Bush Asks Donors to Limit Themselves to $1 Million

[DonViejo]

“An unusual request has gone out to wealthy donors writing large checks to support former Florida governor Jeb Bush: Please don’t give more than $1 million right away,” the Washington Post reports.

“”The move reflects concerns among Bush advisers that accepting massive sums from a handful of uber-rich supporters could fuel a perception that the former governor is in their debt. The effort is also driven by a desire to build as broad a pool of donors as possible among wealthier contributors.”

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http://politicalwire.com/2015/03/04/bush-asks-donors-to-limit-themselves-to-1-million/

[Octafish]

1. Does that ever say what's wrong with US politics in one sentence!

Or what?

[Autumn]

3. Just what you said. Damn we have a problem.

[uppityperson]

2. "Please don’t give more than $1 million right away"?????????

[ND-Dem]

4. "large checks... could fuel a perception that the former governor is in their debt"

but a million or less won't, lol.

[Nye Bevan]

5. I, for one, pledge not to donate more than $1 million to Jeb Bush.

And I hope that other DUers will join with me in this.

[Cal Carpenter]

12. I agree with you 100%

(and pigs flew today. )

[C_U_L8R]

6. One percent world problems

They are not like us. And they don't like us. And they certainly don't like the poor dumb saps who vote them into office.

[SunSeeker]

7. OMG I thought this was Borowitz.

So hard to tell these days.

[moondust]

8. So did I.

[GeorgeGist]

9. Me three

[lpbk2713]

10. "Anything more than that ... make the paperwork look like a loan."

Just like his wife used a bogus loan of thousands of dollars for her recent shopping trip.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. The appropriately named Leech

Oh, sorry, 'Leach':

“This campaign is about much more than money,” said Howard Leach, a veteran Republican fundraiser who recently co-hosted a finance event for Bush in Palm Beach, Fla., and confirmed the limit. “They need substantial funds, but they don’t want the focus to be on money.”

[Rex]

13. "fuel a perception"

Why would it be perception? Wouldn't it be actual fact of the matter? I wish journos would actually report accurately, there is no perception about something that occurs in RL for all the world to see. That is a fact and it should be reported that way - "Presidential hopeful worried about Wall Street plutocracy being tied into his campaign funding."

[Orsino]

14. He finds leaving a little something to the imagination sexier. n/t