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Rhode Island’s Chafee largely funding his own 2016 bid
Associated Press ^
| Jul 13, 2015 1:26 PM EDT
| Jennifer McDermott
Posted on 07/13/2015 2:15:50 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Donors have given just $30,000 to Lincoln Chafee’s Democratic run for president, leading him to acknowledge that Democratic competitor Bernie Sanders is filling the role he hoped to play in the 2016 contest.
Chafee lent his campaign $364,000, according to federal campaign finance filings. The former Rhode Island governor trails by a wide margin in fundraising.
The campaign for Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton said it raised $45 million since mid-April, while Sanders, a Vermont senator, has raised $15 million since he joined the race in late April.
“I always thought that there was fundraising potential for an honest progressive candidate,” Chafee said in a statement. “Sen. Sanders is filling that role at present.” …
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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: Maryland; US: Massachusetts; US: New York; US: Rhode Island; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 2016demprimary; 2016election; akadeblasio; berniesanders; chafee2016; communists; edisonproperties; election2016; elizabethwarren; fauxahontas; hillary; hillaryclinton; hitlery; liberalagenda; lieawatha; lincolnchafee; martinomalley; maryland; massachusetts; newjersey; newyork; progressives; rhodeisland; sanders; stevenislick; vermont
Uh, Mr. Chafee . . . “honest progressive” is an oxymoron.
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posted on
07/13/2015 2:15:50 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Well his $5 campaign to get us on the metric system is rolling on like a runnaway locomotive. LOL
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posted on
07/13/2015 2:17:26 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: Olog-hai
So I guess this is what happens when really nobody wants to vote for him?
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posted on
07/13/2015 2:24:09 PM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
To: Olog-hai
Who wants a turncoat Republican Socialist when Bernie Saunders will give them the real thing?
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posted on
07/13/2015 2:35:56 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Vigilanteman
“metrics”???? Yeah...that is MY main concern. Is this fool a complete idiot or what?
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posted on
07/13/2015 3:10:06 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Olog-hai
Lincoln Chafee’s still breathing...who knew? Well, Linc, good luck with your run on the Donkey party ticket.
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posted on
07/13/2015 3:52:06 PM PDT
by
MasterGunner01
( Barbara Daly Danko)
To: MasterGunner01
He only looks old, he’s actually only 62.
Compared to the Dems running, he’s a youngster.
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posted on
07/13/2015 3:55:01 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
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