If You Can’t Win the Election, Then Buy It
How typical of the Democratic party:
Many of the superdelegates who could well decide the Democratic presidential nominee have already been plied with campaign contributions by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, a new study shows.
“While it would be unseemly for the candidates to hand out thousands of dollars to primary voters, or to the delegates pledged to represent the will of those voters, elected officials serving as superdelegates have received about $890,000 from Obama and Clinton in the form of campaign contributions over the last three years,” the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported today.
About half the 800 superdelegates — elected officials, party leaders, and others — have committed to either Clinton or Obama, though they can change their minds until the convention.
Obama’s political action committee has doled out more than $694,000 to superdelegates since 2005, the study found, and of the 81 who had announced their support for Obama, 34 had received donations totaling $228,000.
Clinton’s political action committee has distributed about $195,000 to superdelegates, and only 13 of the 109 who had announced for her have received money, totaling about $95,000.
Come on, Hill! You’re being out-bidded! Since when has a Clinton ever let the other guy bribe more people! You should be ashamed of yourself! Get out there and bribe!
I’d like to say that I’m shocked about this - but as the co-author of the book on Democratic corruption, I can only utter a weary sigh when I see things like this. Naturally there would be a money angle in anything which might decide a race which includes a Democrat - its just the way they operate. Passing ’round the cash is like breathing for Democratic politicians. Or did you think Rep. William “Cold Cash” Jefferson (D-LA) was one of a kind?
You want ‘em, you got ‘em - these are your Democrats, brothers and sisters; those who presume to be President. One word of advice - this sort of thing will not stop if one of them gets into the White House.
9 comments February 16th, 2008
