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greiner3

(5,214 posts)
Thu May 26, 2016, 08:50 PM May 2016

email from Tim Canova with the tag '$5,400 for a bagel?





Dear me,

There’s a pretty good breakfast place near our headquarters where you can purchase a bagel for $1.35. Including schmear.

But on Tuesday, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is holding a fundraising event where her huge corporate donors — and we're not making this up — will be paying $5,400 to have a bagel with our insider opponent and superdelegate friends. No word yet on if those corporate donors are getting cream cheese with that check.

This is another incredible example of how broken our campaign finance laws have become. It would take a working American making the minimum wage in Florida 671 hours — more than 16 weeks of work — just to be able to afford that bagel and speak with their member of Congress.

I don’t know about you, but that must be some bagel…

Your contribution will help us defeat Wasserman Schultz and send a powerful message that we are sick and tired of Washington politicians selling access to corporate donors. We’ve had enough of wealthy elites buying our elections and rigging our economy.

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https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/blueamerica12

You never know, Tim's race may be the reason for DWS's job being in jeopardy; the need for her to actually go out in the wilds and meet her voters
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email from Tim Canova with the tag '$5,400 for a bagel? (Original Post) greiner3 May 2016 OP
There is nothing wrong with holding a fundraiser... fun n serious May 2016 #1
DWS is having a fundraiser? MineralMan May 2016 #2
Gee, he has. And he's rejected that form of fundraising. Dirty PaydayDebbie cali May 2016 #8
Maybe you should look into just exactly what payday lenders do. nt JEB May 2016 #10
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2016 #3
Time to send Canova more money. Thanks for the update. snowy owl May 2016 #4
I sent Debbie some today! CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #6
Dirty PaydayDebbie. Congrats on supporting one of the most corrupt dems cali May 2016 #9
So you support someone who endorses Repbulicans and supports payday lending. cui bono May 2016 #11
Yes! CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #12
So are you a willing minion, or a useful idiot to the 1%? hobbit709 May 2016 #14
Yes! CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #17
So you're a twofer. hobbit709 May 2016 #18
Yes! CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #19
Who? and what does that have to do with it? hobbit709 May 2016 #20
$5400 for a bagel?? Is the cream cheese extra?? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #5
How much extra for Lox? left-of-center2012 May 2016 #7
that's another $5400. hobbit709 May 2016 #13
Cheap Art_from_Ark May 2016 #16
DWS will win in a walk KingFlorez May 2016 #15
 

cali

(114,904 posts)
8. Gee, he has. And he's rejected that form of fundraising. Dirty PaydayDebbie
Thu May 26, 2016, 09:08 PM
May 2016

who has received beaucoup $$$$$ from the loanshark payday loan industry and fought regulation of that industry, is no role model for raising political donations.

Oh, and he's raised over $2,250,000.

He's doing just fine.

cui bono

(19,926 posts)
11. So you support someone who endorses Repbulicans and supports payday lending.
Thu May 26, 2016, 09:14 PM
May 2016

Prime example of what is wrong with the Democratic Party. No principles left and standing up for Republican policies.

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