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Joe941

(2,848 posts)
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 09:28 PM Feb 2018

It all makes sense (Jill Stein)

In the aftermath of the election Jill Stein started a fund raising campaign for recounts in 3 states. There was a big push right here on DU to donate. Question: do you think this could have been Russians infiltrating DU?

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It all makes sense (Jill Stein) (Original Post) Joe941 Feb 2018 OP
How many millions did she walk away with. Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #1
What's the conversion rate orangecrush Feb 2018 #4
Conversion rate is this,She got to keep every damn penny. Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #7
Yup. orangecrush Feb 2018 #15
Please elaborate. orangecrush Feb 2018 #2
After the election the esteemed (puke) Ms Stein raised money for a recount in WI, MI, rufus dog Feb 2018 #10
Thank you! orangecrush Feb 2018 #14
She ran a phony bid for election recounts, KNOWING that it couldn't change the outcome pnwmom Feb 2018 #11
Thank you! orangecrush Feb 2018 #13
She got to keep all her Funds she raised Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #18
Thanks. orangecrush Feb 2018 #19
False on all accounts. former9thward Feb 2018 #20
She said she was donating the millions to her new "Election Integrity" project. pnwmom Feb 2018 #22
Which is similar to what other politicians do who retire. former9thward Feb 2018 #28
will except your reasoning . Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #29
They have been here long before that. gordianot Feb 2018 #3
Like trump, she was laughing @ her supporters... all the way to the bank! nt ecstatic Feb 2018 #5
I have no doubt a (very) few of our DU "friends" are not what they purport to be. Stinky The Clown Feb 2018 #6
In all likely hood it was the Rooskies who hacked DU too Joe941 Feb 2018 #8
Speaking of..... mchill Feb 2018 #9
I donated to her recount campaign. No one else was doing anything about it particularly on this politicaljunkie41910 Feb 2018 #12
Wouldnt be surprised at all if Stein is swept up in all of this at some point. BannonsLiver Feb 2018 #17
I donated also and I was a volunteer for the Clinton campaign triron Feb 2018 #21
The reason we know she did have a nefarious motive was because she presented pnwmom Feb 2018 #23
I don't know. Willie Pep Feb 2018 #16
Why do you think she went to Russia and ate dinner with Gen. Flynn and Putin? n/t pnwmom Feb 2018 #24
Good point. Willie Pep Feb 2018 #25
oh puhleeeese shanny Feb 2018 #26
Wow, apparently you dont watch much news where R B Garr Feb 2018 #27

orangecrush

(19,611 posts)
4. What's the conversion rate
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 09:34 PM
Feb 2018

to rubles?

She probably has a nice dacha ready for her by now, right next to Snowden.
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. Conversion rate is this,She got to keep every damn penny.
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 09:37 PM
Feb 2018

Notice how her so called Running Mate has melted into the New Mexico Desert.

orangecrush

(19,611 posts)
2. Please elaborate.
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 09:32 PM
Feb 2018

I'm not quite sure of what you are driving at.

I'm a bit slow when it comes to subtle nuance, further explanation would be very helpful.


 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
10. After the election the esteemed (puke) Ms Stein raised money for a recount in WI, MI,
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 09:43 PM
Feb 2018

she raised the money, then basically walked away.

And to answer the OP, yes I thought at the time that was her final payoff from Putin.

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
11. She ran a phony bid for election recounts, KNOWING that it couldn't change the outcome
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 09:43 PM
Feb 2018

because in one of the three states she had ALREADY missed the key deadline. (And all three states would have to be flipped in order for Hillary to win.)

When money started pouring in, she doubled and then tripled the amount she said was necessary. And at the end, when her partial recounts had been completed, she had millions left over -- that she got to keep for future election activities.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
18. She got to keep all her Funds she raised
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 12:56 AM
Feb 2018

that were not spent on a recount. Not a bad payday. How many Millions? Since her campaign has been terminated she does not have any more required filings.

former9thward

(32,068 posts)
20. False on all accounts.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:37 AM
Feb 2018

Last edited Sat Feb 17, 2018, 09:58 AM - Edit history (1)

A federal candidate can't keep money they raised for any personal use. It has to be used for future campaigns or donated to other campaigns or similar organizations. When a campaign is terminated it still has to file with the FEC until there is no money left in its account. The campaign organizations of Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Bush, Kerry, McCain, Romney and Obama are still filing with the FEC.

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
22. She said she was donating the millions to her new "Election Integrity" project.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:45 AM
Feb 2018

Which she will control.

mchill

(1,018 posts)
9. Speaking of.....
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 09:39 PM
Feb 2018

The night of the election and for weeks following, DU was down. Did I miss the explanation?

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
12. I donated to her recount campaign. No one else was doing anything about it particularly on this
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 09:53 PM
Feb 2018

discussion board. The Exit Polling results that we find acceptable in every other corner of the world pointed to the tallied votes not adding up. People on this board were too busy blaming one another to do anything but accept defeat. So when Jill Stein started a fund for a recount I and many others contributed, and I'd do it again knowing if the facts were the same. If you didn't participate; nothing lost, nothing gained. But you don't have a right to tell the rest of us what to do with our own money.

BannonsLiver

(16,439 posts)
17. Wouldnt be surprised at all if Stein is swept up in all of this at some point.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 12:35 AM
Feb 2018

BTW, I don’t see anywhere that the OP told you what to do with your money.

triron

(22,019 posts)
21. I donated also and I was a volunteer for the Clinton campaign
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:42 AM
Feb 2018

Also felt similarly about exit polls. Not sure Stein had nefarious motive here.

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
23. The reason we know she did have a nefarious motive was because she presented
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:48 AM
Feb 2018

the recounts as a way to possibly flip those three states -- and the whole election.

However, she waited to start the fund drive till after the key deadline in PA had passed. So it was a foregone conclusion she wouldn't get a full recount there -- and that there was no possibility then of flipping all three states. But she kept on fundraising, and kept on pretending she could succeed, as long as she could get people to write those checks.

Willie Pep

(841 posts)
16. I don't know.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 12:30 AM
Feb 2018

I can't make up my mind if Stein is a dupe of the Russians or actively worked with them. The Russians did support her campaign though as a way to get liberals to vote for her but I am not sure if she was personally aware of this.

R B Garr

(16,975 posts)
27. Wow, apparently you dont watch much news where
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 02:32 AM
Feb 2018

they discuss actual events that have influenced our election. Real world things happening, like criminal indictments that would show your protection of Jill Stein to be rather bizarre at this point.

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