The Donald . . .

[Gracie]

Anyone think that maybe Trump plans on donating that money to a charity? He doesn't need it. He spends his own money. But if people send it to him and he takes it..perhaps he has plans for it to go to someone who really needs it. Like veterans.

 

[S.J.]

The rest — $3.9 million — comes from individual contributors, including many CEOs and business owners who are pumping thousands of dollars each into his political coffers."

"Thousands of dollars" is not being bought, and CEOs are citizens who are allowed to contribute to campaigns. It's not the same thing as huge corporations and special interest bundlers contributing tens of millions of dollars. This is nothing.

The dollar amount wasn't the point.

Not to you but most people are gonna say "Pffft".

 

[Zoom-boing]

Anyone think that maybe Trump plans on donating that money to a charity? He doesn't need it. He spends his own money. But if people send it to him and he takes it..perhaps he has plans for it to go to someone who really needs it. Like veterans.

My point in posting this is that Trump has said repeatedly that he is self-funding his campaign, he doesn't need/take money from anyone. Unless he does. Trump is all show, is not a conservative, says what his followers want to hear (sounds like the hope and change all over again) ... but if you guys want that mouthpiece as president well have fun with that.

 

[HappyJoy]

The rest — $3.9 million — comes from individual contributors, including many CEOs and business owners who are pumping thousands of dollars each into his political coffers."

"Thousands of dollars" is not being bought, and CEOs are citizens who are allowed to contribute to campaigns. It's not the same thing as huge corporations and special interest bundlers contributing tens of millions of dollars. This is nothing.

The dollar amount wasn't the point.

Not to you but most people are gonna say "Pffft".

Just curious. At what threshold do you think Trump will have broken what appears to be a campaign promise? If Trump relies on campaign donations in the general election is that going to be a problem for you or are you going to make excuses?

 

[Missourian]

Trump says he takes small donations from his supporters.

Meet the people donating to Donald Trump --CBS News 10/18/2015

For Ansley Pascoli, 64, a retiree in Sandy Springs, Georgia, the money is intended as a symbol of support. She gave the Trump campaign $25 and bought several hats and T-shirts, one of which she was wearing Friday.

"One of my reasons for wanting to support him is that even though I know that he does have a lot of money, I don't feel that it's right for him to have to bear the burden," she said in a telephone interview when asked why she was giving money to someone who has bragged about not needing campaign cash.

"And even though my contribution was small, I want him to have the feeling that there are other people that are behind him," she said.

From the CBS article linked above:

Trump has taken in 73,942 contributions

The average Trump contribution was $50.46​

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[Zoom-boing]

From Missourian's link:

"Trump has taken in 73,942 contributions, a total that surpasses several of GOP rivals, despite the billionaire businessman's regular declarations on the campaign trail that, "I'm self-funding my campaign."

GOP frontrunner and real estate mogul Donald Trump has made this a hallmark of his stump speeches and interviews in his quest for the nomination. It gets the loudest cheers at his speeches from crowds all over the country. And yet, according to the latest Federal Election Commission filings, Trump is no longer a self-funder. He is getting too many donations for that - especially for someone who is going out of his way not to ask for money.

The latest filings show that the vast majority of Trump's campaign expenses in the last quarter were financed by contributions, not by Trump himself."

This just goes to show that Trump is nothing more than a mouth-piece who is saying what his lemmings want to hear. Oh, this article was from Oct, 2015. Trumps numbers are higher now so it stands to reason that he's getting more donations. Yeah, he's some kind of guy.

 

[Gracie]

Nobody knows what he does with this money. Maybe he pays his volunteers. Maybe he give to the local ymca. Maybe he is funding a veteran that is homeless. Nobody knows, but hey..speculation is always an interesting thing to do.

 

[Zoom-boing]

Nobody knows what he does with this money. Maybe he pays his volunteers. Maybe he give to the local ymca. Maybe he is funding a veteran that is homeless. Nobody knows, but hey..speculation is always an interesting thing to do.

The latest filings show that the vast majority of Trump's campaign expenses in the last quarter were financed by contributions, not by Trump himself.

 

[S.J.]

Nobody knows what he does with this money. Maybe he pays his volunteers. Maybe he give to the local ymca. Maybe he is funding a veteran that is homeless. Nobody knows, but hey..speculation is always an interesting thing to do.

The latest filings show that the vast majority of Trump's campaign expenses in the last quarter were financed by contributions, not by Trump himself.

Most of Trump's campaign expenses were financed by the media by giving him free air time to boost their ratings.

 

[whitehall]

It's true, Trump isn't that different but the difference is that he changed the dynamics of political rhetoric and for that the Country is better off.

 

[Zoom-boing]

Nobody knows what he does with this money. Maybe he pays his volunteers. Maybe he give to the local ymca. Maybe he is funding a veteran that is homeless. Nobody knows, but hey..speculation is always an interesting thing to do.

The latest filings show that the vast majority of Trump's campaign expenses in the last quarter were financed by contributions, not by Trump himself.

Most of Trump's campaign expenses were financed by the media by giving him free air time to boost their ratings.

That too.

 

[Lumpy 1]

Bottom-line Zoom-boing is correct, Trump is taking in contributions and saying he's totally self financing.

Does it bother me, a little bit but I'm rationalizing that's it's okay in comparison to all the other candidates.

Besides, no doubt, Trump has a bit of a Democrat side to him, it's bound to be exposed to a small degree..

 

[Zoom-boing]

Bottom-line Zoom-boing is correct, Trump is taking in contributions and saying he's totally self financing.

Does it bother me, a little bit but I'm rationalizing that's it's okay in comparison to all the other candidates.

Besides, no doubt, Trump has a bit of a Democrat side to him, it's bound to be exposed to a small degree..

Of course I'm right, damn it!

Just pointing it out to the lemmings who continue to think he's the second coming of the most conservative kind. He. Isn't.

But it's cute how so many miss that point and jumped all over the amount.

Zoom, right over their pointy heads.

 

[Lumpy 1]

Bottom-line Zoom-boing is correct, Trump is taking in contributions and saying he's totally self financing.

Does it bother me, a little bit but I'm rationalizing that's it's okay in comparison to all the other candidates.

Besides, no doubt, Trump has a bit of a Democrat side to him, it's bound to be exposed to a small degree..

Of course I'm right, damn it!

Just pointing it out to the lemmings who continue to think he's the second coming of the most conservative kind. He. Isn't.

But it's cute how so many miss that point and jumped all over the amount.

Zoom, right over their pointy heads.

Well, that lemming thing is more of a traditional Democratic Party voter policy as obviously evidenced by Bill Clinton, Obama and now Hillary.

and Trump a full blow Conservative, eh, I don't really think so, he could very well represent good policies for left ,right and center the main ones being getting America back on the right track economically, in foreign policy and the break down of the corrupted political establishments (Republican & Democrat) and the special interests long time control over them.

 

[Zoom-boing]

Bottom-line Zoom-boing is correct, Trump is taking in contributions and saying he's totally self financing.

Does it bother me, a little bit but I'm rationalizing that's it's okay in comparison to all the other candidates.

Besides, no doubt, Trump has a bit of a Democrat side to him, it's bound to be exposed to a small degree..

Of course I'm right, damn it!

Just pointing it out to the lemmings who continue to think he's the second coming of the most conservative kind. He. Isn't.

But it's cute how so many miss that point and jumped all over the amount.

Zoom, right over their pointy heads.

Well, that lemming thing is more of a traditional Democratic Party voter policy as obviously evidenced by Bill Clinton, Obama and now Hillary.

and Trump a full blow Conservative, eh, I don't really think so, he could very well represent good policies for left ,right and center the main ones being getting America back on the right track economically, in foreign policy and the break down of the corrupted political establishments (Republican & Democrat) and the special interests long time control over them.

Bookmark this post: if Trump gets the nod, wins, and this ^ occurs, I will be more than happy to eat humble pie. I'd love it if that happened. I'm not holding my breath though.

 

[Lumpy 1]

Bottom-line Zoom-boing is correct, Trump is taking in contributions and saying he's totally self financing.

Does it bother me, a little bit but I'm rationalizing that's it's okay in comparison to all the other candidates.

Besides, no doubt, Trump has a bit of a Democrat side to him, it's bound to be exposed to a small degree and the Democratic Party..

Of course I'm right, damn it!

Just pointing it out to the lemmings who continue to think he's the second coming of the most conservative kind. He. Isn't.

But it's cute how so many miss that point and jumped all over the amount.

Zoom, right over their pointy heads.

Well, that lemming thing is more of a traditional Democratic Party voter policy as obviously evidenced by Bill Clinton, Obama and now Hillary.

and Trump a full blow Conservative, eh, I don't really think so, he could very well represent good policies for left ,right and center the main ones being getting America back on the right track economically, in foreign policy and the break down of the corrupted political establishments (Republican & Democrat) and the special interests long time control over them.

Bookmark this post: if Trump gets the nod, wins, and this ^ occurs, I will be more than happy to eat humble pie. I'd love it if that happened. I'm not holding my breath though.

Ummm, luckily humble pie isn't fattening or you'd be up to a couple tons at least with your support for Obama/Hillary and the Democratic Socialist Party...

 

[Zoom-boing]

Bottom-line Zoom-boing is correct, Trump is taking in contributions and saying he's totally self financing.

Does it bother me, a little bit but I'm rationalizing that's it's okay in comparison to all the other candidates.

Besides, no doubt, Trump has a bit of a Democrat side to him, it's bound to be exposed to a small degree and the Democratic Party..

Of course I'm right, damn it!

Just pointing it out to the lemmings who continue to think he's the second coming of the most conservative kind. He. Isn't.

But it's cute how so many miss that point and jumped all over the amount.

Zoom, right over their pointy heads.

Well, that lemming thing is more of a traditional Democratic Party voter policy as obviously evidenced by Bill Clinton, Obama and now Hillary.

and Trump a full blow Conservative, eh, I don't really think so, he could very well represent good policies for left ,right and center the main ones being getting America back on the right track economically, in foreign policy and the break down of the corrupted political establishments (Republican & Democrat) and the special interests long time control over them.

Bookmark this post: if Trump gets the nod, wins, and this ^ occurs, I will be more than happy to eat humble pie. I'd love it if that happened. I'm not holding my breath though.

Ummm, luckily humble pie isn't fattening or you'd be up to a couple tons at least with your support for Obama/Hillary and the Democratic Socialist Party...

Huh?

 

[dilloduck]

Bottom-line Zoom-boing is correct, Trump is taking in contributions and saying he's totally self financing.

Does it bother me, a little bit but I'm rationalizing that's it's okay in comparison to all the other candidates.

Besides, no doubt, Trump has a bit of a Democrat side to him, it's bound to be exposed to a small degree and the Democratic Party..

Of course I'm right, damn it!

Just pointing it out to the lemmings who continue to think he's the second coming of the most conservative kind. He. Isn't.

But it's cute how so many miss that point and jumped all over the amount.

Zoom, right over their pointy heads.

Well, that lemming thing is more of a traditional Democratic Party voter policy as obviously evidenced by Bill Clinton, Obama and now Hillary.

and Trump a full blow Conservative, eh, I don't really think so, he could very well represent good policies for left ,right and center the main ones being getting America back on the right track economically, in foreign policy and the break down of the corrupted political establishments (Republican & Democrat) and the special interests long time control over them.

Bookmark this post: if Trump gets the nod, wins, and this ^ occurs, I will be more than happy to eat humble pie. I'd love it if that happened. I'm not holding my breath though.

Ummm, luckily humble pie isn't fattening or you'd be up to a couple tons at least with your support for Obama/Hillary and the Democratic Socialist Party...

Huh?

Hi ZB--pay attention !!

 

[Jackson]

. . . isn't so different after all.




Can't-Be-Bought Trump Just Got Bought

Individuals and small business owners are contributing to him because they know another Democrat would be disastrous. When the unions start pitching in, let me know.

 

[Jackson]

Point is, Trump touts that he needs no ones money but has taken $3.9 million. The amount isn't the point.

"The most powerful argument for voting for billionaire Donald Trump for president — that he can't be bought — is rapidly losing its appeal. Records show that he took in $4 million in outside cash and is tied to a super PAC."

"While he has put up some of his own money to kick-start his campaign, Trump's personal stake now amounts to just a third of his campaign receipts, currently at $5.8 million, the latest Federal Election Commission records show. The rest — $3.9 million — comes from individual contributors, including many CEOs and business owners who are pumping thousands of dollars each into his political coffers."

That doesn't mean beans like it didn't the first time you wrote it.