2016 Postmortem

BernieforPres2016

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52. Raising $15 million in a couple of closed fundraisers isn't an outrage

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 10:16 AM

Apr 2016

But throwing dollar bills at the candidate who does that kind of thing is. Welcome to the consequences of Bill Clinton's Telecommunications Act and 25 years of Clintons working the corporate media.

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MSNBC's Joy Ann Reid Horrified By Sanders Supporters Throwing Dollar Bills At Hillary [View all] Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 OP

Joy Reid shilling for Hillary......bucking for a Clinton administration position? Segami Apr 2016 #1

Sigh...'used to like her, too. Now she's just like the other sell outs. Peregrine Took Apr 2016 #31

People throwing dollar bills as if in a strip club. Kalidurga Apr 2016 #2

They're just answering her plea for $1 donations-- right this second! Art_from_Ark Apr 2016 #72

That's just projection by the whores that are the corporate media. CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #3

So Joy Reid is a whore now. Just wow. nt ecstatic Apr 2016 #16

Not sure. Does Joy Reid get paid to create drama and poop on progressives? CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #21

The corporate supplicants are probably gonna swarm you after that. nt VulgarPoet Apr 2016 #23

Either that or crickets. CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #24

You "don't watch MSNBC and don't follow Joy Reid" ecstatic Apr 2016 #28

Harvard? African American? On Television? None of these connote progressive values. CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #32

Her debates with right wingers and sexists are all over YouTube ecstatic Apr 2016 #37

"Throwing dollar bills as if in a strip club" Are you sure she went to Harvard? CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #34

Oh I see. She's not qualified to give her opinion. ecstatic Apr 2016 #36

Being "qualified" and well-educated doesn't prohibit or prevent bullshit. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2016 #38

I'm starting to remember a few things when Obama became president at the beginning. PyaarRevolution Apr 2016 #43

Corporate hack, better? artislife Apr 2016 #60

At lest they weren't throwing quarters. n/t brewens Apr 2016 #56

Not watching. elleng Apr 2016 #4

they could have used that money to dine like Marie Antoinette on bernie's $200K vatican trip nt msongs Apr 2016 #5

Is that all it cost? Hillary makes more than that for a 30 minute speech to Goldman Sachs. ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2016 #12

How high would you have to stack dollar bills to sit at the 350k table at Hillary's fundraiser? pa28 Apr 2016 #6

Alright let's be serious for a Sec. Psychological effects of stuff like this. Joob Apr 2016 #7

Instead of The Boy Who Cried Wolf it's the Hillary supporter that Cried Sexist. jillan Apr 2016 #8

right--and every time someone goes Marcotte or Tindle that just builds up the MisterP Apr 2016 #22

you twisted it, joy reid - hopemountain Apr 2016 #9

"Striking for that to be coming from liberals" ecstatic Apr 2016 #10

You have it exactly backwards. ALL Bernie supporters are liberal. ALL OF THEM. ThePhilosopher04 Apr 2016 #14

I disagree. For example, many of them say they won't vote for Clinton if ecstatic Apr 2016 #17

Hillary is not a liberal either. I don't do conservative. Sorry. ThePhilosopher04 Apr 2016 #18

Hillary is a war hawk neocon who sucks up to big money every chance she gets. She is a conservative. GoneFishin Apr 2016 #58

There will be another woman on the ballot for those artislife Apr 2016 #63

The protestors were speaking her language. Are we supposed to feel sorry for her? Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2016 #11

I like Joy Reid but she's having an extremely difficult time suppressing her severe bias ThePhilosopher04 Apr 2016 #13

"AS IF IN A STRIP CLUB"???!!! WHAT!!!! KPN Apr 2016 #15

"Fired" no way. She should be commended for calling out low class behavior. oasis Apr 2016 #45

If throwing dollar bills at a politician's motorcade truly upsets you, KPN Apr 2016 #49

Me upset? Who called for the firing of a cable anchor oasis Apr 2016 #50

That was worth being upset over. KPN Apr 2016 #61

Thanks for the psychological intervention, but you really oasis Apr 2016 #65

I bet they won't again. artislife Apr 2016 #64

Hillary has already expressed her desire for shutting down oasis Apr 2016 #66

After she is done running and those she has artislife Apr 2016 #68

After she appoints her 3 Supreme Court justices it will be in their hands. nt oasis Apr 2016 #69

If that will be a consideration for her appointees. artislife Apr 2016 #70

You folks must be too young to remember the Yippies throwing money at the New York Stock Exchange OutNow Apr 2016 #19

No one here is too young to remember FIFA's Stepp Blatter being showered with $$ in July 2015 Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #33

It was a ridiculous spectacle and shows great immaturity and inability to understand BreakfastClub Apr 2016 #20

It's about who you are taking money from and what kind of policies you support for them All in it together Apr 2016 #40

Since nobody thinks it's ""wrong" to raise money" your post is completely full of shit n/t arcane1 Apr 2016 #41

By your logic we would have made little strides in the Animal Rights movement. PyaarRevolution Apr 2016 #44

The Clinton mind-meld on full display here. KPN Apr 2016 #71

Calling people whores and throwing dollar bills workinclasszero Apr 2016 #25

Berniebros in action. nt LexVegas Apr 2016 #26

Yup. shadowandblossom Apr 2016 #47

Throwing dollar bills is a protest method that dates back to the '60s. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2016 #27

If someone threw tax forms at Sanders, his supporters would have a fit KingFlorez Apr 2016 #29

Throwing dollars isn't sexist. Throwing closed-door fundraisers is classist. rachacha Apr 2016 #30

I was thinking about this current faux brouhaha as I did my errands this morning. Vinca Apr 2016 #35

What conflating libodem Apr 2016 #39

Willful ignorance like this makes me sick. shadowandblossom Apr 2016 #48

"That visual there, of throwing dollar bills at a POLITICIAN..." Buns_of_Fire Apr 2016 #42

Yeah, that was pretty jaw-droppingly idiotic behavior. They lost a lot of votes on that one. shadowandblossom Apr 2016 #46

Manufactured outrage. Octafish Apr 2016 #51

Raising $15 million in a couple of closed fundraisers isn't an outrage BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #52

same here... chillfactor Apr 2016 #53

I'll admit can't see that happening with a male candidate.. speaktruthtopower Apr 2016 #54

Reid was filling in for Mark Thompson yesterday on "Make It Plain". I couldn't listen after Snotcicles Apr 2016 #55

Crap...they are trying to twist this artislife Apr 2016 #57

The more Joy toes the corporate line the more air time she gets. She's rewarded for being a good Skwmom Apr 2016 #59

Bought and sold politicians get Billions of dollars thrown at them every week. beedle Apr 2016 #62

just another "outrage" to avoid discussing issues. bbgrunt Apr 2016 #67