Imagine the names were swapped
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 10/16/2016 - 1:17pm
I would like to do a thought experiment.
I'm going to present three recent news articles, and I would like the C99P to imagine what the news media coverage would be like if the names "Hillary Clinton" and "Donald Trump" were swapped in these articles.
#1) 11-0 in CEOs
No chief executive at the nation’s 100 largest companies had donated to Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign through August, a sharp reversal from 2012, when nearly a third of the CEOs of Fortune 100 companies supported GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
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Since then, most have stayed on the sidelines, with 89 of the 100 top CEOs not supporting either presidential nominee, and 11 backing Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. A total of 66 CEOs sat out the 2012 campaign, according to the Journal’s calculation.
#2)Small donations v. Big donations
Just 24% of donations to Clinton’s campaign committee came in chunks of less than $200 as of Aug. 31, according to the most recent Federal Election Commission figures available. Obama, with his vast fundraising network, pulled in 48% at the same point in 2012 and 36% in 2008.
Trump outdid them both, getting 65% of his money from donations under $200, a lopsided figure that reveals not only excitement from his supporters but his struggle to tap the rich contributors that Republican candidates have counted on in the past....
But Clinton aides also acknowledge inherent barriers to generating the kind of windfall that powered Obama’s campaigns and ultimately became a central part of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ underdog effort against Clinton in the Democratic primary.
Even after securing the nomination, she has struggled to match the breadth of Sanders’ fundraising network. Sanders had received money from 2.8 million individual donors by the end of June, while Clinton reached 2.6 million at the end of September between her campaign committee and a joint fundraising account with the Democratic Party, according to the campaigns.
Clinton’s difficulties tapping small donors support may reflect a lack of passion for her among the Democratic grass roots, who don’t see her as the leader of a movement they want be a part of, the way many perceived Obama or Sanders.
Small-dollar donations can be a sign not only of financial health but enthusiasm for a candidate, said Brendan Glavin, the data manager at the Campaign Finance Institute, a nonpartisan Washington think tank.
#3) Record breaking
The Donald J. Trump Campaign for President announced Saturday in a statement that it has hauled in a a total of $360 million from a record-breaking 2.6 million individual donors.
The millions of individual people who have contributed to Trump’s presidential bid throughout the election season total the largest donor pool of any other Republican candidate in history, the campaign claimed — despite the fact the total amount raised by Trump still trails the $480 million raised and spent by 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney. Most of those contributions came from small donors.
Let's imagine how the Hillbots would spin these news articles if the names on them were reversed, instead of simply ignoring this information.
Imagine how the media talking heads would portray billionaire Trump as beholden to big money special interests, if the names were reversed, instead of simply ignoring this information.
Any other observations?
Comments
Unfortunately, the Hillbots
are not exactly known for independent thought! The hypocrisy of it all seems to be lost on them.
I fear for the future.
"Stand Up! Keep Fighting!" - Paul Wellstone
Actually, I was imagining the same thing
this morning, but swapping Hillary with Nixon, or GWB. Amazing what is acceptable as long as you put a (D) after it.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
A few weeks until happy campers get mauraded by bears
Make the most of it. Much gnashing of teeth/rending of clothing now ongoing on FB. Hold the line. Many scared of dislike from friends. This is the worst scene I have ever been in. Hold the line, is what I say.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
Had too much to drink last night and ventured over
to TOP.
The pack-like behavior is stronger than ever. They responded to my bait. http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/10/16/1583086/-I-was-on-this-site-f... if you want to witness the ridiculous.
Did you know we're pretty much all white males here?
Because we ran off the only female, Shiz (wtf happened to Shiz?)
Talk about a cesspool. I'm sorry that I visited, except that I was logged in when I clicked your link. Now I have to go back and log out. Sure thought I logged out months ago. Maybe I should change my password, then log out!
Not only are we all white males
we also like to swill brandy and laugh through our noses while talking contemptuous about women and minorities.
"there Clinton hate"
right...there!
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
For you, I went there, even
For you, I went there, even signed in so that I could rec - but I really had to run screaming when some poor idiot started crits on comma use???! I'm sorry, I'm actually trying to eat, and OMG, what that once-treasured site has sunk to is sickening...
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
That was fun!
Recognized maybe three names, including one that I hated on first sight. He is still an asshole.
Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.
I AM A BAD GIRL!!!
I had to respond to the Trump supporters remark. Said that most of us have decided not to support either of the republicans running. Think it'll get me tossed out?
I no longer believe in the religion of progress
After years of being a tomboy,
I guess I ought to just give up and give in... they're so damned determined I'm gonna be male!
I checked when I was called a BernieBro
and I double checked just now.
Nope. Still have gropable equipment.
"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained." - Mark Twain