2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton spends half a million of Pritzker fortune for Flint mayor's endorsement.
Pritzker and his wife, Mary Kathryn (known as M.K.), are among the top five donors to outside spending groups backing Clinton, contributing more than $2.8 million to Priorities USA, a political action committee (PAC) that supports Clinton and can legally take unlimited donations. Pritzker and his wife, who each donated $1 million in January, will contribute more, he says, if necessary. He declined to say exactly how much hes willing to spend, but the 51-year-old Chicagoan, who is worth an estimated $3.3 billion, is calling this election one of the most important of my life.
I can't imagine why a billionaire might consider Hillary Clinton a better candidate as the Democratic nominee than Bernie Sanders, can you? Well, maybe Sanders' proposal to raise taxes on the upper 1% and corporations didn't sit well with him. Maybe that has something to do with it.
It should be noted that this Pritzker foundation's $500,000 grant was not contributed directly to the City of Flint but to an organization controlled by Mayor Weaver and Chelsea Clinton:
According to Weaver, the Flint WaterWorks initiative was developed in partnership with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, whose team helped the mayor establish the public-private partnership program.
The initiative is being started with a $500,000 contribution from J.B. and M.K. Pritzker to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.
"For my mother and for me, this is not political," Chelsea Clinton said at a news conference. "It is deeply personal and I think it should be personal to every American. ... (We want) to see the children of Flint as our children and to see the youth in Flint, as the mayor says, as being a promising youth for Flint and really our country."
Of course it is not political! Just because Hillary was publicly asking her supporters to contribute to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint back in February, a group with which Mayor Weaver has long had close ties did not make it not political. And the fact that this Clinton/Weaver Flint Waterworks Initiative was announced two days prior to the primary election in Michigan, one where Hillary hoped her victory would knock Bernie Sanders out of the race, could not possibly be political. No sirree bob!
I absolutely believe Chelsea Clinton when she said this was a very personal matter for her and her mother. After all, what could be more personal than doing whatever it takes to ensure Hillary wins the Presidential election in November? And if that means getting her good friend, "The other Mayor of Chicago," to dig into his deep pockets to pay for it, so what? I'm sure it was personal to him, as well.
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2016/3/24/185528/396
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)I'm not surprised that Sanders supporters are now accusing the mayor of Flint of taking bribes,though. There doesn't seem to be anyone who doesn't eventually get shit flung at them for supporting someone other than Sanders.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)phantom power
(25,966 posts)Human101948
(3,457 posts)http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/flint-mayor-who-backed-hillary-got-500000-clinton-donors-water-program
All of these foundations are tax dodges that allow those who create them to continue to maintain control. But the PR is fantastic and makes it sound as if something wonderfully altruistic is being done.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)or not,to call it a personal bribe to the mayor of Flint is disgusting yellow journalism,something the Sanders campaign seems to be getting very comfortable with.
Human101948
(3,457 posts)and it benefits Hillary.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)with the money. But you go with that deceitful smear,it really says everything about your campaign.
riversedge
(70,177 posts)for Sanders supporters to post it. Shame on the OP for doing this.
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)because all the disgusting yellow journalists are already all working for Hillary's campaign.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)some are just cheaper than others.
Looks like the Flint mayor cost Hillary a pretty penny.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)the Sanders campaign smears.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)If you are so certain that it is a smear- then debunk it.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)The link shows nothing of a sort. It's Sanders supporters doing the smearing,which is typical at this point.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)Clinton's campaign runs on lies, deceit and smears. If it weren't for the lie she'd have nothing to say.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)that causes their inability to see things for what they obviously are. How someone can continue to overlook the corruption no matter what evidence is presented.
riversedge
(70,177 posts)Human101948
(3,457 posts)Are you disputing the facts?
riversedge
(70,177 posts)Do you recognize the editorializing (not just a reporting of the facts)?--Fox news/RW type article-is what is posted in the OP. Shameful.
ViseGrip
(3,133 posts)notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)There's a lady who's sure
All that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows
If the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)the boxes for her anticipated reign.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)Hopefully your post is sarcasm.
nc4bo
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Sigh..........
The deeper we dig, the more we see. The more we see, the more we know. The more we know, the more we are repulsed at what we see and decide where we take a stand.
The scent of rampant corruption and it's everywhere.
oasis
(49,365 posts)The water crisis got the national attention. Bottom line, problem is being addressed and people receiving needed relief.
There will always be a pathetic few digging for an angle to the bigger picture.
LuvLoogie
(6,973 posts)would provide enough impetus for a targeted government expenditure to be negotiated and passed for Flint at some point after January 2017?
Progressive dog
(6,900 posts)at least if it can be somehow tied to Hillary Clinton.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Clinton Foundation gave 100s of thousands to Delores Huerta Foundation. Looks like quite a bribe-laundering racket the Clintons got going. I wonder what happens when it gets investigated...RICO, anyone?
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)assistance just as Sanders has received, in fact Hillary's group in the past has given $10,000 to him.
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)they don't expect anything . . . . it's just that she tells such great dinner stories. . . you know.
amborin
(16,631 posts)Jitter65
(3,089 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)The article is sourced.
I know what you find "nasty": The truth,