Gracie Allen got more votes in 1940 ("The Surprise Party") and made money off of promoting the campaign. Her mother was a Democrat, her father was a Republican. When Gracie was born, everyone said she was a Surprise.
Posted on 03/01/2020 6:10:41 PM PST by SmokingJoe
With the results in from South Carolina, a strong case can be made that Tom Steyer has just concluded the worst campaign in the history of presidential politics.
Steyer, the California-based founder of Farallon Capital and the co-founder of Onecalifornia Bank and Beneficial State Bank, became a household name – at least among those households with MSNBC – by being the single largest funder of efforts to impeach President Trump. After telling reporters in January 2019 that he would not seek the presidency, Steyer exercised his prerogative to change his mind and declared his candidacy in July.
According to the FEC, Steyer has spent $253,718,074 through January 31, 2020. All but $3,555,597 was from his own pocket. Pre-Bloomberg, a quarter billion dollars for the first four primaries is a staggering amount. But the incredible lack of return on that investment is even more eye-popping, especially for someone whose campaign’s sole justification was his supposed business acumen.
Nowhere was that total incompetence more on display than in South Carolina. Steyer, whose $253 million failed to merit a single delegate in the first three contests, bet his entire campaign on South Carolina. He spent more time there than any other state and his wife Kat Taylor essentially moved to the state. Instead of a triumph, he dropped out of the race immediately after Biden won the state with 50% of the vote.
According to the New York Times, Steyer spent over $18 million on television alone in the Palmetto State. Steyer’s campaign spending has been so excessive that the Times reports that his name has “turned into a verb” – local activists refer to a candidate foolishly overpaying as “steyering.” Some of that spending was ethically questionable, such as renting a campaign headquarters from Jennifer Clyburn Reed, .....
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Democrat campaign version of Jeb Bush.
Guac boy wasn’t spending his own money, though.
John Connolly is smirking, wherever he is.
He surpassed Yeb! as a bigger loser, but I think Bloomberg is going to outdo him.
Heh...
Here’s a vid from January, different “song”, different dance, Bernie appears to be doing some eye rolling; but look how civil they are to each other — there’s the Sanders-Steyer ticket being born.
Exactly. I don’t understand how someone who writes a column in politics for a living can be so naïve. This has bought him notoriety that he can trade in for any number of things.
Delegates smelegates.
There really is no one like Gracie. They don’t make them like that anymore.
Any day that you get rid of buttwipes like Steyer and Bootygig is a glorious one.
It has taken a while, but I think Jeb Bush can feel relieved.
AT LEAST HE INFUSED MILLIONS INTO THE ECONOMY TO HELP PRESIDENT TRUMP. WAY TO GO TOM, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. HOPING YOU WOULD INFUSE ANOTHER $250 MILLION INTO THE ECONOMY.
More good news.
Please clap spent an estimated 112-125 million and I think got 3 delegates.
I feel 235 million dollars richer! I spent nothing running for President and got as many delegates as 235 million did.
Moron never laid a glove on the President.
Seems he was burning through money and expecting nothing in return
Kinda like the movie “Brewsters Millions”
He made a lot of new friends he said.
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