Is there a connection between the massive campaign dollars and the incessant cheering for Hillary?

[reformist2]

I think one would be naïve to think that all the enthusiasm for Hillary was honest and heartfelt. In this day and age, faux supporters and slanted polls are probably more important than slick television ad campaigns. But unlike the television ads, you don't really want to broadcast the truth that a lot of the "opinions" being thrown around in the social media are actually secretly planted campaign messages. And illegal, since these messages lack any acknowledgement of funding.

Where do all today's campaign dollars *really* go? There's a Pulitzer Prize waiting for the journalist willing to turn over that giant rotten log.

[arcane1]

1. Such as buying fake Facebook friends and Twitter followers?

Why stop there?

[JoePhilly]

2. Hillary just bought drinks for everyone!!!

[ronnykmarshall]

64. and one for herself

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[sabrina 1]

3. Lol, of COURSE there is. The only real candidate for the people is the one standing alone against

this huge MONEY MACHINE that is taking over our system.

HE is the only one with the guts to refuse their bribes.

[Agschmid]

4. Incessant?

Like here on DU? Or out in the real world?

[wyldwolf]

6. You're lowering expectations for Sanders

[sufrommich]

7. I can't tell what is a serious observation and

what is a joke on DU sometimes. This is a joke,right?

[JaneyVee]

8. You guys have like anti-Hillary tic syndrome.

Mouth diarrhea. Perhaps Bernie's numbers wouldn't be so subpar if ya'll spent more time explaining socialism and propping up your candidate to the American people instead of trying to tear down a woman who was voted most admired woman in the world 14x.

[JaneyVee]

14. FOURTEEN TIMES.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. If my aunt had wheels she would be a car...

If Ron Jeremy had a normal endowment he would still be a special education teacher in New York city, lol


^^^^^^^

Now that is something you would never expect to find on a political message board.

ADMIRE THAT

[wendylaroux]

75. you make no sense.

Ron Jeremy? wth? what are you watching tonite?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

84. My post made absolute sense...

Please read s-l-o-w-l-y.

you make no sense Ron Jeremy?

My interlocutor said if Elizabeth Warren would have run against Hillary Clinton she would have won the nomination. I merely pointed out the inefficacy of the word "if". Ron Jeremy owes his prolific career in pornography to his his above average endowment. If he had an average endowment he would still be a special education teacher in New York City, ergo:

Jeremy attended Cardozo High School in Bayside, Queens, where former CIA director George Tenet and actor Reginald VelJohnson were his classmates.[7][8] Jeremy earned a bachelor's degree in education and theatre and a master's degree in special education from Queens College in New York.[9] He taught special-education classes in the New York City area and was a substitute teacher for regular classes.[10]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Jeremy

And in that vein, if my uncle had wings he would be a bird.

what are you watching tonite?

Television, Despite your implication or inference I am not really into Ron Jeremy's work, at least not in the last twenty five or so years.

Reading is fundamental.

[JaneyVee]

27. I love Liz Warren. She's not running. Get over it.

[LuvLoogie]

32. You forgot DLC, third way

And a few other increasingly maudlin terms which have lost their impact here on DU.

[JaneyVee]

35. IDGAF who you support.

[NYC Liberal]

44. Warren urged Hillary to run and thinks she is terrific.

There's a reason she's not running.

[NYC Liberal]

50. Not a mistake. She is a progressive Democrat who supports another progressive Democrat

for president.

I support real Democrats like Hillary, not Johnny-Come-Latelies who trash the party for years until they decide they want to be president and need the $$$.

[ronnykmarshall]

65. Like being a republican until 1996?

[wendylaroux]

73. 14 times?

really?who voted for her?

[JaneyVee]

74. Very Serious People.

[Agschmid]

41. I give you about two hours.

Enjoy your time.

[Agschmid]

89. Nailed it :)

Just saying.

[NanceGreggs]

9. Hasn't the constant meme been ...

... that there is no enthusiasm for Hillary? I've read that here countless times.

So now there is enthusiasm, but it's not "honest and heartfelt".

How many such baseless memes will be posted before people accept that more people support HRC than BS? It's really as simple as that.

It happens every primary - voters choose to support one candidate over the others.

I don't understand why this simple fact eludes some folks.

[ronnykmarshall]

48. Don't make yourself feel special

I've used this pic LONG before you showed up.

[wendylaroux]

71. you show THAT

picture a lot? how embarrassing.

[upaloopa]

16. Before acceptance comes denial, anger, bargaining, depression.

Some Bernie folks are in denial and some have moved to anger. I think anger is why we have such weird OP's today.

[upaloopa]

21. You are welcome.

[Fearless]

25. Just the same six people getting madder and madder

[Fred Sanders]

11. A Pulitzer Prize win for finding where all the campaign funds go is available quarterly on-line so

is not likely, but the corruption of CU is only just beginning to be evident.

What needs to be done is keeping control of the White House getting back Congress from the feces-throwers.

[upaloopa]

13. What the hell are you saying? Hillary paid Gowdy to have her appear before the Benghazi committee

so she could get some incessant cheering and more donations?

Hillary paid Anderson Cooper to rig the debate so she could get some incessant cheering and donations?

Hillary paid Joe Biden to drop out so she could get some incessant cheering and donations?

Hillary paid Rachel Maddow to interview her so she could get some incessant cheering and donations?

Hillary paid for the polls that said she won the debate so she could get some incessant cheering and donations?

Hillary paid everyone in NC to vote for her in the next poll so she could get some incessant cheering and donations?

Hillary paid people in NH to vote for her in the latest poll so she could get some incessant cheering and donations?

Hillary paid the people in IA to vote for her in the latest poll so she could get some incessant cheering and donations?


Does it make sense to pay someone so you get their contribution? How much is the net contribution? Let's see Hillary pays me 25 bucks so I will give her 50 bucks netting 25 bucks.

[sufrommich]

17. Like all conspiracy theories ,the amount of people involved

and keeping their mouths shut about it is mind boggling. Apparently Rachel Maddow is in on it too:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027286180

[ronnykmarshall]

26. Book mark that

This will become various outrages if Hillary wins Iowa and NH.

[NanceGreggs]

46. Well, I hope you're proud of yourself ...

... giving away the game plan.

Obviously you didn't check off all of the boxes when you sent in your last HRC donation:


( ) Please send the check reimbursing me for my donation to the above address.

( ) I agree to fake being honest and heartfelt in my enthusiasm.



You apparently didn't read the fine print at the bottom:

( ) YES, I want the $1,000 bonus in exchange for keeping my mouth shut about how HRC is paying people to maintain her front-runner status!


Loose lips, sinking ships, and all that. Button it up, upaloopa!

[upaloopa]

57. I must make amends. If only Hillary would send a little more cash my way I will

keep my mouth shut.

[NanceGreggs]

68. Call HRC's HQ ...

They offer all kinds of cash reimbursement options.

I understand that contacting Anderson Cooper before the debate and demanding softball questions for HRC was good for a $10-per-call reimbursement.

BS was probably paying more than that per on-line clicks - which explains why he appeared to do so well in those particular "polls".

Sadly, the funds needed to pay off Howdy Gowdy was out of my price range. Only the Big-Buck donors had the cash-on-hand needed to "convince" him to hold Thursday's hearing. But it was money well spent, and I thank those who were able to pony-up the necessary funds.

[upaloopa]

83. All those people who work on Wall Street paid for Howdy Gowdy I think.

By the way everyone of the people who work on Wall Street who gave money to Hillary are corporate CEO's and corporate officers. And their corporations gave the money since they are not really people.

[ronnykmarshall]

63. Oh crap ...

I forgot to do that this week.

I need to update my donation check list

What interest rate are we getting on our donations? Last quarter I got 50%.

[NanceGreggs]

77. 50%????

You are such a schmuck!




I got 75% on my last - ahem - "donation", along with a thousand air-miles and dinner-for-two at the restaurant of my choice!

* Note on the dinner-for-two offer - they only covered three bottles of wine. We were charged for additional wine and pre-dinner cocktails, and got hit with a 50-cent "service fee" on any menu substitutions. Just so's ya know.

[zappaman]

15. Oops...you're supposed to say there is no enthusiasm for her!

Don't upset the talking points!

[NanceGreggs]

52. They've moved on ...

... from "no" enthusiasm to no "honest and heartfelt" enthusiasm, i.e. "bought-and-paid-for enthusiasm".

Those poll numbers are getting more and more difficult to explain, so a different tack has become necessary.

[treestar]

18. If it seems like that to you

I would say you are overly stuck on your own opinion as being the only possible one.

[Skidmore]

22. Maybe a walk would help

you clear your head.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. I am being plied with wine and nubile young women as we speak.

[workinclasszero]

28. Wow I just sent Hillary 10 bucks

I didn't get the wine and women though.

[wendylaroux]

69. why send her 10 bucks?

she has plenty of money.

[leftofcool]

42. Bragger!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

49. If I was bragging I would have told about the open tab at Ruth's Chris and the junkets to Vegas

eom

[SidDithers]

29. The right hates Hillary. The fringe left hates Hillary...

and they're both pretty fucking hilarious.



Sid

[SidDithers]

38. ...

Sid

[DemocratSinceBirth]

56. There is a certain familiarity with your interlocutor if I may say so.

[SidDithers]

58. You're not the only one who thinks so...

Sid

[DemocratSinceBirth]

62. He seems to very comfortable here.

Like we are an old shoe.

[ronnykmarshall]

66. A shoe with some dog shit on it

[DemocratSinceBirth]

67. It is better to make a friend than an enemy...

Maybe if we are nice to the lad he will see the error of his ways.

[wendylaroux]

79. that all you got?

this?

[SidDithers]

82. Give it time...

Edit: Oh, ROFL.

Sid

[grasswire]

76. He's looking at it from a Canadian POV. nt

[Beacool]

88. That about sums it up.

I come here for the laughs. This site is so anti-Hillary that it can't be taken seriously anymore.

[thelordofhell]

30. I have all the respect in the world for Bernie Sanders

Some of his followers, however, leave me speechless sometimes. What weird part of the internet do some of these bizarre conspiracy theories come from?? I'm thinking it's the "Ron Paul" wing of the Democratic Party at work........

[ronnykmarshall]

39. OH ......

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[RandySF]

34. No

[DemocratSinceBirth]

37. As

As Madame Secretary rises in the polls I expect the attacks on her and her supporters to become increasingly more untethered from reality as they grow exponentially.

We Hillary Clinton supporters are exemplars to the world and it is incumbent upon us to rise above them.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

53. Buying an election is expensive. Monetarily and ethically.

The leaders in polls are usually well endowed with money and "dead broke" in ethics.

[ronnykmarshall]

54. is that the new talking point?

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[Tierra_y_Libertad]

59. Actually an old talking point.

And, one that arises every election when the wealthy and corporations fork over millions to buy elections. And, unethical candidates take it.

[ronnykmarshall]

60. Oh

Thanks

[NuclearDem]

61. For a group of people that insists on not being called conspiracy nuts

you guys sure do insist everything is a conspiracy.

[NurseJackie]

72. Amen.

[elehhhhna]

70. YA THINK????????

[BainsBane]

85. What posts like this demonstrate

Is an impenetrable sense of entitlement that enables you to dismiss as fraudulent any view and life experience that doesn't mirror your own. Some people who have been members of this site for years support Clinton, yet you insist we are plants because we have the audacity to disagree with you. It is that attitude far too common among Sanders supporters that explains why their candidate has not been able to broaden his support base. No one responds favorably to such treatment. Quite the opposite, which is why you are losing supporters.

When I see people repeat time and time again that Sanders is the only candidate supported by real people, it shows how little respect they have for their fellow citizens, so little we aren't even people. It becomes impossible to believe such people care about equality when they show time and time again that they have nothing but contempt for anyone who differs from themselves.

This campaign has been going on for months, yet we see next to no discussion of Sanders policies on this site. Instead, the only thing people seem to care about is expressing utter contempt for their fellow citizens. And we learn it is not limited to the internet. CNN reported on the news that Sanders supporters are currently in Iowa heckling and insulting Clinton supporters. Not even the least politically astute person could possibly think that kind of behavior helps increase support for their candidate, yet they do it anyway. That toxicity will be the lasting legacy of his campaign.

You are not better than the rest of Americans, not by a long shot.

[BainsBane]

86. As for massive dollars

Bernie's not doing so bad himself. He raised $26 million to Clinton's $33 million last quarter. Yet I guess you think that $7 million explains the 26 point lead Clinton averages over him.

[Historic NY]

87. Well they're all her volunteers......

you know the young people that were out on the street before the sun rose. Some from college others moved out west to help. Hillary's boots on the ground.