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Posted on 11/21/2006 1:49:42 AM PST by Cincinna
She had only token opposition, but Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton still spent more on her re-election — upward of $30 million — than any other candidate for Senate this year. So where did all the money go?
It helped Mrs. Clinton win a margin of victory of more than 30 points. It helped her build a new set of campaign contributors. And it allowed her to begin assembling the nuts and bolts needed to run a presidential campaign.
But that was not all. Mrs. Clinton also bought more than $13,000 worth of flowers, mostly for fund-raising events and as thank-yous for donors. She laid out $27,000 for valet parking, paid as much as $800 in a single month in credit card interest and — above all — paid tens of thousands of dollars a month to an assortment of consultants and aides.
Throw in $17 million in advertising and fund-raising mailings, and what had been one of the most formidable war chests in politics was depleted to a level that leaves Mrs. Clinton with little financial advantage over her potential rivals for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination — and perhaps even trailing some of them.
The campaign’s financial record has fueled some criticism among Democratic activists and prompted concern among Mrs. Clinton’s supporters, including complaints from some of her fund-raisers that her top aides exercised a lack of discipline.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
$800 in monthly credit card interest! And she, the smartest woman in America wants to manage the country's money? When dealing with the Clintons, keep your hands in your pocket at all times.
Haven't we heard this story before? What the hell...it's always somebody else's money she p***es away.
And she only got 66.6% of the vote.
She spent it all to make a huge showing to bolster her Presidential hopes. She doesn't care, she can get more.
H*****y needs to buy friends.
But......the Dems promised to be fiscally resonsible. Money always burns a hole in their pockets.
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I am nearly giddy that the NYT has decided not to carry Ma Clinton's water through the next election cycle, starting with this article.I have maintained for years now that the user-friendly term "Hilary" has been a decided attempt by the Clinton admirers to reduce the elitist distance between the evil one and her commoners ("we the people"). Protocol, yes, in NYT journalism, but were everyone to stop using the term "Hilary," we would see her ratings fall even more when challengers come to call. In fact, I hope we especially eliminate the term on FR.
Regards . . . Penny
So what? It wasn't her money. She thinks and spends only other peoples dough.--a true dem.
Just a guess !! These new contributors are unaware that her old contributors kicked her to the curb re: Bubba's birthday party aka fundraiser.
According to the oldies, they felt they were being taken for granted and taken advantage of... The birthday bash was a bust.
Run, Hillie, run...
Bwah hah hah hah hah....
The important thing is that our electoral process isn't bought and paid for.
This is simply not believable. The money is stashed with her secret cabal preparing for her run for the presidency.
Maybe. Maybe not.
In either case, inquiring minds want to know just where it went....
:)
Tens of thousands of dollars a month for consultants......
Wouldn't it make a juicy story if some lawyer or newspaper really looked into where the money went and maybe even filed a suit looking into her mishandling of campaign funds
Oh...I'm sorry...she is a Democrat...silly me.
For the Clintons...it's all about spending other people's money
Hillary didn't need to run a single political add to win reelection in NY. I think a lot of palms were greased in return for future favors. It's typical of the sleaze that surrounds the Clintons and for some unknown reason a large number of Americans are eager to see them in the White House again.
Plus, through lavish spending on consultants right down to parking valets, she buys a virtual nation-wide army of loyal retainers who will support and work for her till they bleed.
This newly-"moderate" woman should not be underestimated. Much as we hate to admit it, her ongoing strategery has been almost flawless for the past two years as it rather quietly, subtly and cleverly wends its way hopefully to her promised land.
Leni
OK .. why is the NYT going after Mrs. Bill Clinton?
Will someone please pull the rug out from under these people? The country doesn't need eight more years of the Clintons' self-serving rubbish.
Her unroyal lowness, her hideous heinous . . . de Fosterizer de Machiavelli de Marx de Stalin . .
strikes again.
'Cause it's easier to pay them as "consultants," rather than to call it a "kickback" to a supporter.
You said it.
If Hillary's a high-maintenance woman, she's not getting her (uh, other people's) money's worth.
You spend money to make money. Hillary will make plenty of money for her WH bid because of how she spent her money this year.
Will America fall for this elitist who is totally out of touch with real Americans and their lives?
Has she ever lived a real life? Taken care of her own home? Driven her own car? Shopped in a real supermarket?
Learned how to live within a budget? Obviously not. Only a moron would pay $800 in monthly credit card interest. Is this any indication of how she would deal with the Federal budget>
"And she only got 66.6% of the vote"
Is somebody up there sending a message?
"For the Clintons...it's all about spending other people's money"
AND Remember -- she is going to take things away from us for the common good.
Fantastic!
Yuck yuck!!
I didn't think there was any way that was actually true, so I Googled it, and there it was - 66.56 percent - rounds to 66.6. Hilarious!
Is here anyone here on FR who would actually want the office POTUS?
I agree. She spread the largesse to cut deals for future "help" when she needs it.
Maggie Williams is the Clinton flunkie who was first on the scene in the Vince Foster debacle. She was the one who locked the office and refused entry to all and sundry.
Was the money some sort of pay-off or hush money?
Don't get your hopes up too high that the NYTs will continue to bash Hillary. They have a habit of shooting an arrow across the bow of prospective candidates early in the election cycle as a vaccination against charges of favoritism. At some point, the NYTs will go right back to being in the pocket of the Clintons.
This takes the lyrics to I Started a Joke to a whole new meaning (re Kerry). Note flip-flop in the first two verses;-} Your other animations are terrific, too.
I started a joke, which started the whole world crying,
But I didn't see that the joke was on me, oh no.
I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing,
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.
I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said.
Til I finally died, which started the whole world living,
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.
I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said.
til I finally died, which started the whole world living,
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was one me.
LOL, that's funny nit!!
devolve will enjoy that!
Yup!
A BeeGees classic
That's where I got the text for that .gif
I've got the instrumental .midi and will probably have the original BeeGees in .wav format on a cutesy webpage for FReepers to enjoy
The democrats just don't know how to have any fun!
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