Buttigieg Introduces Gimmick To Lower Average Donation Amount

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

14 minutes ago, PoshLife said:

Every candidate begs for donations by using gimmicks

Get dat delusion luv

Pete isn’t just begging for donations, he’s trying to artificially lower his average donation amount. In the debate he defended his billionaire donors and now he’s trying to seem like he’s a grassroots candidate.

This may seem like dumb sh*t to someone who doesn’t have standards regarding who they support, but for everyone else this kind of stuff is slimy and embarrassing.

[MJHolland 12,725]

I'm glad that you all found something to be outraged about today! 

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

4 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Why is there simultaneously a contest to see who can get the most but still get the least in campaign money?

This is dumb. He should just be straight up and say "I'm not going to play this game with Warren and Sanders. I'll get my money and use it in a way I believe is good."

He's trying to play by their rules and they're WAAAY better at it than he is.

This is a losing strategy imo and makes me question his judgement.

It’s because Pete is aware that no one likes money in politics. Instead of just swearing off his big dollar fundraisers, he’d rather try and cover them up with this cheap slimy trick 

[PartySick 173,284]

4 minutes ago, Marilyn MonHoe said:

It’s because Pete is aware that no one likes money in politics. Instead of just swearing off his big dollar fundraisers, he’d rather try and cover them up with this cheap slimy trick 

I think that'll hurt him more than if he wad just honest about it

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

25 minutes ago, PartySick said:

I think that'll hurt him more than if he wad just honest about it

Of course that would’ve been better but dishonesty is Pete’s best friend 

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

35 minutes ago, MJHolland said:

I'm glad that you all found something to be outraged about today! 

If I was a Buttigieg supporter I would deflect from this news too!

[LibraLove 1,281]

3 hours ago, PoshLife said:

Every candidate begs for donations by using gimmicks. Sen. Warren has asked me like 80 times to donate to her so I can enter to win a free beer ("or coffee or whatever!") with her and her husband and her dog   His is just focused on getting particularly small contributions.

There is a difference in asking for donations in general and giving a reward vs literally requesting a small donation for the purpose of distorting the overall individual donation average. I've gotten several stickers from Senator Sanders for donating. There has NEVER been a time that the request was to submit a small amount for the purpose of lowering the average contribution number because he got called out for doing a fundraiser in a wine cave with a bunch of millionaires and billionaires. That's the difference.

[Economy 52,935]

Didn't Bernie also ask for small multiple donations to bring down average? What's the difference

[PoetsTryinWrite 1,262]

7 minutes ago, Economy said:

Didn't Bernie also ask for small multiple donations to bring down average? What's the difference

I know you don't want to talk politics anymore and this might be a bit off topic but I can't think of anyone else better to ask. Are people from outside of the United States allowed to donate to a runner?

[ltlmnstr 2,771]

I got a Pete ad about abolishing the electoral college to help him win. I rolled my eyes. Especially after he said he wouldn't expand the Supreme Court. He's just a-okay with a conservative majority. A laugh. 

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

12 minutes ago, Economy said:

Didn't Bernie also ask for small multiple donations to bring down average? What's the difference

No he didn’t. There's the difference 

[LibraLove 1,281]

5 minutes ago, PoetsTryinWrite said:

I know you don't want to talk politics anymore and this might be a bit off topic but I can't think of anyone else better to ask. Are people from outside of the United States allowed to donate to a runner?

No.

[Economy 52,935]

1 minute ago, Marilyn MonHoe said:

No he didn’t. There's the difference 

Ah ok. I thought he did

[Economy 52,935]

10 minutes ago, PoetsTryinWrite said:

I know you don't want to talk politics anymore and this might be a bit off topic but I can't think of anyone else better to ask. Are people from outside of the United States allowed to donate to a runner?

I don't want to debate political philosophies right now for a while or debate sides of political ideologies

 

Simple generic questions or comments that don't lead to arguments are fine. I've still made some comments on some threads as long as it's of a neutral nature. I've found that's enough to avoid the kinds of annoying bickering and toxic attitudes in trying to escape for a while

 

To answer ur question no u have to be Americans to donate to campaigns other wise it would be considered foreign democracy meddling

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

3 minutes ago, Economy said:

Ah ok. I thought he did

These are some of Bernie’s latest emails:

Spoiler

 

 

He’s actually been asking for more money than usual because his campaign is trying to maintain their lead of having the most money out of the other candidates