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brooklynite
(94,757 posts)Those millions could be spent getting Democrats elected.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)He's worth 1.6 billion and leads a relatively modest lifestyle.
He's done more than enough to get Democrats elected. He's allowed to multi-task.
OnDoutside
(19,974 posts)MFM008
(19,821 posts)I signed his petition and if you haven't seen the spot, It's pretty hard hitting.
An unhinged maggot with nukes is scary not " silly".
brooklynite
(94,757 posts)...but actually electing Democrats might.
shanny
(6,709 posts)brooklynite
(94,757 posts)...but if it makes you feel better, my wife and I spent $100 K + on the last election cycle, and the decision where to put that money was ruthlessly emotionless. I burn through a lot of hard data as to which races are competetive. Emotional pleas like the Koch Bros. Are targeting me, or Im running to beat Paul Ryan/Steve King/Ted Cruz leave me cold.
MFM008
(19,821 posts)Probably. That's ok. I'll still sign it....
KPN
(15,662 posts)Who knows, he may use this as a catapult to run himself. I wouldn't be averse to that. He has a good track record position-wise as far as I can tell.
spanone
(135,891 posts)$75 million to "mobilize millennials for progressive causes," CBS reported.
http://time.com/money/4993059/impeach-donald-trump-campaign-tom-steyer-ad/
Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)There are five or six republican congress critters shitting in their pants trying to figure how to unhitch their wagon from Trump train.
dalton99a
(81,635 posts)spanone
(135,891 posts)brooklynite
(94,757 posts)A wealthy conservative put money into every competitive State legislative race, no matter how obscure. Not with a specific agenda; just a desire to get rid of Democrats.
Strategic investing, not emotional investing.
spanone
(135,891 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Tom Steyer is the sanest person in the world compared to Trump. In fact, he is the anti-Trump. He sounds like a very interesting person and someone who is truly dedicated to making the world a better place. More at link below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Steyer
Thomas Fahr Steyer (born June 27, 1957) is an American hedge fund manager, philanthropist, environmentalist, progressive activist, and fundraiser.
Steyer is the founder and former co-senior managing partner of Farallon Capital and the co-founder of OneCalifornia Bank, which became (through merger) Beneficial State Bank, an Oakland-based community development bank.[2] Farallon Capital manages $20 billion in capital for institutions and high-net-worth individuals. The firm's institutional investors include college endowments and foundations.[2] Since 1986, Steyer has been a partner and member of the Executive Committee at Hellman & Friedman, a San Francisco-based $8 billion private equity firm. In 2010, Steyer and his wife signed The Giving Pledge to donate half of their fortune to charity during their lifetime. In 2012, he sold his stake in and retired from Farallon Capital. Switching his focus to politics and the environment, he launched NextGen America, a non-profit organization that supports progressive positions on climate change, immigration, health care, and education.
In October 2017, NextGen America donated grants totaling $2.3-million dollars to eight national immigration law service organizations, including the University of California Immigrant Legal Services Center, the Immigration Law Clinic at UC Davis School of Law, UC Hastings Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Asian Americans Advancing Justice Asian Law Caucus, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Center for Community Change, American Immigration Lawyers Association. and the Council on American-Islamic Relations.[5] Steyer served on the Board of Trustees at Stanford University[6] from 2012 to 2017.
WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)I saw it on MSNBC.
spanone
(135,891 posts)WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)spanone
(135,891 posts)Steyer is paying for the ads himself, and they are not part of his NextGen America political apparatus.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/20/politics/tom-steyer-ad-impeach-trump/index.html
ecstatic
(32,737 posts)of the channels. It's most likely CNN but I'm pretty sure it's also running on a major broadcast network. It's a very effective ad, IMO.
eleny
(46,166 posts)His quiet and sincere message caught my attention because it's so different from the usual noisy, active adverts. He's anything but wacky or unhinged. But that's Trump projecting again. We all know T is more than a slice short of a loaf.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Sooner or later, these congressional Republicans have GOT to realize that with each day in office, Trump becomes more toxic to their brand and re-election chances.
Really, who wants to be the politician with THAT albatross hanging around their neck? They'd have to be AS dumb as Schtroumpf is.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)As much TV as 45 watches, he must be too..
spanone
(135,891 posts)go steyer
MontanaMama
(23,344 posts)Captain Projection weighs in!
librechik
(30,677 posts)Did you ever see a winner full of so much sour grapes???
He's hurting and lashing out because he DIDN'T win and people don't love him.
It's like when the principal's son cheats to get the Prom King crown and so when he grabs the Prom Queen by the pu**y and she slaps him and he's all "You'll see. I'll get you." And then a bucket of garbage lands on him and everybody laughs and Prom King marches out full of rage and vowing revenge.
"You'll pay!" he says. "You'll all pay!"
And that's how Ill Douche was created.
Oneironaut
(5,530 posts)Oh, but those were all illegals!
malaise
(269,200 posts)Rec
spanone
(135,891 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)Raine
(30,541 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,741 posts)Viscious, vindictive bastard.