Anyone donating to HRC now must understand that they are merely putting $$ in her pocket

[dano81818]

to help her pay herself back WITH INTEREST on the loans she made her campaign. that goes for her presidential campaign, as well as any donations to her senatorial campaign. you are doing nothing but putting $$ into hillary and bill clinton's pockets.

[DrDan]

1. not sure why you would care who donates to who . . .

[MikeDJohn]

5. But I care where people spend their money........

Maybe you have so much you don't.

[DrDan]

16. why?

[dano81818]

26. i just want them to be informed that their donations will be going into the clintons' personal

coffers...

she is going to PROFIT from loaning herself $$ in the form of interest on the loans. that, to me, is unseemly. of course folks will do what they wish, but they should know the facts before they donate. hillary should level with her potential donors.

hell, if she did, I would donate to her to help her out; but i don't like to be played for a sucker.

[DrDan]

33. but why do you care how or to whom anyone contributes . . .

isn't that their business? Any other reason you feel like tinkering with the lives and finances of others?

[emilyg]

2. I earned it

and will do with it what I please.

[dano81818]

9. "I earned it and will do with it what I please."

of course, i would never suggest otherwise, but it's a bit unseemly to think the clintons found a way to funnel cash earned from shady things like bill's library fund and speeches to industry and foreign audiences into their campaign.

the amount of money HRC blew in the run up to super tuesday, in an effort to deny later voting states the right to cast a meaningful primary vote, is preposterous.... considering the way they have race baited and torn this party in half, i say they should have to pay this debt on their own... serves them right for their arrogance.

but of course, everyone will do as they please. this is only my opinion

[DrDan]

10. yes I will - thank you

[bigtree]

3. bothers you, huh?

heh

[dano81818]

17. yeah it bothers me that they still play democratic voters for suckers

by continuing the farce that she still can win so that she can stay in the race to solicit campaign funds that will ultimately wind up in her pocket when her campaign pays her back for the $11mm in loans (source of income: only God knows) she made to it.

[rodeodance]

35. the NON-doner is lecturing folks on how to spend their $$! te he.

[ruggerson]

4. I believe people can make their own decisions about their own money

[MrSlayer]

6. A fool and his money are soon parted.

As the old saying goes.

[MikeDJohn]

7. Amen! eom

[galaxy21]

8. I said this in another thread but it depends on the Premise

towards the end of their campaign Huckabee/Paul were both honest about their chances, but most gave them money anyway out of protest against Mccain, or because they wanted to. No one reallythought they could win.

Hillary is still telling people she can win. Are people giving her money because of that, or are they aware she doesnt have a chance but are willing to give her their cash anyway?

Bottom line: she should not still be acting like she has a good chance of winning. It's misleading.

[dano81818]

14. great point and totally agree

she is running around furiousloy soliciting donations, pretending she still has a change to win, when this is clearly not the case. someone needs to re-introduce that woman, and her delusional supporters, to reality. she has no chance, and, if she wants to stay in the race so she can continue to raise funds to pay off her debts, she should say so. then donors can make an informed choice. but the clintons have always been hucksters. asking them to level with the common folk is apparently asking too much.

[Exilednight]

12. That makes Bill Clinton a multi-million dollar fool. n/t

[BklynChick]

11. of course it's up to individual people to give it you like, but I think it's a bit unnerving that

she's asking/begging for money, somewhat immoral IMO.

[dano81818]

18. not only is she begging, but when i went to hillaryclinton.com yday...

i didnt even get to the home page before i was re-directed to another page soliciting contributions.

i thought that was a little crass that she re-directed me to the page asking for credit card info for donations.

i guess they don't see much point being subtle when the chances they might not recoup their millions are so high.

[backscatter712]

13. Who am I to tell people what to do with their money?

If they want to fund a defeated campaign, that's their choice.

[dano81818]

20. HRC should at least be honest about it instead of playing contributors for suckers

she should tell everyone that her chances are slim but she is stayin in for the off chance that obama implodes and also to raise funds to pay herself back. or she could even say she's staying in to raise $$ to pay off campaign debts without mentioning that she is the primary creditor.. people would at least know what they are donating to.

[AllentownJake]

15. If they want to do that

That's their business. Most of her supporters know this is over. If they don't than they are uniformed and not watching or reading everything that is written...everywhere.

[dorktv]

19. Because of course the hate cannot stop.

I have seen more anti-Clinton threads in the past week then I have in all the time I have been on the DU.

Almost all of the Senator Obama threads have been positive (one or two negative ones have cropped up.)

If people want to donate to Senator Clinton, back off, it is THEIR money, not yours and they can do whatever they want with it.

[dano81818]

22. please, DU has had it's share of anticlinton posts throughout the primary season

if it seems like it's more now, maybe it's b/c democrats are few up with with her delusional pursuit of a nomination she cannot win, in which she continues to damage herself, her party, and the guy we are going to need to whip mccain.

[dorktv]

29. Good lord, leave her alone, she is free to continue if she wants to.

And her supporters are free to support her if they want to. Even if you think they are idiots for doing so, TELLING THEM THAT DOES LITTLE BUT MAKE IT HARDER FOR YOUR CANDIDATE IN THE FALL TO PICK UP THOSE VOTERS.

Remember the old adage: if you cannot say anything nice, do not say anything at all? Same goes here.

[dano81818]

31. yes, she is free, but at what cost to the party?

hillbill should level with the people she is courting for donations rather than lie to them.

it's a simple question of honor and dignity.

[dorktv]

32. 50% turn out. Or higher...Golly what a cost to the party.

:eyes:

[emilyg]

24. Amen.

[L0oniX]

21. I hope she has to pay for it as a reward for prolonging this and hurting the party.

It was her decision to invest in a bad deal. I won't be sorry for people with that much money and power. Screw the Clinton's.

[dano81818]

23. exactly... eom...

she has lost herself all the good will she started out with

[mod mom]

25. or Mark Penn's fat pockets. He will go down in history for his ineptitude in delivering

bad strategic plans for the campaign and yet he profited grossly. If I were a Clinton supporter, I would be pissed off at this despicable buffoon.

[dano81818]

28. that her campaign would up with depleted coffers after the obscene amount of $$

she raised is stupefying... the arrogance of a campaign that thought it would have wrapped the nomination on super tuesday must not be rewarded.

[aquart]

27. Dear me. What ARE you so afraid of?

[dano81818]

30. just want folks who donate to do so with open eyes...

hillbill should admit they have no chance and are only raising donations to pay themselves back.

her personal financial considerations are what keeps her campaign going.

or at least that's how it looks to someone like me who has determined she has no shot at winning.

[rodeodance]

34. You are the FOOLISH one--lecturing people as they they do not

know the situation.

what an arrogant wittle Obama fan you are. you actually make them look stupid!!

[Yael]

36. Here's a classic for ya

Fell on deaf ears at the time, but we try!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=4452016