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2016 Postmortem

Midwestern Democrat

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19. It shows how out of control campaign finance has gotten that a four day convention costs $64 million

Reply to silvershadow (Original post)

Sun May 29, 2016, 08:05 AM

May 2016

To put this in perspective, Bill Clinton's entire campaign in 1992 cost around $100 million - now there's been inflation since 1992 but not THAT much. I'd sure like to know what accounts for the convention costing $64 million - there's no paid speakers or big name entertainment and the delegates pay their own travel expenses.

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Rendell: Dems short $10M for convention [View all] silvershadow May 2016 OP

damned straight on that one. nt grasswire May 2016 #1

Or maybe if they didn't dismiss one of the candidates and his supporters.... jillan May 2016 #2

Rendell went on to add: "I'm not kidding maddie" Fumesucker May 2016 #3

LOL!!! hahaaaa. Maddie send me a dollar! jillan May 2016 #4

It's Hillary's party. Let her pay for it. She probably LibDemAlways May 2016 #5

Check the sofa cushions in Chappaqua, Georgetown, or ... Yurovsky May 2016 #16

democrats are too kind to freeloaders nt msongs May 2016 #6

no, they are not. reddread May 2016 #7

This is a PSYOPS underthematrix May 2016 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author silvershadow May 2016 #9

Results of your jury service .. MaeScott May 2016 #17

I'm sure CGI can cover it. It's not like the money from despots is passing on to charities. Nuclear Unicorn May 2016 #10

Ha ha ha TrueDemVA May 2016 #11

And now we know why people are being pissy with DWS this week. IdaBriggs May 2016 #12

Good job DWS! Bread and Circus May 2016 #13

I'm sure Hillary can cover it out of her slush fund. hobbit709 May 2016 #14

Too bad bigwillq May 2016 #15

Debbie can get them a short-term loan until the next payday. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #18

or barney can get them a bank loan Viva_La_Revolution May 2016 #20

It shows how out of control campaign finance has gotten that a four day convention costs $64 million Midwestern Democrat May 2016 #19