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For a Democrat to become the next President. So they are it at with full vigor already to get to that $300 million mark. And the 57th Street across Manhattan is where the action is.
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As Stu Loeser, a veteran Democratic strategist in New York, put it, “The road to the White House runs down 57th Street.”
It is more than a figure of speech. In the 2016 cycle, two of the top five ZIP codes for political giving in America — 10022 and 10019, which span the length of 57th Street across Midtown Manhattan just south of Central Park — combined for $120 million in donations, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
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It is the usual crowd - hedge fund billionaires, Morgan Stanley, Nasdaq, and so on. A sample here
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In March, Mr. Biden was the special guest at a $10,000 per-person dinner benefiting House Democrats, at the home of the billionaire hedge fund manager James S. Chanos. In April, he attended a private fund-raising lunch at the home of a major Democratic donor, Dennis Mehiel, for his political action committee.
The night after Mr. Biden’s April visit, Ms. Warren mingled with donors at the Manhattan home of Mark Green, a former New York City public advocate, the official reason being her 2018 re-election bid (for which she has already stockpiled $15 million). A few months earlier, Meyer S. Frucher, the vice chairman of Nasdaq, hosted another fund-raising reception for Ms. Warren, according to people familiar with the gatherings.
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The $10,000 dinners per person are for House Democrats are so that these Democrats can work for people who make $10,000 per year. I know the rate is higher for Presidential dinners.
Maybe all these hard at work Democrats are doing this so they can campaign against and eliminate the corrupting influence of money in politics. Maybe tomorrow there will be lasting peace in the world. I mean, neither is out of the realm of possibility. What does a know nothing person like me know anyway? If I did, I would be one of those these hopefuls would be calling and lining up to get into my plush offices.
Or maybe these billionaires do this so their income and influence could be reduced, for the benefit of the average voting American. Maybe they are that sacrificing. I mean, it is not impossible now, is it?
But yes, the bottom line is, if you want the 1% not to rule over us, vote for Democrats. Because Republicans as we all know are party of the rich. And they got those ignorant hicks to vote against their own interests by appealing to their prejudices. But the typical Democrat voter voting for the Deees is the more educated and enlightened one.
The Democrats hard at work for the average American
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As Stu Loeser, a veteran Democratic strategist in New York, put it, “The road to the White House runs down 57th Street.”
It is more than a figure of speech. In the 2016 cycle, two of the top five ZIP codes for political giving in America — 10022 and 10019, which span the length of 57th Street across Midtown Manhattan just south of Central Park — combined for $120 million in donations, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
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It is the usual crowd - hedge fund billionaires, Morgan Stanley, Nasdaq, and so on. A sample here
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In March, Mr. Biden was the special guest at a $10,000 per-person dinner benefiting House Democrats, at the home of the billionaire hedge fund manager James S. Chanos. In April, he attended a private fund-raising lunch at the home of a major Democratic donor, Dennis Mehiel, for his political action committee.
The night after Mr. Biden’s April visit, Ms. Warren mingled with donors at the Manhattan home of Mark Green, a former New York City public advocate, the official reason being her 2018 re-election bid (for which she has already stockpiled $15 million). A few months earlier, Meyer S. Frucher, the vice chairman of Nasdaq, hosted another fund-raising reception for Ms. Warren, according to people familiar with the gatherings.
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The $10,000 dinners per person are for House Democrats are so that these Democrats can work for people who make $10,000 per year. I know the rate is higher for Presidential dinners.
Maybe all these hard at work Democrats are doing this so they can campaign against and eliminate the corrupting influence of money in politics. Maybe tomorrow there will be lasting peace in the world. I mean, neither is out of the realm of possibility. What does a know nothing person like me know anyway? If I did, I would be one of those these hopefuls would be calling and lining up to get into my plush offices.
Or maybe these billionaires do this so their income and influence could be reduced, for the benefit of the average voting American. Maybe they are that sacrificing. I mean, it is not impossible now, is it?
But yes, the bottom line is, if you want the 1% not to rule over us, vote for Democrats. Because Republicans as we all know are party of the rich. And they got those ignorant hicks to vote against their own interests by appealing to their prejudices. But the typical Democrat voter voting for the Deees is the more educated and enlightened one.
The Democrats hard at work for the average American
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