The DNC Reports Lowest Fundraising Since 2003

Padawanbater2 said:

Endless excuses

A few of us mentioned this would happen back after the election. The DNC and Democratic party have exhausted all their credibility after being exposed during the primary and after during the defense of their actions while on trial. They said they get to pick the winner regardless of the vote, as it turns out, that doesn't instil much confidence or trust in the system. Nobody wants to give their time or money to an organization that outright claims they can do whatever they want.

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dagwood45431 said:

Fatigue is an endless excuse? You're not even trying anymore. Please, continue on with your whine. You are part of the fatigue, I'm afraid.

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Padawanbater2 said:

Fatigue is the excuse you used so you don't have to actually address the real issue of why Democrats can't raise money

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Padawanbater2 said:

Fatigue is the excuse you used so you don't have to actually address the real issue of why Democrats can't raise money when the biggest joke in America is walking the halls of the white house and the GOP is destroying everything Democrats have worked for for decades. Nobody is giving them money because they scammed the American people. Now the American people can't trust them. There is no viable opposition party in America, just cowards who wear blue ties and accept corporate bribes, just a little less than Republicans...

The future does not look good for establishment Democrats

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Bugeye said:

Trump will likely be the unifying factor for the party at some point soon, but a lot of distrust is still there, rightfully so.

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Padawanbater2 said:

You would think the DNC would be breaking fundraising records seeing the state of the GOP and the Trump administration..

It looks like their gamble of courting corporations over constituents isn't working out so well for them..

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Padawanbater2 said:

The only thing that will unify the establishment and progressive wings of the Democratic party is if the establishment wing chooses to stop accepting money from special interests. If they don't, the progressive wing is happy to purge establishment politicians from the party and elect politicians who will.

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Bugeye said:

I see special interests as just about everyone. I say take the money and win.

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Padawanbater2 said:

Special interests are corporations and superPACs. Establishment Democrats are slowly realizing the jig is up; they can't court both special interests and constituents anymore because constituents are realizing how politicians always represent big donors over little ones, case in point - universal healthcare, they can't choose only special interests because then they lose their voter base. The only option for success available is to abandon special interests and only accept direct contributions from individual donors by supporting a strong progressive message and actual progressive policy positions.

The only question in my mind is how many more elections will the Democratic leadership have to lose before they realize this?

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Bugeye said:

So let's say the dems decide not to take money from corporations or superpacs while the repubs still do. You think dems can match them in fundraising?

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Padawanbater2 said:

I think they can exceed them in fundraising, all from small, individual donations, and absolutely destroy the GOP in every national election for the foreseeable future

That's what FDR did and that's why we have the 22nd amendment

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Padawanbater2 said:

You would think the DNC would be breaking fundraising records seeing the state of the GOP and the Trump administration..

It looks like their gamble of courting corporations over constituents isn't working out so well for them..

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Bugeye said:

So let's say the dems decide not to take money from corporations or superpacs while the repubs still do. You think dems can match them in fundraising?

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Bugeye said:

Trump will likely be the unifying factor for the party

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Padawanbater2 said:

I think they can exceed them in fundraising, all from small, individual donations, and absolutely destroy the GOP in every national election for the foreseeable future

That's what FDR did and that's why we have the 22nd amendment

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Fogdog said:

Do you think the country is just one big flat monoculture? Idiot

The answer to your question is: It depends.

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Bugeye said:

I was happy with the answer i got and I apologize to you for nothing.

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Padawanbater2 said:

I think they can exceed them in fundraising, all from small, individual donations, and absolutely destroy the GOP in every national election for the foreseeable future

That's what FDR did and that's why we have the 22nd amendment

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