2016 Postmortem

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts) Tue Oct 27, 2015, 08:18 AM Oct 2015

OMG: Trump is coming out against Super PACs and for campaign finance reform

Will Hillary?

That's the big question. If Trump is taking a hard stance in alignment with the left, on one of the most important issues in our Democracy, then Hillary must give up her Super PAC or she is going to be left behind on this issue.

I don't see how Hillary can justify using more money from her Super PAC than Sanders has raised when you have the leading candidate on the right saying what everyone at DU has said for decades now: It's Wrong.

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OMG: Trump is coming out against Super PACs and for campaign finance reform (Original Post) berni_mccoy Oct 2015 OP

I want Hillary to win the GE leftofcool Oct 2015 #1

You should care because it is the biggest threat to our Democracy berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #2

I care about keeping a Democrat in the White House leftofcool Oct 2015 #3

Then why respond? berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #5

Hillary above all else artislife Oct 2015 #15

This is why the middle class is pretty much non existent we basically have 2 classes JRLeft Oct 2015 #6

Win at any cost for the plutocracy. Broward Oct 2015 #13

Trump has been for campaign finance reform for almost 20 years now Recursion Oct 2015 #4

Trump is a danger because he has taken other sensible positions . . . brush Oct 2015 #7

Bingo. Thank you. Recursion Oct 2015 #10

Hillary is already for campaign finance reform and overturning CU. DanTex Oct 2015 #8

And yet she's taking money from SuperPACs... berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #9

Letting the GOP win will do nothing for campaign finance reform. DanTex Oct 2015 #11

I think you need to inform yourself berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #12

Sure, after he pocketed 150 mILLION from Icahn!!!!!!! nt BootinUp Oct 2015 #14

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)

1. I want Hillary to win the GE

Reply to berni_mccoy (Original post)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 08:21 AM

Oct 2015

If she gets her money from Super Pacs like Emily's List and Ready for Hillary, or anyone else, why would I care?

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)

2. You should care because it is the biggest threat to our Democracy

Reply to leftofcool (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 08:30 AM

Oct 2015

Ever hear of Citizens United?

And the fact that you care more about winning makes you sound like a Trump supporter more than a Democrat.

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)

3. I care about keeping a Democrat in the White House

Reply to berni_mccoy (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 08:36 AM

Oct 2015

And I don't give a shit what you think, period.

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)

5. Then why respond?

Reply to leftofcool (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 08:45 AM

Oct 2015

artislife

(9,497 posts)

15. Hillary above all else

Reply to berni_mccoy (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 07:48 PM

Oct 2015

I guess that is the answer.

I am trying to understand how this isn't a cult of personality.

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)

6. This is why the middle class is pretty much non existent we basically have 2 classes

Reply to leftofcool (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 09:03 AM

Oct 2015

The poor and the wealthy. If we continue to elect republicans and corporate dems, we will reside in a peasant state.

Broward

(1,976 posts)

13. Win at any cost for the plutocracy.

Reply to leftofcool (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 07:41 PM

Oct 2015

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

4. Trump has been for campaign finance reform for almost 20 years now

Reply to berni_mccoy (Original post)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 08:39 AM

Oct 2015

Amazing how short people's memory is.

He's been for campaign finance reform and a wealth surtax since the 1990s.

brush

(53,738 posts)

7. Trump is a danger because he has taken other sensible positions . . .

Reply to Recursion (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 10:29 AM

Oct 2015

that align with the left, that conflict with his crazy righty stances.

He's a paradox who can win some dem votes.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

10. Bingo. Thank you.

Reply to brush (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 10:48 AM

Oct 2015

That's exactly right. We underestimate him at our own peril.

DanTex

(20,709 posts)

8. Hillary is already for campaign finance reform and overturning CU.

Reply to berni_mccoy (Original post)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 10:33 AM

Oct 2015

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)

9. And yet she's taking money from SuperPACs...

Reply to DanTex (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 10:44 AM

Oct 2015

Somehow I don't think she'll do squat about it.

DanTex

(20,709 posts)

11. Letting the GOP win will do nothing for campaign finance reform.

Reply to berni_mccoy (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 10:49 AM

Oct 2015

By the way, she's not "taking" money from SuperPACs. There are SuperPACs supporting her. You should probably inform yourself as to how it all works.

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)

12. I think you need to inform yourself

Reply to DanTex (Reply #11)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 07:33 PM

Oct 2015

There are two candidates not "taking" money from SuperPACs.

BootinUp

(47,072 posts)

14. Sure, after he pocketed 150 mILLION from Icahn!!!!!!! nt

Reply to berni_mccoy (Original post)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 07:43 PM

Oct 2015

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