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Lorien

(31,935 posts)
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 10:40 PM Feb 2016

#ImnotkiddingMaddi trending as ‘urgent’ Clinton email mocked

A desperate-sounding email purportedly received by a woman from Hillary Clinton’s campaign during the New Hampshire primary spawned a flurry of memes and tweets mocking the candidate.

The email from HillaryClinton.com asks that the woman, identified only as Maddi, donate a dollar:

“After tonight’s results roll in, keep this in mind: most of the country casts their primary ballots by the middle of March.

“We absolutely, critically need to make sure Hillary comes out on top in the states that lie ahead.”

But it’s the last line that has people gleefully tweeting:

“I’m not kidding, Maddi, I’m asking you to give $1 right this second.”

Memes aplenty here!
http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2016/02/10/imnotkiddingmaddi-trending-as-urgent-clinton-email-mocked/





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#ImnotkiddingMaddi trending as ‘urgent’ Clinton email mocked (Original Post) Lorien Feb 2016 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #1
. one_voice Feb 2016 #15
Classy, real classy. Hekate Feb 2016 #24
It's disgusting. one_voice Feb 2016 #27
Beyond disgusting, but on today's DU its considered acceptable, it survived a alert by 6-1. George II Feb 2016 #47
It is hilarious and funny CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #106
Not sure you get the reference. pinebox Feb 2016 #78
Yes, I get the reference. I still think.. one_voice Feb 2016 #91
I don't think this is bad at all pinebox Feb 2016 #92
Do you get the reference? pinebox Feb 2016 #77
Of course I get the reference and so does everybody else. ... Hekate Feb 2016 #95
What an ugly, shitty thing to say. You really are showing us what you're about. nt MADem Feb 2016 #74
...So level with me here, are you legitimately a Bernie supporter, or a right wing plant VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #75
You aren't getting the reference. pinebox Feb 2016 #79
Ehhhh... VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #82
No it's really not pinebox Feb 2016 #85
Tell you what, pinebox: I'll copy/paste that "dildos" post into a random thread about SANDERS Hekate Feb 2016 #96
Reality check time. pinebox Feb 2016 #97
Someone has to pay for EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #2
Yeah. It's yuuuge Maddi. I'm serious! YUUUGE! Bubzer Feb 2016 #42
If Maddi gives her a $1 right now, Hillary promises not to give her any change. nt mhatrw Feb 2016 #67
ouch. HereSince1628 Feb 2016 #81
Her rich donors are maxed out, she's campaigning in Mexico for money now. arcane1 Feb 2016 #3
Don't underestime those vacuum pennies. temporary311 Feb 2016 #16
"I wonder if Clinton is seeking to drive down her donor average and trying to get a roguevalley Feb 2016 #41
What's next... dumpsta divin for snack food for Hillary's staff? Sheesh InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2016 #54
I wonder what that is going to cost us ? CentralMass Feb 2016 #58
Okay, seriously Aerows Feb 2016 #103
*Choke* Shandris Feb 2016 #4
I can't stop laughing at that one. azmom Feb 2016 #12
The ones at the link are the "nice" memes Lorien Feb 2016 #13
Ooh, nice call. I don't deal with hashtags much, so thank you! Shandris Feb 2016 #14
... TwilightGardener Feb 2016 #23
I love these: roguevalley Feb 2016 #45
LOL Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #66
She needs the gas money d_legendary1 Feb 2016 #5
OMG Autumn Feb 2016 #6
OMG. This is funny! azmom Feb 2016 #7
What I find hilarious is the $1 request! Arazi Feb 2016 #8
Plus she wants to bring down the average dollar amonts of her contributions Lorien Feb 2016 #11
And doing it while she's going to Mexico to get Wal Mart money! arcane1 Feb 2016 #44
And apparently Chelsea is going to England to get money from gawd knows who. kath Feb 2016 #104
Well, it wouldn't look too good giving another speech to GS right now after that last debate Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #80
I get the dollar emails Bjornsdotter Feb 2016 #9
Omg. Yes. CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #29
I bet we have a mutual friend! Bjornsdotter Feb 2016 #34
For people who have spent their lives in politics Lorien Feb 2016 #94
Are you serious? I thought this give me a dollar thing was a joke! nt. polly7 Feb 2016 #84
Yep! Bjornsdotter Feb 2016 #99
Wow. polly7 Feb 2016 #107
Berniemoji JudyM Feb 2016 #10
That's awesome. Kentonio Feb 2016 #87
LMAO! beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #17
LOL !!! WillyT Feb 2016 #18
This one gets it right Motown_Johnny Feb 2016 #19
That's the real answer. And she is NOT kidding. pa28 Feb 2016 #62
Perfect. 840high Feb 2016 #68
Breaking badly... Lorien Feb 2016 #20
Wow. They don't even make her Walter.. she gets the role of Jesse... DOUBLE BURN!!! basselope Feb 2016 #32
*snort! nt artislife Feb 2016 #69
Omg ... polly7 Feb 2016 #86
hee-hee... cui bono Feb 2016 #21
RIGHT FUCKING NOW! frylock Feb 2016 #22
Don't burn, Maddi. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #25
okay, now that's funny!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2016 #55
Hot or not? frylock Feb 2016 #26
Lol!! I'm dying over here! CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #31
LOL. I know. farleftlib Feb 2016 #36
In contrast....Sanders just passed $7M in donations since the NH primary. (nt) jeff47 Feb 2016 #28
.... Lorien Feb 2016 #30
While his supporters make jokes BainsBane Feb 2016 #50
So you think Sanders raised $7M in large donations? jeff47 Feb 2016 #51
Make stuff up much. We are the small donors. cali Feb 2016 #76
!!! Odin2005 Feb 2016 #33
lol, Coronation Candidate is actively trying to get her average donation size down. Schema Thing Feb 2016 #35
Yes!! zentrum Feb 2016 #46
.... Lorien Feb 2016 #37
This one had me gasping. artislife Feb 2016 #70
When George Soros gives them $8 million, what's the point of asking for $1? jfern Feb 2016 #38
Lower average donation size. jeff47 Feb 2016 #57
LOL Fawke Em Feb 2016 #39
LMAO for real. Thanks for this post. jalan48 Feb 2016 #40
Wants to up zentrum Feb 2016 #43
She has to depend on small donations BainsBane Feb 2016 #48
You can't be serious. Fawke Em Feb 2016 #52
Since 1989 BainsBane Feb 2016 #93
You can't be serious Dretownblues Feb 2016 #53
DUzy azmom Feb 2016 #56
What color are the unicorns on your planet? frylock Feb 2016 #60
Uh, no. Her campaign is dependent on $2700 donors. jeff47 Feb 2016 #61
... Kurska Feb 2016 #88
lol Go Vols Feb 2016 #49
I'm not kidding, I'm asking you to go to azmom Feb 2016 #59
LOL (nt) jeff47 Feb 2016 #63
Looks like a great site to make a donation! Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #71
Clever and a half! Fawke Em Feb 2016 #90
Couldn't resist Lorien Feb 2016 #64
One created by Maddi herself: Lorien Feb 2016 #65
Come on Maddi. lovemydog Feb 2016 #72
Kick! MelungeonWoman Feb 2016 #73
Don't make Hillary cry, Maddi PonyUp Feb 2016 #83
My favorite.. Kentonio Feb 2016 #89
Hillary is seriously starting to sound like an unhinged ex boyfriend: Lorien Feb 2016 #98
More: Lorien Feb 2016 #100
....... polly7 Feb 2016 #108
Wow-- fire sale on indulgences! Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #101
I got an email from Hillary asking for $1 Aerows Feb 2016 #102
Maddi are you ok? Iggy Knorr Feb 2016 #105

Response to Lorien (Original post)

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
106. It is hilarious and funny
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 01:47 AM
Feb 2016

And the entire Internet has exploded about this. There were at least 20 people who had this on their FB feeds today --people of all ages.

One of my teenage daughters came up to me and showed me one of the memes--the Breaking Bad one.

And the fact that it was alerted on here at DU. The alert system ireally creates a little bubble in here sometimes. Things are much more sanitized in here, than they are on the rest of the 'net. I like that people can't insult each other and violate the TOS. However, when people alert just because their candidate gets zinged, thats a bit goofy.

People make fun of Bernie--his hair, his finger wagging, etc. some things these candidates do are great fodder for jokes, including the urgency of Hillary's $1 email.

 

pinebox

(5,761 posts)
78. Not sure you get the reference.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 10:03 AM
Feb 2016

It has absolutely NOTHING to do with the OP at all but it does have something to do with Twitter & the Oregon standoff and what is trending.

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
91. Yes, I get the reference. I still think..
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 11:51 AM
Feb 2016

it's in very poor taste. Who is the OP about? Oh, that's right.

I can almost guarantee you that if the same had been said about Sen. Sanders it would have been hidden; rightfully so. And a whole lot more people would have have had a whole lot more to say. Something along the lines of homophobic jokes.

I'm usually a 'meh' kinda person, I have a crude sense of humor--in private. I don't find this funny. I take other people's feelings into consideration. Apparently that's isn't a blip on your radar.

Hope you have a great day.

 

pinebox

(5,761 posts)
92. I don't think this is bad at all
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 11:58 AM
Feb 2016

I think it's kind of funny though how people aren't getting it. The OP may have been about "who" but the conversation was about what? Twitter.

Notice the hashtag?
You're missing the mark here.

 

pinebox

(5,761 posts)
77. Do you get the reference?
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 10:01 AM
Feb 2016

I'm curious. Because it has absolutely NOTHING to do with the OP at all but it does have something to do with Twitter & the Oregon standoff and what is trending.

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
95. Of course I get the reference and so does everybody else. ...
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 01:21 PM
Feb 2016

Everybody with a functioning brain also gets that "send dildos" was posted in a thread about Hillary Clinton. If "dildos" has "absolutely NOTHING to do with the OP" then why it is here and why do the adolescent-brained think it's "funny"?

Classy, pinebox, real classy.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
75. ...So level with me here, are you legitimately a Bernie supporter, or a right wing plant
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 09:55 AM
Feb 2016

because seriously, that crass comment of yours makes us all look bad. Literally, in the same taste as Christie.

 

pinebox

(5,761 posts)
79. You aren't getting the reference.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 10:04 AM
Feb 2016

It has nothing to do with the OP but rather with the Oregon standoff and how it is trending on twitter as well. http://gawker.com/angry-militia-leader-stop-mailing-us-dildos-1752580458

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
82. Ehhhh...
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 10:17 AM
Feb 2016

...still in ill taste, after Christie's comments about Clinton especially with Camp Weathervane chomping at the bit to label anyone who supports Sanders as a racist, misogynist, or whatever the meme this week is.

 

pinebox

(5,761 posts)
85. No it's really not
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 10:25 AM
Feb 2016

It has absolutely zero to do with Hillary or Bernie and the comment was about how that too was trending on twitter and how it was funny and they are right, it was flippin' hilarious. Twitter made an absolute mockery last night of the Oregon idiots and it was trending at #1.

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
96. Tell you what, pinebox: I'll copy/paste that "dildos" post into a random thread about SANDERS
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 01:26 PM
Feb 2016

Do you think my protestations of innocence will stand up to a jury 6-1? Or do you think a Sanders jury will fail to find it funny when inserted into a Sanders thread?

Whaddyathink?

 

pinebox

(5,761 posts)
97. Reality check time.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 01:47 PM
Feb 2016

But you still miss the point. Go re-read the original OP. You're trying to make said comments about a specific candidate when in fact it is NOT. What does it say again, something about twitter.
Now if you go ahead and realize that #OregonStandoff was trending #1 world wide last night which is what again? Oh ya bunch of RW loons and what was it that people on the Internet did to these RW loons?

Learn to social media.

Any questions?

NOTHING TO DO WITH A CANDIDATE. PERIOD.











 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
3. Her rich donors are maxed out, she's campaigning in Mexico for money now.
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 10:45 PM
Feb 2016

Funny how those "small donations" were mocked only a few weeks ago, now they are being chased after

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
41. "I wonder if Clinton is seeking to drive down her donor average and trying to get a
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:12 AM
Feb 2016

McChicken"

BWAHAHAHAHAA! It is filled with greatness but many repeat the ploy of trying to raise her donor ratio. No one is fooled.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
54. What's next... dumpsta divin for snack food for Hillary's staff? Sheesh
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 01:03 AM
Feb 2016

Why Bernie is gonna smoke this thang.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
103. Okay, seriously
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 01:39 AM
Feb 2016

I don't know what is behind this OP, but I *DID* get an email from what looked like Hillary's campaign asking for $1.

I still have the email in my inbox.

Or is that just making fun of the fact that she sent it at all?



I don't know.

Here it is:

 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
4. *Choke*
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 10:46 PM
Feb 2016

Okay, look. I'm a person who has castigated the idea of using social media for nonstop mockery for a long time, and I've often gotten a lot of guff for it. Most mockery is petty and mean-spirited, and even using 'most' makes me a bit squicky.

But...that said...

The comment bout the Dollar Menu was too much.

She just needed a McChicken! That dollar was """"""""""""""""""""""""""""critically needed"""""""""""""""""""""""""""!!!

Lorien

(31,935 posts)
13. The ones at the link are the "nice" memes
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 10:52 PM
Feb 2016

Google search the hashtag and many are a lot less kind.

 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
14. Ooh, nice call. I don't deal with hashtags much, so thank you!
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 10:53 PM
Feb 2016

Now I'm off to find more to laugh at. Muhahahaha!

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
45. I love these:
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:18 AM
Feb 2016

"There is a special place in hell for Maddi's who don't help other women. Give Hillary a dolla" Madeleine Albright #ImNotKiddingMaddi

"Maddi isn't giving Hillary a dolla because she wants to impress the boys" Gloria Steinem #imnotkiddingmaddi


#ImNotKiddingMaddi you're going to Hell.. and Maddi chose Hell

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
8. What I find hilarious is the $1 request!
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 10:48 PM
Feb 2016

She's finally figured out that 700 SuperPAC contributors looks reeeeaaaallly bad in contrast to 3 million plus contributors to Bernie!

Lorien

(31,935 posts)
11. Plus she wants to bring down the average dollar amonts of her contributions
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 10:51 PM
Feb 2016

so that it appears that more "average Americans" are funding her.

If she really needed the money, then why not simply give another speech to Goldmann Sachs?

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
80. Well, it wouldn't look too good giving another speech to GS right now after that last debate
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 10:05 AM
Feb 2016

Must keep up appearances, you know.

But maybe she can shake down George Soros for another $8 million.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
29. Omg. Yes.
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 11:30 PM
Feb 2016

During the past few days I was getting three of those $1 emails daily.

One day, it was Bill, Hillary, Chelsea and some strategy guy--all within 24 hours!

All of the wording is so desperate.

I was like...back off man! You aren't getting $1!!

Bjornsdotter

(6,123 posts)
34. I bet we have a mutual friend!
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 11:40 PM
Feb 2016


However you decide to help, Hillary will be glad you stepped up when it mattered.

Thanks for being on our team,

Robby

Robby Mook
Campaign Manager
Hillary for America


Lorien

(31,935 posts)
94. For people who have spent their lives in politics
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 01:19 PM
Feb 2016

they have some of the worst political instincts around!

"send us three emojis showing us how you feel about you student debt."

Bjornsdotter

(6,123 posts)
99. Yep!
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 06:40 PM
Feb 2016

Last edited Thu Feb 11, 2016, 09:37 PM - Edit history (1)

I get about 3 of them per day.



Edit for pics, these are ones so far today.

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polly7

(20,582 posts)
107. Wow.
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 08:35 AM
Feb 2016

And did you send her three dollars? - I'mnotkiddingBjornsdotter?!?

This whole thing is so funny! Thank you.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
31. Lol!! I'm dying over here!
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 11:34 PM
Feb 2016

OMG, this is hilarious.

My husband just said, "What on earth are you reading?" He started laughing because I was laughing so hard.

 

farleftlib

(2,125 posts)
36. LOL. I know.
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 11:48 PM
Feb 2016

My son just came down from his room, he could hear me all the way upstairs. These are hilarious.

BainsBane

(53,035 posts)
50. While his supporters make jokes
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:46 AM
Feb 2016

About small donors, revealing the rhetoric about equality and money in politics to be completely hollow. The classism is unseemly but entirely expected.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
51. So you think Sanders raised $7M in large donations?
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:52 AM
Feb 2016

Uh....not so much.

You also seem to be unaware that the Clinton campaign has repeatedly tried this $1 trick to reduce the size of their average donation.....and it hasn't been enough to bring down her average donation to below Sanders. Too many of her donations come from $2700 donors.

But if you'd like, you can head on down to Mexico for her next fundraiser! Lots of poverty there, thanks to NAFTA!

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
57. Lower average donation size.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 01:12 AM
Feb 2016

Clinton doesn't have a lot of small donors. So Sanders currently has a smaller average donation size.

The Clinton campaign would like to lower their average donation size so that they can then claim to be the candidate who is really supported by everyday people.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
43. Wants to up
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:17 AM
Feb 2016

…..her numbers of "regular little people" donating to her campaign.

So she can refute Bernie's numbers in the next debate.

Maybe she should have asked for a penny. Then all the little children could have been used to make a non-rich demographic for her.

BainsBane

(53,035 posts)
48. She has to depend on small donations
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:38 AM
Feb 2016

She doesn't have Karl Rove's slush fund spending of her behalf.

Intersting how a campaign that claimed to be about getting money out of politics now mocks donation solicitations that aren't high enough to suit the sensibilities of the well-heeled.

The emails I get always say $38. They are geared toward the giving history of the recipient. I suppose my lack of wealth is just hysterical too. So much for equality.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
52. You can't be serious.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:56 AM
Feb 2016

"She has to depend on small donations"

I've seen some cognitive dissonance on this board, but this one takes the cake. You honestly believe she relies on small contributions when she's raked in millions from Wall Street and some of the largest corporations on earth?



No one is laughing at your lack of funds because many of us are in the same spot, but I do wonder why you're supporting her if your lack of wealth is an issue. Surely, you can see which candidate gets money from the elite and which gets donations from working people.

BainsBane

(53,035 posts)
93. Since 1989
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:15 PM
Feb 2016

(which itself is odd since she never ran for office until the 2000s).

This is 2016. Check your calendar. Bernie himself has raised hundreds of thousands from those same banks. The difference is that Clinton doesn't construct a campaign based on a false claim she repeats multiple times of day for months on end.

Additionally, if we are to believe Open Secrets, Universities and the US Postal Service have pacs or super pacs
that contribute to Sanders. You'll have to forgive me, but the notion that the Postal Service has a pac strains credulity.
That same list included corporations like Microsoft. And I never quite understood how Open Secrets could declare Citibank her leading contributor when under industries financial services ranks much lower on the list, with education and women's groups being near the top.

What is this whole meme about if it isn't how pathetic you all think it is that she needs to ask for $1 donations?

My lack of wealth is precisely why I don't support Sanders. That in combination with the fact I actually care about policy and not just slogans. Now, if thought the most crucial issues facing American were that families making over $250k a year shouldn't have to pay college tuition or their children face the indignity of working 10 hours a week to contribute to that education, I'd be for Sanders all the way.

Dretownblues

(253 posts)
53. You can't be serious
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:56 AM
Feb 2016

AverageSanders donation: $27
Average Clinton donation: $67
The only reason she is asking for a dollar is to get her average down.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
61. Uh, no. Her campaign is dependent on $2700 donors.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 01:18 AM
Feb 2016

That's why all her fundraisers used to have $2700 tickets. She started running out of $2700 donors in November, and has been lowering the "ticket price" ever since.

But don't worry. Soros gave $8M to Clinton's PAC in one day. So she still raised more money than us unwashed folk that give to Sanders.

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