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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton vs Bernie Sanders top donors compared [View all]VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)108. BECAUSE WE can effect that outcome...
but raising money is the lay of the land right now....you don't have to like it...it just is...You want that to change...then get a Democratic President a willing Congress and/or Senate. Its just that simple.
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Exactly. The way the system is setup today unless you have money for your campaign you will face an
still_one
Apr 2015
#8
You don't think most of them know she is no longer a New York Senator and is now powerless?
A Simple Game
Apr 2015
#97
Are you aware open secrets reports groups INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL DONATIONS by their employer?
emulatorloo
Apr 2015
#70
You are so right. The apples (1%) love HRC and the oranges (99%) love Sen Sanders.
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#120
Whether you're a 1%er or not, you can't give more that $2700 for the Primary period.
brooklynite
Apr 2015
#22
So that is why the largest dollar contributor on those two lists is for $2700, right?
salib
Apr 2015
#46
So now you're running away from your statement that Hillary has no low income supporters?
CreekDog
Apr 2015
#37
H. Clinton represents the 1% banksters no matter how you try to twist it.
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#121
Most of the poor will be devastated - no, decimated, actually - by a GOP president.
freshwest
Apr 2015
#142
Bernie's said that he'll base his decision whether or not to declare himself a candidate ...
staggerleem
Apr 2015
#126
If a small number of bigots can raise $800K in a week for a discriminatory pizza restaurant,
Maedhros
Apr 2015
#132
Hillary's donors are a who's who of corporations responsible for the financial collapse
LittleBlue
Apr 2015
#15
Well THAT tell me a WHOLE lot. 1 (maybe 2 if you count U. CA) out of the top 20
kelly1mm
Apr 2015
#18
see? the numbers don't lie: Hillary is on the side of workers, and the so-called lefty Sanders
MisterP
Apr 2015
#23
You miss the point, being that big money banksters love HRC and common people support
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#122
How is it possible to win the Primary without several hundred million dollars?
brooklynite
Apr 2015
#52
If Bernie is going ot run in a 5 to 6 billion dollar election, he better find more donors.
Agnosticsherbet
Apr 2015
#51
and how are you going to get elected without it in the CURRENT environment?
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2015
#64
Yes sad....but there is no way around it at this moment in time....if WE want to change it
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2015
#82
So that is $10 million for HRC...gee where does the extra $1,990 million come from!?
Rex
Apr 2015
#65
If he gets elected, there will be actual change, not pre-election lip service. He's the real deal.
mother earth
Apr 2015
#140
How dare Democrats sell their souls to the very ones that almost destroyed the USA in 2008.
L0oniX
Apr 2015
#113
One column is individual donors. The other column (PAC) is what the company donated.
emulatorloo
Apr 2015
#75
And to think the Republicans decided to wipe out unions to cut off the Dems money.
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2015
#87
And I suspect that a comparison with Senator Warren's donors would show the same thing.
totodeinhere
Apr 2015
#133
Of course, there is absolutely, firmly, surely, no quid-pro-quo expected.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2015
#139