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tsogud on 13 September 2019
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Jumpin said:
tsogud said:

Warren isn't a hypocrite, although there are legitimate criticisms of her as there are for every candidate that's not one of them. Bernie endorsed Clinton as well. It is mind boggling though that she didn't endorse Bernie early on but it is what it is.

If she makes it to the general and takes corporate/big donors money like she said she was open to doing then I think you could call her a hypocrite.

On the contrary, I am in the camp that both her and Bernie are kind of dumb for NOT accepting large donations since it hamstrings them in the Democratic campaign against the Republicans. The really nasty corporations are going to be heavily funding the Trump campaign, but not all big donor entities have decision-makers who are completely psychopathic in nature.

I have heard that people think that receiving a donation from some big corporation to an election campaign is the same as that corporation buying the candidate; this is false, there is absolutely no law or rule suggesting candidates must work for those who donate to their campaigns... it sounds like something that is highly illegal. Even Trump isn't going to change his views, those who donate to campaigns know what they are getting for their money, they're not donating to sway them. But I am also in favour of the abolition of corporate donations, and limits placed on donations in general: plus high public rebates on donations so that even a poor person can afford to donate a decent amount.

Those donations mean political ads, banners, and signs - you don't want to sacrifice that.

On the other point, I don't think there's any controversy behind waiting until knowing who's going to win before putting forward an endorsement, even among friends. It's common practice, even Obama and Biden waited until Clinton was clearly going to win before they endorsed her. Obama hasn't endorsed anyone in the current run, despite Biden's bootlicking.

I don't like big money in politics period but I expect establishment Dems to take big money so I guess I can't begrudge them for that because I knew it from the beginning. But when you're running a campaign against wealthy big donors and then turn around and take their money in the general that's hypocritical and I'm sure most people will have a problem with it if that becomes the reality.