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leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:01 PM Feb 2016

Imagine the outrage around here!

Imagine the outrage around here if Hillary was claiming that her average donation was $27.00 and the FEC website listed that some individuals had given as much as $5.000. There are literally hundreds of individuals listed on the FEC website that clearly gave as much as $3.000 or more to the Sanders campaign, some of them making multiple donations on the same day. Sounds like it is time for Bernie to start mailing back checks.


http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/988/201602110300034988/201602110300034988.pdf

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Imagine the outrage around here! (Original Post) leftofcool Feb 2016 OP
K&R! stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #1
They would say she is bought and paid for! pandr32 Feb 2016 #2
I hear they're going to hold her responsible for... Mike Nelson Feb 2016 #3
Well, she is already personally BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #7
I really have wondered about BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #4
Same here peggysue2 Feb 2016 #17
Oh, the outrage would be LOUD. I mean, LOUD. BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #5
Yeah, you always see his supporters here saying "I just sent him another 50 dollars" over every LuvLoogie Feb 2016 #8
True. But that FEC list shows people donating $3000 and more in a single donation. BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #10
Yeah that's odd. LuvLoogie Feb 2016 #14
Isn't it? The media are MUM about this potentially huge scandal. BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #15
This was a Friday news dump. Wait until Monday. leftofcool Feb 2016 #16
I'm not going to hold my breath till then. If M$M holds true to their m.o., they're hoping this BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #18
Oh, I'm sure they have the best excuse EVER. nt UtahLib Feb 2016 #6
Remember folks, that letter is about his year end filing. He claims to have gotten..... George II Feb 2016 #9
I wonder if his treasurer is his wife? leftofcool Feb 2016 #11
It's someone named Susan Jackson. George II Feb 2016 #13
It just underscores my suspicion that the GOP are donating to his campaign in order to defeat BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #12
There seems to be some investigation into his campaign fund, talk about campaign reform, Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #19
I don't even care about their outrage .. they have rendered it impotent.. but I take your Cha Feb 2016 #20

pandr32

(11,588 posts)
2. They would say she is bought and paid for!
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:07 PM
Feb 2016

And scream loud and long how corrupt she is, and the DNC, too.

Mike Nelson

(9,959 posts)
3. I hear they're going to hold her responsible for...
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:10 PM
Feb 2016

...the disappearances of Amelia Earnhardt and the Lindberg baby! Hillary must have a Time Machine somewhere, since she supposedly staged the Sanders photo scandal. lol...

BlueMTexpat

(15,369 posts)
7. Well, she is already personally
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:18 PM
Feb 2016

and wholly responsible for the 2003 War in Iraq, the Criminal Justice Reform Act implemented by her husband and approved by Congress, everything that led to the 2008 recession, the failure of anything good or the success of anything bad that she could possibly be remotely linked to solely because she was in a photo op, shook hands with, or communicated either in person, by telephone, or by email with someone who actually was responsible ....

It's not a far stretch to add those and include the assassinations of JFK, MLK, and RFK for the cherry on top.

OMG, but she is omniscient and omnipotent!

BlueMTexpat

(15,369 posts)
4. I really have wondered about
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:10 PM
Feb 2016

how he reached the totals he did so quickly with claims of $27 averaage per person.

$5000 and $3000 are WAY over the legal amount. Checks had better be sent back - and fast.

The only good thing is that the Sanders' fundraising claims have inspired me to contribute MORE to Hillary.


peggysue2

(10,831 posts)
17. Same here
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:11 PM
Feb 2016

"The only good thing is that the Sanders' fundraising claims have inspired me to contribute MORE to Hillary. "

Told my husband to hold the Valentine's gift this year. I'd rather have the money sent to Hillary's campaign.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
5. Oh, the outrage would be LOUD. I mean, LOUD.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:11 PM
Feb 2016

But Bernie doing it...meh.

You know? For "poor students and working class" people supposedly donating to the Bernie campaign, those individuals sure do have a lot of expendable cash lying around. Hm. I'd love to know who those people really are.

LuvLoogie

(7,011 posts)
8. Yeah, you always see his supporters here saying "I just sent him another 50 dollars" over every
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:20 PM
Feb 2016

ginned up persecution.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
10. True. But that FEC list shows people donating $3000 and more in a single donation.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:23 PM
Feb 2016

Now, my family and I do quite well, but NO WAY can I nor they send a single $3000 or more in donations (which is against the FEC rules, anyhow). I wonder why I'm not hearing a peep in the media about this. Hm.

LuvLoogie

(7,011 posts)
14. Yeah that's odd.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:37 PM
Feb 2016

My family and I are hanging in there. we just fended off a couple of judicial sales dates of our home and got out of foreclosure. We just started a trial loan period for a modified loan. The back and forth of sending documents and resending documents, and hardship letters, and filling out forms, and phone calls, and court dates -- for two years -- has been draining.

But I managed to send Hillary 20 bucks a couple of times, once in December. Once in in February. I wish I could send more.

In the meantime I have started to push back on my friends and family who have bought into The Revolution and Anti-Hillary rhetoric. They really get upset when you show them the difference between a meme and the actual record.

I just had one guy commenting on my sister's feed come out with. "Maybe John Lewis thinks all of us white people look alike."

Many in their echo chamber can't handle push back.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
15. Isn't it? The media are MUM about this potentially huge scandal.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:51 PM
Feb 2016

But that would entail them having to actually do their job as watchdogs of the rich and powerful.

I'm sorry to hear of the difficulties you've been suffering, LL. I can only hope things will be better now you've been able to modify. You and I are examples that Hillary Clinton supporters are NOT elitists who can donate tons of money to her while Bernie supporters are scraping by and can only send $27 dollars. Uh huh. It appears it's exactly the other way around - and let's not forget...we can say with confidence that Hillary Clinton does NOT receive donations from Republican operatives. Why? Because they fear her more than they ever could fear Sanders.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
18. I'm not going to hold my breath till then. If M$M holds true to their m.o., they're hoping this
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:31 PM
Feb 2016

potential scandal will have died and gone away.

George II

(67,782 posts)
9. Remember folks, that letter is about his year end filing. He claims to have gotten.....
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:23 PM
Feb 2016

....about a million more contributions since the beginning of the year.

Damn, I would NOT want to be his treasurer.

This first started in early fall, when he announced he had 1.25M "contributors" at the first debate. A day or two later that was changed to 1.25M "contributions" from 750,000 contributors. Those numbers varied a little here and there for a month or so.

The other night he said he had 3.5M contributions from a little more than 1 million contributors.

That's an average of say about 3 contributions PER contributor. But taking a wild-ass guess that 75% of his contributors only did so once, that leave say around 250,000 contributors who have given about 2.75M contributions - an average of FOURTEEN contributions each!

Also in the 43-page letter (with attachments) are a number of disbursement errors or inconsistencies.

Once again, I would not want to be his treasurer. She's got a lot of explaining to do.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
12. It just underscores my suspicion that the GOP are donating to his campaign in order to defeat
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:26 PM
Feb 2016

Hillary Clinton. The GOP are desperate to get Bernie to be the candidate.

Oh, and I loved how he exclaimed (with finger wagging in the air) that his average donation is...$27.00 dollars. Uh huh. $3000 from a single donor does NOT $27.00 dollars make.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
19. There seems to be some investigation into his campaign fund, talk about campaign reform,
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:05 PM
Feb 2016

we know where to start. Besides I have not seen where voting results for Hillary was influenced by a contribution. Differently for Sanders, the NRA donated $18,000 to help defeat his opponent when he was elected to the House. He managed to vote against the Brady Bill five times. Yes, we can see where some are influenced by money.

Cha

(297,304 posts)
20. I don't even care about their outrage .. they have rendered it impotent.. but I take your
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 11:21 PM
Feb 2016

point, leftofcool.

I'm just online now and I see I have a lot of catching up to do.

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