Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Sorry to read this about Biden's first day on the campaign trail. [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Bernie was so "firewalled" off that Our Revolution "didn't know" that Bernie was planning to run for POTUS in 2020, and thought that he "needed to be convinced?"
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rubycramer/bernie-sanders-draft-president-2020-primary
Because WHY YES, after all, it's not legal for a dark money PAC to coordinate with a sitting politician.
Shortly after the org "urged him to run" with a fundraiser, the sitting politician drafts the president of that org as his campaign manager.
As long as it's not a 'corporate' dark money pac, then I guess it's OK for the candidate to benefit from their spending. Got it.
Hypothetical question for you about a candidate's ethical culpability in accepting help from corporate dark money superpacs:
Karl Roves' Crossroads GPS coporate superpac runs expensive "issue" ads to smear Bernie Sanders in states to benefit a primary opponent - another Democrat who is making a campaign promise to not take corporate PAC money, and the beneficiary candidate refuses to denounce Crossroads GPS or even comment publicly. That candidate refuses to speak out when their supporters make those ads go viral on social media. We don't know if the beneficiary candidate changes their spending on ads in those markets due to the Crossroads GPS ads smearing the candidate for them - but let's say they didn't.
Would that Candidate truly be keeping their promise concerning monetary support from corporate superpacs, as long as the candidate doesn't say "Thank, you, Crossroads GPS?"
Would they still be above ethical reproach, knowingly benefitting from the corporate super pac without objection, and remaing silent while their supporters spread those ads on social media, because there were no $$ from Crossroads GPS that appear on their donor records?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden