Hillary taking Murdoch money?

[itsrobert]

I'm dumping Hillary and moving to Obama.

[Tom Joad]

1. What's worse is that Hillary is sayin' things Murdoch likes.

[broadcaster]

2. Yes, she is. n/t

[AndyTiedye]

3. Murdoch Wants HRC to Win the Democratic Nomination and Lose to the Ghoul

Is it really that hard to figure out?

Murdoch hasn't suddenly come to his senses and decided that he wants the Democrats to win.
He would never have as much power under a Democratic administration as he does now.

He wants to stick us with Hillary 51%-would-never-vote-for-her Clinton.
That would ensure a Repiglickin victory in the general election.

[Virginian]

4. I'm unhappy with her for the India caucas.

She wants to increase the number of h-1b visas so more Indians can come here and fill IT jobs. There are American IT professionals out of work already. Is she in favor of more middle class Americans losing their jobs?
Most of the H-1b Indians who come here for IT jobs are usually young and male. That contributes to racial, sex and age discrimination in the IT profession.

I don't want to vote for her, but she is better than any of the pubs.

[countmyvote4real]

5. Obama is better than Hillary, but Edwareds is better.

I don't think the Edwards campaigne would embrace my remarks but the truth is about a white male vs a woman or black male. Guess what? Obama must prove that he is whiter than he is black. Hillary must prove that she is the second black american to be POTUS. Neither will happen.

WTF can't these leaders be content with being leaders in the Senate where we need them most?

I think that Edwards is the real deal, if we want some change. If you don:t want some change, the Dems can still offer you plenty of options that don't change a thing.

[Clintonista2]

7. Hillary must prove that she is the second black American to be POTUS? Huh?

Can anybody translate his post for me?

[JDPriestly]

12. Bill Clinton was said to be the first Black American to be president

[jsamuel]

6. Obama also took money from Fox associates. Edwards has not.

[emilyg]

10. Thank you.

[DeepModem Mom]

14. Please see my posts 9 and 13. I may be wrong, but I think the source...

of some of these contributions may be misleading.

[itsrobert]

18. Thanks. Now I might like Edwards if he wasn't born rich

And got everything handed to him on a silver platter.

[Blackhatjack]

24. You can remove the "if" in your post --Edwards was not born rich and earned everything he got

[itsrobert]

25. Okay than, the Hillary campaign told me he different

If that's the case, than I'm leaning towards him. Thanks for your help.

[Blackhatjack]

27. Edwards' dad worked in a textile mill and borrowed $50 to take him home from the hospital...

No one in Edwards' family had any significant amount of money. John worked and put himself through college, and earned all the wealth he has today from his efforts.

He is wealthy today, and he readily admits it.

However, you never forget what it is like to grow up without wealth, and he is sincere about giving others the same opportunities to prosper like he did.

[Marr]

8. She's the perfect candidate for Murdoch.

Murdoch wants the GOP to run against her because she's the only thing that'd get the right-wing base out to vote in a big way. And even if the inconceivable happened and she won, so what? She's DLC anyway. It's win/win.

Remember they had their meeting a few months back, and Murdoch's media sort of backed off of her afterwards? I don't know if she's so egocentric that she could be blind to the reasons Murdoch supports her, or if she just doesn't care so long as she gets the nomination. Either way, she's another DLC corporate stooge.

[DeepModem Mom]

9. It's unclear to me if this is money from Murdoch himself or from execs at Fox Entertainment Network.

Those guys work at the home of "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy." They're Hollywood; they contribute to Democrats. They are under Murdoch's ownership, but they are not connected to Fox News in any way except that common ownership. They appear to operate freely, or the two shows mentioned would not be on the air.

[goodgd_yall]

11. Well, there's the rub

Murdoch is connected to so many things, when one says Clinton is taking contributions from Rupert Murdoch, what exactly does that mean? I guess I'll have to do my own research because I haven't read anything more enlightening on the GD or GDP threads.

[DeepModem Mom]

13. That's true. He owns Twentieth Century Fox movie studio, for example. He owns MySpace...

I think! A lot of people work under Murdoch's ownership who don't agree with his political views.

[jsamuel]

15. he personally donated 2300 to her campaing and threw a fundraiser for her

that is just the beginning

[Smarmie Doofus]

16. Additionally, she attended the tenth anniversary FOX news....

... 'celebration'.

[goodgd_yall]

19. I think it was News Corp that the donations come under

And News Corp is more than Fox News. Interestingly, Murdoch/News Corp also donated to Sen. Kerry's senate campaign in 2001. I don't think News Corp donations can be assumed to always represent that the donee's politic's match Murdoch's personal politics. I tend to think it has more to do with what's good for business. Before, Hillary Clinton gets singled out, it might be wise to see how the other candidates are getting News Corp money in perhaps less direct ways.

[oasis]

17. "Dumping Hillary"? So you plan to stop flooding DU with your "pro-Hillary" posts?

Darn it.

[dkofos]

20. Take a look at where his money is coming from also.

He is not as clean as you might think.
And don't just look at the number of supporters.

[goodgd_yall]

22. Right

Looking at contributions, the only 2 candidates that are looking pretty "pure" are Richardson and Kucinich.

[dkofos]

23. It is a shame that people want to vote for the one with the most money.

[Blackhatjack]

21. At some point the usefulness of money DOES NOT trump the despicable source of the money...

All candidates have to struggle with the unrelenting need for more campaign money, but that is where the character and conscience should kick in.

The argument that 'I will take their money and use it against them' holds little water.

Just like Democrats should not treat Fox News like a real News Media Organization, Candidates should no treat Murdock like he is just another interested citizen who wants to contribute to their campaigns --because he is not just another interested citizen, and he has an agenda.

If HRC were to become the Dem Nominee I would support her, but I sure would be wary of her stand on this issue --and I think many would be looking over her shoulder to see what Murdock got for his money.

HRC, Take the Edwards Pledge and do not accept campaign contributions from Murdock and News Corp. It is the right thing to do.

[AzDar]

26. No more Clintons! No more Bushes! No more taking it in our Tushes!

:kick:

[fujiyama]

28. She has received a few thousand from News Corp execs

and Murdoch has thrown her fundraisers and has contributed directly to her.

Much of that likely is based on her being good for the telecom industry in terms of deregulation and ownership, as was her husband. Those are issues that obviously matter a lot to Murdoch.

However Hillary is naive if she is to believe that this will lead to better coverage. She will be smeared by Murdoch's media empire if she gets the nomination. Murdoch's main man at Fox, Roger Ailes, is a MAJOR Giulliani supporter (there was an NYT story on this a few days ago).