Throwing money is such a dead give away of privelege.

[arely staircase]

White, wealthy privilege.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

1. Wall Street thows money at Hillary too. She's also white and also priveleged...

vimeo.com/163178551

[NurseJackie]

2. I hadn't though of it that way ... but you know what? YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!

Go, Hillary! We love you!

Note to Jury: The above statements represent my opinion. No DU rules or terms of service have been violated. It is not against the rules to have an opinion that differs from the Alerter. REMEMBER: Skinner is watching, and he has said that Jury Members who side with alerts that are obviously frivolous or that are without merit, will have their jury priveleges suspended without notice.

[Autumn]

3. So is paying $353,400 to sit next to a candidate.

There's your fucking White, wealthy privilege.

[GreatGazoo]

4. But paying $27,000 to sit with Clooney is .... ?

Hillary obviously loved it:

[arely staircase]

5. Will help Democratic win not only the WHite House. But Congress as well.

What has Bernie done to help down ballot dems?

[GreatGazoo]

14. Do you not remember 1994?

Now here is an "awful legacy"...

Forty years of Democratic dominance in the U.S. Congress came to a stunning end on November 8, when the Republican Party rode a tidal wave of anti-incumbent sentiment to victory in the midterm elections. The Republicans took control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1954 as voters delivered a strong rejection of Pres. Bill Clinton and his policies. The Republicans picked up a net gain of 53 seats in the House of Representatives and 7 in the Senate. The last time such carnage had been seen in Congress was in 1958, when Republicans lost 48 House and 13 Senate seats. Moreover, the Republicans won a majority of congressional seats from the South for the first time since the Civil War.

http://www.britannica.com/topic/1994-midterm-Elections-616578

Bernie is helping down ticket Dems by not being a person that many on this country will crawl over broken glass if necessary to vote against.

[mmonk]

6. A widow's mite to the champagne sippers at the fundraiser.

[arely staircase]

7. You clearly don't understand the widdow's mite story. nt

[mmonk]

11. I do. And the protesters were giving all they could,

not for her, but the protest and the moral thing.

[senz]

28. Thank you. Bernie's campaign IS a widow's mite campaign.

[JackRiddler]

8. I agree, these campaigns should stop buying commercials.

Millions, I tell you.

On the other hand, that protest at the Clooney fundraiser taught them all about how to get media for almost free. Brilliant PR!

[Bobbie Jo]

9. No kidding...

Struck me the same way.

[Orsino]

10. Then what would throwing enormous amounts of money indicate?

Might it be enormous privilege, of the enormously white and enormously wealthy? Against which throwing singles would be insignificant?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

16. or something else

More than a feeling began playing on my radio. I'm going out to throw more money away! LOL

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. Is taking money from white, wealthy, privileged investors a dead give away of corruption?

Disdain for $1 donations? Hubris? An indication that she's no longer "dead broke?"

[jmg257]

13. Why? Did Hillary actually scap it up?? I mean it was right there on that tiny 1 lane road.

Was it just left there?

[jmg257]

15. If someone throws you a dollar, would you actually buy a clue?

“it’s exciting to be, in effect, protesting”

Hillary Clinton Apr 6, 2016

[mhatrw]

17. And riding by in huge limousine in a motorcade is a sign of hard knocks.

[Sheepshank]

18. that's the first thought that came to my mind

those who are supposedly struggling to make ends meet, decide that symbolism is more important than feeding the family? Of course not, these were not those struggling that are flinging money to the wind.

[jmg257]

20. Flinging money - A WHOLE dollar???

[Sheepshank]

21. 1000 x $1.00 you shouldn't parse facts, it brings your credibility into question. n/t

[jmg257]

24. Are you saying everyone there threw $1000?!? Each?!? LOL! Credibility indeed!

$$ $$

[Sheepshank]

25. Is that what I said? Is that what you read? Sad, sad day for school teachers everywhere.

$1000 would buy a lot of families a lot of meals. I think that symbolism of feeding the hungry may have been a little more well received.

[whatchamacallit]

19. Dumbest post of the day

[AgingAmerican]

22. Projection

The establishment exists to preserve white privilege.

[Lucinda]

23. I tend to think of it as clueless asshattery.

But your idea works well too!

[arcane1]

26. I thought it was paying $30 grand for a dinner?

[senz]

27. WRONG. It's a 99% criticism of the 1%'s sold-out candidate.

Most of us can throw a couple of dollars at her on her way to the $$$ fundraising dinners. Get enough of us lined up, and there will quite a few dollar bills flying around that big SUV caravan.

It makes a statement. A necessary statement.

So ... get on with your defense of the 1%.

[Ken Burch]

29. How can anyone who takes corporate money ever FIGHT privilege?

You're either in the suites, or the streets.

It's not possible to represent the rich and the poor at the same time.