Thread: 2016 Democratic US Presidential Candidates

Originally Posted by Cold Pizza

This is not a big deal either!

Leaked DNC Documents Show Plans To Reward Big Donors With Federal Appointments


CHUCK ROSS
07/24/2016

Democratic National Committee documents recently released by WikiLeaks include spreadsheets and emails that appear to show party officials planning which donors and prominent fundraisers to provide with appointments to federal boards and commissions.

The documents, which were circulated among top DNC officials in April, could raise legal questions for the party, says Ken Boehm, the chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center, a government watchdog group.

“The disclosed DNC emails sure look like the potential Clinton Administration has intertwined the appointments to federal government boards and commissions with the political and fund raising operations of the Democratic Party,” Boehm told The Daily Caller.

“That is unethical, if not illegal.”

DNC Planned To Reward Big Donors With Federal Appointments | The Daily Caller


Read more: DNC Planned To Reward Big Donors With Federal Appointments | The Daily Caller

If this is true then the election is over before it got properly started.

Ole Hillary can kiss Bernie's supporters goodbye. Before this circus is done most folks will have to choose between two candidates they totally disdain. Deplorable state of affiars.

^ you can blame the dnc for shillary, they forced her onto electorate.

Originally Posted by longway

Originally Posted by Cold Pizza

This is not a big deal either!

Leaked DNC Documents Show Plans To Reward Big Donors With Federal Appointments


CHUCK ROSS
07/24/2016

Democratic National Committee documents recently released by WikiLeaks include spreadsheets and emails that appear to show party officials planning which donors and prominent fundraisers to provide with appointments to federal boards and commissions.

The documents, which were circulated among top DNC officials in April, could raise legal questions for the party, says Ken Boehm, the chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center, a government watchdog group.

“The disclosed DNC emails sure look like the potential Clinton Administration has intertwined the appointments to federal government boards and commissions with the political and fund raising operations of the Democratic Party,” Boehm told The Daily Caller.

“That is unethical, if not illegal.”

DNC Planned To Reward Big Donors With Federal Appointments | The Daily Caller


Read more: DNC Planned To Reward Big Donors With Federal Appointments | The Daily Caller

If this is true then the election is over before it got properly started.

Don't be stupid, it's how politics has worked since the last century. The height of hypocrisy to scream about it now, but typical of the two-faced bullshitters in the GOP.

According to Public Citizen, the US consumer rights group, Mr Bush as of August 2004 had 30 ambassadorships for “pioneers” who had raised more than $100,000 for his 2000 or 2004 political campaigns. The number of such appointments has risen since the election. These rewards flout the Foreign Service Act of 1980, which says: “Contributions to political campaigns should not be a factor in the appointment of an individual as a chief of mission.”

Mr Bush is not the only president to have ignored that law. He ranks evenly with Bill Clinton, who doled out 30 per cent of his ambassadorships to political appointees about average, according to the American Foreign Service Association. Jimmy Carter ranked best, at 24 per cent. Richard Nixon's 30 per cent ranked lower than John F. Kennedy's 33 per cent.

https://next.ft.com/content/72ac72ee...0-00000e2511c8

And there's more....

Bush Faithful Rewarded With Jobs

^ without a doubt the rethugs are the same, but in the context of this election, it plays right into trumps rhetoric. He has made sure to keep his outsider label no matter what.

Originally Posted by Norton

Ole Hillary can kiss Bernie's supporters goodbye. Before this circus is done most folks will have to choose between two candidates they totally disdain. Deplorable state of affiars.

I saw a comment this morning: 'the lessor of two evils is still evil'.

Watching the Democratic convention.
They are going to have to get beyond the platitudes and start hitting Trump back hard. Hopefully Sanders and Warren will go after him with some fire.

Originally Posted by Norton

Ole Hillary can kiss Bernie's supporters goodbye. Before this circus is done most folks will have to choose between two candidates they totally disdain. Deplorable state of affiars.

The supers can still change their minds.

Originally Posted by Humbert

Watching the Democratic convention.
They are going to have to get beyond the platitudes and start hitting Trump back hard. Hopefully Sanders and Warren will go after him with some fire.

Michelle did an excellent job,......

Bernie is giving a very very good speech right now.

^ Lots of good speakers tonight. Really makes the RNC look like the joke it was.

Bernie, " Our diversity is one of our greatest strengths." Just the opposite of the RNC.

He is giving a rousing speech that has a very clear message. His message the whole time. Very impressive to me.

Originally Posted by aging one

Bernie, " Our diversity is one of our greatest strengths."

That's what Bill Clinton said....again....again....and again.

I've seen some of the speeches. Same ol' shite, IMO.


Both parties' conventions are hyped, abstract, talk by the cheerleaders to rally the supporters of the team.

In reality, the regular dude and duddette gets screwed.



Here's to both parties.

Apparently Trump has twattered about every speech except Michelle's.

I wonder why.

^ he needs the material for melania's speech in 8 years time.

Originally Posted by longway

^ he needs the material for melania's speech in 8 years time.

No use: Michelle will be using it herself when she takes over from Clinton.

Was Monica Lewinsky at the convention.

Don't have 40 mins to waste.

Originally Posted by billy the kid

Was Monica Lewinsky at the convention.

Don't have 40 mins to waste.

Monica was invited by DWS, but she refused to attend. She says Conventions leave a bad taste in her mouth.

Originally Posted by billy the kid

Was Monica Lewinsky at the convention.

Originally Posted by Cold Pizza

Monica was invited by DWS, but she refused to attend. She says Conventions leave a bad taste in her mouth.

Moore’s right. The Hampton-Hollywood Liberals Haven’t a Clue What’s Going on Beyond Their Summer Estates. In Michele Obama’s Fantasy World, She’s Jackie O, While Caroline and John-John Frolic on the White House Lawn with Their Dog. In fact, She’s Marie Antoinette Telling Americans to Eat Cake. These Smug Parasites Deserve What They Get in November. It’s Hurting Americans Who Don’t Deserve It.
On Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 in Blog, News.


Moore's right. The Hampton-Hollywood Liberals Haven't a Clue What's Going on Beyond Their Summer Estates. In Michele Obama's Fantasy World, She's Jackie O, While Caroline and John-John Frolic on the White House Lawn with Their Dog. In fact, She's Mar


No one really represents you on Capitol Hill, America, no one. Your political system has been hijacked- and frankly, I don't give a shiite what eejut wins. Drumpf is merely bloodsucking from the widespread disgruntlement, that the Democrats so conspicuously failed to address.

Reform your Democracy.

Originally Posted by sabang

Moore’s right. The Hampton-Hollywood Liberals Haven’t a Clue What’s Going on Beyond Their Summer Estates. In Michele Obama’s Fantasy World, She’s Jackie O, While Caroline and John-John Frolic on the White House Lawn with Their Dog. In fact, She’s Marie Antoinette Telling Americans to Eat Cake. These Smug Parasites Deserve What They Get in November. It’s Hurting Americans Who Don’t Deserve It.

Good read. Thanks.

"Next week I will post my thoughts on Trump’s Achilles Heel and how I think he can be beat."

I will stay tuned.

Originally Posted by sabang

No one really represents you on Capitol Hill, America, no one.

No question but same goes for near all "democracies".

Originally Posted by sabang

No one really represents you on Capitol Hill, America, no one.

Sab,

Almost all posters here know that.

It's always been that way.