Hillary Clinton racked up $23 million in debt during her acrimonious attempt to snatch the Democratic nomination away from Barack Obama. All of that debt was created after it became statistically impossible for Hillary to win the nomination, but she carried on her campaign against Obama regardless.
Now... in essence... Hillary Clinton has demanded, in exchange for her support, that Barack Obama "pass the hat" among his own supporters to raise money for Hillary, so that she doesn't have to be personally responsible for the record-setting debt she created while campaigning against him.
Barack, being the nice guy (or chump, depending on your point of view) did what Hillary demanded, and when the hat returned back to Barack, how much was in it? Less than $100,000... and about $5,000 of that was from Barack and Michele Obama themselves. In the words of one Obama supporter: "Why would I help pay off debts that Hillary amassed simply to keep damaging Senator Obama?"
Now Hillary (and Bill, and the rest of her campaign) are whining and threatening to withhold their support for Barack Obama's campaign because he didn't raise enough money for Hillary.
Senator Obama has been doing pretty well without the Clintons' support so far, and even if the Clintons' support would be helpful, paying millions of dollars in extortion money to make the Clintons his friends doesn't seem to be a worthwhile campaign expenditure as far as I can see. Seriously, Barack: Tell them to fuck off.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment