Posted on 11/26/2016 3:44:50 AM PST by HomerBohn
Just yesterday we noted that Jill Stein was acting on behalf of Hillary Clinton to raise money for recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. As we noted then, we continue to be astonished by the amount of money flowing into the fundraising campaign and would love to see which of Hillary's mega donors have spent the most on the effort...somehow we suspect this isn't just a "grassroots organizing" effort as Stein described it.
So, in less than 1 day, Jill Stein raised over $3mm, which is more than the $2mm needed to force a recount in Wisconsin. While she attributed the accomplishment to "the power of grassroots organizing," we would tend to be a little more skeptical and would love to see exactly where those donations came from. Then again, maybe we're wrong and there really are just that many disaffected snowflakes out there willing to blow their money on an extreme long shot.
But, today a new mystery has emerged in Stein's fundraising efforts. Apparently, the more money she raises the more expensive the recount effort becomes. Courtesy of the Wayback Machine we have the following snapshots from her fundraising page over the past couple of days:
November 24, 2016 at 3:46AM - In the beginning, Stein figured she needed a total of $2.5mm to fund her recount efforts. That figure included $2.2mm for the actual filing fees and presumably another $0.3mm for legal fees and other costs.
November 24, 2016 at 1:20PM - Then, just 12 hours later, after the cash just kept flowing in, Stein figured she needed at least another $2mm as her fundraising goal was raised to $4.5mm in total. Of course, the filing fees of $2.2mm didn't change but the "attorney's fees" apparently surged by about 300% and the total costs of the effort skyrocketed to $6-7mm.
November 25, 2016 at 6:11AM - Now, just this morning as Stein approaches $5mm in total donations, her overall fundraising goal has surged once again and now stands at $7mm.
So, with nearly $5mm raised so far, the question is no longer whether recounts will occur in WI, MI and PA but just how much Jill Stein will be able to drain from the pockets of disaffected Hillary supporters to fund her long-shot efforts.
All that said, here is Jill Stein admitting to CNN that she has absolutely no evidence of election hacking....even though she asks that you please keep sending your money anyway.
(Watch video at link)
And another where she says she would have challenged the election result even if Hillary won...though somehow we suspect she wouldn't have been able to raise quite so much money under that scenario.
(Watch second video at link)
And finally we leave you with this latest epic rant from PJW on the whole situation:
(Watch the third video at link)
He’s an evil, evil man.
Yes and it is extremely laborious. Each candidate will have a representative at every polling station to dispute every claim.
Why did Jill Stein wait until literally the last minute to file for a recount? She wants to delay the results as long as possible. The WI vote commission has stated they will have to work overtime and weekends and they still might not finish in time for the electoral college. They need to cause a crisis.
Subvert, demoralize, cause crisis, normalize. This is thier plan.
Thanks for saying what’s been on peoples minds for some time.
The rats haven’t conceded on election night and walked away after a loss without recounting at least one state since 1988...so naturally Wallace posed the question to Trump.
Indeed! More than a few.
I agree, but since when does truth matter to these people? She is requesting voter intent. They have to examine every ballot cast. They also have to examine every provincial ballot and every ballot that was deemed invalid and tossed.
This will be the FL recount on steroids and the press will eat it up.
Are the places where WI’s paper ballots stored, secure?
Prosecuting Hillary might be exactly what this nation needs.
"The money is well beyond the $2 million mark the Green Party initially set, and Wisconsin party officials said that any additional money not used for the recount would be used to train Green Party candidates for local office. The goal as of Friday was to raise $7 million."
So Jill Stein gets a new beach house, the lawyers all get new Mercedes and the Green Party trains its candidates not to behave like they are in the monkey house at the zoo.
Or that's my guess.
They couldn't find 537 votes in Florida in 2000 and now, 16 years later, with technology designed specifically to prevent a repeat of that fiasco, they are going to find thousands and thousands more?
Time for a Million Patriot March on each of those state’s capitols.
I would love to see her dressed in orange, cuffed and frog marched off to prison, but it’s not going to happen. Over 60 million people voted for her. The last thing we need is to put her in court so she can claim the ultimate victim. Better to damage her politically and financially then let her die in obscurity.
Why is Soros not in PRISON for sedition?
I'm sure Russia would LOVE to have him!
Good analysis! Good research.
PJW is Patricia Warren? Pocahauntus-on-the-Potomac?
In the final presidential debate, Fox News’ Chris Wallace asked Trump if he would accept the election results but never asked Clinton. Now we have her response.
he will say, “ well I didn’t ask Jill Stein”.... typical weasel word answer from a smarmy anchor who only has a job due to his last name.
I believe MI requires a challenger to demonstrate that they have a chance of winning the election in the case of a recount.
lets hope so. the sooner this idiotic crap stops the better.....
wheres the MSM crying foul on behalf of the voting public...
answer : they don’t care its just another potential “ not a legitimate
candidate meme...
The cost continues to escalate, just like every other government program
“He, soros needs to be extradited to Russia and prosecuted in Russia”...
What ever happened to the offer by the Russians, “Dead or Alive”? Actually I’d prefer the offer to include not only Soros but his two sons as well. Make it a clean sweep if you’re going to do it.
Jill Stein was acting on behalf of Hillary Clinton.
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Swiss Banks
Both Stein and husband Richard DO NOT believe in the United States Constitution...they call themselves "Free thinkers"...Just the kind of people George Soros can easily buy. From Hillary to Soros i.e., pan into fire. The enemy within.
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