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Donors for Bush, Kasich and Christie Are Turning to Clinton More Than to Trump [RINOS BACK CLINTON]
NY Times ^ | August 9, 2016 | Adam Pearce

Posted on 08/09/2016 8:57:14 AM PDT by Alter Kaker

People who donated to establishment Republican candidates in the primary season are more likely to give money to Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, than to their own party’s candidate, Donald J. Trump.

In a typical election year, donors whose candidates have dropped out of the race funnel additional contributions to another candidate in the same party.

But this presidential election is different. Of the donors who gave at least $200 to Jeb Bush, Gov. John Kasich, Gov. Chris Christie or Senator Lindsey Graham in the Republican primaries, more of them have also contributed to Mrs. Clinton than to Mr. Trump, according to Federal Election Commission filings through June.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; christie; grahamnesty; hillary; kasich; trump; uniparty
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To: Alter Kaker

21 posted on 08/09/2016 9:07:54 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

Did anybody really vote for Romney because they liked him? Or did they just vote for him because he wasn’t Obama?


22 posted on 08/09/2016 9:08:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Scott from the Left Coast
The voters have already rejected the GOP.

These folk need to re-register in their states as Independents.
23 posted on 08/09/2016 9:08:56 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: marron
Rinos are Dems. Same people.

Yup. That's been made very clear this election cycle. Previously, there was the suspicion they were more cozy with each other than the forgotten man. Now, they don't even try and hide it.

24 posted on 08/09/2016 9:09:03 AM PDT by Flick Lives (TRIGGER WARNING - Posts may require application of sarcasm filter)
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To: Alter Kaker
That sell-out portion of the GOP amply demonstrates why so many of us support Trump.

Would seem logical to most folks - what in hell have we to lose? We can vote for her or for her supporters and achieve about the same.

25 posted on 08/09/2016 9:10:16 AM PDT by frog in a pot (When will come the time to question if a "religion" with totalitarian ambitions is a 1stA religion?)
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To: econjack

So do I


26 posted on 08/09/2016 9:10:24 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: Alter Kaker

Rope a dope.


27 posted on 08/09/2016 9:12:47 AM PDT by Read Write Repeat
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To: Alter Kaker

Rope a dope.


28 posted on 08/09/2016 9:12:48 AM PDT by Read Write Repeat
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To: marron

This is not surprising at all.

Those who purchase the political system - the politicians - to secure their personal, individual, interest...To tilt the playing field with their wealth... will not give up that game for the good of the nation. It will have to be violently ripped from their hands. Political parties are meaningless in America, because they all play by the same established system of favors for money. A Republican turning and sending their money for favor to Democrats is no more surprising than a person switching brands of dishwasher detergent when they see a sale.

They play for themselves, personally. They don’t care at all about “the country” (except to delude themselves that what is to their personal benefit is “good” for the country). This is how Germany and France (not to mention Greece, Italy and Spain) got to where they are today. America is right there. And we will all be over-run at some point here rather soon by an organized movement that is not diverse, that believes its creed entirely and is self-sacrificing to achieve it.


29 posted on 08/09/2016 9:12:53 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (Live Free or Die: We thought it was a neat old slogan from our past. We'd better think again.)
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To: dfwgator
Did anybody really vote for Romney because they liked him? Or did they just vote for him because he wasn’t Obama?

Absolutely I voted for Mittens, the father of ObamaScare, because he was far better then another four of that horrible nation destroyer Muslim that was at the time illegally sleeping in the People's House. Mitt was a very fine man, but that is not qualification alone to become the leader of the free world.

I knew it was lost after debate #3 and I suspected all the yapping about what a blowout Mittens was going to accomplish being spewed around 1pm on Nov 6, 2012. All the pundits that said Mittens was a shoe in were dead wrong.
30 posted on 08/09/2016 9:13:05 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Alter Kaker

Because they can get favors and influence with Clinton. Trump needs to use this against Clinton and the crony capitalists who feed her troughs.


31 posted on 08/09/2016 9:14:34 AM PDT by No Socialist
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To: Cheerio

“These folk need to re-register in their states as Independents.”

Already done!


32 posted on 08/09/2016 9:15:59 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (Live Free or Die: We thought it was a neat old slogan from our past. We'd better think again.)
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To: Cheerio

My point is “I’m Not Him” is not a winning strategy.


33 posted on 08/09/2016 9:16:29 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Probably only the Mormons and some of the financial sector.


34 posted on 08/09/2016 9:16:48 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (Live Free or Die: We thought it was a neat old slogan from our past. We'd better think again.)
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To: dfwgator

Hillary is for sale. A lot of donors like that.


35 posted on 08/09/2016 9:18:05 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: dfwgator

No, the GOPe candidates are uniparty candidates, so it makes sense.


36 posted on 08/09/2016 9:18:33 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Alter Kaker

Yeah, let’s vote for a traitor who will dissolve America’s southern border and destroy the US with the ‘refugee’ invasion force.


37 posted on 08/09/2016 9:19:43 AM PDT by combat_boots (MSM: We lie to you sheep at the slaughterhouse to keep you calm during slaughter)
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To: Alter Kaker

The rank and file tried to tell the party it needed to move back to the people. It refused to.

Trump came along, the embodiment of exactly what the rank and file had been saying needed to happen.

The party elites paniced. They declared Trump absurd and dismissed him. He won.

Now the party elites are joining the Democrats in opposing Trump.

They would rather have Mrs. Bill Clinton, a woman who has accomplished nothing in her life, than Donald Trump, who built a global empire.

We said the two parties had become one.

The leaders of the Republican party are now in the process of proving us right.

Trump will prevail.

They will be relegated to the ash heap of history.

The frustration for the Left when this happens, may very likely cause Civil War-like outbursts.

There are going to be some very unhappy campers mid November of this year.


38 posted on 08/09/2016 9:20:08 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: No Socialist

Absolutely! Those donors know can be bought and who can’t.


39 posted on 08/09/2016 9:20:32 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
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To: econjack
What? The DNC gives away its donor list? I think this is more MSM BS.

Entirely possible, my first thought as well.

However, it is consistent with how effective our political opposition has been for the past several years. (And, FWIW the article quotes FEC reports.)

40 posted on 08/09/2016 9:22:20 AM PDT by frog in a pot (When will come the time to question if a "religion" with totalitarian ambitions is a 1stA religion?)
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