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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumemail from Tim Canova with the tag '$5,400 for a bagel?
Dear me,
Theres a pretty good breakfast place near our headquarters where you can purchase a bagel for $1.35. Including schmear.
But on Tuesday, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is holding a fundraising event where her huge corporate donors and we're not making this up will be paying $5,400 to have a bagel with our insider opponent and superdelegate friends. No word yet on if those corporate donors are getting cream cheese with that check.
This is another incredible example of how broken our campaign finance laws have become. It would take a working American making the minimum wage in Florida 671 hours more than 16 weeks of work just to be able to afford that bagel and speak with their member of Congress.
I dont know about you, but that must be some bagel
Your contribution will help us defeat Wasserman Schultz and send a powerful message that we are sick and tired of Washington politicians selling access to corporate donors. Weve had enough of wealthy elites buying our elections and rigging our economy.
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You never know, Tim's race may be the reason for DWS's job being in jeopardy; the need for her to actually go out in the wilds and meet her voters
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email from Tim Canova with the tag '$5,400 for a bagel? (Original Post)
greiner3
May 2016
OP
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)1. There is nothing wrong with holding a fundraiser...
MineralMan
(146,345 posts)2. DWS is having a fundraiser?
How dare she? My word!
Maybe Tim Canova should look into that concept...
cali
(114,904 posts)8. Gee, he has. And he's rejected that form of fundraising. Dirty PaydayDebbie
who has received beaucoup $$$$$ from the loanshark payday loan industry and fought regulation of that industry, is no role model for raising political donations.
Oh, and he's raised over $2,250,000.
He's doing just fine.
JEB
(4,748 posts)10. Maybe you should look into just exactly what payday lenders do. nt
Uncle Joe
(58,506 posts)3. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, greiner3.
snowy owl
(2,145 posts)4. Time to send Canova more money. Thanks for the update.
CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)6. I sent Debbie some today!
cali
(114,904 posts)9. Dirty PaydayDebbie. Congrats on supporting one of the most corrupt dems
cui bono
(19,926 posts)11. So you support someone who endorses Repbulicans and supports payday lending.
Prime example of what is wrong with the Democratic Party. No principles left and standing up for Republican policies.
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CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)12. Yes!
Can you believe it?!1
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)14. So are you a willing minion, or a useful idiot to the 1%?
CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)17. Yes!
I've never heard of that product, but you say it works?
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)18. So you're a twofer.
CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)19. Yes!
She's a very sweet woman.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)20. Who? and what does that have to do with it?
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)5. $5400 for a bagel?? Is the cream cheese extra??
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)7. How much extra for Lox?
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)13. that's another $5400.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)16. Cheap
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)15. DWS will win in a walk
I'm hardly a fan of hers, but that's just the reality.