2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary isn't owned by anyone. [View all]betsuni
(25,486 posts)I read every comment in this thread and saw nothing to back up the claim. Surely there must be a great deal of evidence for so many people to be so adamant on this topic. Or is it just a feeling? Getting contributions and bribes mixed up? Corporations contribute to politicians all the time, both parties. It's a gamble that sometimes pays off and sometimes doesn't. What, do people think that if Olympic athletes sponsored by corporations don't come back with medals they send around a guy with a baseball bat to teach them a lesson for wasting the corporation's money?
I have a little theory. Perhaps the people who donated money to Obama's campaign for president subconsciously expected him to do exactly what they wanted, that they "owned" him. That's why their disappointment and anger was so strong, why they came to hate him.