal Democrat" who didn't donate last time and encouraged the superdelegates to overturn Arkana Feb 2012 #19

It sounds like she wasn't going to donate to him anyway, so the article is really misleading. n/t renie408 Feb 2012 #60

She never really loved him. Swede Feb 2012 #24

Exactly. (nt) Tarheel_Dem Feb 2012 #30

What's her DU name? FSogol Feb 2012 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author PragmaticLiberal Feb 2012 #52

She sounds like an old, angry, bitter puma! aaaaaa5a Feb 2012 #32

who is "we"? paulk Feb 2012 #51

Actually no. I am an independent. (My political philosophy is similar to Bernie Sanders) aaaaaa5a Feb 2012 #63

ok, under the bus with Susie Tompkins Buell paulk Feb 2012 #65

Let's all play "defend the puma because she's bashing Obama"! Arkana Feb 2012 #67

let's all play "trash anyone who doesn't worship at the feet of the godchild Obama" paulk Feb 2012 #69

Yes, cults of personality are pathetic. Arkana Feb 2012 #78

Agreed. I suppose there will always be posters here ready to defend someone aaaaaa5a Feb 2012 #70

yeah, 25 million donated to the Democratic Party paulk Feb 2012 #71

I agree. You're doing a great job proving it. nt aaaaaa5a Feb 2012 #68

someone needs to push climate change fixes cally Feb 2012 #33

Good for her randr Feb 2012 #35

Ah, and the DU'er's turn on her quickly. joeybee12 Feb 2012 #36

Do you think the American people (not environmentalists) gave a shit about the environment.... Tarheel_Dem Feb 2012 #39

I agree with you. And the President is already pushing for green jobs programs throughout nanabugg Feb 2012 #76

WTF? treestar Feb 2012 #74

"no Repuke would be worse"... SidDithers Feb 2012 #80

I see this as a good thing, and would like to see more of it paulk Feb 2012 #42

The environment is one of my main issues. I care deeply about it. Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #56

her "pet project" recently has been stopping the keystone pipeline paulk Feb 2012 #59

Yes, the environment is serious. But so is healthcare. It doesn't matter... Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #61

the clean coal initiative wasn't about "mining" paulk Feb 2012 #64

I gotta say, the we are running out of time is how I feel jsmirman Feb 2012 #66

Why should she have more influence than anyone else? treestar Feb 2012 #75

I'm stating a fact - money talks in our current system paulk Feb 2012 #77

Interesting that all idealism about change treestar Feb 2012 #81

Hopefully she will donate to congressional candidates if she cannot to Obama. Without a good jwirr Feb 2012 #45

"We don't need her" SomethingFishy Feb 2012 #58

CNN did a report a few months ago on how many loyal Bill Clinton donors are not really Jennicut Feb 2012 #72

A rich person tries to assert control treestar Feb 2012 #73

every faction in the party has its useful idiots Capn Sunshine Feb 2012 #79