Bernie Sanders Now Received More Individual Campaign Contributions Than Obama’s Entire 2008 Campaign

[pantsonfire]

Backed by one of the most well-organized grassroots campaigns in American history, Sanders has raked in close to 7 million individual donations. That’s more unique contributions than Obama received during his entire 2008 campaign.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-hanley/bernie-sanders-has-alread_b_9671406.html

[Buzz Clik]

1. ..

[pantsonfire]

2. It's all for my kittens....meowhaha

[Hortensis]

52. :) Admirable, and I only hope others can copy it.

Until we can move to 6-month severely donation- and fund-limited campaigns.

[pantsonfire]

53. I agree, though I think the Republicans regret that decision...

....but that's to our benefit, I suppose.

[Hortensis]

55. Uhoh...what decision? Pantsonfire,

not to be offensive, but I virtually never agree with you knowingly.

I was speaking to the vast amount of funding Sanders has been able to pull in from small personal donors -- the way it should be -- and his relatively small dependence on PACs and assistance from the, I believe, only large superPAC working to elect him, the nurses' union one. I don't count the help he's gotten from conservative power blocks -- I'm sure he didn't solicit it, and I'm also sure he intends to make that come back and bite them if he can.

[pantsonfire]

58. I wasn't offended, honestly, your wording was a bit confusing before...

....the Nurse Union is not a superPAC, but a non-profit that has contributed less then .25% of the total he has raised. Even if he loses, I bet an overwhelming number of supporters wouldn't feel cheated out of their money.

What help has he gotten from conservative power blocks?

[Hortensis]

67. Oh, just some ads trying to help him along

that I'm aware of. I haven't dug into it because this kind of thing is just to be expected. In any case, a miniscule fraction of the artillery lined up to unleash hell on whoever our nominee turns out to be.

[pantsonfire]

76. So many people waving at me...

[awake]

3. Where did you get the pic of Bill & Hillary's bathroom

Flushing all of there dirty Wallstreet money?

[Buzz Clik]

5. That's your money going to all the 1% companies you hate with Bernie as the conduit.

Wave goodbye to your money.

[think]

26. You think Wall Street crime is some kind of joke? Goldman Sachs just admitted defrauding clients

That's the kind of company Hillary's been taking money from. Criminals.

[mindwalker_i]

31. Hillary is like the priest that molesting them

They can put up with a little (or lot) diddling because they have faith. She's got that special ingredient that tingles.

[pantsonfire]

72. Where's your toilet bowl image? n/t

[frylock]

11. Clintons wipe their asses with $100 bills.

[pantsonfire]

73. Or speech checks.....n/t

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

4. Man what an awesome way to convince Sanders supporters to stick with the Democratic Party

[Buzz Clik]

41. Come now, Willie, you're one to talk. You're one of the most polarizing characters at DU!

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

42. And on ignore you go. nt

[Buzz Clik]

43. Now you'll never know what nuggets of brilliance I'm sharing.

[revbones]

54. I see you've got 35k+ posts.

Could you point out one of those nuggets of brilliance please? I've only seen nuggets of something else.

[pantsonfire]

74. Do those nuggets of brilliance look like money and caca mixed together? n/t

[NurseJackie]

40. Perfect!!

[Loudestlib]

85. You jelly bro?

Poor Hillary, only the rich will give her money. That's a great way to end up broke. n/t

[pantsonfire]

112. Jelly to the MAX! K&R

[Trajan]

6. I love everything about the Sanders candidacy ...

Especially the common cause we all strive for ...

People doing it together ... Not millionaires ... Not billionaires ... Regular people ....

Love you Bernie ...

This is post #6, but I don't see a single one ...

Block/Ignore is your friend ....

[bkkyosemite]

7. The people will have their voice.

[onehandle]

8. Money that could have won a Democratic House. nt

[frylock]

12. Democrats aren't getting a fucking dime from me.

I don't think I stand alone on that front.

[MFM008]

78. why are you here?

you hate democrats. I refer you to Daily Caller or Brietbart.

[pantsonfire]

80. +1 n/t

[Loudestlib]

83. The party is not incorruptible.

You can like the people but not the party.n/t

[pantsonfire]

86. Words of wisdom...

I heard the same thing from a Viet Cong soldier, a couple years ago. "It was your government, not you".

[frylock]

102. I'm here to antagonize conservative authoritarians.

[pantsonfire]

103. Keep up the good work...

Also check out "inverted totalitarianism", that may intrigue you.

[frylock]

106. Fascinating and frightening.

Will defo read more on that. Thanks.

[pantsonfire]

107. It blew my mind....here's my post about it....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027752936

[ThePhilosopher04]

13. The revolution is much more important.

[fried eggs]

23. Still waiting for the revolution to accomplish one thing.

So far, the Supreme Court nominee is still in limbo and Wisconsin's anti-gay judge won the election.

[ThePhilosopher04]

28. You and your posse need to climb on board then. Supporting the establishment isn't helping you

[Newkularblue]

29. Daduq part of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND

More republicans than democrats voting in WI primary is confusing?

[morningfog]

56. If only the Democrats running for the House could figure out how to appeal to the voters.

[onehandle]

59. You spelled Gerrymandering wrong. nt

[morningfog]

65. What's your point, then?

[Buddyblazon]

69. Wtf does...

gerrymandering have to do with who we as individual's donate to? Two entirely different subjects.

[Buddyblazon]

68. You think I hand over my money anymore...

just cause someone has a D next to their name? Been a registered democrat for 25 years and I have done that in nearly 15.

[Go Vols]

9. K&R

[pantsonfire]

82. Thanks, history made! n/t

[Go Vols]

108. Fuckin A

Any one thing I can do helps.

Not sure it will help here tho.

[pantsonfire]

109. Time may be best spent elsewhere, canvasing, writing a letter to your senator...etc

[Go Vols]

110. +1

[DesertFlower]

10. how much went to help

other candidates?

[ThePhilosopher04]

14. He'll support the right candidates.

[DesertFlower]

15. those who support him, i guess.

how about keith ellison? isn't he supporting bernie? moveon.org is supporting him. how about a few buck for them.

[ThePhilosopher04]

16. He'll support those who support the revolution. Otherwise, no.

[DesertFlower]

18. the revolution?

[840high]

32. That's who I donate to.

[frylock]

17. Yeah, about those other candidates..

How Hillary Clinton Bought the Loyalty of 33 State Democratic Parties

<snip>

The idea was to increase how much one could personally donate to Hillary by taking advantage of the Supreme Court ruling 2014, McCutcheon v FEC, that knocked down a cap on aggregate limits as to how much a donor could give to a federal campaign in a year. It thus eliminated the ceiling on amounts spent by a single donor to a presidential candidate.

In other words, a single donor, by giving $10,000 a year to each signatory state could legally give an extra $330,000 a year for two years to the Hillary Victory Fund. For each donor, this raised their individual legal cap on the Presidential campaign to $660,000 if given in both 2015 and 2016. And to one million, three hundred and 20 thousand dollars if an equal amount were also donated in their spouse’s name.

From these large amounts of money being transferred from state coffers to the Hillary Victory Fund in Washington, the Clinton campaign got the first $2,700, the DNC was to get the next $33,400, and the remainder was to be split among the 33 signatory states. With this scheme, the Hillary Victory Fund raised over $26 million for the Clinton Campaign by the end of 2015.

The money was either transferred to the Hillary for America or Forward Hillary PACs and spent directly on the Hillary Clinton Campaign, often paying the salaries and expenses within those groups, or it was moved into the DNC or another Clinton PAC. Some of it was spent towards managing the Hillary merchandise store, where you can buy Hillary T shirts and hats and buttons.

<more>

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/01/how-hillary-clinton-bought-the-loyalty-of-33-state-democratic-parties/

[DesertFlower]

19. i didn't ask about hillary. i asked

about bernie.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

30. Explain how Tim Canova raised $557,000 in his 1st quarter for...

a primary challenge against the DNC big wig DWS. He came very close to raising as much as her, and only had a small handful of max donors. And the week after the filing deadline he raised another $100,000. Who could be funding his campaign. Sure as heck ain't Hillary.

[DesertFlower]

33. i didn't ask about tim canova.

[fighting-irish]

34. Yes you did. You asked about downticket Dems.

Now admit it when you get caught and defeated.

[DesertFlower]

36. so you're saying bernie gave him the money.

link please?

[frylock]

37. Link

How Hillary Clinton Bought the Loyalty of 33 State Democratic Parties

<snip>

The idea was to increase how much one could personally donate to Hillary by taking advantage of the Supreme Court ruling 2014, McCutcheon v FEC, that knocked down a cap on aggregate limits as to how much a donor could give to a federal campaign in a year. It thus eliminated the ceiling on amounts spent by a single donor to a presidential candidate.

In other words, a single donor, by giving $10,000 a year to each signatory state could legally give an extra $330,000 a year for two years to the Hillary Victory Fund. For each donor, this raised their individual legal cap on the Presidential campaign to $660,000 if given in both 2015 and 2016. And to one million, three hundred and 20 thousand dollars if an equal amount were also donated in their spouse’s name.

From these large amounts of money being transferred from state coffers to the Hillary Victory Fund in Washington, the Clinton campaign got the first $2,700, the DNC was to get the next $33,400, and the remainder was to be split among the 33 signatory states. With this scheme, the Hillary Victory Fund raised over $26 million for the Clinton Campaign by the end of 2015.

The money was either transferred to the Hillary for America or Forward Hillary PACs and spent directly on the Hillary Clinton Campaign, often paying the salaries and expenses within those groups, or it was moved into the DNC or another Clinton PAC. Some of it was spent towards managing the Hillary merchandise store, where you can buy Hillary T shirts and hats and buttons.

<more>

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/01/how-hillary-clinton-bought-the-loyalty-of-33-state-democratic-parties/

[DesertFlower]

38. still did not answer question. how

much did bernie give to help other candidates.

[frylock]

39. How much did Hillary?

[DesertFlower]

44. i did not ask about hillary. i

asked about bernie. if you can't answer then shut up.

[frylock]

45. I'm putting your bullshit question into context.

And no, I'm not going to shut up, son.

[DesertFlower]

47. so now you're on "ignore".

[frylock]

61. NOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo.....

[Kittycat]

46. Berniecrats.net, ActBlue, MoveOn

We are supporting them, just like we support Bernie. That money isn't coming out of Hillary's personal account. It comes from her donors. We are his donors. This is how we donate. Deal with it. The DNC will never see a dime from me again. I stopped giving to them years ago, and went candidate direct.

[DesertFlower]

49. nice excuse. when bernie was asked he

said "he'd think about it". he's collecting millions -- he should help other candidates.

[questionseverything]

51. we do not want him giving to just any downrace ticket

altho we do have a liberal candidate list we are backing

[Kittycat]

60. She's helping through superpacs

He doesn't have a super pax. We find him directly, we find them directly. Get over it. Either they get with the program, or they have to get funded from you. Why aren't YOU funding them? Is something wrong with your checkbook? I'm doing my part, and funding candidates


Tell me why you allow corporations to speak for you?

[pantsonfire]

104. If only there was a super pax (weed vaporizor)....#feelthepaxbern...n/t

[Myrina]

48. Why don't you provide us links showing that he HASN'T helpd downticket candidates?

Oh .... Hmmm .... I thought so.

[pantsonfire]

84. We need another website counting down for that...n/t

[pantsonfire]

77. That is huge, he matched Debbie Wasserman Schultz's campaign donations, he might beat her. n/t

[pantsonfire]

105. Those three he's now supporting, b/c they didn't endorse Clinton..

..saw their donations dry up, they were abandoned by the DNC. Bernie Sanders is helping them as he should, I'll be donating to their campaigns as well from now on.

[Loudestlib]

90. Are you a donor to Bernie?

I am, and gave him that money to get elected not to give it away to other democrats.

[Jitter65]

20. 7 million individuals or 7 million individual contributions ??

ex 5 people giving five single contribution or 1 person giving 5 contributions?

[ThePhilosopher04]

21. contributions

[fried eggs]

22. Seems a little unethical to take so many donations

when he knows that he doesn't have the numbers to win the nomination. I'm not going to call him an outright liar, but is he telling his supporters that he still has a chance?

[fighting-irish]

35. He does, indeed, have the numbers to the nomination

Be prepared for a rude awakening.

[pantsonfire]

75. unethical....that's a leap. n/t

[Loudestlib]

93. Yeah,

He should just take money from a few rich people (like Hillary.) Remind me, when did she end her campaign? I hope she didn't drag it out. That would be unethical.

[pantsonfire]

95. She did and debated anywhere anything at anytime.....n/t

[DianaForRussFeingold]

24. WOW! K&R Thank You!

May 12, 2015:

[Zira]

50. +10000

Loved it! Love you Bernie!!!

[pantsonfire]

71. +99%

History in the making.

[azmom]

25. Truly amazing. WOW. Nt

[Dem2]

27. Good trend

Wish it wasn't needed, but it's good to see the grass roots support Dems can muster during Presidential elections.

Next is to solve the off-year elections debacle...

[pantsonfire]

88. That's a problem for another year....n/t

[NurseJackie]

57. From how many individuals? How does the total dollar amount compare to Obama's?

It could have been a much more interesting article, but it leaves out information that might have helped to put everything into a clearer context and sharper focus. How much of that will be used to help make down-ticket Democrats more competitive in their races?

Brian Hanley is a political reporter covering the Bernie Sanders campaign. He's committed to telling a side of the story that the corporate media won't.

He's not doing that great of a job, in my opinion.

He also makes animated rap videos about politics.

Well, that's ... uh ... an interesting hobby.

[pantsonfire]

62. Downticket democrats are secure, he is inspiring candidates to rise up...

and take on those incumbents who "could not be beaten without a superPAC and/or wealthy donors". Hillary has done a phenomenal job at utilizing her inside knowledge to fund 33 state democratic parties in August, the largest going to Wisconsin 200k. I think she's even going to Florida, or is there, to promote a candidate.

This sub-reddit sprang out of BernieForPresident, which address those downticket candidates.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GrassrootsSelect

Also from news today:
Bernie Sanders Endorses Three Women House Candidates

Sen. Bernie Sanders is endorsing three women running for Congress, and helping to raise money for them, too.

In fundraising appeals being sent Wednesday, Mr. Sanders asks for contributions to be divided among his campaign and those of Zephyr Teachout of New York, Pramila Jayapal of Washington state and Lucy Flores of Nevada. All three women have endorsed his presidential campaign.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/04/13/bernie-sanders-endorses-three-women-house-candidates/

[NurseJackie]

63. Paper endorsements and authorized quotes in emails and flyers is not really the same ...

... as raising money to be shared throughout the party to help make ALL down-ticket Democrats more competitive. He's cherry-picking and being frugal (stingy?) with his written endorsements and photo, and really does not much to help the party.

Did you have any insights on the other question/s?

[pantsonfire]

64. Yes, why did most of the money she donated to those 33 states...

....end up back at the DNC? Why did Alaska give back its entire donation?

She had more to offer those candidates when she received their endorsement, when Sanders was a fringe candidate. They don't have much to lose in supporting here, even if they are self-identified progressives, unless we hold them accountable...

[NurseJackie]

66. I don't know anything about those claims.

Did you have any other insight into my other question/s?

[Loudestlib]

98. If his donors wanted their money to go to other democrats they could have donated it themselves.

[pantsonfire]

70. K & R + History....n/t

[Zira]

79. When he said he'd ban fracking 3 days ago, I couldn't stop myself from donating

that $27 for the 7th time. I will be donating more times.

[pantsonfire]

81. He needs it now, NY is expensive, donated myself yesterday. n/t

[Zira]

89. Agreed!

[pantsonfire]

92. +$27...I think one more donation is within my budget...n/t

[Zira]

94. Me too. Will do.

[Zira]

97. Done!

Anyone else want to donate?

Here:
https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/39795

[pantsonfire]

101. Right behind you....n/t

[pantsonfire]

115. I did $54, I'm excited for tonights debate! n/t

[Jefferson23]

87. This is what freaks them out....feel the Bern, establishment..it's going to get hotter.n/t

[pantsonfire]

91. "New York city is the hottest place.....NEW YORK NEEEEW YORK"

[pantsonfire]

111. Any love for Nina Hagen? n/t

[Mudcat]

96. Sounds like the People really like hope & change, they're doubling down on the investment

[pantsonfire]

100. "A Future to Believe In".....I'll double down on hope until I die...n/t

[pantsonfire]

99. Bernie's NY Rally looks to beat Obama's NY ralley in 2008.

By the looks of it, the crowd may be even larger than the 24,000-person rally then-senator Barack Obama held there in 2007. (NYPD said around 28000).

[CajunBlazer]

113. Good, we'll put him in charge of raising money for Hillary in the GE

[pantsonfire]

114. Good idea! n/t

[pantsonfire]

116. Count on this coming up during the debate tonight. n/t

[The Midway Rebel]

117. Sweet. We gave and our roof leaks and the floors are caving in, but we gave and we donated time.

And my teeth are falling out. First time we ever gave for a presidential campaign. Feel the Bern!

[pantsonfire]

118. Do you need help? There are online fundraisers for those who need money especially for your health.

[The Midway Rebel]

119. Yes, we do, but we won't accept it or ask for it.

We are struggling, but we are living the life we want to live. That's the price we are paying, for now. There are elderly folks and people with children who are WAY worse off than we.

We've been nurturing a growing small business for 5 years now. (Thanks ACA!) It has wiped out all of our savings and we live on a below poverty level trickle of income. After all the aesthetic sacrifices and hard work, we have a thriving business, excellent credit, and are about to expand.

If the middle class makes it, we will do just fine...eventually. In the meantime, the house and my smile are embarrassing, but a lesson in humility. I've had a lot of those. Nothing matches the thrill of waking up to the sound of water dripping through your roof. Its even more exciting when the drips are on you pillow.

Also, I'm an academic and have taken an involuntary vow of poverty. I have an MA in history and twin BAs in Secondary Ed and History. If The Bern gets elected, I hope I can get a job doing what I spent a lot of money and time training to do. After I get my teeth fixed, of course. Right now, I won't even hunt for a job interview...as if there were those kinds of jobs in the first place. Feel the Bern!