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pantsonfire's JournalHow Hillary Clinton Bought the Loyalty of 33 State Democratic Parties by Margot Kidder
How Hillary Clinton Bought the Loyalty of 33 State Democratic Parties by Margot Kidder (actress, activist, best known for playing Lois Lane alongside Christopher Reeves in Superman).My only question: Do people really believe HRC would reform the campaign finance system?
“It just becomes a way to funnel more to the DNC to support the Clinton Campaign”, said Paul S. Ryan, deputy executive director of the Campaign Legal Centre, which advocates for campaign finance reform. “It’s effectively Hillary Clinton’s team soliciting Hillary Clinton’s supporters for much bigger checks than they can give to the campaign.”
Look, we know the deck is stacked, that Hillary and the DNC get all the face cards and that you’re dealing from the bottom of the deck. But just give us an ace from time to time, or maybe even a small straight. Don’t rub our hopelessness in our faces as if we are too dumb to know. You will pay for your contempt. If not this year, then the next.
Bernie Sanders Just Shattered His Fundraising Record
44 million in March (6 million in the last 24 hours).
$183 million total
$183 / 6.25 individual contributions = $29 per donation
HRC $23.5 raised roughly half as much from citizens. Meanwhile, she continues to stuff her superPACs with approximately $60 million as of now (hard to tell with their lack of transparency) and hold $2,700 a plate dinners.
http://usuncut.com/politics/bernie-breaks-fundraising-record/
How to organize, begin, NEW democrats group, on this DU?
New Democratic Party LLC, PPO, LMAO, LOL
Sanders vs. Cruz......Novemberr 2016.
Speculate or not, this will be the reality come November.
Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders would break their respective "glass ceilings"
If either one of them wins the GE:
- First Woman President
- First Jewish President
HRC's ZFS Holdings LLC received her speaking and book royalties, tax returns yet to be released....
Hillary releases 8 years of tax returns:
In a statement accompanying the returns released Friday, Clinton seemed to try to play down the multi-million-dollar figures by stressing her humble roots and her intention to overhaul the tax code (yet she used the tax code to her advantage, hey, its the reality at the time).
Their total charitable donations since 2007 came to nearly $15 million, although that figure does not appear to include speaking fees they directed to the Clinton Foundation, which is operated as a charity. Clinton aides say those speeches were delivered on behalf of the foundation, so related payments are not considered income for the Clintons despite the fact that the fees pass through their speakers’ bureau and the charitable speeches are often indistinguishable from the paid ones.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/hillary-clinton-releases-eight-years-of-tax-returns-120882
Donald Trump and Barry Goldwater.....and the 1964 LBJ landslide victory.
Both candidates use/d racist and dangerous rhetoric, and in the presidential 1964 election Goldwater was phenomenally crushed (map below).
Goldwater's Republican convention acceptance speech:
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
Goldwater was painted as a dangerous figure by the Johnson campaign, which countered Goldwater's slogan "In your heart, you know he's right" with the lines "In your guts, you know he's nuts", and "In your heart, you know he might" (that is, he might actually use nuclear weapons as opposed to using only deterrence).
In a May 1964 speech, Goldwater suggested that nuclear weapons should be treated more like conventional weapons and used in Vietnam, specifically that they should have been used at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 to defoliate trees.
Goldwater's rhetoric on nuclear war was viewed by many as quite uncompromising, a view buttressed by off-hand comments such as, "Let's lob one into the men's room at the Kremlin."He also advocated that field commanders in Vietnam and Europe should be given the authority to use tactical nuclear weapons (which he called "small conventional nuclear weapons") without presidential confirmation.
Trump (need I add more?):
Donald Trump refused to take the use of nuclear weapons off the table in any situation, including in Europe or the Middle East, during a wide-ranging town hall on Wednesday on MSNBC.
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/274730-trump-says-he-would-not-take-nuclear-off-the-table-in-any-situation
The Clintons' avoided 5 million in taxes by donating to their own charity + ZFS Holdings LLC?
The Clintons disclosed $3,022,700 in charitable contributions last year, including $3 million to the Clinton Family Foundation and $200 to Hot Springs High School's class of 1964, for which the former president attended his 50th reunion last fall. In all, the Clintons gave $14,959,450 in charitable contributions between 2007 and 2014, though nearly all-$14,769,000-went to the Clinton Family Foundation, which disburses donations to other charities, including the Clinton Foundation.
The Clintons utilize a tax strategy that I have advocated over the years. Their smart tax adviser has set up a tax savings strategy utilizing their own charity. It is real nice to contribute to your own charity, take the tax deduction and then get some of the money back as administrative fees.
http://triblive.com/usworld/nation/8841917-74/clinton-clintons-tax
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/The-Clinton-s-saved-5-million-dollars-in-taxes-donating-to-their-own-charity.html?soid=1102427326822&aid=lvHaal17EX0
Anyone here from Arizona looking into putting the 'dark money' SB1516 bill for recall on the ballot?
From limited sources I've heard you need $500,000 dollars to submit the recall request as well as a # of signatures.
From this site it looks like:
Step 1: Form a political committee (is the democratic party already on this?)
http://www.azsos.gov/elections/initiative-referendum-and-recall
Anyone here from Arizona looking into putting the 'dark money' SB1516 bill for recall on the ballot?
From limited sources I've heard you need $500,000 dollars to submit the recall request as well as a # of signatures.
From this site it looks like:
Step 1: Form a political committee (is the democratic party already on this?)
http://www.azsos.gov/elections/initiative-referendum-and-recall
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