2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: A Bernie Sanders Shocker Is Coming [View all]Divernan
(15,480 posts)Did you even read the OP? "When the next quarterly campaign finance reports are released in October the political world will be shocked by the breathtaking increase in small donor money to the Sanders campaign."
And unlike corporate megadonors and One Percent sugar daddies, none of us expect an invitation to a state dinner at the White House (Oh, thrill! Will I be seated next to Carlos Danger? Hugh Rodman? Rahm Emanuel? Henry Kissinger? one of the Koch brothers? Fast Eddie Mezvinsky?) or to right of approval, or right of first refusal on Supreme Court nominees.
Seriously, social networking has come of age since HRC last ran in 2008. In Pittsburgh/Allegheny County's Dem. primary last spring, the old establishment/machine dems outspent the new, progressive dems by 10 to 1, but the newbies won and they won BIG!
Bernie spends his campaign funds wisely. One small example - he flies coach, without a retinue of hangers-on & go-fers; as compared to HRC's private jets. I am confident that my campaign donations to Bernie will not be blown on overpriced haircuts:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/07/30/hillary_clinton_haircut_every_presidential_campaign_needs_a_hairgate.html
Hillary Clinton has earned millions of dollars from speeches and shes well-known for her specific demands on the speaking circuit.
But the Democratic presidential candidate raised the bar last week when she stopped for a haircut at John Barrett Salon in New York City. As The New York Post reported, Clintons haircut cost a cool $600.
The haircut and subsequent blow-dry even shut down the whole area, as one source for the Post said:
Staff closed off one side of Bergdorfs so Hillary could come in privately to get her hair done An elevator bank was shut down so she could ride up alone, and then she was styled in a private area of the salon. Other customers didnt get a glimpse. Hillary was later seen with a new feathered hairdo.
According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Hillarys hefty haircut price is more than the average American individual earns each week.