Hillary Clinton diverts from campaign trail for more fundraisers

[pantsonfire]

Hillary Clinton and family are spending much of April on the fundraising circuit.
The Democratic front-runner will travel to Florida on Tuesday to raise money, headlining three fundraisers in the Sunshine State in the middle of her fight to win the New York primary on April 19.

She attended two events on Monday in New York, one near her Chappaqua home in Mount Kisco, New York, and another on Long Island in Glen Cove, New York. A fundraiser Sunday at the home of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and first lady Dorothy drew around 525 attendees who paid between $1,000 and $2,700.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/12/politics/hillary-clinton-fundraisers/index.html

[pantsonfire]

1. This is worth a thousand, maybe a million words...

[arcane1]

29. Says it all, doesn't it. Yet we're expected to believe she takes that $$ because she has no choice.

WE have a choice!!

[pdsimdars]

33. I love graphs, not much to argue with.

I wonder if there is some way they can be called "sexist"?

[ThePhilosopher04]

2. She's in trouble. The sheep will use the excuse she's raising money for other Dems

but that is bullshit and they know it. She can't keep up with Bernie because she can't find enough small donors, which is quite telling.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

3. In the meantime, Bernie is jetting off to Italy

He don't need no stinkin' fundraisers. WE are his fundraisers.

[global1]

4. Are You Kidding Me - Hillary Is Abandoning Campaigning In NY To....

fund raise right before such an important primary? (sarcasm)

[pantsonfire]

5. Rumor has it, the Pope is ditching Bernie and flying to Florida....n/t

[frylock]

15. IKR? Not ready for prime time.

[oasis]

6. New York's a lock. Hillary's not one to waste time. nt

[pantsonfire]

7. She's not wasting time, she's raising money from millionaires...

...and billionaires in Florida, while Bernie is giving a free speech in Vatican City. Good thing he doesn't charge $225,000 or he'd be speaking alongside Clinton (though probably not even so).

[oasis]

12. "millionaires and billionaires".

Now where have I heard that before?

[Armstead]

17. I hope you weren't among those who expressed concern for Sanders' absence?

If you weren't you're off the hook.

[oasis]

19. Absent from what...where?

[Armstead]

20. In case you missed the 5,000 concerned posts from Clinton supporters.....

Bernie's screwing up by going to Italy. He and his campaign are idiots.

How's he going to get there? Who's paying for the plane?

[oasis]

22. I did say he and Jane could wrangle through their tax papers

during the flight. So I guess that can be viewed as a positive comment.

[Armstead]

24. That's just good old snarkiness

Okay...as long as you weren't among the "concerned" abouit the trip, you're off that hook

[oasis]

25. Gee thanks.

I'll reward myself with TWO cookies.

[Vinca]

8. I should have invested in white noise machines.

[pantsonfire]

9. Whaaat?? Can you repeat that? Something about Aliens?!? n/t

[bobbobbins01]

10. What kind of plane is she taking?

Will she be spending her own money to get there, or the campaigns?
Will she have time for sight seeing???
How long will her speech be and is it before or after the coffee break??!?!?
WHERE WILL THE POPE BE WHILE SHE'S THERE?!?!?!???!?432i!(MF(#(QKMPOS

[Lone_Wolf]

11. She prefers these little dinners to rubbing elbows with us commoners

It comes across like she's as an elitist snob.

[NurseJackie]

13. Good!! This makes me very happy!

It's going to be expensive to win against the GOP ... AND to make sure the Democratic candidates on down-ticket races are ALSO successful.

I wonder what Bernie's doing to help the party and to make sure down-ticket candidates are more competitive.

[timmymoff]

34. All these big business and high dollar fundraisers and still

can't compete with the fundraising of Bernie Sanders and crew. But the optics are beautiful. She needs to raise big money to compete lol. A person directly benefiting from Citizen's untied is now going to stop Citizen's United. She may even tell Wall St. to cut it out again if the price is right. Oh the hypocrisy of the near left. Do you think Hillary's whopping six million she helped raise is really helping the down tickets that much? Stop with your nonsense, and it is nonsense.

[frylock]

14. This is deeply concerning.

Leaving NY a few days before the primary? What was her campaign thinking?! Whoever made that decision should be removed, post-haste.

[Armstead]

16. But, but WHO WILL PAY FOR THE FLIGHT?

Is it legal?

Gosh that's irresponsible to leave during the peak of the NY primary.Bad tactics.


Inquiring minds want to know.

[brooklynite]

18. This was yesterday; today she did two public events in NYC

[Armstead]

21. Didn't you say Sanders is screwing up by leaving NY at the peak of the primary?

If I misunderstood, I apologize...But....

[brooklynite]

26. Yes,...but a trip to the west coast (where, I understand, there are voters) is far less disruptive

Add to which, there's the benefit of raising the funds the Party will need for elections at all levels.

[Armstead]

28. She couldn't raise money for Democrats a little ways down the line?

She absolutely had to leave New York right now? It had to be this weekend?

I don;t really care what she does. Just pointing out the contradiction of criticizing Sanders "bad campaigning" while giving Clinton a pass for doing the same thing.

[timmymoff]

35. If new York is so hot for her, why did she need to go all the way out there?

No rich people in New York or did she tap them all out?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

23. She has taken the axiom "Follow the money" to heart.

[pantsonfire]

27. Idolatry of money in Florida and "Moral Economonics" in Rome.

They couldn't contrast more....

[pdsimdars]

31. the most fundamental choice == God or mammon.

[pdsimdars]

30. As Bernie Sanders takes 30 seconds every now and then for his "fund raisers"

[pdsimdars]

32. Here's another thing we need to mention . . .

Bernie's speech will be for everyone.

Hillary's speech will hidden from almost everyone