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Tom Steyer impeachment ad must be eating at the trump clown (Original Post) spanone Oct 2017 OP
...and he won't win any if he wastes his money on silly campaigns like this brooklynite Oct 2017 #1
"Wastes his money"?? HughBeaumont Oct 2017 #3
+1 OnDoutside Oct 2017 #5
How is this silly? MFM008 Oct 2017 #6
It's silly because an online petition won't change a single mind in Congress... brooklynite Oct 2017 #9
Why aren't you in charge? shanny Oct 2017 #29
Because I have a full-time job... brooklynite Oct 2017 #30
Building a base of supporters MFM008 Oct 2017 #32
BS -- this is peanuts for Steyer. KPN Oct 2017 #7
he's done more than his share. spanone Oct 2017 #10
Those millions are having the desired effect in his home state of California Brother Buzz Oct 2017 #31
Wacky & totally unhinged dalton99a Oct 2017 #2
just the kind of nuanced response we'd expect. spanone Oct 2017 #4
Do you know why NC became so regressive? brooklynite Oct 2017 #13
steyer put 75 MILLION into the 2016 campaign. spanone Oct 2017 #16
He's projecting again. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #24
Is he running this on all channels? WhiteTara Oct 2017 #8
saw it on monday night football... spanone Oct 2017 #14
that's big. WhiteTara Oct 2017 #22
found this.... spanone Oct 2017 #25
It's running all the time in Atlanta metro, I'll try to keep track ecstatic Oct 2017 #19
I saw the ad last night for the first time eleny Oct 2017 #11
Let's save the fact that Schtroumpf is a trainwreck who's going to kill us all . . . HughBeaumont Oct 2017 #20
Donald the walking PROJECTION. Madam45for2923 Oct 2017 #12
I am seeing the ad like 3-4 times a day.. HipChick Oct 2017 #15
if he's tweeting, he's pissed. spanone Oct 2017 #17
Aaaaannnnnd... MontanaMama Oct 2017 #18
Mango Moron didn't win his election either. He "won" librechik Oct 2017 #21
And he also tried to claim he had a mandate after losing the popular vote by 3 mil Oneironaut Oct 2017 #27
It's a great ad malaise Oct 2017 #23
in case someone hasn't seen it....here's the ad. spanone Oct 2017 #26
Hopefully if enough people sign Congress may worry about reelection and do something blueinredohio Oct 2017 #28
Steyer is considering running for Governor here in California. nt Raine Oct 2017 #33
Hoping it makes the asshat screw up more.... lindysalsagal Oct 2017 #34

brooklynite

(94,757 posts)
1. ...and he won't win any if he wastes his money on silly campaigns like this
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 09:49 AM
Oct 2017

Those millions could be spent getting Democrats elected.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
3. "Wastes his money"??
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 09:55 AM
Oct 2017

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.

MFM008

(19,821 posts)
6. How is this silly?
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 10:04 AM
Oct 2017

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)
9. It's silly because an online petition won't change a single mind in Congress...
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 10:11 AM
Oct 2017

...but actually electing Democrats might.

brooklynite

(94,757 posts)
30. Because I have a full-time job...
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 02:56 PM
Oct 2017

...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 I’m running to beat Paul Ryan/Steve King/Ted Cruz” leave me cold.

KPN

(15,662 posts)
7. BS -- this is peanuts for Steyer.
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 10:10 AM
Oct 2017

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)
10. he's done more than his share.
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 10:13 AM
Oct 2017
Steyer may be relatively unknown to the public, but he loomed large in the 2016 campaign. He was the single biggest spender in 2016 election, after spending more than

$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)
31. Those millions are having the desired effect in his home state of California
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 03:08 PM
Oct 2017

There are five or six republican congress critters shitting in their pants trying to figure how to unhitch their wagon from Trump train.

brooklynite

(94,757 posts)
13. Do you know why NC became so regressive?
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 10:15 AM
Oct 2017

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.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
24. He's projecting again.
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 11:04 AM
Oct 2017

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.

spanone

(135,891 posts)
25. found this....
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 11:06 AM
Oct 2017
The ads are running on broadcast stations in New York and California and nationally on cable television. Accompanying the TV ads is what a Steyer aide said is a seven-figure digital ad buy intended to get the minute-long spot a large audience online.
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)
19. It's running all the time in Atlanta metro, I'll try to keep track
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 10:26 AM
Oct 2017

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)
11. I saw the ad last night for the first time
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 10:13 AM
Oct 2017

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)
20. Let's save the fact that Schtroumpf is a trainwreck who's going to kill us all . . .
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 10:28 AM
Oct 2017

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.

librechik

(30,677 posts)
21. Mango Moron didn't win his election either. He "won"
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 10:32 AM
Oct 2017

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)
27. And he also tried to claim he had a mandate after losing the popular vote by 3 mil
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 11:12 AM
Oct 2017

Oh, but those were all “illegals!”

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