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June 24, 2008 11:11 PM

Obama OKs Donors To Help Clinton With Campaign Debt

Posted by Ryan Corsaro
(CBS)
From CBS News' Ryan Corsaro:

(NEW YORK) Senator Barack Obama is giving the green light to his financial contributors to help pay off Senator Hillary Clinton’s campaign debt from her failed election bid, sources tell CBS News.

CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic, who is traveling with the Obama campaign, confirms the Illinois senator gave the go-ahead on a conference call with his National Finance Committee tonight.

A Democratic source says that on the call, Obama’s donors asked to help Clinton pay off her debt. Obama replied that if they have the ability and interest to raise or give money to Clinton, he encourages them to do so.

CBS News chief political consultant Marc Ambinder says that as far as how much Obama’s campaign will give Clinton, “It likely figures to the tune of $10 million, which is what Clinton owes in addition to the money she lent herself.”
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by mycommentspg June 26, 2008 1:54 PM EDT
This is another example of how money dominates American politics and should be changed! http://mycommentspage.blogspot.com/
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by toldyouso12 June 26, 2008 1:25 PM EDT
Never again will the DNC get a word, or a dime of support from me.

Posted by RowdyWicca at 07:32 PM : Jun 25, 2008

And a dime would probably be all you gave if that. After all, you once bragged that you made 30K per year. NO doubt to YOU--that must have seemed like a HUGE amount of money. LMAO As for your support? I heard you are a loud, abrasive, vindictive liar---with "friends" like you the DNC would not need enemies. You show your true colors by how much of a turncoat, loser you are.
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by toldyouso12 June 26, 2008 1:22 PM EDT
Then why is his assss begging for her support while he hunts under rocks for a vote?

And why is he begging her campaign financiers for money?

Posted by RowdyWicca at 08:27 PM : Jun 25, 2008


Obama is not begging HRC for support--he is placating HRC and Bill so that most of the people who voted for her will not feel alienated. That''s a great trait since a President must be able to not only embrace those that supported them, but also bring into the fold those who dislike or oppose them. Potential Great Presidents do that, flawed potentials or realized (like HRC and Bush) end up alienating not only most people who did not support them--but often a lot of those who did.

As for wooing her most lucrative donors--it makes perfect sense..if he has to help her pay for her wasted campaign, the best irony would dictate it would be those who encouraged her in it--pay for it.

That Obama is pretty savvy. LOL
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by jack3213 June 26, 2008 12:03 PM EDT
Beneath Obama''s flowery rhetoric lies a dangerous economic plan that will wreak havoc on the American economy.
Obama plans to return to the failed policies of high taxation coupled with an expansion of government spending.
Worse, Obama says he is absolutely committed to almost doubling the capital gains rate %u2014 something he will easily accomplish with a Democrat Congress.
In the coming months %u2014 when investors realize that Obama will raise the cap gains rate %u2014 there could be a stampede of asset sales as investors rush to take their profits now to avoid Obama''''s doubling of the tax rates next year!

MCCAIN 2008-2012

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by rowdywicca June 25, 2008 11:27 PM EDT
Hillary deserves nothing from Obama. He doesn''''t need her, and is up by an average of 12 points over McCain right now. Hillary is the one who needs him. Hopefully he doesn''''t give her much


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Posted by jedi080808 at 02:41 PM : Jun 25, 2008

Then why is his assss begging for her support while he hunts under rocks for a vote?

And why is he begging her campaign financiers for money?
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by rowdywicca June 25, 2008 10:32 PM EDT
Rowdy used to be a liberal who loved Hillary. She has now transformed her views to fit Republican talking points all out of rage that her girl lost.

Girls like you Rowdy are what fuel sexism. You get all emotional and irrational and next thing you know your having a breakdown like Hillary. Get your panties out of a bunch and vote on the issues instead of the people.
Oh and Obama will not be giving his money to pay her debt. He only asked his big contributors to help her.


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Posted by jedi080808 at 02:37 PM : Jun 25, 2008

Yeah, and you''re still a bigoted old goat. But what else is new!

And yes, I used to be a democrat until the DNC started looking like the Chicago mafia!

After their little buy off games with Obama...I became and independent the next day!

Never again will the DNC get a word, or a dime of support from me.
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by michael0004 June 25, 2008 5:45 PM EDT
Oh and Obama will not be giving his money to pay her debt. He only asked his big contributors to help her.


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Posted by jedi080808 at 02:37 PM


Your mixing up the misleading title that CBS attached to the link ("Obama Helps Clinton with Debt") with the actual facts in the news story: "A Democratic source says that on the call, Obama%u2019s donors asked to help Clinton pay off her debt." But then again, why waste an opportunity to utilize misleading spin by the news media.
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by jedi080808 June 25, 2008 5:41 PM EDT
I would never support Hillarys debt. Lets help pay the debt of the women who stayed in way too long all to try to damage Obama so she can try to run again in 2012.

Hillary deserves nothing from Obama. He doesn''t need her, and is up by an average of 12 points over McCain right now. Hillary is the one who needs him. Hopefully he doesn''t give her much
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by jedi080808 June 25, 2008 5:37 PM EDT
Posted by taddles3 at 01:16 PM : Jun 25, 2008

Strange, I didn''''t see Jack say a thing about liberals in his statement...you got a liberal insecurity complex?

Obama doesn''''t even have a clue who the damned terrorists are! Much less be able to formulate a comprehensive plan on how to fight terrorism. The only terrorists he knows are in his own back yard...Rezko, Auchi, Khalidi, Allsamearre, now those he does know about...they funded him!

Obama''''s tax plan is totally goofball! Thoses making $250,000 are such a small percent of the population it''''s ridiculous! And those people are smart enough to put their money where Obama''''s new tax plan will never see it! If he gives all those tax benefits to below $250,000 earners, then where''''s he going to get the money for his stupid gimme projects???

Posted by RowdyWicca

Rowdy used to be a liberal who loved Hillary. She has now transformed her views to fit Republican talking points all out of rage that her girl lost.

Girls like you Rowdy are what fuel sexism. You get all emotional and irrational and next thing you know your having a breakdown like Hillary. Get your panties out of a bunch and vote on the issues instead of the people.
Oh and Obama will not be giving his money to pay her debt. He only asked his big contributors to help her.
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by rowdywicca June 25, 2008 4:51 PM EDT
So please, explain how the DNC threatened her career?


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Posted by taddles3 at 01:11 PM : Jun 25, 2008

I guess you didn''t see all her FAKE DNC FRIENDS get up IN BLOCK and tell her to back out of the race and start supporting Obama, did ya?
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by rowdywicca June 25, 2008 4:47 PM EDT
Oh please, your false outrage is making me throw up. Like you give 2 hoots that the telecoms got a deal and that 4th amendment got gutted a bit more. You and your kind have allowed Bush to wipe his arse with the Constitution for 8 years with never a word but now your "outraged". I think I''''m gonna throw up.


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Posted by taddles3 at 01:07 PM : Jun 25, 2008

Yeah, and Obama just wiped the floor with his own fake worry about the damned Constitution by voting FOR FISA!
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by rowdywicca June 25, 2008 4:45 PM EDT
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Posted by taddles3 at 01:16 PM : Jun 25, 2008

Strange, I didn''t see Jack say a thing about liberals in his statement...you got a liberal insecurity complex?

Obama doesn''t even have a clue who the damned terrorists are! Much less be able to formulate a comprehensive plan on how to fight terrorism. The only terrorists he knows are in his own back yard...Rezko, Auchi, Khalidi, Allsamearre, now those he does know about...they funded him!

Obama''s tax plan is totally goofball! Thoses making $250,000 are such a small percent of the population it''s ridiculous! And those people are smart enough to put their money where Obama''s new tax plan will never see it! If he gives all those tax benefits to below $250,000 earners, then where''s he going to get the money for his stupid gimme projects???
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by taddles3 June 25, 2008 4:16 PM EDT
"Would you rather have someone who puts this country at risk, raise you taxes, makes you promises that can never be delivered, make you feel and look like a fool?

Posted by jack3213 at 11:44 AM : Jun 25, 2008"


How is Obama putting the country at risk? By getting us out of Iraq? by actually helping the rest of the world so it reduces the terrorists strength? By actually having a plan other than "we''re gonna get them terrerists"

Obama is not going to raise taxes on anyone making less than $250K per year, if you''d bother to read more than a comic book you might know that little fact.

As far as liberal goes, this country was founded by LIBERALS, the constitution was written by LIBERALS, it was LIBERALS who fought with the British to secure our freedom. You owe your very existence to LIBERALS, and I for one am proud to be called a LIBERAL.
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by taddles3 June 25, 2008 4:11 PM EDT
"But unfortunately the DNC with the help of Obama threatened her career if she did.

Posted by RowdyWicca at 11:15 AM : Jun 25, 2008"


You still haven''t answered my question from a few days ago, but then you never do you just make asinine posts pulled right out of your butt with nothing to back them up.

So please, explain how the DNC threatened her career?
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by taddles3 June 25, 2008 4:09 PM EDT
"He can participate in fundraisers and ask his donors to give money to her, but he can not just hand over cash from his contributors.

Posted by nanc12 at 11:08 AM : Jun 25, 2008"


That''s what it said; "A Democratic source says that on the call, Obama%u2019s donors asked to help Clinton pay off her debt. Obama replied that if they have the ability and interest to raise or give money to Clinton, he encourages them to do so.
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by taddles3 June 25, 2008 4:07 PM EDT
"But of course, the first painful choice he faced was FISA and he stabbed AMerica and the Fourth AMendment in the back.

Posted by GreatDriveW at 12:59 PM : Jun 25, 2008"


Oh please, your false outrage is making me throw up. Like you give 2 hoots that the telecoms got a deal and that 4th amendment got gutted a bit more. You and your kind have allowed Bush to wipe his arse with the Constitution for 8 years with never a word but now your "outraged". I think I''m gonna throw up.
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by greatdrivew June 25, 2008 3:59 PM EDT
If there''s one thing Barack is good at it''s asking for money. He has a never ending appetite for it. Get ready folks - he''s gonna ask for a lot, lot more!!

In fact the funniest thing he ever says is that he has all his spending paid for. He pays for it by shifting IRaqi war money to domestic spending. What he fails to tell us is that all that Iraqi moey is borrowed from the CHinese. SO Barack is far from finished figuring out how he''s going to pay for everything, but when he does, it will involve him asking America to make "painful choices." But of course, the first painful choice he faced was FISA and he stabbed AMerica and the Fourth AMendment in the back. Oh, and he''s also embracing Scooter Libby justice.

Barack Obama is a fraud!!!
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by michael0004 June 25, 2008 3:55 PM EDT
Obama supporters apparently can not read. Nothing in this article states that Hillary Clinton has asked Obama or his donors for anything. And Obama has not volunteered anything. Obama''s supporters approached Obama to get his OK for THEM to donate to Clinton.

But more revealing is the story on page 13 of this mornings Washington Post which I quote:

"Earlier this month he [Obama] dispatched his campaign manager, David Plouffe, to woo Clinton bundlers in Washington and New York. This week, Clinton will introduce Obama to nearly 200 of her major bundlers, including some who have raised $1 million or more . . . This group could represent 50 million if not 100 million bucks...Their money is central to Obama''s bet he will do better raising money on this own than taking the $84 million in public financing for the general election."

So, I ask you: Who has their hand out Clinton or Obama? Contrary to the Obama BS here, it is Obama that has his hand out and for more than the tune of 10 or 20 million dollars
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by l00ker June 25, 2008 3:51 PM EDT
She might want to ask some of her rabid supporters to pony up, we already gave.
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by au_fait June 25, 2008 3:37 PM EDT
seriously who cares! also why would I want to pay down her debt. You would have to be a moron to pay off someone else''s debt. She wanted to run and gambled. She lost and that is that. You don''t see other elected officials (I personally know a few) asking for handouts after the election to pay off their debt.
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