J.J. Abrams: Why I’m Supporting Hillary Clinton for President
Back on December 19, Hillary Clinton closed out the third Democratic debate with a potent message to the people of Goffstown, New Hampshire, “Thank you, goodnight, and may the Force be with you.”
The Star Wars nod came one day after Star Wars: The Force Awakens obliterated box office records, grossing a mammoth $119.1 million in its first day of release. It was also, perhaps, Hillary’s way of paying respect to two of her biggest donors: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams and his wife Katie McGrath, who each donated $500,000 to the Hillary super PAC Priorities USA back in June.
Abrams is one of Hollywood’s bigger Democratic supporters. Back in October, he hosted an intimate $33,400/ticket roundtable with President Obama in the living room of his Pacific Palisades home to raise money for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. And now that Hillary’s presidential campaign is in full swing, Abrams opened up about why he thinks she’s the best candidate in the field.
“I will say we are supporting Hillary,” Abrams told The Daily Beast. “We believe in her as the strongest candidate. She does have the experience and the politics. She is compassionate, and right. When I look at the people who need the support that aren’t necessarily getting it, I believe that she would provide that. That is really the way that we have to approach how we vote: look around and ask yourself, who needs to be brought up? Who needs to be emphasized? Who needs compassion? And I find that that’s something that she’s got.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/01/j-j-abrams-why-i-m-supporting-hillary-clinton-for-president.html
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Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 14m14 minutes ago
The Force is strong with this one. http://hrc.io/20iOdhQ
The fact that Bernie supporters choose to differentiate rich people by who they endorse is hypocrisy period. By your logic, which makes no sense at all, is if a rich person endorses/donates to Hillary, they are somehow evil with nefarious intentions
, and if a rich person endorses/donates to Bernie, they are good and it should be obvious by the halos above their head and the wings on their back
. It does not make one single bit of difference the net worth of the recipients of those endorsements because the intent is exactly the same. To get that person who is endorsed elected. You should go pedal your fairy tale of good and evil to someone who's that gullible.
"Why it makes a difference, is where the Clinton's wealth comes from. It comes from the global corporatist-funded Clinton Foundation, and from the exorbitant speaking fees they collect, ostensibly for imparting their wisdom to many of our most offensive institutions, such as Goldman-Sachs. Supposedly the Clintons get around $200,000 to make these 2 hour speeches, but everyone knows the speech is cover for a pay to play scheme, where the corporations are buying favors and future considerations (often cabinet appointments)."
BLAH BLAH BLAH...I stand by what I said, and you have proven nothing.
"You started out debunking the rich person endorses rich candidate meme upthread. I pointed out Hillary is rich while Bernie is not, which right there shot down your argument."
Like the hamster in the wireless commercial, I don't know where to go with that.
My goodness. How embarrassing. 
