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Sen. Hillary Clinton who was hoping that Barack Obama’s supporters would help her retire her $20 million plus campaign debt is finding that she may have burned too many bridges to do so.
From the New York Times.
A prominent donor to Senator Barack Obama recently sent an e-mail plea to other supporters, asking them — for the sake of Democratic unity — to write checks to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to help retire her $23 million in campaign debt.
Some of the replies are unprintable, given the coarse language, the donor said. A sampling of others included:
“Why would I help pay off debts that Hillary amassed simply to keep damaging Senator Obama?”
“Gas prices are up, the markets are in turmoil, my kid’s fall tuition bill is coming soon. Writing checks to politicians I don’t like is not at the top of my list.”
“Not a penny for that woman. Or her husband. Or — god forbid — Mark Penn,” a reference to Mrs. Clinton’s former senior strategist, whose firm is still owed several million dollars for work that included aggressive attacks on Mr. Obama.
As Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton prepare for their first joint fund-raisers to benefit the Obama campaign, in New York City on Wednesday and Thursday, their two camps are straining under the weight of continued resentments, recriminations and feelings that remain raw since the long primary battle.
Mr. Obama has asked his top donors to help raise money for her debt, and so far they have come up with less than $100,000 (though more in pledges), Clinton campaign officials said — a “paltry sum,” in the words of one.
Did Hillary really expect that Obama’s donors wold open their checkbooks and warmly welcome her into the fold? Even fellow Democrats don’t trust the Clinton’s enough to help Hillary out of a jam.
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3 Comments for Clinton Hits A Wall With Obama Donors
His Muslim friends will never help her. Their money is on BHO!!!!!
Farrakhan and the Islam Nation will continue to finance BHO through small donations by their members.
not to mention the fact that the clintons are plenty wealthy enough to pay it themselves.
Despite the ill feelings between Clinton’s and Obama’s supporters, I think it’s the height of arrogance and chutzpah for politicians to ask voters for donations to help pay off campaign debts, not to mention that of the non-nominee. Talk about politicians treating the voters as subjects! It’s incredible to me. With the high and ever-increasing living expenses that people face these days, it is absurd to expect voters to donate money to help someone like Clinton (who has a vastly larger bank account than probably 95% of her supporters) get out of a debt that isn’t their fault.
This does seem typical of the liberal Democrat mentality, though…trying to get out of a jam on the backs of other people. I suppose if personal and financial responsibility and prudence aren’t planks in the party platform or part of the liberal mentality, then this shouldn’t surprise anyone. Ridiculous!