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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)WTF! Bernie Says "Thank YOU,George Clooney - obscene amount of money" [View all]
We were really disappointed in George Clooney doing the $353,000.00 per couple fund raiser for Hillary (mainly because of his upcoming anti-Wall Street movie, and we were having real discussions about asking him to play Romney in our eToys fraud cae movie). Then - TODAY - Bernie's campaign sends me an email titled "Thank YOU, George Clooney".
WTF!
Turns out that George Clooney was being interviewed, live, on NBC, about the Hillary fundraiser, and was quoted stating:
"It is an obscene amount of money, the Sanders campaign when they talk about it is absolutely right. Its ridiculous that we have this kind of money in politics."
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Hey - GEORGE - I've got an idea for you, how about you hold a $27 per person fund raiser and you open remark for Bernie?
just sayin........
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[font size=6 color=red]]UPDATE[/font]
Thanks to everybody for providing information - reflections - and diverse voting.
i'm placing - here - in this update, the 2 videos provided by 'Go Vols' (er... Vandy's opponent)
First video is the Clooney interview
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This is Bernie Sanders response
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Can't believe George Clooney did Hillary $353k fundraiser | |
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WOW - this is a Clooney apology | |
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George is right and explained his reasoning - well | |
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Hope he gets behind Bernie - too | |
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All of the Above | |
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George is all Hill - and Bill | |
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Laser is out of his gord | |
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WTF! Bernie Says "Thank YOU,George Clooney - obscene amount of money" [View all]
laserhaas
Apr 2016
OP
I don't like it any more than you do, but don't hold him accountable geez. He's just an Actor.
Joob
Apr 2016
#1
Yeah, the guy didn't have to say anything. He's clearly questioning himself right now.
Joob
Apr 2016
#5
And tax cuts for the wealthy were made permanent. Score one for Clooney. Though with the way
Skwmom
Apr 2016
#8
I like George, but identifying the problem doesn't mean You're not part of it, and whenever anyone is
orpupilofnature57
Apr 2016
#9
His actions were disappointing (especially given the upcoming Wall Street fraud movie)
laserhaas
Apr 2016
#10