Kerry leant money to his campaign too

[underpants]

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0CE6DE143FF93AA25751C1A9659C8B63

$850,000 so it isn't like it is that uncommon

Just saying.

Okay I have 9 more threads I can start today :think:

[thevoiceofreason]

1. But not after raising over $100 million

Management capacity?

Ability to hire well?

[GodlessBiker]

2. And look what happened.

[robbedvoter]

11. What DID happen? He won. Folding had nothing to do with having money.

[NJSecularist]

3. Kerry lent himself money before any votes were cast

Big difference. Hillary is lending herself money at a critical juncture in her campaign.

[robbedvoter]

12. And? he did so, after securing MSM's crowning him (like they are now Obama)

They had starved his campaign of donations by pampering Dean up to that point.
Once MSM gathered in Al Franken living room and gave him the go ahead, he put his money into it.
Hillary is still having the wolves at her heels - and putting her own money in.
Is Kerry more virtuous for playing it safe?
At any rate, once her voters found out there were problems, they came through.

UNSOLICITED

[TheDonkey]

4. 850K vs 5 million

A little difference in there....

[underpants]

6. Thinks .... thinks really hard

the 5 Million is..... MORE!

[robbedvoter]

13. I recalled he mortgaged his townhouse for 4 mill. And the amount matters because?

[ProSense]

5. That's Hillary's problem: she's running against Kerry not Obama. n/t

[PresidentObama]

9. Since when?

[ProSense]

18. Don't ask me stupid questions! n/t

[FrenchieCat]

7. Not close to the same thing.....at all.

Kerry did it to stay in till the voting started.

Hillary did it to stay in after the voting had started, and she was not doing as well as expected.

I find that Hillary not having a Plan B for her campaign is telling. Just like when she assumed that Bush would do the "right" thing. It shows her reliance for things happening as she wishes them to, instead of being prepared for how they might occur.

[beachmom]

8. So what? It's common knowledge. But he lent himself money

when he was polling at 4%. Clinton lent herself money while she has still polled well and considered by many the Frontrunner. Kind of different circumstances.

[rodeodance]

14. oh come on--lots of posts acting like Hillary's loan was the first time it ever happened.

[IndieLeft]

10. He didn't win either though... did he?

Okay, he actually did, but you know what i'm sayig.

[onenote]

15. actually, he effectively loaned the campaign $6.4 million and paid it back before election day

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/02/21/fec_says_kerry_loan_to_his_presidential_campaign_was_legal/

[DURHAM D]

16. And Jonatha Alter on Keith the other night said one would have to go back to Nixon

to find a loan like Hillary's. Even then the loan was to Nixon's brother.

The bastard just lied through his teeth. And the MSM is not for Obama - right.

[Mass]

17. In fact more than that. But nobody said that it was a sign that the campaign was doing well.

Not clear what your point is?

[underpants]

19. My point, as stated by onenote above, is that she is not the first

Just saying.