Comments on: Dear FEC: Don’t Tie The Hands Of The Small Campaign Donor http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:56:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: MyrtleJune http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1146599 MyrtleJune Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:07:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1146599 <p>This is why everyone should be donating money directly to the campaigns of their choice! This isn’t news as John Edwards’ site has had this info for awhile. I am not a fan of PAC’s. </p> <p>Always donate direct is the best policy.</p> This is why everyone should be donating money directly to the campaigns of their choice! This isn’t news as John Edwards’ site has had this info for awhile. I am not a fan of PAC’s.

Always donate direct is the best policy.

]]> By: laurenc http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1146451 laurenc Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:51:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1146451 <p>And yet the Democratic Party (what’s up with Dean?) continues to put James Carville, Mary Matalin’s trained poodle, out to ask us for money! How stupid do they think we are?</p> And yet the Democratic Party (what’s up with Dean?) continues to put James Carville, Mary Matalin’s trained poodle, out to ask us for money! How stupid do they think we are?

]]> By: laurenc http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1146449 laurenc Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:50:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1146449 <p>Dear Jane,<br /> I love your work. Heard you today being interviewed by, I think, Thom Hartmann, and you made the statement that Obama had run a better campaign than Edwards as the challenger to Hillary Clinton. That was right after Thom spoke about the corporate news blackout of Edwards and his populist message.<br /> Don’t you think Edwards has run a magnificent campaign? I do.<br /> He’s been fearless, he’s always right on the issues, and unlike Obama, he doesn’t support corporate trade deals that trash workers here and abroad.</p> Dear Jane,
I love your work. Heard you today being interviewed by, I think, Thom Hartmann, and you made the statement that Obama had run a better campaign than Edwards as the challenger to Hillary Clinton. That was right after Thom spoke about the corporate news blackout of Edwards and his populist message.
Don’t you think Edwards has run a magnificent campaign? I do.
He’s been fearless, he’s always right on the issues, and unlike Obama, he doesn’t support corporate trade deals that trash workers here and abroad.

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1146220 MarkH Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:35:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1146220 <p>If they won’t let Edwards get matching funds it just shows what a bunch of weak-kneed anti-Democracy small-minded idiots they all are.</p> <p>First they said Edwards was risking too much by accepting ONLY matching funds. Now they’re so scared of him they have to try and cut his funds even further.</p> <p>Just how far does a Progressive Dem have to go to get elected fairly?</p> <p>Vote for Edwards — Support Democracy and get Great Leadership to boot!</p> If they won’t let Edwards get matching funds it just shows what a bunch of weak-kneed anti-Democracy small-minded idiots they all are.

First they said Edwards was risking too much by accepting ONLY matching funds. Now they’re so scared of him they have to try and cut his funds even further.

Just how far does a Progressive Dem have to go to get elected fairly?

Vote for Edwards — Support Democracy and get Great Leadership to boot!

]]> By: diogenes http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1145944 diogenes Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:48:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1145944 <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/10/AR2007121001559.html?nav=hcmodule" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....v=hcmodule</a></p> <p>The gist of the story is if the FEC doesn’t have a quorum, they can’t meet.</p> <p>Obama gets a two-fer for placing a hold: blocking Spakovsky (yaaaah!) and blocking Edwards (booooo!)</p> <p>Ain’t politics grand?</p> http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..v=hcmodule

The gist of the story is if the FEC doesn’t have a quorum, they can’t meet.

Obama gets a two-fer for placing a hold: blocking Spakovsky (yaaaah!) and blocking Edwards (booooo!)

Ain’t politics grand?

]]> By: Steve-AR http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1145933 Steve-AR Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:39:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1145933 <blockquote> <p>Yes and no. There is definitely a hope from the MIC that the dems/inds/progressives will do the PC thing and vote for either HRC or BO both of whom are corporate creatures. If we do not do the PC thing we will be condemned as anti black and anti woman. Edwards is not part of the MIC</p></blockquote> <p>The meme that Hillary is a corporate creature is not supported by her voting record nor by voting score rating of unions, ADA, Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufactures. The Progressive Punch rates her #1 in voting against corporate welfare. Her behavior is rather odd, she gets a lot of money from the “health” industry and Pharma but she is one of the few Dems who voted against the Drug benefit scam twice and spoke against it on the floor of the Senate..go figure.</p>

Yes and no. There is definitely a hope from the MIC that the dems/inds/progressives will do the PC thing and vote for either HRC or BO both of whom are corporate creatures. If we do not do the PC thing we will be condemned as anti black and anti woman. Edwards is not part of the MIC

The meme that Hillary is a corporate creature is not supported by her voting record nor by voting score rating of unions, ADA, Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufactures. The Progressive Punch rates her #1 in voting against corporate welfare. Her behavior is rather odd, she gets a lot of money from the “health” industry and Pharma but she is one of the few Dems who voted against the Drug benefit scam twice and spoke against it on the floor of the Senate..go figure.

]]> By: nomolos http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1145932 nomolos Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:36:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1145932 <p>Sorry. Military Industrial complex</p> Sorry. Military Industrial complex

]]> By: BargainCountertenor http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1145931 BargainCountertenor Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:35:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1145931 <p>Como se dice MIC in ingles, por favor?</p> Como se dice MIC in ingles, por favor?

]]> By: Prairie Sunshine http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1145930 Prairie Sunshine Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:34:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1145930 <p>Rove bookdealin’ update…reportedly Rupert’s HarperCollins has dropped out of the bidding. Guess it’s all up to Turdblossom’s BFF and partner in <strike>crime </strike>WHIGgery Miz Mary Matalin to wrap up a nice Christmas Present at her imprint for the Merry Trickster..</p> <p>With the SJC contempt vote today he’ll prolly need all those dollars to pay the lawyers. Couldn’t happen to a nicer dancin’ bear. Could backup dancer David Gregory be far behind….</p> <p>And the wingnut welfare beat goes on…..</p> Rove bookdealin’ update…reportedly Rupert’s HarperCollins has dropped out of the bidding. Guess it’s all up to Turdblossom’s BFF and partner in crime WHIGgery Miz Mary Matalin to wrap up a nice Christmas Present at her imprint for the Merry Trickster..

With the SJC contempt vote today he’ll prolly need all those dollars to pay the lawyers. Couldn’t happen to a nicer dancin’ bear. Could backup dancer David Gregory be far behind….

And the wingnut welfare beat goes on…..

]]> By: nomolos http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1145926 nomolos Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:27:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/dear-fec-dont-tie-the-hands-of-the-small-campaign-donor/#comment-1145926 <blockquote><p>BTW..At the present time Edwards is my #1 candidate..my point is they are all politicians and the top three are basically the same.</p></blockquote> <p>Yes and no. There is definitely a hope from the MIC that the dems/inds/progressives will do the PC thing and vote for either HRC or BO both of whom are corporate creatures. If we do not do the PC thing we will be condemned as anti black and anti woman. Edwards is not part of the MIC.</p> <p>Edwards is my #1 as well</p>

BTW..At the present time Edwards is my #1 candidate..my point is they are all politicians and the top three are basically the same.

Yes and no. There is definitely a hope from the MIC that the dems/inds/progressives will do the PC thing and vote for either HRC or BO both of whom are corporate creatures. If we do not do the PC thing we will be condemned as anti black and anti woman. Edwards is not part of the MIC.

Edwards is my #1 as well

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