Those restrictions were dumb in the first place. Before the ban, manylobbyists would register out of an abundance of caution even if they didn't meet the requirements to do so. When Obama put the ban in place, those folks stopped registering....making their activities less transparent. Politicians should only take money from registered lobbyists and not unregistered. At least we would all know where the money was coming from.

You can raise money downballot, and rail against the limitless corporate donor system. But you have to do it right. Hillary is beyond disingenuous. She is squeezing the financial nuts of the dnc much too hard.

Hillary is completely tone deaf.

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Anonymous wrote:Bernie Sanders also has a joint fundraising committee with the DNC and will also benefit. Why did you not mention that?

OP here. OK, sure, I'll mention it. In fact, to quote the WaPo article that ran the story:

"Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, has set up a joint fundraising committee with the DNC called the Hillary Victory Fund, which raised $26.9 million through the end of 2015. Sanders has set up a similar joint fundraising committee but Federal Election Commission records show it has not been active, raising a total of just $1,000."

So... yeah.

You are inadvertently underlining the fact that Hillary regularly raises money for down-ballot Democrats and Sanders does not. That money goes to the party regardless of who the nominee is.

It's interesting how Bernie folks get angry that the party doesn't back him, but they never comment on the fact that he doesn't back the party.

Jesus, you are totally missing the point. That fund mentioned up there is the "Hillary Victory Fund." Sanders is correctly pointing out, once you start taking the Molly, you cannot quit. Eventually you will sell your own children to get your next hit. And there we have it. One of the MAJOR issues that Sanders is actually getting support for is his stand on money in politics and the fact that he is staking his own presidential run on an ethical campaign. In other words, he is walking the walk. Clinton is shooting up one last time, one last time...

I think you don't understand what the Hillary Victory Fund is. That's the vehicle for raising money for other Democrats and the Democratic Party. It is separate from the funds she raises for her campaign. Bernie has the same kind of agreement, he has just chosen (so far) not to raise funds for down-ballot candidates.

So what you're saying is, not only is she taking the Molly, but she's happy to get all her sisters and brothers in on the action, too. Nice. They're all going to sell their kids. Way to go, DNC!

Saaaaaaaaay, do you think that's why she's got all those superdelegates lined up? Hm.

Yes, this is what people are PISSED about. You get it now?

Man, this is just nuts. In the past, Bernie has been happy to raise funds for Democratic Senate candidates. If he didn't want to raise money for down-ballot candidates this year, he didn't have to sign the agreement to do so.

It's kind of funny that you're so furious about this stuff but you don't mind him hiring the most "establishment" campaign strategist in the Democratic Party.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bernie Sanders also has a joint fundraising committee with the DNC and will also benefit. Why did you not mention that?

OP here. OK, sure, I'll mention it. In fact, to quote the WaPo article that ran the story:

"Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, has set up a joint fundraising committee with the DNC called the Hillary Victory Fund, which raised $26.9 million through the end of 2015. Sanders has set up a similar joint fundraising committee but Federal Election Commission records show it has not been active, raising a total of just $1,000."

So... yeah.

You are inadvertently underlining the fact that Hillary regularly raises money for down-ballot Democrats and Sanders does not. That money goes to the party regardless of who the nominee is.

It's interesting how Bernie folks get angry that the party doesn't back him, but they never comment on the fact that he doesn't back the party.

Jesus, you are totally missing the point. That fund mentioned up there is the "Hillary Victory Fund." Sanders is correctly pointing out, once you start taking the Molly, you cannot quit. Eventually you will sell your own children to get your next hit. And there we have it. One of the MAJOR issues that Sanders is actually getting support for is his stand on money in politics and the fact that he is staking his own presidential run on an ethical campaign. In other words, he is walking the walk. Clinton is shooting up one last time, one last time...

I think you don't understand what the Hillary Victory Fund is. That's the vehicle for raising money for other Democrats and the Democratic Party. It is separate from the funds she raises for her campaign. Bernie has the same kind of agreement, he has just chosen (so far) not to raise funds for down-ballot candidates.

So what you're saying is, not only is she taking the Molly, but she's happy to get all her sisters and brothers in on the action, too. Nice. They're all going to sell their kids. Way to go, DNC!

Saaaaaaaaay, do you think that's why she's got all those superdelegates lined up? Hm.

Yes, this is what people are PISSED about. You get it now?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bernie Sanders also has a joint fundraising committee with the DNC and will also benefit. Why did you not mention that?

OP here. OK, sure, I'll mention it. In fact, to quote the WaPo article that ran the story:

"Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, has set up a joint fundraising committee with the DNC called the Hillary Victory Fund, which raised $26.9 million through the end of 2015. Sanders has set up a similar joint fundraising committee but Federal Election Commission records show it has not been active, raising a total of just $1,000."

So... yeah.

You are inadvertently underlining the fact that Hillary regularly raises money for down-ballot Democrats and Sanders does not. That money goes to the party regardless of who the nominee is.

It's interesting how Bernie folks get angry that the party doesn't back him, but they never comment on the fact that he doesn't back the party.

Jesus, you are totally missing the point. That fund mentioned up there is the "Hillary Victory Fund." Sanders is correctly pointing out, once you start taking the Molly, you cannot quit. Eventually you will sell your own children to get your next hit. And there we have it. One of the MAJOR issues that Sanders is actually getting support for is his stand on money in politics and the fact that he is staking his own presidential run on an ethical campaign. In other words, he is walking the walk. Clinton is shooting up one last time, one last time...

I think you don't understand what the Hillary Victory Fund is. That's the vehicle for raising money for other Democrats and the Democratic Party. It is separate from the funds she raises for her campaign. Bernie has the same kind of agreement, he has just chosen (so far) not to raise funds for down-ballot candidates.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bernie Sanders also has a joint fundraising committee with the DNC and will also benefit. Why did you not mention that?

OP here. OK, sure, I'll mention it. In fact, to quote the WaPo article that ran the story:

"Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, has set up a joint fundraising committee with the DNC called the Hillary Victory Fund, which raised $26.9 million through the end of 2015. Sanders has set up a similar joint fundraising committee but Federal Election Commission records show it has not been active, raising a total of just $1,000."

So... yeah.

You are inadvertently underlining the fact that Hillary regularly raises money for down-ballot Democrats and Sanders does not. That money goes to the party regardless of who the nominee is.

It's interesting how Bernie folks get angry that the party doesn't back him, but they never comment on the fact that he doesn't back the party.

Jesus, you are totally missing the point. That fund mentioned up there is the "Hillary Victory Fund." Sanders is correctly pointing out, once you start taking the Molly, you cannot quit. Eventually you will sell your own children to get your next hit. And there we have it. One of the MAJOR issues that Sanders is actually getting support for is his stand on money in politics and the fact that he is staking his own presidential run on an ethical campaign. In other words, he is walking the walk. Clinton is shooting up one last time, one last time...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bernie Sanders also has a joint fundraising committee with the DNC and will also benefit. Why did you not mention that?

OP here. OK, sure, I'll mention it. In fact, to quote the WaPo article that ran the story:

"Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, has set up a joint fundraising committee with the DNC called the Hillary Victory Fund, which raised $26.9 million through the end of 2015. Sanders has set up a similar joint fundraising committee but Federal Election Commission records show it has not been active, raising a total of just $1,000."

So... yeah.

I'm not sure that his relative lack of success at it makes him any more ethical.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bernie Sanders also has a joint fundraising committee with the DNC and will also benefit. Why did you not mention that?

OP here. OK, sure, I'll mention it. In fact, to quote the WaPo article that ran the story:

"Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, has set up a joint fundraising committee with the DNC called the Hillary Victory Fund, which raised $26.9 million through the end of 2015. Sanders has set up a similar joint fundraising committee but Federal Election Commission records show it has not been active, raising a total of just $1,000."

So... yeah.

You are inadvertently underlining the fact that Hillary regularly raises money for down-ballot Democrats and Sanders does not. That money goes to the party regardless of who the nominee is.

It's interesting how Bernie folks get angry that the party doesn't back him, but they never comment on the fact that he doesn't back the party.

Anonymous wrote:Bernie Sanders also has a joint fundraising committee with the DNC and will also benefit. Why did you not mention that?

OP here. OK, sure, I'll mention it. In fact, to quote the WaPo article that ran the story:

"Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, has set up a joint fundraising committee with the DNC called the Hillary Victory Fund, which raised $26.9 million through the end of 2015. Sanders has set up a similar joint fundraising committee but Federal Election Commission records show it has not been active, raising a total of just $1,000."

So... yeah.

Bernie Sanders also has a joint fundraising committee with the DNC and will also benefit. Why did you not mention that?

Anonymous wrote:Why do these guys keep digging themselves a deeper and deeper hole? They've heard of the internets, right? They know the American voter is awake and paying attention, right? This isn't easy to sweep under the carpet, and people are pissed as hell right now.

Bad move.

Hillary really is a jerk.

Because people like the poster above you don't care?

Why do these guys keep digging themselves a deeper and deeper hole? They've heard of the internets, right? They know the American voter is awake and paying attention, right? This isn't easy to sweep under the carpet, and people are pissed as hell right now.

Bad move.

Hillary really is a jerk.

I think this is not news.

From Robert Reich's FB post today:


According to today’s Washington Post, the Democratic National Committee has quietly reversed restrictions banning donations from federal lobbyists and political action committees -- restrictions that were put in place by Barack Obama when he was the Democratic candidate for president in 2008. (The DNC’s sweeping reversal of the previous was confirmed by three Democratic lobbyists who said they have already received solicitations from the DNC.) According to the Post, Hillary Clinton has set up a joint fundraising committee with the DNC and the new rules are likely to provide her with an advantage.

To my mind, this is the worst aspect of insider-dominated crony capitalism – the rigging of our system by big money. It’s exactly what Americans are reacting against in this election. It’s precisely what the movement to take back our democracy and economy from the moneyed interests is all about. The DNC appears to be nothing but siphon for more corruption.

What do you think?