$3M wasted (somewhat harsh- I'm sorry, Clinton folks)

[Guaranteed]

But I'm thinking about the money Clinton has raised since last night. What Clinton is now doing reminds me of televangelism.

That's 3 million Democratic dollars that have not only been wasted, dollars that could have gone to our nominee to be used against McCain, but it's also money that will be used against our nominee, and will need to be countered with more Democratic dollars that could have been used against McCain.

I'm not meaning to offend anyone that has donated to Clinton recently, and I don't like saying this- but those still giving her money are being suckered. You're being taken advantage of. She's not going to win, and giving her your money only hurts the Democrats in November.

Please, save that money and do something good with it. Think of it as tough love.

[cornermouse]

1. Obama has not won the nomination.

He is not yet the nominee.

It's their money, not yours.

I would deeply resent anyone who told me how to spend my money.

I'm fighting the urge to say "Who do you think you are?"

[datopbanana]

2. hes trying to help you zealots. buy your daughter a new dress or give mark penn 100 bux, your choice

[Mags]

23. trash much? Don't answer , it's quiet obvious that you do.

[datopbanana]

54. so that's 100 for mark penn, nothing for your daughter. ill mark you down

[Guaranteed]

3. He has won the nomination.

He is the nominee.

Yes, it's their money. I expect many will resent what I'm saying.

But it's also true. That money is not only being wasted, but also requires us to waste more money in neutralizing it.

This is important for the Democrats. Who I think I am is someone who is saying something that should be said.

[Arkansas Granny]

30. I must have missed the official announcement.

Until this race is decided I will continue to support my candidate of choice. Thanks for your concern.

[Guaranteed]

32. But hopefully you did see the math of it.

It's over.

[cornermouse]

33. He's not the nominee. He says so himself.

http://origin.barackobama.com/resultscenter/

Take particular note that although he needs 2,025 votes to be declared the winner, he only has 1,494. Wait a minute while I get my calculator out.................................................................... That is still 537 votes short of the nomination.

He's not the nominee. He hasn't won the nomination yet.

[Guaranteed]

34. OK, so let's hear your apparently not-far-fetched scenario wherein Clinton wins. nt

[cornermouse]

48. My not-far-fetched scenario is to wait and let everyone

get a chance to vote until one OR the other candidate has 2025 officially cast and counted votes in their favor. Quaint notion I know, but that's pretty much the way it was done before we had the internet and it worked! Can you imagine that?

[Obamanaut]

52. Perhaps she drowned it out when she crowed about it all being

over Feb 5th.

[TahitiNut]

6. The "urge" apparently won.

:shrug:

[cornermouse]

10. Yeah. It did.

:evilgrin:

[Guaranteed]

11. Lemme guess- you donated to Clinton last night. nt

[cornermouse]

13. No.

But if I had, it would be none of your business.

[Guaranteed]

18. So you truly have no personal feelings on this.

But you are SO righteous.

Forgive me for telling the truth.

[cornermouse]

21. About as righteous as you standing at the polling places

in the remaining states (which one do you live in?) announcing that you are graciously and generously allowing them to vote as long as they only vote for Obama.

[Guaranteed]

22. Which would be really something if it wasn't entirely a product of your imagination. nt

[cornermouse]

26. Your quote "He has won the nomination."

"He is the nominee." And your statement that money given to Hillary is wasted and the not illogical conclusion that you are implying that they should give their money to Obama so it will "count".

1. He hasn't won. He literally doesn't have the votes.
2. It's their money and their vote, not yours.

[Guaranteed]

28. Yeah- he has. It's over.

And, you realize I am one of thousands saying this just on DU right now, yes?

What do you have a problem with about my saying Obama won?


I'm sure you've seen this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5642736&mesg_id=5642736

[cornermouse]

29. And you've probably seen this.

http://origin.barackobama.com/resultscenter/

Take particular note that although he needs 2,025 votes to be declared the winner, he only has 1,494. Wait a minute while I get my calculator out.................................................................... That is still 537 votes short of the nomination.

He's not the nominee. He hasn't won the nomination yet.

[goletian]

7. hillarys trying to tell you how to spend your money

youre obligated to pay for a war she voted for, and shes now going for a mandate on buying healthcare. do you resent her?

[Frustratedlady]

4. We'll both be criticized, but my feeling is that she is more interested

in getting that stack of unpaid bills taken care of before she left the race. If she doesn't raise that money, who pays if she isn't the nominee?

[Guaranteed]

5. Yeah, I kind of

implied that but didn't want to say it straight out.

[islandmkl]

8. has she used the '...going blind from reading supporters' letters'...

or '...God will take me to Heaven if I don't raise $10 million'...

or '...the only way we can help YOU is if you send us money so WE can HELP YOU...'

ALL the really good televangelists have these money-raising shticks down pat...

maybe her staff needs to watch some cable and pick up some techniques...

[JVS]

14. Oral Roberts! That will be the day. And her apologists will think it's fine

[C_U_L8R]

9. What's the daily interest on $10MM in debt?

curious how much in donor dollars is going down a black hole

[Liberal Gramma]

12. I'm not sure small vendors charge interest on late payments

unless the payments are really delinquent.

[C_U_L8R]

15. you're right... sucks to be a vendor to the Clintons

How long until the FEC deems her unpaid
debts to be illegal campaign contributions?

[Liberal Gramma]

45. I don't know the time frame, but I think that does happen to unpaid debt

[TahitiNut]

17. Well, if you look you'll see her campaign is paying interest on her $5M loan.

Why not take THAT interest rate and figure out what she's TAKING from the other folks to whom she's indebted?

[Aloha Spirit]

19. Dunno, but her $5mill loan is at 1.26%

[Aloha Spirit]

20. Which is about $11 thou a month added debt, not much.

[Obamanaut]

51. Not much? Depends on your point of view. nt

[nichomachus]

16. I thank you

my deli thanks you . . . the McCain campaign thanks you . .

[HooptieWagon]

24. Mark Penn thanks those donors.

But I'm sure all the small businesses and schools owed money will be left holding the (empty) bag.

[HooptieWagon]

25. self delete - dupe.

[Liberal Veteran]

27. On the bright side, maybe she'll raise enough money to buy her soul back.

[rainbow4321]

31. I say we wait for her next FEC list release before we...

are convinced what she says that she took in...that will be much more telling since we don't know how much she got donated/spent in April.
If she misspeaks about sniper fire, who is to say that her, um, fatigue has led to her, er, misspeaking again?


As of March she was 10 million in the hole. For all we know she is now 15 mil+ down.. 2 mil won't mean shit. That doesn't even pay her man Penn's last IU of FOUR MIL. And, if she does not earn a million each day for the rest of this month, the suggested 2 mil means nothing.
2 mil also doesn't mean shit if she can't KEEP that donation amount going for, oh , EVERY DAY from here on out.

And let us NOT FORGET that she literally pays (when she CHOOSES to pay) $500,000 in HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS each month (Aetna and Blue Cross/Shield)..that alone brings that 2 mil down to 1.5 mil.


Anyway you look at it, she is screwed. Do the cold, hard math and she needs to quit. Now. And I don't feel a bit sorry for those who are donating money to her..they can do the math, too, but are choosing not to do so.

[jmg257]

35. Not wasted when you remember The Prize, & 2012. nt

[bigtree]

36. If someone wants issues and concerns Obama's ignoring to be represented they have to back Clinton

. . . in this primary. The remaining contests are the only places where those concerns will get a hearing before the party folds its concerns in a bundle and faces McCain. If voters don't believe Obama is representing their interests and concerns adequately, they deserve to weigh in and force the issues in the remaining contests. Suggesting that they fold now and abandon those is incredibly short-sighted. Many of those Clinton voters, almost half the Democrats between them, haven't bought into Obama's candidacy. This isn't the time to shut down this close race and force those voters to capitulate to someone who they haven't yet supported in the numbers necessary to nominate him.

[Guaranteed]

37. The issues?

Are we talking about issues?


Or are we talking about flag pins, double-digit victories, Florida, Michigan, Reverend Wright, snipers, etc.?

[bigtree]

39. try asking a Clinton voter

It looks like you and your candidate want to speak for them, even though the voters haven't yet nominated him.

[Guaranteed]

42. You know what?

That's simply bullshit.

Your position is absolute bullshit. Transparent.


Not only is Clinton not going to win, noone is talking about issues anymore. Nothing even is coming close to "talking about the issues."

All that is happening is our party is being ripped apart and our chances for winning in November are being dashed.

And you want to get up on some bullshit high-horse and talk about democratic principles or some such?

Give me. A fucking. Break. There is no substance to your point at all.

[Ice-9]

38. If she really raises $10 million dollars in 24 hours, I'll be genuinely impressed.

That assumes, of course, that the money actually comes from individual donors. All her website says is that she's "on track for $10M in 24 hours." Who knows what that means. None of those words is a term of art. Perhaps she loaned her campaign $9.9 million and picked up $100k in donations.

I also agree that people who are supporting her now are basically throwing their money away. Unless you really think superdelegates are going to overturn the results of the elected delegate contest to deny the nomination to a candidate supported by an overwhelming majority of the party's most faithful supporters, it's almost impossible for her to win the nomination. The only two explanations for her continued candidacy are (1) bloodying Obama with the hope of helping McCain win so that she can run an "I told you so" campaign in 2012 and (2) getting her earlier loan to her campaign repaid (at a handsome rate of interest, no doubt). Either way, donor dollars are not going to get her elected this year. At best, they're going to help her run a campaign of recrimination in 2012, and at worst they're going straight into her pocket.

But that wouldn't make her fundraising any less impressive. (Indeed, it would make her fundraising all the more impressive.) If she really gets individual donors to give her $10 million in 24 hours, that will be genuinely impressive and really will reinvigorate her campaign.

[Evergreen Emerald]

40. Obama spent Millions and Millions in PA and she still beat him.

despite his constant barrage of millions of dollars worth of advertising, he could not beat her.

[Erin Elizabeth]

43. He wasn't expected to. And she was supposed to win by

double digits, right? I heard 20% or more a while back.

And yet she only won by 8 or 9 percent. Not even double digits. She lost a HUGE lead and barely pulled it off.

[ClassWarrior]

44. Yes, her own campaign expected her to win by 20. So really she lost by 11...

...or more.

NGU.

[Evergreen Emerald]

49. Do you not understand? With millions and millions of dollars worth of ads

He out spent her and he still could not win. He should have beat her. He had so so much more money spent.

[ClassWarrior]

50. Yes, millions and millions of dollars that could have been used...

...by Obama against Grampa McBush. Instead, it has to be used to derail an ego trip.

NGU.

[Obamanaut]

53. And I read that she and her sycophants expected she would win

by 20 points. What's up with that?

[Erin Elizabeth]

41. Habitat for Humanity, the SPCA, Doctors without Borders,

anything would be better. Even flushing the money down the toilet. At least it would give you a few seconds worth of entertainment as it swirled.

[locker13]

46. i thought it was 10 million

[FrenchieCat]

47. Hillary supporters are emptying their pockets on a candidate that......well, let me put it this way: