03-28-2016, 09:01 PM
Anyway...........Bernie's negative statement about the Clooney and Hollywood donations is hardly below the belt or scathing.
Here it is:
'It is obscene that Secretary Clinton keeps going to big-money people to fund her campaign. The people coming to this event have undue influence on the political process.'
'It’s not only this Clooney event -- it is the fact she has now raised well over $15 million from Wall Street for her super-PAC, and millions more from the fossil fuel industry, and from the drug companies.'
'I have a lot of respect for George Clooney. He’s a great actor. I like him. But this is the problem with American politics … Big money is dominating our political system. And [my supporters and I] are trying to move as far away from that as we can.'
So it’s not a criticism of Clooney. It’s a criticism of a corrupt campaign finance system, where big money interests - and it’s not Clooney, it’s the people coming to this event - have undue influence on the political process.'
(Clooney is hosting a fundraising dinner for the Democratic candidate in San Francisco on April 15, where two seats at the head table with Clinton, Clooney and his wife Amal cost $353,400. The following night, Clooney is hosting yet another event at his home in Los Angeles where tickets are $33,400 each.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...scene.html
Here it is:
'It is obscene that Secretary Clinton keeps going to big-money people to fund her campaign. The people coming to this event have undue influence on the political process.'
'It’s not only this Clooney event -- it is the fact she has now raised well over $15 million from Wall Street for her super-PAC, and millions more from the fossil fuel industry, and from the drug companies.'
'I have a lot of respect for George Clooney. He’s a great actor. I like him. But this is the problem with American politics … Big money is dominating our political system. And [my supporters and I] are trying to move as far away from that as we can.'
So it’s not a criticism of Clooney. It’s a criticism of a corrupt campaign finance system, where big money interests - and it’s not Clooney, it’s the people coming to this event - have undue influence on the political process.'
(Clooney is hosting a fundraising dinner for the Democratic candidate in San Francisco on April 15, where two seats at the head table with Clinton, Clooney and his wife Amal cost $353,400. The following night, Clooney is hosting yet another event at his home in Los Angeles where tickets are $33,400 each.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...scene.html