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Originally posted by sdy:
Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine plans to deliver a campaign speech entirely in Spanish in Arizona, in an effort to impress Latinos in the important swing state.

“In Phoenix, Kaine will deliver remarks entirely in Spanish — a first for an organized campaign rally during a US presidential campaign — about the high stakes of this election and the choice voters face,” the Clinton campaign revealed in a statement.

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makes me sick. one of the things that turned me off Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio were their speeches in Spanish.

Will CBP be driving the buses full of attendees?

If that old hag has been teaching at Berkeley since 1972 then she must be in her 70's. Damn, that would be over 45 years spent polluting the minds of young people.

I bet anything she is on Hillary's short list of nominees for the SC.

I'll stipulate to the Speaking While Female theory if they'll agree that they're just trying to codify Democrat Hoohah Immunity.

It's a beautiful Tuesday morning.....I'm seeing red everywhere!

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Originally posted by cmr076:
Looks like septa may be going on strike in Philly. That would be great news for Election Day, I don't think people are excited for Hillary to begin with, but finding or paying for a cab to go vote for her. I don't see that happening.

From what I understand-- no direct knowledge-- the Democrats have transportation, along with "walking around money"-- wrapped up in Philly and Pittsburgh. They will get their inner-city peeps to the polls, sometimes several times over for each one. In some Philly precincts last time, Obama got *more than* 100% of the vote.

It's very frustrating for us PA residents, no? The state is overwhelmingly on the right-- except for these two densely populated, far left bastions of free shit big, oppressive, government. And they turn the red state blue.

Podesta paid $7,000 a month by top donor

http://www.politico.com/story/...or-foundation-230571

Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta last year signed a $7,000-a-month contract with the foundation of a major Clinton donor who made a fortune selling a type of mortgage that some critics say contributed to the housing collapse, hacked emails show.

In February of last year, as Podesta was working to lay the groundwork for Clinton’s soon-to-launch campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, he signed the contract with the Sandler Foundation, which was started by Herb Sandler and his late wife Marion Sandler.

The contract — a copy of which was included in emails illegally obtained from Podesta’s Gmail account and disseminated Monday by WikiLeaks — is still active, according to Herb Sandler, who said that it calls for Podesta to provide advice on grant-making and other foundation functions.

It’s unusual for the full-time chairman of a general election presidential campaign to maintain an active side deal with a major donor to that campaign — let alone to raise money from that donor for the campaign.

But the hacked emails show that Podesta, who does not draw a salary from the Clinton campaign (though he has been paid $58,000 by the campaign for travel and “subsistence”), did both, while also maintaining a close personal relationship with Sandler.

The WikiLeaks cache shows that Podesta provided Sandler with philanthropic advice and assortments of cheeses and pastas as gifts on the holidays, while Sandler offered all manner of political observations and once tried to get Podesta to arrange for former president Bill Clinton to write a blurb for a book written by one of Sandler’s friends.

But Sandler brushed aside any concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

“I have never asked for anything of any political person — zero requests ever,” Sandler said. “If they’re responsive, it’s because they regard me as thoughtful, and a major contributor to Democratic causes,” Sandler said, adding that Podesta “knows that he doesn’t get bullshit from me. He knows I have no hidden agenda. He knows that my values are similar to his and that we care about people and not the billionaires, even though I ended up by some crazy thing to be one.”

Neither Podesta nor the Clinton campaign responded to questions about the contract.

The Clinton campaign instead issued a statement saying it’s “not commenting on the authenticity of any individual emails,” and accusing the Russian government of engineering the hack. Further, Clinton spokesman Glen Caplin urged the FBI “to clearly tell the American people” whether it’s investigating suggestions that associates of Clinton’s Republican rival Donald Trump had advance knowledge of the cyberattacks.

Sandler and his children this cycle also have donated nearly $4.4 million to Clinton’s presidential campaign, a supportive super PAC called Priorities USA Action and various Democratic Party committees, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

Herb Sandler’s Clinton-related giving picked up last December after a visit from Podesta.

Sandler is “ready to do the 2016 max early in the new year,” Podesta emailed the campaign’s finance team the day after visiting with Sandler in his hometown of San Francisco during a West Coast swing. “Whoever has been dealing with him should call him at the office on the Jan 4 to follow up,” Podesta wrote, adding that Sandler “is also prepared to double down on his Priorities support as well.”
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The campaign’s finance director Dennis Cheng responded “Great!!,” calling Podesta “#ChairmanCash.”

The very next day, Sandler gave $1.5 million to Priorities USA Action, to which he has now given a total of $3 million, FEC records show.

While it’s illegal for super PACs and campaigns to coordinate their spending strategies, they are permitted to coordinate their fundraising within limits, and Podesta’s efforts with Sandler appear to be within those bounds.

The Sandler Foundation also is barred from supporting campaigns and there is no evidence that it has done so with the Clinton campaign.

During the GOP primary, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign chairman Mike Grebe drew scrutiny for his day job as head of a major foundation, despite working assiduously to separate his two roles. Nonetheless, the foundation funded conservative groups that were seen as laying the intellectual groundwork for Walker’s campaign.

The Sandlers’ big giving well predates Clinton’s current campaign.

The family’s fortune comes from the savings and loan institution that Herb and Marion Sandler ran for decades, what became World Savings. It would end up making boatloads of cash from a type of adjustable rate mortgage that other lenders would later adopt, securitize and sell in a way that some have blamed for contributing to the housing bubble that burst in 2008. Not long before the burst and subsequent recession, the Sandlers sold the bank for $25.5 billion to Wachovia, earning $2.6 billion off the sale and donating most of their net worth to their foundation. Wachovia was later acquired by Wells Fargo.

The Sandlers met Podesta when they helped seed the Center for American Progress, the think tank he started in 2003 as a sort of Democratic administration in exile during George W. Bush’s presidency. Tax filings show that the Sandler Foundation has donated more than $37 million over the years to CAP, which worked to support President Barack Obama’s administration, but has always been seen as more aligned with Clinton.

The WikiLeaks emails reveal that Podesta and his team at the Center for American Progress discussed how to push back on scrutiny of the Sandlers related to the 2008 housing collapse. That included an October 2008 Saturday Night Live sketch in which an actor playing Herb Sandler thanked members of Congress “for helping block congressional oversight of our corrupt activity.”

Podesta wrote to his colleagues that he’d talked to Herb Sandler, and “they are obviosly (sic) upset. Weird that snl should pick them out.”

After doing some research, a subordinate replied that “it appears default rates on their stuff was high (herb says not more so than others) and the losses were key to almsot wachovia failure -- athough herb emphasizes that they were only one of the institutions problems.”

Another staffer indicated plans to enlist then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the pushback. It’s unclear if that happened or if Podesta or CAP reached out to SNL. But the editor in chief of the Sandler-funded journalism outfit ProPublica did, arguing that the Sandlers were unfairly vilified, according to a New York Times piece soon after the skit.

The show’s producer, Lorne Michaels, apologized for the skit.

Sandler told POLITICO that any suggestion that his bank’s products contributed to the collapse were “a bunch of bullshit,” pointing out that their bank used a risk-averse approach to their loans, which had among the lowest default rate in the industry.

But Scott Walter, president of Capital Research Center, a conservative non-profit that monitors the giving of major liberal donors including Sandler, argued that Podesta’s newly revealed contractual relationship with Sandler stood in stark contrast to Clinton’s efforts to cast herself as tough on the financial industry.
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“This is another instance where the Clinton campaign has been revealed to have surprising links to some of the most dubious parts of the finance industry,” Walter said.

The Sandlers’ philanthropy increasingly has focused on fighting financial inequality and the role of big money in politics — a subject about which Herb Sandler and Podesta emailed frequently, according to WikiLeaks.

In forwarding Podesta a 2014 study about rising inequality and the influence of money in politics with the headline “U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy,”Sandler wrote: “This is precisely what Marion and I have believed for some time… It is horrible.”

The WikiLeaks emails reveal Sandler and Podesta working closely on the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, a research institution that was launched at CAP in 2013, and now operates independently.

One of the emails revealed that Sandler had agreed to donate $3 million a year for at least the first three years to the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, which focuses on policies to more evenly distribute the benefits of growth.

Sandler explained to POLITICO that during the process of working to launch the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, he realized “we had been picking his brain ad nauseum” for years without paying Podesta as a consultant — a scenario Sandler called “very unfair.” That led to the consulting contract, which Sandler cast as “a ripoff” for Podesta. “I’d pay a lot more for that advice,” Sandler said, calling Podesta “one the most intelligent, decent, thoughtful human beings I’d ever met.”

In March, as Clinton’s Democratic primary campaign against Bernie Sanders grew increasingly bitter, Sandler emailed Podesta just to check up.

“How are you?” Sandler wrote. “MIss you.”

Podesta responded: “I was going to call you last night but fell asleep … I'll call later.”

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Originally posted by justjoe:

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Originally posted by cmr076:
Looks like septa may be going on strike in Philly. That would be great news for Election Day, I don't think people are excited for Hillary to begin with, but finding or paying for a cab to go vote for her. I don't see that happening.

From what I understand-- no direct knowledge-- the Democrats have transportation, along with "walking around money"-- wrapped up in Philly and Pittsburgh. They will get their inner-city peeps to the polls, sometimes several times over for each one. In some Philly precincts last time, Obama got *more than* 100% of the vote.

It's very frustrating for us PA residents, no? The state is overwhelmingly on the right-- except for these two densely populated, far left bastions of free shit big, oppressive, government. And they turn the red state blue.

Support for Hillary in Philadelphia, and especially Pittsburgh, has been way overstated. There's no enthusiasm at all to get out and vote for her. She'll obviously garner the most votes in both places but not nearly enough to offset the rest of the state.....in a fair, free election.

I come to this thread (and recently, the FNC reporting the Hilary's Email contained a "Top Secret" labeled message) every morning and read up to the last post I recognize.

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Originally posted by Mainframe Coder:

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Originally posted by justjoe:

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Originally posted by cmr076:
Looks like septa may be going on strike in Philly. That would be great news for Election Day, I don't think people are excited for Hillary to begin with, but finding or paying for a cab to go vote for her. I don't see that happening.

From what I understand-- no direct knowledge-- the Democrats have transportation, along with "walking around money"-- wrapped up in Philly and Pittsburgh. They will get their inner-city peeps to the polls, sometimes several times over for each one. In some Philly precincts last time, Obama got *more than* 100% of the vote.

It's very frustrating for us PA residents, no? The state is overwhelmingly on the right-- except for these two densely populated, far left bastions of free shit big, oppressive, government. And they turn the red state blue.

Support for Hillary in Philadelphia, and especially Pittsburgh, has been way overstated. There's no enthusiasm at all to get out and vote for her. She'll obviously garner the most votes in both places but not nearly enough to offset the rest of the state.....in a fair, free election.

On Sunday my GF and I went up to Cabela's. I decided to take the back roads home and we pretty much followed 73 down and then 29 into Norristown. There are Trump signs everywhere, and not just the small regular signs but the huge signs too. The only Hillary signs we saw were at the local IBEW headquarters.

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Originally posted by justjoe:

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Originally posted by cmr076:
Looks like septa may be going on strike in Philly. That would be great news for Election Day, I don't think people are excited for Hillary to begin with, but finding or paying for a cab to go vote for her. I don't see that happening.

From what I understand-- no direct knowledge-- the Democrats have transportation, along with "walking around money"-- wrapped up in Philly and Pittsburgh. They will get their inner-city peeps to the polls, sometimes several times over for each one. In some Philly precincts last time, Obama got *more than* 100% of the vote.

It's very frustrating for us PA residents, no? The state is overwhelmingly on the right-- except for these two densely populated, far left bastions of free shit big, oppressive, government. And they turn the red state blue.

Oh I remember, I lived in Chestnut Hill (a suburb of Phila. in 2012). I hope you are wrong and that people dont care enough about Hillary to be bothered. Maybe it's just wishful thinking.

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Originally posted by MRBTX:

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Originally posted by Sigmanic:
The thought of Trump debating Hillary is almost delightful enough to give a guy wood.

I would take off work to watch that debate. I'm ready for a non-career politician to be in the People's House. IIRC, there was an actor who did a pretty good job about 35 years ago.

Enjoying reminiscing back to the front of this thread.

WE ALL GOT FREEDOM BONERS gents! No blue balls just red pills. Nearing the MAGA climax.

The final moneyshot is gonna drop!

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Originally posted by Mainframe Coder:
She'll obviously garner the most votes in both places but not nearly enough to offset the rest of the state..... in a fair, free election.

Therein lies the rub.

For those in the Philly area, something new for Trump rallies is coming to Berwyn this Thursday at 2pm. Melania Trump will headline her first rally at the Main Line Sports Center.

The Donald & Pence will appear together this morning in Valley Forge at 11 am ET. The campaign says this private event will be an important message for the American people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1BC9ueVwdM

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Originally posted by getupatree:
WE ALL GOT FREEDOM BONERS gents! No blue balls just red pills. Nearing the MAGA climax.

The final moneyshot is gonna drop!

Take it easy, there, Johnny Wad.

Eric Schmidt is the Exec Chair of Alphabet.

Alphabet is now the parent company of Google.

I didn't realize how tightly Eric Schmidt is connected w the Clinton campaign.

Look at this wikileaks email from Schmidt to Cheryl Mills.

It is from April 2014 and lays out an entire game plan for the Clinton campaign.

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/37262

This guy couldn't be more inside the campaign.

snips from a long email:

From: Eric Schmidt <eschmidt@google.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 1:56 PM
Subject: 2016 thoughts
To: Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com>


Cheryl, I have put together my thoughts on the campaign ideas and I have
scheduled some meetings in the next few weeks for veterans of the campaign
to tell me how to make these ideas better. This is simply a draft but do
let me know if this is a helpful process for you all. Thanks !! Eric

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Notes for a 2016 Democratic Campaign
Eric Schmidt
April 2014

DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT

Here are some comments and observations based on what we saw in the 2012
campaign. If we get started soon, we will be in a very strong position to
execute well for 2016.

Lets assume a total budget of about $1.5Billion, with more than 5000 paid
employees and million(s) of volunteers.

The campaign headquarters will have about a thousand people, mostly young
and hardworking and enthusiastic. Its important to have a very large
hiring pool (such as Chicago or NYC) from which to choose enthusiastic,
smart and low paid permanent employees.

Employees will relocate to participate in the campaign, and will find low
cost temporary housing or live with campaign supporters on a donated basis.
This worked well in Chicago and can work elsewhere.

Key is the development of a single record for a voter that aggregates all
that is known about them. In 2016 smart phones will be used to identify,
meet, and update profiles on the voter. A dynamic volunteer can easily
speak with a voter and, with their email or other digital handle, get the
voter videos and other answers to areas they care about ("the benefits of
ACA to you" etc.)

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The DEMs get great credit for having a powerful high tech campaign approach and organization. It appears that what has happened is that the high tech companies have developed this capability and handed it to the DEMs.

These high tech people are the same ones who want cheap foreign labor to replace Americans in their work force.

Hey SDY, just wanted you to know I appreciate your inputs to this thread. Every morning when I make my kids their lunches I read a few updates you post and they're always good. Keep it up, thanks!

This is old news but just heard it yesterday . Hillary was in my closes town to me, (Ft. Pierce Fla.) a few weeks back at a theater that holds maybe 1,000 people max. Cops said there were more Trump supporters than Hillary supporter there. also they "bussed in" participants from the Black section of town and passed out McDonald vouchers as a enticement to come! Pretty Pathetic turnout and this was before the FBI re-opening of Her case. There is a 50% black ratio in the city so it was a pathetic turnout indeed. "Happy Day's are coming soon My Friends!!"

When Trump takes over, there are so very many of these RINO's who need to be exposed, humiliated, and then eliminated from our midst.....

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/...-mccain-endorsement/

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Washington (CNN)Ohio Gov. John Kasich voted Monday for 2008 Republican nominee John McCain instead of for 2016 Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Kasich wrote in McCain's name at the top of the ticket, Kasich spokesman Chris Schrimpf said, on his absentee ballot............

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Originally posted by justjoe:

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Originally posted by cmr076:
Looks like septa may be going on strike in Philly. That would be great news for Election Day, I don't think people are excited for Hillary to begin with, but finding or paying for a cab to go vote for her. I don't see that happening.

From what I understand-- no direct knowledge-- the Democrats have transportation, along with "walking around money"-- wrapped up in Philly and Pittsburgh. They will get their inner-city peeps to the polls, sometimes several times over for each one. In some Philly precincts last time, Obama got *more than* 100% of the vote.

It's very frustrating for us PA residents, no? The state is overwhelmingly on the right-- except for these two densely populated, far left bastions of free shit big, oppressive, government. And they turn the red state blue.

Yet this subset of the voting population is really easy to quantify. Their primary motivation in voting for Barry was that he was black. He was like them (or so they foolishly thought). They were a part of history voting in the first black president. So although some will certainly take the small amount of cash and freebies and be used by the Dem's to vote for Hillary, the total this time around will be far smaller than it was for Barry, because most have little to no interest in taking time out of their day to vote for a boring 'old' white woman who they know is nothing like them and cares not a wit about them.

They may not vote Trump, that is true. But my bet is, most likely won't be voting at all.