Gerry Ferraro Wants Obama to Pay Clinton's Debt.

[MadBadger]

Ferraro wants Obama to pay Clinton’s debt
By Jordan Fabian
Posted: 06/05/08 12:42 PM
Geraldine Ferraro has a plan for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to recoup her sizable campaign debt: Have Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) fundraisers pick up the tab.
After a long primary season, the Clinton campaign’s expenditures have far exceeded the amount of donations it has received so far, and the campaign has accumulated debt of more than $19 million, according to campaign finance reports. Much of that debt consists of unpaid salaries and bills to vendors.


When questioned about Clinton fundraisers being asked to join the Obama campaign, Ferraro told The Hill, “These are the people raising hundreds of thousands of dollars. I would hope that would do the same thing with his fundraisers to pay off Hillary’s debt.”

Ferraro, a former Democratic congresswoman from New York and the Democrats’ 1984 vice presidential candidate, strongly supported Clinton and raised funds for her.

This election, losing candidates have asked for contributions to retire their campaigns debt. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.), and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) are engaged in such campaigns and have found help from other candidates.

Ferraro resigned from her position on Clinton’s national finance committee in March after making comments suggesting Obama’s success is due to his being black.

Ferraro said she has not been asked to raise funds for the Obama campaign.


http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/ferraro-wants-obama-to-pay-clintons-debt-2008-06-05.html

[greguganus]

Let her pay clinton's debt. n/t

[papau]

49. Love the unity - Hillary is giving her finance staff/contrib list to Obama - must be a trick-eh?

[Generic Brad]

129. Why would he want that list?

They came up $20 million short.

[papapi]

1. Geraldine Ferraro can suck raw eggs through her nose!

[NotThisTime]

103. FERRARO wants Obama to pay? Huh? Like Ferraro has a choice about any of this

[PoliticalAmazon]

109. Losers don't have the right to expect anything from the victor---

and Hillary's political supporters are definitely going to come out on the losing end of the bargain.

Their association with Hillary and endorsement of her strategies will be remembered.

[Bread and Circus]

2. I'd pay $100 for Gerry Ferraro to leave the country

[greguganus]

5. I'll volunteer to moon her as the plane takes off. n/t

[mitchum]

125. I'll kick in a couple of sandwiches for the trip

[Mooney]

3. I know we're supposed to lay off trashing HRC,

but can we still talk shit about Ferraro?

Please?

[greguganus]

7. Six of one, half dozen of the other...n/t

[MadBadger]

10. Ferraro isnt necessarily suporting Obama, so go after her.

[SoFlaJet]

14. OK new DU rule

it's OK to bash ericgtr AND Gerry Ferraro

[Zhade]

132. We can still tell the truth about clinton, though.

That won't change... though it will be less relevant every day, provided she gets behind our nominee.

[RiverStone]

146. Oh yes, she went off the deep end. Talk about bitter!

Can we practice ignoring her like we ignore Lieberman?

[wileedog]

4. Ferraro can go f*** herself.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Oh jellybean...

[EFerrari]

8. F#ck her.

[AtomicKitten]

9. David Duke in Drag can go Cheney herself.

[K Gardner]

11. Let Ferraro ride on out to the KKK rallies and raise money from her BASE. Screw her.

[sandnsea]

12. Hey Gerry, we already paid their legal bills

Can these two ever be responsible for anything?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

13. He can't do anything other than hold a fundraiser for her or ask for money on her behalf.

[Poll_Blind]

15. Isn't that...sexist? To expect a man to pay for some lady's drunken spending spree? n/t

PB

[funflower]

29. MWHWAHWHA!!!

:rofl:

[sybylla]

79. Oh, SNAP!

You're really thinking on your feet today. I love it.

[trickydix2000]

94. agreed

good point

[SeattleGirl]

108. EXACTLY what I thought when I read the thread title.

Gee, Gerry, you sure are a fucked up piece of shit!

[Tarheel_Dem]

117. Best post EVER!

:rofl:

[Zenmaster]

16. I thought she was voting for McCain

Why doesn't she ask McCain to pay off her debts?

[stray cat]

17. If they want to pay off debts they can start with mine!

[grassfed]

18. selfdel

[MadBadger]

22. Id keep the use of that word to yourself.

[demmiblue]

32. How brave of you to change your response.

Cun't?

WOW!

[grassfed]

41. it was a cheap outburst

And I'm so tremendously but cautiously encouraged by Obama's nomination that I don't want to sink back into the Hillary cesspool

[Carolina]

19. She is certifiable now

No way, not ever. Let HRC prove her fiscal responsibility and leadership qualifications by handling her own debt rather than asking for welfare!

[butterfly77]

20. This is one mean.

B---h now they want him to pay for the time she stayed in the race trying to beat him when she had already lost..These people are insane..

[Renew Deal]

21. She wants alimony?

:evilgrin:

[BrklynLib at work]

23. Who can I tag to pay my debts????

[Bleacher Creature]

27. Geraldine Ferraro?

[melody]

47. I think we should all send our bills to Geraldine

Since she thinks Obama should pay Clinton's campaign debt, then doubtless she'll pay our bills, right?

[newmajority]

57. Since you're in NYC, you might want to call Mike Bloomberg

He can afford it.

[BrklynLib at work]

70. That's very true.

[DB1]

24. Let Bill pay them. Obama's money is from us and that isn't what it's for.

[breakaleg]

25. She overspent on a badly run campaign, refused to concede timely, and wants him to pick up the tab?

[SoCalDem]

92. Yep.. EVERY penny she spent after March 4 was WASTED money

and she KNEW it.. Why should we/Obama be expected to PAY for her adventures in SlanderLand?

She stayed in precisely to "muddy him up" so HE could not win either (since she could not)..

She and Bill tried to lynch him, and now they want him to reimburse them for the rope??

[funflower]

26. Sending the message that if you continue your campaign long past the point when you have any chance

to win, dividing the party and doing everything in your power to weaken the eventual candidate, that candidate is somehow obligated to pay you for your service???

:eyes:


edited to correct a typo

[BearSquirrel2]

78. Agreed ...

She set a VERY bad precedent.

[otohara]

28. Doesn't Seem Very Feminist Thing To Do

A true feminist would insist on paying her own debts -

[Cha]

80. gerry and her rag tag group are faux feminists..

They're in a whole other catagory called Whinists.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

30. Obama is very lucky to be rich.

[mod mom]

61. The Obamas aren't rich like the McCains or Clintons. He has built up his campaign funds through

small donations by folks who are very committed to him. This is a smart tactic as now he isn't beholden to powerful forces and can fight for the people!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

71. I know, I was referencing Ferraro's "lucky to be black" comment.

:D

[vaberella]

72. Yuppers Mod mom!!!

Grassroots building is what helped him. I gave him a few donations. I respect him and what he's doing and feel he'll make a change.

[mod mom]

148. Vote for Change VOTER REGISTRATION is the key to our victory in Nov.

Pls consider getting involved and helping out w voter registration.

I'm organizing a voter registration drive at Juneteenth Festival in Ohio. We've got to build the Democratic Party with young people to continue our success for the future!

:hi:

[ZombieNixon]

82. No, dude, he's only rich because he's black.

If he weren't black he wouldn't be rich. You know how it goes.

Edit: I don't know words and stuff

[Starbucks Anarchist]

83. I guess Indians break even.

:P

[ZombieNixon]

85. You wanna throw down?

I'll bitchslap you like Shiva! :P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

87. Hanuman will throw feces at you.

:P

[ZombieNixon]

89. Destroyer of creation vs. giant monkey

There can be only One! Who will win? :o

[Starbucks Anarchist]

90. It's a fight to the reincarnation.

[Barack_America]

31. What a sexist request.

And what a terrible blow to the legacy of the most successful female presidential candidate in history. That she needs a man to bail her out.

Hillary has enough money to pay off those bills personally.

She should do just that.

[faithfulcitizen]

33. She probably wants him to drive her car for her too.

[izquierdista]

73. Down to the Piggly Wiggly

[faithfulcitizen]

121. LMAO!!!!

...:spray: :rofl: CATCHING BREATH NOW...

[CitizenLeft]

131. okay...

*passed out from laughing*

[adoraz]

34. I'm sick of all this sexism from Gerry

:)

[gal]

35. Tell her to pay them herself.

Clinton ran this debt up to be twice what it had to be. Ferraro can raise the money herself to help Clinton.

[Catherina]

36. Fuck that. She persisted in her folly and continues to harm the party

Ferraro is INSANE to think we, the little people, should pick up her majesty's debts. Of all the gall. Let Ferraro raise the money with the enablers who played along with the fantasy since she cares that much.

Not one dime.

At one time I was disposed to help out but that was months ago. The time for that is past and all these demands coming from the losing campaign are really pissing me off.

[TBF]

37. She's senile. They need to take her back to the home and let her relax.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

38. Hey biggot Ferrraro: Obama respects women, so he's letting Hillary pick up her own frickin' tab.

[Hepburn]

39. GMAFB...

...let HER pay it as far as I am concerned. :eyes:

[charlie]

40. charlie wants Geraldine to pick up his laundry

And his Mastercard tab. And some Chinese takeout while she's at it. Something spicy like Hunan, not that weak-kneed stuff.

Anybody else want something? Act quick, More Gumption Than Brains Day doesn't come too often.

[Burma Jones]

42. I guess that would be the Gentlemanly thing to do.......

But I would say no, Obama's gonna need that money.......

[hughee99]

43. In case anyone was looking for a good example of chutzpah.

Hillary grossly overspent, stayed in the race long after she could afford to, loaned her own campaign something like $16 million dollars, threw everything at Obama but the kitchen sink, and Ferraro wants HIM to pay for it.

un-fucking-real!

[Independent-Voter]

44. Time to put on your big girl panties Gerry. Let HRC deal with her own debt.

[eissa]

45. If I remember correctly

Crazy Gerry threatened Obama saying he better not "piss her off" because he might need her to help him with her amazing fund-raising skills. Well, if she's so good in that department, let her raise funds for her good friend. I'm sorry, but HRC is the one who decided to prolong this process, mismanaged her funds along the way, and has engaged in behavior detrimental to the party. Obama would be a fool to give her money the he needs for the GE.

[donheld]

46. I want Gerry to pay my debts

[me b zola]

135. You stole my line

Except that I would add that my debts includes millions of dollars spent publicly trashing Gerry. Sure, people of reason begged me to stop my antics against Gerry and yet I continued for months, weakening her ability to perform in her job. But now that others have stepped in and forced me to stop, I think that it would be rude of Gerry if she didn't pick up the bill for me attempting to ruin her career and the good work that she was doing.

If Gerry doesn't pay my debt, I'll have the thousands of people who have bought into my slanderous rants and media blasts against her and make sure that she fails in the work that she is doing. If she was a decent person who deserves the support--not the wrath--of my followers, then she'll pay my debts.

This is not extortion nor craven. This is just attempting to get Gerry to do the right thing. If she was a magnanimous person, a deserving person, she would gladly pay for my smears against her.

[Forkboy]

48. regardless of who does the asking it's a common occurance to do so.

[BlooInBloo]

53. Yeah - but it's not the best marketing to have *her* ask. lol!

[Forkboy]

66. heh

this is true. :)

[JVS]

91. The running up of a huge debt running a campaign long after you have no chance...

is not something that should be subsidised by the victim of that campaign.

[Forkboy]

93. I don't disagree, but it's still common, and Obama will probably help with some of it.

[ShortnFiery]

50. Does Gerry ever STFU or is she on permanent Mic over at FOX?

[newmajority]

51. Have a bake sale, Gerry

Or are "barbecues" more your style?

[Mimosa]

113. LOL Y'all click on 'Have a bake sale, Gerry'

That is LOL funny, newmajority!

[Doityourself]

52. Tell Gerri to pay it...WTF?

[Yes We Did]

54. And I want her to kiss Obama's Ass.

Literally. I wan't her to pucker up and plant a big ole' smooch... on his left cheek.

[Crunchy Frog]

55. What about her 18 million supporters?

:shrug:

[hokies4ever]

Yeah, about $1 per 'supporter' and she's out of the red.

[vaberella]

68. Oh so true!! LOL!!!

[TahitiNut]

128. They're just "bargaining chips" ... not REAL money.

Myths By Hillary.

[TahitiNut]

127. Funny how those 'supporters' are bargaining chips ... but can't pony up a buck, huh?

I just love the obscene hyperbole ... 18 million ... sure. Tell me another one, Fairy Tale Hill.

[Catherina]

137. Makes you wonder if there really were 18 million supporters

I hate to be so cynical but for such passionate Primaries where you claim you have the women's vote (50% of the country yadada) and the establishment and doctors, lawyers, nurses, gays, bluebloods (Koryne's words not mine), how no money? This makes no sense. I scrimped and saved to send Obama money because I wanted him to win that passionately. Clinton supporters believed just as passionately and have just as much money, especially considering the huge threats demanding refunds from the DLC. Something isn't adding up.

[no_hypocrisy]

56. Wouldn't that money be put to a better use, like to win the general election?

[Recursion]

58. Doesn't that usually happen?

I thought it was just kind of in the nature of things that the winning campaign took on at least a good part of the debts of a long-running losing campaign?

[barack the house]

59. I really don't get how this works really.WHY pay for your own smear.?

[moondust]

60. And now she's a beggar.

Can you say pretty please, Gerry?

[Lucky 13]

62. Why? Is it easier for black people to raise money?

Having Ferraro pushing this will NOT make Obama want to take it on.

[NatBurner]

74. lol I WISH!!!

i 've been looking for this easy street gerry keeps yapping about, but i keep getting lost

[Stephanie]

63. Can't Saudi Arabia and Dubai do it?

Bill will have that money back in a heartbeat. Unless his juju is gone now that his wife's no longer going to be pres?

[shadowknows69]

64. So the person crying sexism wants the man to pay Hillary's way

[zulchzulu]

65. Hey Gerry... a gal shouldn't have to pay for her own dinner, right?

:crazy:

[vaberella]

67. She's DISGUSTING and DERANGED!! Oh she went too far.

First she insults ALL BLACK people, she insults Obama, and then she insults both MEN and WOMEN. Now she wants debts cleared?! My ass!!

[dsomuah]

69. Wasn't fundraising Ferraro's job?

Ferraro was a member of the finance committee when she was a part of the campaign. Looking at all the red on the books of the campaign. Clearly Clinton's finance team dropped the ball somewhere. Clearly some of the poor decisions they made, like not setting aside money for the post Super Tuesday campaign, relying on big money donors and 527s, trying to match Obama's spending dollar for dollar, and not acting early to build a list of small donors that could be tapped, are the reason why the campaign is in so much debt.

So basically this woman made a mess in her last job, and now she wants US to fix things?

I'm not saying we shouldn't help Clinton pay off her campaign debt, but I am saying I can't believe that Ferraro of all people had the gall to ask for it.

[Cha]

75. I got a better idea..have big mouth gerry freakshow

ferraro pay her good buddy hilary clinton's overextended, lying, dividing campaign debt.

[NatBurner]

76. divide. conquer.

the right-wingers are loving this shit, trust me

[invictus]

77. Deranged narcissist

n/t

[GalleryGod]

81. Only Gerry & Hubby could come up with this one, Eh?

Holy Shiite Muslims, but, that old babe has basketball-sized CAJONES!
Somewhere...Hemingway is roaring at the irony!

[sybylla]

84. How does she even think they have standing for a 'trade'?

Obama has zero trouble raising money. He doesn't need HRC's corporatist donors.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

86. She is poisonous. Pure evil.

[polticalpout]

88. Haven't the Clintons earned $100 million since Bill left office?

Are they really putting the tip jar out?

[Honu one]

96. Why the hell would anyone give them their hard earned money?

Even if they have to eat that entire debt, they are still lightyears ahead of the most in terms of accumulated wealth AND the ability to accumulate more.

Sorry, but I'm not about to squeeze my budget so they don't have to nix a zero off that sizable bank account.

[Lady-Damai]

95. WOW!!!! I'm usually never surprised by Clinton trolls.....

But, WTF is wrong with Ferraro?

SINCE, Hilliary has 19 million voters who want her...MAKE THEM PAY FOR HER DAMN DEBT!!!

[Catherina]

138. The Clintons should pay the debt themselves.

It was clear since March she didn't have a chance. They led people on and kept squandering money. Her supporters are off the hook for that alone imo.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

97. Well, with Hillary's 18 million (alleged) supporters, raising the money should be a cinch.

I mean, we know they aren't latte drinking, limousine driving, libruls, but they could at least cough up the price of a Bud and a package of Red Man Chew.

[Beregond2]

98. How that hag has the gall to even open her mouth

is beyond me.

[powergirl]

99. Obama was going to help her anyway - Ferraro doesn't need to tell him what to do

I think she is piping up b/c Obama hasn't asked her for anything. I remember when she threatened that she may not help Obama raise money b/c she claimed that David Axelrod was discriminating against her being white, or someother such nonsense. I knew all along he didn't need her help and now she needs to say something to sound relevant.

[Hart2008]

100. Ferraro couldn't carry her own Congressional District in '84.

She should shut up already.

All she knows how to do is lose elections, and she was on the wrong end of the worst Presidential electoral defeat in U.S. history.

49 states.

[wowimthere]

101. there she goes... screaming sexism then expecting a man to pay down Clinton's debt. The hypocrisy.

This is what is so confounding about her surrogates.

[kenny blankenship]

102. How could an *inadequate black male* hope to manage that???

[Mimosa]

104. Clinton ran up her own bills, is bad money manager

Clinton ran up her own bills, is bad money manager, so why should Obama pay her bills? he owes her NOTHING. I contributed bucks to Obama to make him President, not to retire Hill's debts!

[Gore1FL]

105. I want Ferraro to take her meds for delusion

but apparently we can;t have everything.

[Eurobabe]

106. Hey Gerri, STFU. You stupid *expletive deleted

[Az_lefty]

107. The Clinton's made 100mil in Washington, she can pay her own fucking debts!

:grr:

[my3boyz]

110. She can go to hell! No one told Hillary to stay in when she

had no chance of winning! Why in the hell should Obama pay her for spending money to stab him in the back? Let me leave it at that before I call that person what I want to call her.

[Overseas]

115. I agree . Why should we pay for the ugly tactics she used to desperately hang on? /nt

[Occam Bandage]

111. Isn't it awfully sexist to insist that the guy pays for the date, Gerry?

[polichick]

112. How much has Gerry ponied up so far??

[high density]

114. The voters Clinton has been supposedly fighting for can pay for her campaign

Obama won't do squat but maybe hold a fund raiser or two for her, if she's lucky.

[woolldog]

116. Shut up Gerry.

[MadBadger]

118. Obviously DU doenst like Gerry.

[Imagevision]

119. Who is Geraldine Ferraro, not the one who ran with Mondale?

[Arugula Latte]

120. And I want someone to kneel on all fours behind Geraldine so I can push her backwards.

[StevieM]

122. Did you read the article? She didn't ask Obama to help, she asked his big donors to help

just like hers intend to help him.

Steve

[MadBadger]

130. I repeated the title of the article. What's the problem?

Well, except I named her Gerry.

[StevieM]

136. OK, I guess you're right (eom)

[Catherina]

139. That makes no sense. Why can't her big donors help her and keep us out of it?

Seriously, does this request make much sense to you?

[4themind]

123. Fine with me as long as she promises...

to disappear for the remainder of the campaign season

[crankychatter]

124. yes ma'am... get right on that Ms Gerry - n/t

.

[sfam]

126. I'll help pay off some debt if Ms. Ferraro can promise to never make idiotic comments again...

for the next 8 years. I would PAY if it meant we'd never have to see or hear her asinine comments on TV again.

But, um, does she actually think anyone in the Obama campaign gives a rats ass what she thinks? She really has no credibility left.

[genna]

133. Didn't she hear the air go out of her reputation a few months back?

Oh, I get it the priority of the Democratic party should be to listen to her well-intentioned tripe?


I have advice for Ferraro, go and do some penance so we can take you seriously again. We know what special powers black people have and are unlikely to stray from your unleashed opinions, but can you spare us your wit and virtue?

[JI7]

134. i wonder what Ann Richards would have said about the crap Ferraro spread

[HooptieWagon]

140. Ferraro is wealthy, let her pay Tonya's delinquent bar tab.

[RichardRay]

141. I think it would be fine for Barack to pay the Clinton campaign's

debts to the vendors and service providers still awaiting settlement around the country. Those are folks who shouldn't get stiffed for providing those services to a Democrat.

The top campaign staff who are into her for hundreds of thousands and even millions can hold a bake sale. I they've got verifiable receipts for expenses paid out of pocket for the campaign's needs I guess I could even go that far. But nada for their salaries and billable hours.

[Lars39]

142. He can't...that would be illegal.

He can host a fundraiser, ask his donors to pony up the money, or only give a teeny amount directly.

[malletgirl02]

143. I agree

If Obama does agree to help Clinton with her debts, he should only help her pay the venders for their services.

[jgraz]

144. Once again, this is all about undermining Obama.

Like the VP scam, this is all about backing Obama into a corner where he's practically forced to tell them to go jump. It lets them keep the crazies stirred up while supporting their whispering campaign that Obama hates women.

[merh]

145. Clinton would not have the debt if she had dropped out when it was

over, when she had no hope. She dug her own hole of debt, she can dig her way out of it. Sorry, I just think she could have saved herself and Obama so much money if she had conceded when the tide turned and when she was so far behind there was no way to catch up.

[democracy1st]

147. just plain ol sorry

[kevinmc]

149. I want Gerry Ferraro to tie a broom to her ass and sweep the streets of NYC . n/t

[Colobo]

150. LOL!

[Pavlovs DiOgie]

151. I'd have no problem

with Obama holding a fundraiser to raise money to pay back the vendors Hillary screwed, as long as every penny above that particular part of her debt went to the Obama campaign. Not one penny should pay back Hillary's debt to herself or her campaign staff (read: Mark Penn). Why should average Americans donate for her to have her millions back?

[lojasmo]

152. Ferraro, McAuliffe, and Carville should do it.

Oh, and Penn too.

[Orsino]

153. So Obama's not good enough for the presidency...

...but she would like to use him to raise money. Figures.