Madonna Holds Fundraiser For Clark

Madonna Holds Fundraiser For Clark
by Rob
Tue Nov 18th, 2003 at 17:39:12 UTC

Madonna has become the latest celebrity to join the growing Wesley Clark campaign. MSNBC reports that she held a private fundraiser for Clark in her Los Angeles home on Sunday night. Sources told MSNBC that Madonna was very impressed with Clark's vision for America. Clark is expected to raise $12 million this quarter and is nearing 45,000 volunteers signed up on Meetup as well as additional volunteers signed up through the official campaign web site.

This must be a thing for Clark, First it was the Eagles and Don Henley, now Madonna. Next Outcast(sp)

Thank You, Madonna! :bounce:

I'd heard they met, but I didn't know it was for a fundraiser! I hope she holds a benefit performance for him!

DTH

She can have Clark, since I don't like him either.

for the insight. :)

Just curious

Of course.

aren't double standards wonderful? :)

:nopity:

:cry:

DTH

But I suspect they're more bitter about the fact Clark, after being buried by them, managed to raise $12 million or more in this quarter than they are about the Material Girl supporting the nominee. Clark managed to bring in some pretty good scratch for a dead man.

I was initially freaked-out when I saw the first reports a couple of weeks ago saying $6 MM for the quarter. My unofficial tallies had chalked up over half that amount in the first couple of weeks! The recent totals being floated sound much more reasonable to me. :-)

DTH

is that none of the money comes from Bush supporters.

doesn't jock big patriotic dubya. Rather have her on our side than no side... Still Dennis Kucinich has the best talent.

He is from the south and has the best chance to win the south. I like Dean but I think this is where Dean lacks. But I want to be clear that they are both good candidates for prez.

I for one like both Clark and Madonna (sans the ridiculous Britany kiss) and I've never said anything negative about Clark. I'm not bitter and I assure you there is no "Deanie mantra". I hope this news doesn't crush your spirit too much. :eyes:

you sure are taking it personally.

ahead. I wish it was reciprocated. Its beginning to
affect my view of dean. unfortunately.

So .... You hate Clark ....

And you hate Madonna too .....

2 down, ... 7,892,253,987 to go ..... (7,892,253,985 if you love your momma and loathe your self ) .....

Now tell me: WHERE is the love ? .....

'Cause people dont vote based on who YOU hate ......

Fundraising for her very first time.

:7

like Madonna. I thank her for helping to support our candidate.

and helping to raise money and the profile of the Dems. All the Dems need money. Who cares if it's not your candidate of choice?

:kick:

Allies and assistance are WELCOME in the fight against despotism.

:party: :toast:

Since name recognition is so important--and people need to get acquainted with Clark--this is great. Madonna draws attention. Anything like this that can grab attention is wonderful.

Now that our cable news channels have so much entertainment fluff---maybe stuff like this will help.

Clark raise money. I can also picture the wingers having some fun screeching that the evil Madonna endorses and raises money for Clark. Eventually the preachers around here will be spewing it from their pulpits.

Again, I think it's great, but just wanted to mention that it will be used against Clark.

Now a has-been.

But what can you expect, one pop culture icon recognises it's own kind.

Vapid, superficial exterior, ambitous but lacking depth. Lots of moola.

MOOLA.

I was just wondering.

Seems like you might have forgotten who the enemy is.

That's okay. He hasn't forgotten about you.

So what is your excuse for Don Henly and The Eagles holding fundraisers for Clark? Must be tough to be so bitter.

Another meme from the Right-wing or smug misogynists who complain about femnazis? Heard it all before, and it is damn amazing how familiar you are with all their favorite buzz words. So how is that "angry" Dr Dean? Not so angry anymore now that Sir Clark got a little hot under the collar? Bitter, eh? I am sure that in no time at all, the opportunity to present it back to you will be forthcoming. till then ttfn.

Has been ...

Not exactly terms of endearment ....

One might call these ad hominem attacks, the abusive variety ...

One might also find it hard to believe another who stabs with one hand and waves it off with the other .....

The TRUTH shall set you free ... not your opinions ....

Madonna is FAR from "stupid", as any media professional will readily attest .... the proof is in the pudding .... she'll be eating that pudding all her life, and so will her children ....

Has been ? .... the jury s still out ..... but I dont suppose someone with an now established record of hurling insults against blameless parties simply because they dont support their opinion would be the most valid source of such a conclusion ....

The more vicious the attacks, the more easily one can reject the conclusions of the attacker ....

Ad hominem attacks reveal more about the speaker than the target ....

Because I got the bitter word from Doveturnedhawk(I guess he/she is a RW also). There goes your weak theory. You sound familiar with these words. "Another meme from the Right-wing or smug misogynists who complain about femnazis?" You must be over listening to RW radio looking to get some new attack lines against Clark. Seems to me you know the lingo better than me.

The key word. I don't care if Milli Vanili throw a fundraiser with Hall and Oates, just send in the money.

I will vote for Barney if it gets whistleass out of office!

:evilgrin:

the Hollywood types can help raise alot of much needed campaign funds for Clark.

what is it about media lefties such as them that they don't like Dean?

In fact, most Hollywood celebrity types on the Dem side of things support Kucinich or Clark. What's up with that?

tradeoff involved between ideology and practicality, and refuse to accept a faux compromise like Dean.

While the pragmatic types may see Clark as the best chance against aWol.

Clark is campaigning as a DEMOCRAT, and is at least as left as Dean on most issues, and farther left on a couple.

So what? EVERYONE has to love Dean or they ain't LEFT?

NONE of you are left in my book. I'm a Socialist. Show me a candidate as left as THAT who can beat Bush and I'll support them.

You know something? I wish Dean and his supporters the best until someone comes along and pisses on me because I'm not "one of the fold." At the moment, whether you like it or not (and a ton of people have been telling ME to wait for the Primaries for unity) there are 10 different ways to support a Democratic Candidate for president. You have no monopoly at this time.

it's "who are these laregley left-leaning types supporting?" My post was about seeing evidence of them supporting Kucinich and Clark.

I probably need to study Kucinich more to be sure, but I'm hard put to think of something he is farther left on than Clark, especially if the comparison is limited to matters of significant relevance to winning the presidential campaign.

And I might could think of one or two things where Clark has the left edge over Kucinich.

they're currently supporting Kucinich

When he places the interests of the wealthy over the interests of your average American, he's not "left" - but he's in good company, with Bush, Dean, and Kerry.

Oh you said, "significant relevance to winning the presidential campaign", I forgot, since for many of us the troubles don't end after the next election.

That's hardly favorable to corporate kickbacks from congress. The pork-swillers in congress and their corporate kickback buddies will be squealing over that.

Just talkin' pure leftism, I fail to see how placing "the interests of your average American" over the interests of the average Chinese, Mexican, etc. is not jingoism.

And while "pro-corporate" covers a lot, I think Clark could help a lot with the MIC feeding troughs, as he has proposed.

If Clark is going to put the interests of your average Chinese and Mexican over that of the average American, let him run for UN General Secretary, not the president of the US.

"Pure leftism"? Who me? I'm a moderate swing voter.

Clark can cut the Pentagon budget, probably easier than anyone else, but he offers no shift in power to your average Americans from the wealthy. Truly, Clark is a Democrat.

Nor me. This was discussing the leftishness of Kucinich and Clark, for whatever that's worth.

"I'm a moderate swing voter." And I'm a get-aWol-out-of-the-GD-WH voter. I'm completely open to any case for a candidate with a better shot at that than Clark. If someone convinces me the Cat-in-a-Hat has better odds, my check will be in the mail (a week from Tuesday, perhaps).

Personally, I think Clark is just fine. He's a major disappointment in that he's turning out to be one of the biggest fellators of the rich and their corporations in the race, but Kerry and Dean have a lot more experience on their knees.

Kind of shameful that the general didn't come out straight away and demand that corporations be patriotic to America. I expected more, and was led to believe more by his campaign.

But yes, Clark is better than Bush, no doubt about it.

Isn't that considered progressive taxation? Take a look at the rest of his economic/jobs plan. You can't get wealth redistribution without jobs and economic growth. He also wants to review the trade agreements like Kerry, Dean, and Edwards.

I know about his economic plan. Clark is just being a good neo-liberal, better than a neo-con, but not my much. So far, I see no reason to believe that Clark will do anything to help the majority of Americans get more leverage over their pay and their jobs.

Clinton helped get some economic growth and jobs, at the same time pulling our bargaining position out from under us. As soon as the bad times came, we were in a worse position than before.

Clark will be different how? What will Clark do to stem the tide of outsourcing and offshoring and abusive visas?

*nm*

Bilateral trade agreements is the only realistic solution. Obviously, we don't want to stop trading, we don't want to slap high tariffs on our allies, and we want to import and export goods and services.

Bilateral agreements will allow us to do all of that, and give us some leverage in pay negotiations.

specifics in Clarks plan and where you think it should be different. These labels really don't mean squat. It's the details that will show whether Clark's policies are traitorous to the Dem party. And its the details that will show you are smearing him.

can see Dean for what he is perhaps. A centrist trying to come off as liberal. At least Clark is pretty up front about it.

and that he is all "campaign" and no substance....or that he will lose and no one likes a loser.

Two manufactured entities.

Will Madonna kiss Gert?

Uh oh, I feel a photo manip coming on.

:kick:

B-)

Truly there is no greater non talent. His benefit is for Clark, I pray?

(I am enjoying this ;-))

I assume you are no longer a fan?

for him or the material tart.

Now if it was someone like....

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1117-13.htm

That I could appreciate.

Any more gratuitous hatred from you and you will have to switch parties ...

Signed,
A Democratic Party Member ....

I always hated that song. It is true I hate. I am filled with hate for that song. So, since I called y'all on the "bitter" buzzword, you resorted to the "hate " one. Another wingnut charge against all us angry leftists, bitter and with hatred towards bunnypants...Gotcha.

A Democratic pary member hey? You mean like Sir Clark is a Democrat of late?

You accuse people here of using RW lingo. Seems to me you know more about there lingo than anyone here.

you might just as well be talking to your shoes (you'll get about the same response).

that's the celebrity I really want...Though I suspect that Steve is firmly ABB.

yep, and it's 1,000 /person! go Clark! He's doing very well, and if he can raise this kind of money in conservative Indiana,...:)

Here's the link to Mellencamps' open letter...
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1022-13.htm

Is he secretly endorsing Dean? :)

Seriously, if he's not fundraising for John Edwards, is Edwards going to stop playing "Small Town" on his campaign stops?

and good for Madonna, too! Aside from Dean, I'd prefer to see Clark get the money than some of the other candidates :evilgrin:

Madonna.

Thanks madonna and don henley and John Cougar Melloncamp for giving a shit about this election.

Springsteen has been dissing Bush at his concerts since summer.

A big thank you! :bounce:

Damn that Madonna for helping a Democratic Candidate, but not my Democratic Candidate!

Sounds a lot like petty whining, shouldn't you be happy she's trying to help the candidate she likes the most?

Why would anyone bash someone for supporting a Dem candidate? Oh wait, that's right, it's not their candidate. :eyes:

I never had a clue Madonna was interested in politics, and the last candidate I would have guessed she'd pick for her, um, maiden voyage into fundraising would be Wesley Clark.

Then again, this is the new Madonna, she of the marriage, two kids, and children's books. Okay, there was the Britney snog. Just don't let Gert Clark catch her approaching anyone in the family that way...

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very simple solution to your problem with "bullshit" threads.

:wtf:

You call it bullshit and do the exact same thing?!?!!?????

HELLO!!!! HELLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!


:silly:

now get a grip!

that he and Madonna did NOT discuss any fund raisers...she never had one for him, but he would welcome her to have one. They had a "meeting" for 45 minutes. No fundraiser. :( Sorry.

Ill bet she will have one later. BTW I love Clark .. in a manly way of course.

have a fundraiser for him. They just haven't discussed it yet. If she's a supporter, it's in the bag. Lots of $$$$$ coming his way.

I love him too! In a female way. :loveya: He's too handsome for words. :7

Here's my transcript thread of today's report:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=733811

According to the report, no discussion of Madonna holding a Clark fundraiser took place, although the candidate certainly wouldn't discourage it. :D