This is obscene to me: Hillary Clinton Snags $15M+ From George Clooney

[Bread and Circus]

Hillary Clinton Snags $15M+ From George Clooney-Hosted SF & LA Fundraisers

http://deadline.com/2016/04/george-clooney-hillary-clinton-fundraisers-jeffrey-katzenberg-steven-spielberg-bernie-sanders-1201738559/

Friday, two sold-out fundraisers hosted by George Clooney and Amal Clooney for the former Secretary of State this weekend will pull in at least $15 million altogether, I’ve learned.

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The actual guest list for the April 16 fundraiser — co-hosted by Jeffrey Katzenberg and wife Marilyn, Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, and Haim Saban and wife Cheryl — is being treated like a state secret by the already usually very tight-lipped Clinton campaign and organizers.

[OhZone]

1. Congrats to Hillary! Well done.

We'll need that moolah to fight the GOP.

[revbones]

3. Too bad none will make it to down-ticket candidates... nt

[OhZone]

6. I thought she already gave tons to down ticket candidates. :/ nt

[savalez]

7. She did.

It's the other candidate that's being a tightwad.

[roguevalley]

25. actually their 33 state scam funnels it to her.

[FreakinDJ]

52. HilBots have a difficult time with the Truth

[savalez]

61. Has bernie helped down ticket candidates financially? Yes or no?

[savalez]

62. I take it you mean her primary winning strategy?

[daleanime]

12. No....

his name is Bernie.

[Yurovsky]

13. Enjoy being a footstool for the 1%...

$15M won't beat Trump. He can buy and sell Hillary & her Hollywood pals all day long.

The thing you Hillary folks can't seem to grasp is that the only candidate who can win the hearts and minds of a majority of Americans - and lessen the impact of the billions of corporate cash - is Bernie. Show me a rally of Hillary's with an iota of the enthusiasm of Bernie's rallies. For chrissakes Trump's (quasi-Nazi) rallies are 1000x more energized than Hillary milquetoast snooze fests.

Money can't fix the fact that she's just GOP-lite and totally in the pocket of Goldman Sachs and other .001%ers. And uh, generally unlike-able.

[OhZone]

19. Hysterical.

Bernie would be done in ten minutes in the General. He can't even beat Hillary anyway. Oh well.

[bkkyosemite]

60. Hysterical every day every month every every every...he is done put a fork in him ...NOT

[COLGATE4]

23. A few thousand college students at a rally

won't provide the $$$ needed to beat both Trump and the rest of the downticket Rethug candidates. Hearts and minds are wonderful things but cold hard cash - particularly after Citizens United- dictates that he who spends the most is probably going to be in much better shape to win the race. I also wouldn't count on Trump's bombast. He's famous (infamous) for being a tightwad who only spends other people's money. In addition, I seriously doubt that Trump will be the Retbug's candidate, Their leaders are openly calling for blocking him at the convention and the sleazy Cruz already has cut his throat with many of the delegates, including those Trump had taken for granted were his. For ex., the Rethug primary in Indiana still has to vote, in 2 or 3 weeks or so (don't remember the exact date) but, regardless of the vote, Indiana has 57 delegates. Of those, 56 are already pledged to Cruz. Cruz has outmaneuvered him with the delegates. Sorry, Donald.

[msongs]

26. so will the trump-like mob outside the fund raising event donate to down ticket democrats?

how many of them bothered to vote in the last mid-terms, if any

[COLGATE4]

28. Nope. And doubtful about how many will

actually vote in the GE.

[angrychair]

37. You realize he has bested her in fundraising, right?

More donors. More return donors. More money donated every month, the last 3 months straight.
In fact, he has broke every record set by PBO in 2008 primary season fundraising.
He had $15 million more in March and is likely to best her again in April.
He did it without having to hold fundraising parties with millionaires and billionaires in California and China.

[msongs]

45. yes indeed, for himself, bernie sanders party of one. nt

[COLGATE4]

49. Do you suppose that, assuming for the moment that he

is the nominee, this is going to continue through the GE? Not to mention that none of the money has has raised and is raising is going to help any downticket Democrat. His answer when asked if he was going to do that: "We'll see". That was a long time ago, and so far we've seen. Nothing. Hillary on the other hand has raised funds not only for herself but also for the Democratic Party and other candidates. The only problem with having millionaires donate is that the don't do it for Bernie.

[reformist2]

50. Are you saying that rich Democrats will sit on their wallets if Bernie is the nominee???

[workinclasszero]

54. Right on!

War money to fight the tea baggers!

[beedle]

57. Which I why I support Bernie

He's fighting so no one will need to go cup in hand to the rich elites and corporations in order to be able to compete in elections; To make elections about ideas and policies rather than who has the richest 'friends with favors to ask".

Sanders just proved that the 'traditional' campaign financing method was all bullshit ... there's only two reasons why a politician would spend 40% of every day on the phone with the rich elites 'dialing for dollars' ... 1) They are doing it because they THINK that's the only way it can be done, or; 2) Their own personal networks and bank accounts will be well compensated after their political career.

[onehandle]

2. Damn Hollywood Libruls!

Ted Cruz was railing against them just today.

[senz]

33. Yeh, in support of a Goldman Sachs sellout! Let's hear it for the 1%!

Ted Cruz has more in common with them than he knows.

[JoePhilly]

63. + 100

[LexVegas]

4. I'll take Clooney over Sarandon any day. nt

[Politicalboi]

5. Disgusting

[ecstatic]

17. Disgusting?! How?

Why is it disgusting that celebrities are pitching in to make sure Cruz or Trump isn't the next president, even though the GOP would likely lower their taxes?

Are you saying rich democrats should opt out and not contribute anything? Would you feel the same way if Bernie became the nominee and Clooney tried to raise money for him?

[SusanCalvin]

8. Yeah, I used to like Clooney.

Well, I still do actually, but I'd like him better if he were a Bernie supporter.... ;->

[senz]

35. If he were backing Bernie, my respect would go through the ceiling.

He's still cute, but something's missing.

[Firebrand Gary]

9. Way to go George and Amal! Wooooo Hoooo

That's a solid number that we will need for the November fight!

[Avalux]

10. Money buys everything, including the government. The more you have, the more you get. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. And right here is the problem we are having with our political system

[msongs]

27. maybe bernie will get you an f-35 from his best friends he gives money to at lockheed lol nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. I got a picture or two of the F-35 based in AZ

nice birds.



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[NanceGreggs]

14. Imagine raising millions ...

... to help put a Democrat in the WH, and other Democrats in elected positions.

Despicable!

[COLGATE4]

24. Shocking! Shocking, I tells ya. nt

[Alfresco]

15. Outstanding! Democrats donating money for Democrats.

[DebbieCDC]

16. You know what?

The more she does this type of fundraising, the more the average person is going to see through her like a pane of glass. Bernie goes and talks with the Vatican about income inequality and on the very same day HRC is raking in buckets of cash from the Hollywood elite. How much more of a contrast could there be? A blindfolded bat could see who really is concerned about the poor, the middle class, people of color, LGBT people, etc., and it sure as hell isn't the candidate sipping champagne and scarfing down lobster with the top 1% of Hollywood's 1%.

[Skink]

18. What was on that menu

[Bread and Circus]

21. Democracy

[demwing]

32. boom

Bread and Circus drops the mic

[CentralCoaster]

38. Bam! There it is!

[oldandhappy]

20. WOW Inequality!!

Bernie average donation ... $27

clinton two dinners ... $15 mil

[dflprincess]

22. Lots of SFPD around Nob Hill tonight

I was waiting for the cable car at Powell and California and there were 5 cops standing and blocking the entrance to the Fairmont ramp. I'm guessing that might be where the wheels get to park

Pity the Clooneys aren't raising this money to help the homeless in San Francisco. I think it's worse than New York wast in the 80s.

[840high]

30. Good point.

[Recursion]

31. Raising money to defeat Republicans is "obscene"?

What the hell is going on here?

[bjo59]

34. Wonder what the attraction of Hillary is for those Hollywood "heavy hitters" (hyper-wealthy)?

Can't help but think it has a lot to do with protecting the huge amounts of money they have and the fortunes of the Wall Street companies that invest and "grow" that money.

[senz]

36. I suspect you're right.

[basselope]

44. Its MUCH more complicated than that.

I spoke to someone who was attending.

Very simply he said to me, "Bernie is a much better candidate and I wish could support him, but Clinton is going to win and you can't be on the wrong side of them".

He went on to explain in vivid detail how being "against" them puts you on the outs. He called it the "Politics of devastation". (not personal destruction) and explained that they are well known for shutting their "enemies" out completely.

So basically, the reason, is these hollywood heavy hitters want to keep their political influence high and they know if they go against Hillary and she gets the nomination, whether she wins or loses, they will be on the "outs" with the establishment.

[riderinthestorm]

46. Who paid $353,000 for exclusive access to Hillary? Can you ask?

And your friends account is chilling. ..

[basselope]

64. I wouldn't .. it would be disrespectful.

It's not like this is my best buddy who I have known for years.

I'm kinda surprised people are surprised.

[SusanCalvin]

47. Please post this as an OP. nt

[vintx]

56. Selfish and indefensible. nt

[hack89]

59. Cool story bro.

[Beacool]

39. Yeah, such a terrible thing to raise money for Democrats.

If those numbers seem high under what is allowed under primary rules, they are – but they also are perfectly within what’s permitted. Like the Sting event and the Radio City Music Hall event of March 2, this weekend’s two Hillary Victory Fund affairs take only the allowed $2,700 per individual or $5,000 a couple directly for the Hillary for America ledger. The rest of the dough is divided up between the Democratic National Committee and state parties from Arkansas to Wyoming for the general election.

Shame on the Clooneys and Hillary for raising funds for down ticket candidates. Perish the thought that the front runner is helping the party and fellow Democrats.

[MFM008]

40. She is raising money for ALL democrats

not selected democrats, not just 3 democrats. ALL democrats.

[Congruente]

41. Shhhh

They don't like context.

[reformist2]

51. Yeah, but mostly for herself.

[mhatrw]

42. Power to the Rich and Famous!!! nt

[basselope]

43. Sadly, I know some people there.

Money being thrown down the drain for a losing effort.

[SusanCalvin]

48. I sure hope you're right that it's a losing effort.

I was interested in the nuts and bolts of where the money goes, upthread. Still, I regard the DNC as money down the drain (at this point, with this "leader&quot as well.

[apcalc]

53. Good for her -a plus for downballot Dems

[vdogg]

55. A private citizen helped raise money for the candidate he supports.

How dare he!

[Tom Rinaldo]

58. I don't fault Hillary for raising that money that way

I prefer that to taking big money from corporate lobbyists (though we don't know how many of those might have been writing checks here also).

My problem is with the wildly outsized role that a tiny percentage of very well heeled individuals usually have in determining who is and who is not a viable candidate for public office.

Do Democrats still believe in campaign finance reform?