2016 Postmortem

brooklynite

(94,552 posts) Sat Oct 24, 2015, 09:00 PM Oct 2015

Has anyone noticed the double standard about Clinton's campaign finances?

When you want to make Clinton look bad, you mention the money that Clinton-supporting SuperPACs have raised. When you want to make Sanders look good, you ignore the SuperPAC money and mention that Sanders raised almost as much as Clinton did.

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Has anyone noticed the double standard about Clinton's campaign finances? (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2015 OP

It has not gone unnoticed. n/t NanceGreggs Oct 2015 #1

Never Good Enough, Bernie!!!nt MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #3

Is there any difference, at all, in the donors? nt MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #2

Is there any difference ... NanceGreggs Oct 2015 #4

Here is the difference. Uncle Joe Oct 2015 #5

Yes there is. Hillary has a lot of donations from superpacs, Bernie has Autumn Oct 2015 #6

NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)

1. It has not gone unnoticed. n/t

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 09:09 PM

Oct 2015

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)

3. Never Good Enough, Bernie!!!nt

Reply to NanceGreggs (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 09:11 PM

Oct 2015

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)

2. Is there any difference, at all, in the donors? nt

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 09:11 PM

Oct 2015

NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)

4. Is there any difference ...

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 09:15 PM

Oct 2015

... between employees of a corporation donating to HRC and corporations donating to HRC?

According to the BS folks, there is no difference - because "corporations are people".

Uncle Joe

(58,361 posts)

5. Here is the difference.

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 09:16 PM

Oct 2015

Autumn

(45,082 posts)

6. Yes there is. Hillary has a lot of donations from superpacs, Bernie has

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 09:49 PM

Oct 2015

a lot of individual donations.

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