Some of the latest media uproar over Hillary flogs her over her ties to PAC money.
Maybe it’s time to dig a little deeper and see just who these PACs are and how corrupt this money is. There is more to the story of the PACs other that who supports her. It’s also about who is operating in an organized, well funded effort to bring her down.
Let’s follow the money.
Here are a few of her PACs.
One is the Disneyland Corporation - donations from it’s employees.
Another is the Bohemian Foundation. They are a group dedicated to building local communities, global efforts, music and civic programs.
Then there is the Plumbers union, Carpenters Untion, Teachers Union, Dreamworks Animation, and of course the big one - Soros Fund Management. The list at this moment is here:
Open Secrets PAC list
Generally Pacs are collective donations of members of a group. Then there are the Super PACS- aggregates of pacs and big donors with supposedly different rules.
As of Feb 4, the Super Pacs have raised a half a billion dollars. Of that amount, Republican Super PACS have nearly 400 million. Democrats have a little over 100 million. (numbers are fluid of course)
Right to Rise - a Republican group currently supporting Bush has raised 118 million dollars.
Priorities USA Action, the Democratic Super Pac supporting Hillary has raised 41 million dollars.
Well here are a few more Hillary Clinton PACs - these are Republican Pacs dedicated to DEFEATING her, defaming her and destrying her.
“Hilary Shmilary PAC, Hillary Clinton SuperPAC, Hillary Project, It’s about Killary, Just Say No to Hillary 2016, No to HRC 2016, Women against Hillary, Future45, Dick Morris’ Just Say no to Her!.”
No other candidate on either side gets that kind of attention from the opposition though, with the exception of Future45, most of them have raised zero to date. Future45 however has raised over 1 million dollars to operate AGAINST Hillary Clinton.
Future45 -Conservative
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opposes Clinton
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Spent
$504,962
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raised $1,258,908
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Most telling of all, this Republican PAC spent a half million dollars in three days at the Iowa Caucuses in an effort to defeat Hillary Clinton. All weekend and on Feb 1, they were on local phone calls to Iowa Democratic caucus voters. And what do you think they said - “she’s a liar”, “she takes Wall Street money”, “what did she ever do”, “she’s losing again”, and on and on ad nauseum.
The press - and some misinformed individuals - are throwing up over how it’s awful that Hillary gets money from Super PACS! Bad Hillary. The shame fest is as common as the weather report.
Some of you, bless your little souls, are mimicking that sh!t. Honestly, it is time to understand how huge a presidential political campaign is and what is at stake. If I had known this 48 years ago… well I would have grown up.
In 1968 we were sure the ‘revolution’ would take the day. We were high on political passion and sure we would change the world. Then we wound up with Martin and Bobby dead and Nixon winning by a landslide. Why? Because we were sold on revolution, not capable political action. When our knight died we couldn’t get behind plain old grown up political savvy and practical power. Because passion versus pragmatism. Because “IMAGINE” versus money. Because dreams.
So try not to let your passions run over your logic. Try not to hate on all the PACS because guess what. We need them if we are going to have a prayer of winning this election. We can reform them when it’s possible again. Save the stones you throw for the PACMen. The Sheldon Adelsons, Koch Brothers, and others who are in it for their own greed. These guys are completely different from the employee groups and combined efforts of regular political PACS. They are gobbling up everything in their path and creating new super pacs to make their kingdoms safe from marauding liberals.
Freedom Partners is a new Koch Brothers Pac specifically set up to interfere with the 2016 election vote. These are not in the same galaxy as the political PACS supporting Hillary.
Their PacMan money maze looked something like this in 2012 but It’s bigger now.
The Maze of Money
Just keep in mind it takes real money - corporate and private - to fight them. Shunning the PACs is a mistake we cannot afford to make. Thank Hillary for using the money needed to run a national campaign even though we all want the laws changed.
Next topic - how she votes and what bills she has sponsored — 417 times. hint - It’s not Wall Street.