From the "You've Got To Be Kidding Me" Department

One thing that really bothered me about Hilary's campaign was how time and time again it did not pay for the goods and services it used from very same people it supposedly was "fighting for" - small business owners. Here is just one example:

Dakota Pizza, a restaurant owned by Stephen Bledsoe in Wynnewood, PA, fed Clinton, her campaign and the press corps that traveled with her more than $11,000 worth of grilled shrimp, sandwiches, "hand-crafted" pizza and salads leading up to the April 22 primary. He received a partial payment, but is still owned $5,933. "I can't believe that someone of her stature will not have the ability to repay what they owe," he said.

I have been following this trail of unpaid bills all over the country and always figured that Bill would just have to give a weeks worth of speeches once she dropped out to handle the damage. Therefore, I almost spit up the coffee I was drinking when I read an email from the Clinton campaign which featured the subject line, "Keeping my promise." In this missive, Hilary had, to borrow one of Obama's words, the audacity to ask and expect her supporters to help her resolve her campaign debts. I mean, for fuck's sake she raised $237 million (!) yet still had more than $22.5 million in debts as of the end of May. That includes $12 million that the New York senator loaned her campaign.

Is this the person we want trying to balance the budget?! If anyone has a debt after raising almost $240 million, it because of one simple reason: grossly negligent financial management. I for one never reward anyone for that type of behavior, least of all a former first lady and current U.S. Senator.

If you you think I'm kidding unfortunately I am not - please see the image below that I grabbed from the email:

After getting sufficiently angry, I have started to think differently about this situation and have sort of come full circle because Hilary has truly inspired me in my approach towards my household finances. I think I'm going to send an email to all my friends and family asking them to help me "retire my debt" (aka pay off my mortgage) so that "we can keep fighting together" (whatever the hell that means - it sure does sound good though). In fact, I might actually carry a balance forward on my credit cards starting now. Who cares that I'll get hit with 22% a month in finance charges: I can just get my "supporters" to retire my debt for me! Thanks for the swell idea HRC!

Posted by Jefe at 1:19 PM, filed under politics