Last week I went down to city hall to vote absentee. This nutty primary campaign is really sucking energy away from the congressional and senatorial primaries. Right now, the old guard, the ones who support losing candidates because they have personal loyalties, are being challenged by new young faces. I was able to cast my vote for a congressional candidate who looks good, talks good, and even as we say in Maine, cleans up good. He is smart, educated, Franco American (which passes for minority in Maine) and even served in Iraq and has withdrawal from Iraq in his platform.
There was a great field to choose from, I might add. It was not an easy decision.
jr
· 1 year ago
these groups are star fuckers in awe of the Clinton name. Their star fuckery makes them mathematically illiterate sheep waiting to be sheared by farmer McCain
Cora
· 1 year ago
Not a copper should be spent to further her leap off the cliff and making a public ass of herself. No aiding and abetting, she will do it all just fine by her lonesome.
hawkseye
· 1 year ago
I am surprised National AFSCME is so unsophisticated.
tbhull
· 1 year ago
Because it is an American and even democratic tradition to frivously spend the hard earned money of the common man on matters doomed to failure.
Sage24
· 1 year ago
This money could be well spent for the general election. What waste of money. Anyway, why are people feeling sorry for Hillary's financial mess?
She mismanaged her funds, and ran a lousy campaign. Apart from that the Clintons are worth millions, and all he has to do is, go to Dubai, make a few speeches, and they will be okay.
Rab
· 1 year ago
John A.,
Great topic, I belong to AFSCME and I have been stating this to my local members for years. Why can't the union wait and see who the nominee will be before throwing money behind him or her. I'd like to see the most support behind the congressional candidates also.
John Aravosis
· 1 year ago
Well I suspect they get involved early, in the primaries, because if you pick the winner, then that winner owes you, big. The problem is if you pick the loser, then you have to tell the winner that they lost, or keep ponying up even though your expenditures are now being wasted (because you're afraid to say "psst, you lost.")
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
It's a shame they put their loyalty to Hillary ahead of their loyalty to their members.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
If they're going to keep wasting their money, they should just cut out the middle man and give their money directly to Mark Penn.
doug
· 1 year ago
If labor unions were democratically run from the bottom up by the rank and file, unions would have thrown all of their support for Dennis Kucinich and/or John Edwards. The bureaucratic union leaders are very much tied to capital interests.
John Aravosis
· 1 year ago
Hey, as an aside, you guys still like this linear progression of the posts? I really kind of liked the other format, where the comments indent when you respond to someone else. But I had the sense that people didn't like that. It's easy form me to switch back and forth, it's literally a click of a button. But wanted to know which you thought worked better. I still feel the indents are cooler, easier to follow. No?
ndtovent
· 1 year ago
I agree. I liked the other format much better.
DCinDC
· 1 year ago
Has anyone checked the lobbyists that work for John McCain? Many of them lobbied for the Media industry. No wonder the MSM love McCain so much they have bought him up.
ndtovent
· 1 year ago
I agree. Why would any organization spend $ like that when it's been well publicized that by the numbers, she can't win the nomination from winning the remaining primaries. It's hard to believe how friggin dense some people who run these organizations are.
vwcat
· 1 year ago
McEntee has been such a Clintonista this year as to be an embarrassment to his union. His various statements during the race and now the sheer waste of money should make the members up in arms over this bozo and his unreasonable brand of Clinton loyality.
BarrieT
· 1 year ago
Yes, I think the indented format is better.
John Aravosis
· 1 year ago
Well, then we'll try it again for this week and see how it goes. Someone always hates every change, so it's hard to get a sense of what you guys like and don't like.
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There was a great field to choose from, I might add. It was not an easy decision.
Anyway, why are people feeling sorry for Hillary's financial mess?
She mismanaged her funds, and ran a lousy campaign.
Apart from that the Clintons are worth millions, and all he has to do is,
go to Dubai, make a few speeches, and they will be okay.
Great topic, I belong to AFSCME and I have been stating this to my local members for years. Why can't the union wait and see who the nominee will be before throwing money behind him or her. I'd like to see the most support behind the congressional candidates also.