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Jimbo1337 on 09 January 2016
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Insidb said:
Jimbo1337 said:

Which is exactly the point that I was making.  The top 1% are spending millions of dollars on ads against Trump because Trump is not looking in the best interest in them, but rather the other 99% of the people.  So essentially they are trying to buy a candidate (Rubio) and the majority of the Republicans see this.  Meanwhile you have Trump who has solely taken small donations, spending the least amount of money, and having the best results.  

I think it's more of a product them having invested HEAVILY in other campaigns and being unwilling to start investing in another campaign.

As far being self-funded is concerned, Trump's campaign has been anything but: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/donald-trump-fec-fundraising-214838

I think (I haven't checked EVERY candidate.) that only Sanders can make the "not beholden" to big donors campaign.

Take your own advice:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=7698266

Because I clearly stated that he accepts small donations and I mentioned absolutely nothing about being self-funded.  You then proceed to post a link that Donald Trump isn't exactly self-funded.  From your article, they mention that he obtained nearly 3.7 million dollars from 73,942 "unsolicited donations", which is roughly $50 per person.  Oh look!  These are small donations that I was talking about.  First read, then think, then type next time...mkay?  

You then proceed to post that "only Sanders can make the not beholden to big donors campagin" when you yourself just pointed out that Donald Trump only accepts small donations from the link that YOU posted.  

Going back to your first point:

You pointed out that big donors are "unwilling to start investing in another campagin".  Do you actually believe what you type?  I mean seriously...

Do you honestly believe that with Trump's huge poll numbers from the start, that he was unable to get ONE huge donor?  It's not like his numbers just rose dramatically like Ted Cruz in the past month or so.  Would you like me to give you links of Donald Trump saying that he rejected huge amounts of money from big donors on numerous occassions?