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JackRiddler

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38. No one should ever spend money for a political action.

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 10:53 PM

Apr 2016

Respectable politicians can spend millions on advertising, but no one should try to get media by spending $1000 in a clever action (actually, it seems they picked up the dollars at the end).

The faux-outrage is noted.

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Bernie supporters shower Hillary Clinton's motorcade with $1 dollar bills [View all] RATM435 Apr 2016 OP

gee those guys coulda given the $$ to downticket dems or homeless people. selfish act msongs Apr 2016 #1

That's where the money from the fundraiser goes. Top of the ticket shares the wealth. alfredo Apr 2016 #9

A few handfuls of ones turned out to be some great publicity. cprise Apr 2016 #11

No one should ever spend money for a political action. JackRiddler Apr 2016 #38

Shut off your internet, use the money you save to run a soup kitchen. Scootaloo Apr 2016 #69

And they picked every one of them back up again....How very satisfying pkdu Apr 2016 #2

The cost of the money bomb was $0, and they got a movie of it that will be used SDjack Apr 2016 #15

good thing the whiners about protests weren't around in the 60s roguevalley Apr 2016 #73

Sure thing skippy, it's playing 24/7 right now dontcha know. Er...not. pkdu Apr 2016 #76

Clinton Counting on Wins in New York FastLearner Apr 2016 #3

A couple of Park Avenue chums using the country for their schemes. cprise Apr 2016 #14

But if they had thrown a quarter million she'd have stopped. Gregorian Apr 2016 #4

^^ Funny ^^ chwaliszewski Apr 2016 #8

At this point, even a quarter million would be unlikely to... afertal Apr 2016 #40

Your venom reminds me of some tea bagger, but there were no misspelled words. alfredo Apr 2016 #45

oh snap. aren't you a piece of work roguevalley Apr 2016 #74

I do my best;) alfredo Apr 2016 #79

And given a speech. forest444 Apr 2016 #63

Post removed Post removed Apr 2016 #5

Thespian, that's a nasty slander. I hope you're proud of yourself. Nitram Apr 2016 #7

Not to worry. George II Apr 2016 #12

And censorship reigns. Because that juried remark would have irreparably harmed Hillary Clinton... LS_Editor Apr 2016 #22

I'd respond with something pithy, but it's Sunday night and I have to rearrange my SOCK drawer. George II Apr 2016 #26

I wonder why you responded at all. LS_Editor Apr 2016 #47

Just to show us how little this means to him dflprincess Apr 2016 #57

I'll allow it. LS_Editor Apr 2016 #19

Well, isn't that nice. Nitram Apr 2016 #6

Yeah but very little goes to help down ticket candidates. alfredo Apr 2016 #10

Wrong. All that goes to Hillary is $5k per couple. That means $14.5 million will be going to pnwmom Apr 2016 #16

Downticket DINOs, you mean. cprise Apr 2016 #18

Downticket candidates in all 50 states. But you probably consider ALL Dems to be DINO's. n/t pnwmom Apr 2016 #20

Have another helping of 2014 mid-terms. cprise Apr 2016 #30

If Bernie is the nominee we can be certain of that. In Wisconsin, for example, pnwmom Apr 2016 #31

Ah, that's right, only the establishment is allowed to win Republican hearts and minds cprise Apr 2016 #36

Do you get it at all. That's what happens if down-ticket dems aren't supported brush Apr 2016 #53

You just had your proof in 2014 of what oligarchy yields cprise Apr 2016 #59

You're not making much sense brush Apr 2016 #65

Its was the Clintons that made a deal with Rs to privatize social security. cprise Apr 2016 #66

You're deflecting and changing the subject brush Apr 2016 #67

I gave you a concrete example. cprise Apr 2016 #68

No answer huh? brush Apr 2016 #71

Are you new to DU? Miss the whole Nader thing? cprise Apr 2016 #72

Midterms always suck for the party holding power. alfredo Apr 2016 #77

Name calling really advances you argument. alfredo Apr 2016 #29

LOL.. Did you even read the parent post? cprise Apr 2016 #37

yes alfredo Apr 2016 #48

Um, actually referring to other post calling Sanders supporters cprise Apr 2016 #52

That was uncalled for too. alfredo Apr 2016 #58

No. Really, DINO is a very apt term. Have a nice day. cprise Apr 2016 #60

Clooney is a Staunch Democrat, so is his dad. alfredo Apr 2016 #61

I was talking about Sanders supporters. He has only helping three candidates. alfredo Apr 2016 #35

keep going. your tears are delicious roguevalley Apr 2016 #75

Because it's SO TERRIBLE that she raised all that money for the 50 state parties. pnwmom Apr 2016 #13

Her wealthy donors are the creeps, not the least the corporate media. cprise Apr 2016 #17

State and local parties host fundraisers. To draw the deep pockets, they headline a big name. alfredo Apr 2016 #43

Mmmmmmmm! DEEP POCKETS!!! cprise Apr 2016 #50

Until we have public funding for elections, that's the way it is. alfredo Apr 2016 #78

So LeFleur1 Apr 2016 #64

How creepy is it that you mind went strait to the stripper analogy??? hueymahl Apr 2016 #21

It didn't. The analogy is being tweeted all over. pnwmom Apr 2016 #23

Yet you are the only poster that brought it up here. hueymahl Apr 2016 #25

So what? Millions of people saw this on MSNBC. pnwmom Apr 2016 #27

I think more likely 100's of thousands - this is MSNBC we are talking about! hueymahl Apr 2016 #39

So that's cool to you, throwing money a woman dem candidate like she's a stripper? brush Apr 2016 #55

This whole "stripper" meme is just the slander-of-the-day hueymahl Apr 2016 #56

Take it up with your fellow Bernie supporters leftofcool Apr 2016 #34

I am a supporter of the ultimate democratic nominee hueymahl Apr 2016 #41

Seems HRC supporters seem intent on making sexism stick even when there is none. PoliticalMalcontent Apr 2016 #54

I'm sorry, but I disagree. PoliticalMalcontent Apr 2016 #51

This reminded of a past action... SeattleVet Apr 2016 #24

They put in the bulletproof glass after that. bigmonkey Apr 2016 #32

Yes, that's the reason that the gallery is glassed in now. nt SeattleVet Apr 2016 #33

Ah, but that was the time when a dollar would buy you two subway rides and a slice of pizza beastie boy Apr 2016 #49

I love guerrilla theater. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2016 #62

Real classy. Darb Apr 2016 #28

Whose silly idea was that? Jack Rabbit Apr 2016 #42

That's nothing. Bernie threw $140 million at Hillary in Wisconsin! beastie boy Apr 2016 #44

LOL fbc Apr 2016 #46

James Carville quote Geronimoe Apr 2016 #70