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$22 Million Hillary Raised In April Does Not Include Loans

A number of you have written in to ask whether the $22 million raised by Hillary in April includes the $6.4 million she lent herself in recent weeks. She lent her campaign $5 million on April 1; the rest came in May.

Hillary spokesperson Howard Wolfson confirms that the $22 million does not include the loans.


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I've always loved you, Tena X.

There, I've said it. Finally.

i love you more Tena X

I know goats gotta be free, but I'll wait for you.

If you're interested, there are at least seven other gotalifes on these boards.

there seem to be a few gotalifefans around here too.

Monkey-Goat big love.... that should make Scalia's head explode.

Perhaps they can just release their FEC report. It would save a lot of questions, like: how much debt they have? How much of the money is for the primary? How much cash on hand?


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Uh yea. Howard Wolfson and Team Clinton are telling the truth. We have no reason to believe they're not. As far as I know.

When you have a source other than Howard Wolfson, maybe I'll believe that number. Until then, it's meaningless.

Will the loans be reflected in the cash on hand?

They probably won't publicize their debt and cash on hand, it would probably send the rest of their superdelegates running for the door.

Greg

How about posting those break-ups for her numbers ... you know like you did for Obama in block quotes?

That would answer many questions .. or would it ?

The Obama campaign provided them. The Clinton campaign is purposely not filing their report until the very last minute so that it doesn't hit the morning papers. Wouldn't want to step on their momentous victory in KY, now would they?

Typically Clintonian. Isn't it ?

And of course, our Greg would breathlessly post her April Number "does not include loans" in 24 point headline instead of wondering why her camp has not released the break-ups of that number like Obama did ?

Let's give her a little more credit.

Hillary can raise real money. Unfortunately not enough.

It's not looking good right now. I still want Hillary to be my president, but if it comes down to it, I will back Obama vs. McCain.

We're united against John McCain, no matter what. Though I would like to see Hillary in the cabinet to delivery on health care.

gotalifefan? Where are you?

I've been here. I just... I don't know what to say. I've been quiet because I don't know who to root for anymore.

Gotalife, tell me you didn't drink the cool aid! Say it ain't so!!

Don't you realize the hacker is not fucking with me, he's fucking with you.

I'd ask my troll to try to tone down the language. If he disagrees with my change of heart - this is fine - but to curse a blue streak to no apparent end seems petty and childish.

Let's stand united against McCain and the GOP. Anything less would be against our core values as Democrats.

I knew fogu2 and you, Registered User, are no fogu2.

What's with Registered User stealing fogu2's old icon? Not cool. Registered User, please let fogu2 be. He's finally been acting cool.

Well if Wolfson said it... it must be true.

elonepb: Spot on. The loan was probably included in the $22 million. Wolfson must have been doing goalpost-extension math on this one too.

So hopefully she and her supporters can retire her debt without needing to ask Obama supporters.

And yes, I know we're supposed to be coming together.


Ask Wolfson if the 22 million is from donors and if that money is primary or general election money. Also ask if any part of the money reflects a loan.

Fellow Obama supporters. Never look a gift horse in the mouth. Take the Clinton campaign numbers and run with them. Do not question them. They are actually letting us off the hook.

Why is that you ask. Now I am going to channel my fellow Celt, Craig Ferguson. Well I will tell you why.

Since the Clinton campaign says that they are
rolling in dough, they will not need any help from us to pay off their campaign debts. Get it.

They say that they have plenty of money. That means we can donate to help other candidates instead.

Isn't that great news.


Agreed. Also defuses the argument that Obama has all the money on his side.

(That being said, the number is meaningless if you don't know how much of it is for the primary, how much debt the campaign is running, etc.)

Damn straight it is!

She's broke, folks. Honestly, I want to know: Since Jerry Brown's run in 1992, has there been a presidential candidate who so shamelessly begged for money?

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So, this money doesn't include the loan. Is she using it to pay back the loans?

Did that kid sell his bike so the Clintons could cover the call on their GE stock?

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And we believe ANYTHING they say about fundraising why?

They flat out lied abut there huge haul after PA... they have bullshitted everyone about their finicals since before Super Tuesday.

Man I wish I had you in a poker game Greg.

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And we believe ANYTHING they say about fundraising why?

They flat out lied abut there huge haul after PA... they have bullshitted everyone about their finicals since before Super Tuesday.

Man I wish I had you in a poker game Greg.

speak for yourself! I'll vote Nader before I vote for him!

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Here's the real story, courtesy the L.A.Times:
But here's the morning after, pay-up time.

Clinton's campaign debt has now soared to nearly $31 million, according to numbers crunched early this morning by The Times' campaign finance guru, Dan Morain.

She added another $9.5 million in unpaid bills to vendors this past month alone, pushing her total debt to vendors and herself to the new astronomical figure, about a 50% debt increase in one month.

According to a campaign release put out Tuesday evening as election returns revealed her big win in Kentucky and loss in Oregon, Clinton raised "approximately $22 million" from other people in April. The release also touted that $10 million had poured in within 48 hours of another lopsided Clinton victory over Obama, that one in Pennsylvania, and said it was the second best fundraising month of her entire campaign.

But the number collected is actually closer to $21 million and the release also neglected to mention that she spent $28.9 million, nearly $8 million more than she took in. She used personal loans to make up part of the difference. She also delayed payments to consultants. Including the $9.5 million in unpaid bills from April, she owes consultants and other vendors $19.5 million.

Not to mention the total $11.4 million she has loaned herself.

Here's the link:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/clintondebt.html

Her campaign is every bit as dishonest as the Bush admin.

Clinton's campaign debt has now soared to nearly $31 million

This is a mind-boggling figure. If accurate, it means they've gone another $10 million or so into debt in just a few weeks time. And if they did it assuming Bank Barack would bail them out, then shame on them.

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