McConnell Says GOP Candidates Are Being Overwhelmed
Source: Politcal Wire
New York Times: On Thursday, in a conference call with a group of lobbyists, Mr. McConnell vented that the partys Senate candidates are being financially overwhelmed because of small-dollar contributions to ActBlue, the online liberal fund-raising hub.
Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2020/10/09/mcconnell-says-gop-candidates-are-being-overwhelmed/
Alliepoo
(2,237 posts)dem4decades
(11,321 posts)Delmette2.0
(4,177 posts)This might have a new meaning, other than California.
Arthur_Frain
(1,872 posts)nt
Delmette2.0
(4,177 posts)I have not seen Talladega Nights. I am putting it on my list.
Arthur_Frain
(1,872 posts)Will Ferrell is either a comedy god or an absolute yawner for me. Talladega Nights and Blades of Glory are him as a god, IMHO.
denbot
(9,901 posts)Delmette2.0
(4,177 posts)I can do better on my own.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,357 posts)deurbano
(2,896 posts)Like you, I have also been donating via Act Blue, especially targeting those close Senate races. I hope we crush them!
calimary
(81,597 posts)Vogon_Glory
(9,137 posts)with what passes as Republican governance these days?
LuckyLib
(6,822 posts)denbot
(9,901 posts)lamp_shade
(14,851 posts)irisblue
(33,055 posts)BComplex
(8,087 posts)calimary
(81,597 posts)Love ya!
JudyM
(29,294 posts)An image at once grotesque and deeply satisfying.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)as they sit on all their ill-gotten gains. Makes me wonder about the NRA's money laundering business with Russia.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)1000 x 15 hrs/day x 1200 stations x 5 days = about $5BIL/yr FREE for republicans, to go along with all their other shit - and rw radio is a major reason NRA still exists
apnu
(8,760 posts)electric_blue68
(15,026 posts)James48
(4,444 posts)I think I will go donate another $20 to a candidate who could use it.
Thanks, Act Blue, for making it so easy, with PayPal and a quick click of a button.
napi21
(45,806 posts)who contribute to Act Blue don't have a lot of money to give to politicians. Hell, they have less now because of the virus, but they're SICK of this creature who thinks he's Prez, & even more angry with the people in Congress who always support him, no matter what! They want you all GONE!
Omaha Steve
(99,851 posts)HERE are some non-DU direct lnks to winnable flippable US Senate seats.
IA: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/theresa-greenfield-for-iowa-1
ME: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/sara-gideon-for-maine-1
KS: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bollier-for-kansas-1
MT: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/friends-of-steve-bullock-1
AK: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dr--alan-gross-for-u-s--senate-1
GA: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jon-ossoff-1
Wicked Blue
(5,867 posts)Just donated to Theresa Greenfield and Sarah Gideon. And to Joe again, of course.
You deserve some kind of award for all this effort!
Dem_in_Nebr.
(301 posts)Just donated to Teresa Greenfield because of those negative ads!!
volstork
(5,403 posts)c-rational
(2,600 posts)yardwork
(61,785 posts)gohuskies
(1,158 posts)Power to people still exists, it just took extreme times to push the nation to the breaking point. Repugs have dinosaur brains with a 19th century set of values with their greed and graft. They managed to usher in a new era of corporate robber barons mixing in an unhealthy dose of naked racism, misogyny and homophobic hate. They are getting what they deserve now and hopefully Nov 3rd will see many of them kicked to the curb.
NJCher
(35,829 posts)we're dealing with sociopaths. Here is how power works, and because Democrats aren't normally sociopaths, it has to be memorized:
Now, I know Bill Maher is unpopular with many, but on this topic he speaks the truth: power begets power.
If the Democrats regain it, this needs to be emblazoned on their foreheads.
rainin
(3,011 posts)niyad
(113,930 posts)chinless mcturtle's aides keeps hanging up on me!!
Thunderbeast
(3,430 posts)....isn't such a great idea sometimes.
Mr. Ected
(9,675 posts)That's right, as it always was, before the GOP had to break all the rules to twist and distort the scales of justice and the will of the people.
turbinetree
(24,745 posts)right along with your 7 vulnerable senate enablers this election go around, at least our candidates know where the money is coming from .....................people that pay taxes for starters to keep this democracy running, because we believe in the Rule of Law, you know what that is THE CONSTITION.............and when a former president nominates someone to sit on the US Supreme Court they deserve hearings instead of fucking rubber stamps lackeys from the Federalist Society, who hates the Rule of Law...................
Think I will donate to Act Blue again..........
Chakaconcarne
(2,482 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)just the usual election fundraising BS.
iluvtennis
(19,908 posts)qwlauren35
(6,153 posts)Nah, no pity. McConnell can go screw himself.
DBoon
(22,427 posts)and that we are organized
Turin_C3PO
(14,139 posts)that the Citizens United decision would cut both ways.
VA_Jill
(10,045 posts)Cry me a river, Addison!
brooklynite
(94,974 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,821 posts)intheflow
(28,520 posts)But this is the way you wanted it, so suck it up! Republicans have no product We the People want.
somaticexperiencing
(317 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)We are tired of your lies, selfishness, and depraved indifference to our families.
Raster
(20,998 posts)... SUCK IT! #MoscowMitch
oldsoftie
(12,670 posts)MAGA base be damned!
marble falls
(57,500 posts)OMGWTF
(3,992 posts)Shermann
(7,488 posts)LW1977
(1,238 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,987 posts)By Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns
Oct. 9, 2020 Updated 10:55 a.m. ET
PHOENIX Cindy Bishop is the sort of voter who has some Republicans bracing for a wipeout next month. Standing inside her garage, shielded from the 102-degree desert heat, Ms. Bishop, a 61-year-old medical professional, said she voted for Mr. Trump four years ago because he wasnt a politician. But then, she said, I got a taste of him and Im like, God, hes disrespectful theres so much about him I dont like. She is now leaning toward Joseph R. Biden Jr.
The inflammatory behavior that has alienated voters beyond his base has long posed the most significant impediment to Mr. Trumps re-election. But one week after he rampaged through the first presidential debate and then was hospitalized with the coronavirus, only to keep minimizing the disease as it spread through his White House, the presidents conduct is not only undermining his own campaign but threatening his entire party.
New polls show Mr. Trumps support is collapsing nationally, as he alienates women, seniors and suburbanites. He is trailing not just in must-win battlegrounds but according to private G.O.P. surveys, he is repelling independents to the point where Mr. Biden has drawn closer in solidly red states, including Montana, Kansas and Missouri, people briefed on the data said.
Nowhere has Mr. Trump harmed himself and his party more than across the Sun Belt, where the electoral coalition that secured a generation of Republican dominance is in danger of coming apart. There are limits to what people can take with the irresponsibility, the untruthfulness, just the whole persona, said Jeff Flake, the former Republican senator from Arizona. Mr. Flake is crossing party lines to support Mr. Biden, who made his first visit of the general election here Thursday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/us/politics/trump-biden-sun-belt.html
And this from the above -
Wait wut?
And as a note - ANYONE who is on the east coast had more of an opportunity to "know about" this man BEFORE his TV shows, so they knew his reputation, and weren't fooled. But if you are sitting in AZ and only know the "bombastic and brusque reality show host", then they were soon to be in for a rude awakening, and have now been schooled on what it means to elect a "personality" rather than a "President".
barbtries
(28,821 posts)i've spent a rather large amount of time on ActBlue over the past 4 years...good to know it makes a difference.
progree
(10,940 posts)because the times call for it, and it was time to up my game. This could be our last election other than Russia-style ones. It was through ActBlue, "the online liberal fund-raising hub", which I gave a $50 tip to, nah nah nah nah nah. Tired of living in a right-wing hellhole.
NEOBuckeye
(2,781 posts)You started this mess. And now, we, the people are going to finish it, and finish you.
jorgevlorgan
(8,351 posts)I can't imagine McGrath's numbers haven't improved in the latest internal polls.
MissMillie
(38,606 posts)calimary
(81,597 posts),,/,
ellie
(6,929 posts)is that the repukes will try and outlaw ActBlue like they did with Acorn.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,776 posts)arrests those who run Act Blue. Then maybe, depending on his roid rage level, each Aneeucan who donates through ActBlue.
murielm99
(30,783 posts)I give directly to the candidates. This time, I gave to Swalwell through Act Blue. I could not resist, after the picture of him with his little girl, paying their respects to RBG.
COL Mustard
(5,969 posts)SunSeeker
(51,798 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)KY, please do you part to help clean up this atrocity?
Grokenstein
(5,730 posts)"Change the Constitution! Send in the Marines! Or at least the Boogaloo Bois! I can't go to jail, I'm too pretty!!"
BadGimp
(4,024 posts)You and the gang have more than earned it.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Moscow Mitch makes small contributions illegal.
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)They'd be winning if it weren't for those meddling kids! (insert your favorite Scooby Doo villain here)
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Hope the gop goes away in my lifetime. Haven't we had enough of this extreme bullshit?
nilram
(2,895 posts)TomSlick
(11,138 posts)BTW: If you're looking for somewhere to send some money, Joyce Elliot is tied in the polls with the GOP incumbent, French Hill for Arkansas 2d Congressional District. Hill is getting a lot of money from the GOP Congressional Committee which he is using to run dishonest ads - photo-shopped pictures, dog-whistles for the rural part of the district, etc.
Elliot has a real shot at turning one of Arkansas Congressional seats blue. She would be the first female AA Representative from Arkansas and the first AA Representative from Arkansas since reconstruction.
With some money for a get out the vote effort, French could be toast.
We need some DU love.
Blue Owl
(50,575 posts)Aussie105
(5,489 posts)I know turtles have hard shells, but Mitch must have one so reality proof, he could walk unscathed through a nuclear explosion.
The GOP has been on a path of self destruction for a long time. Wake up and smell the napalm, Mitch!
turbinetree
(24,745 posts)Beartracks
(12,835 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,183 posts)Hip, hip hurray!
" " " " !
" " " " !
disalitervisum
(470 posts)for the next fifty years? i mean, who decided that? who figured out that Mitch McConnell is the arbiter of human truth? fuck you all.
ailsagirl
(22,908 posts)usaf-vet
(6,236 posts).... but this seems like a McTurtle stunt to drag in more GOP dollars.
AND MAKE US DEMOCRATIC VOTERS COMPLACENT!
Not happening here our absentee votes are in. Hand-delivered to the city hall.
I doubt in the future I will ever trust a GOP politician at his word.
Having said that time for another round of $$$ to ActBlue
Xolodno
(6,412 posts)Corporate special interests can't donate if they use their tax breaks on stock buy backs.
Second, he's admitting that to lobbyists? He basically told them to start lobbying and schmoozing to Democrats.