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Elitist NYT Columnist Thomas Edsall Snobbishly Whines Small Donors Are ‘Big Problem’
NewsBusters ^ | 8/30/2023 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 08/30/2023 3:10:46 PM PDT by JV3MRC

Apparently the plebeians supporting the candidates of their choice with small dollar donations represent a major problem for American society. At least, that’s what a condescending New York Times columnist argued.

Thomas Edsall, who has an apparent obsession with telling the world how much he despises former President Donald Trump, also revealed a particular distaste for the grassroots Americans who helped propel his ascendance to the White House.

“Small Donors Are a Big Problem,” read Edsall’s grossly elitist Aug. 30 headline. “Increasing the share of campaign pledges from modest donors has long been a goal of campaign-finance reformers, but it turns out that small donors hold far more ideologically extreme views than those of the average voter.”

The “better example” of “the appeal of extremist campaigns to small donors” amongst “extremist campaigns” for Edsall, of course, was Trump.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: donors; elections; nyt; thomasedsall

1 posted on 08/30/2023 3:10:46 PM PDT by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

What a POS.

He obviously has much money - and BELIEVE YOU ME - those rich bastards don’t donate much unless it buys them what they want, like a seat at the table.

He wants us poors to donate until we bleed. I hope he chokes on his own vomit.


2 posted on 08/30/2023 3:13:58 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Demoralization campaign.


3 posted on 08/30/2023 3:17:06 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: JV3MRC

Political opponents are a big problem that require a final solution.


4 posted on 08/30/2023 3:17:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: JV3MRC

HA.

There are too many (What did Ron DeSantis call us?) to overcome their dwindling PAC dollars.


5 posted on 08/30/2023 3:20:23 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: JV3MRC; Cowgirl of Justice; stars & stripes forever; E. Pluribus Unum; RushIsMyTeddyBear
Hmmm….I smell collusion with Jonah “NeverTrumper son of Lucianne” Goldberg.

Former National Review columnist and unhinged Never-Trumper Jonah Goldberg recently claimed that small donors in the Republican primary were a problem “for democracy” and are “just venting their spleen” rather than acting strategically.

6 posted on 08/30/2023 3:22:12 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: JV3MRC

What he’s really bitching about are contributions to a legal defense fund for one noted candidate.


7 posted on 08/30/2023 3:25:30 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: JV3MRC

Of course. He is of the leisure class. Working people are just icky.


8 posted on 08/30/2023 3:31:09 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: DoodleBob

Jonah is just pissed over the size of his “manhood” as is probably this limo lib


9 posted on 08/30/2023 3:40:03 PM PDT by shadeaud (God gave us the free will and intelligence to choose right from wrong. Use it or lose it!)
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To: JV3MRC

Used to be “one man , one vote, “ was something liberals would pretended distinguished them from conservatives.


10 posted on 08/30/2023 4:16:21 PM PDT by sopo
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To: JV3MRC

Well, it would all be so much easier on them if we had Ayatollahs to chose both candidates and then let us peons pick.


11 posted on 08/30/2023 4:31:06 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: sopo
“Used to be “one man , one vote, “

Whoa, whoa, whoa! That’s mighty cis-gendered, fella!

One man/woman/tranny/furry/plushy, one vote! Well, ok, if you’re anything but a straight man or woman, then you can vote as many times as you like.

12 posted on 08/30/2023 4:32:18 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

He’s been execrable for many years. I see absurd things from him from time to time.


13 posted on 08/30/2023 4:56:09 PM PDT by sauropod (I will stand for truth even if I stand alone.)
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To: JV3MRC

I bet he’s opposed to the big donors too, hoping eventually to have government financing of campaigns so that only loyal Deep Staters will be able to run. Step out of the corrupt line and you’ll be found to have broken some microscopic rule and get nothing.


14 posted on 08/30/2023 6:26:35 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago )
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