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Shrek

(3,981 posts)
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 09:48 PM Jul 2019

Marianne Williamson campaign uses fundraising email to help rival 2020 Democratic candidate

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/451916-marianne-williamson-campaign-uses-fundraising-email-to-help-rival-2020

Author and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson’s campaign used a fundraising email sent out Sunday to help one of her primary opponents garner enough donors to qualify for the next round of debates.

Williamson’s campaign email Sunday asked recipients to support former Sen. Mike Gravel (D-Alaska), who is roughly 10,000 individual donors short of the threshold to qualify for the next round of Democratic debates, slated to be held at the end of July.

“You may not have heard of him because he hasn’t yet qualified for any debates,” the email reads, referring to Gravel. “But his voice is important.”

The email, signed by Williamson, touts Gravel’s body of work in Congress and “diverse and provocative” voice as reasons he should be on the debate stage next to her.

“Thanks to you, I’m on the debate stage. And that’s why today I’m using this platform, granted to me by you, to ask for your help,” the email states as it asks donors to consider giving Gravel a dollar to increase his individual donor count.




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JI7

(89,252 posts)
1. both of them need to go the fuck away.
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 09:50 PM
Jul 2019
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redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
2. Neither one has any business on the debate stage
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 09:55 PM
Jul 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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ecstatic

(32,712 posts)
4. I thought it would say she was helping Bullock or something.
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 10:19 PM
Jul 2019

Gravel?! WTF?

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unc70

(6,115 posts)
5. Mike Gravel is in the hero category
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 10:19 PM
Jul 2019

Read about the Pentagon Papers thanks to him.

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JI7

(89,252 posts)
6. many people are heroes, doesn't mean they should be president
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 10:25 PM
Jul 2019
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Ron Green

(9,822 posts)
7. It does mean that their voices and ideas are important
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 10:30 PM
Jul 2019

and worth being heard.

This place is sometimes such an echo chamber.

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JI7

(89,252 posts)
8. he is 90 years old and says Buttigieg only talks about being gay all the time
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 10:34 PM
Jul 2019

there are many people whose ideas can be heard. doesn't mean it has to be in presidential elections .

i have ideas also and so do many other people.

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CaptainTruth

(6,594 posts)
9. But Gravel said he was quitting ... ???
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 10:57 PM
Jul 2019

Gravel campaign seeks to donate leftover cash as campaign nears 'conclusion'

[link:https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/451806-gravel-campaign-seeks-to-donate-leftover-cash-as-campaign-nears-conclusion|


Maybe he just wants to do 1 debate before he quits?
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JI7

(89,252 posts)
10. i think Williamson might be using him for her own agenda
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 10:59 PM
Jul 2019
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SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
12. She's being a 'useful idiot' for the GOP and some of their far-right operatives.
Mon Jul 8, 2019, 01:39 AM
Jul 2019

Some of the wingnut sites had been telling their supporters to send money to Williamson a while back to get her over the threshold and onto the debate stage.

It appears that they want to have a huge number of Democrats fighting among themselves for as long as possible, diluting the messages of the strong candidates they are scared shitless of, and creating chaos in the entire process. TV debate time is scarce enough...and every minute that they give to someone without a chance in hell of winning is another minute that one of the serious candidates can't get their message out.

If the debates don't raise the bar for participation, this will continue. The need to seriously start the winnowing process.

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