Hillary Clinton (Still) Asking for Money

First published at WashingtonTimes.com

 

For a $50 donation to Hillary Clinton, you could get that image, and many more of the "best moments from the campaign" on a DVD.

 

(Never mind the fact the image above was taken the day after the final primaries when Barack Obama toppled Clinton by reaching the needed number of delegates for the nomination.)

 

Clinton's presidential campaign - still in debt - is asking for supporters to buy the DVD, which also includes the former first lady's speech at the Democratic National Convention in August.

 

During the video, found here, Clinton is heard saying, "We're Americans, we're not big on quitting," during the convention. It opens with images of her getting on the campaign plane under the words "One woman's journey across America."

 

She also says, "There's a yearning for change."

 

 

Her words are interspersed with friendly images from the trail, including a beaming Clinton on the back of a pickup truck campaigning successfully for the Puerto Rico primary June 1, a little girl taking a photo of Clinton and her signing autographs for children. There's also a shot from her concession speech on June 7 in Washington.

 

The donation page announces:

 

Contribute $50 and you'll get a DVD with Hillary's historic speech in Denver, the inspiring video that introduced her and President Clinton's remarks as well. It will also include a special message that Hillary recorded just for you and never before seen photos from the campaign trail.

 

Watch a sneak-preview of the never before seen photos below and order yours today.

 

I've got to quibble with the "never before seen" claim, and I'm sure Time's Callie Shell would too. Here's the Obama-Clinton image and the shots of her Puerto Rico on the back of the truck were everywhere.

 

Here's the note that came along with the fundraising pitch from Clinton aide Capricia Marshall:

 

We are living in a very special time in American history, with an election that has redefined the boundaries of possibility and set our nation on a positive path with new leadership.

Things are changing in Washington and we have reason to hope that the next four years will look much different and better than the last eight.

As we look forward to a new era in Washington, there is still one piece of unfinished business where Hillary needs your help.

We need to do all we can to help Hillary by acting now to reduce her remaining debt.

So in case you missed it last time: here is a great way for you to help Hillary once more -- and be a part of one of the most historic campaigns in our history. We've put together a video with some of the best moments from the campaign, including Hillary's speech at the Democratic Convention in Denver.

Sincerely,

Capricia

 

This isn't the first time Clinton has done this, as I noted in this September blog.

 

But given all of the endless speculation and will-she-or-won't she about Secretary of State, her debt retirement is even more interesting now than it was then.

 

— Christina Bellantoni, White House correspondent,
The Washington Times

 

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Comments

[truthskr]

C'mon now people, be fair. You can't expect the Clintons to take any personal financial responsibility for their campaign debt now that they will really have to make their $100M net worth stretch with Bill being yanked off of his million dollar speech circuit while Hillary is SoS. I worry how they'll get by, so let's all sacrafice our groceries this week and kick in $100 apiece to help them pay off Mark Penn's Dunkin Donuts debt.

[stell]

If she had just bowed out gracefully on June 3rd, even after all of the bad will she engendered, this debt would probably have been paid off months ago. The reasons it is not paid off came to characterize her now failed campaign. Look, Hillary Clinton was duty bound to support Obama wholeheartedly. That should be obvious. What should also be clear to see is that with over $100 million dollars, why doesn't she make like Mitt Romney and pay it herself?

[Elderlady]

The election is over. Everybody seems to still be asking for money to retire campaign debt.

Or to help fund the inauguration.

Or for something.

I continue to get e-mail from candidates, and groups I supported, asking for donations.

It isn't that unusual.

People ususally are in a "giving" mood during this holiday season.

However I suspect, given the state of the economy, and the uncertainty in the country, most people may be like me. I'm just, as we say in the South "give out."

[siney]

i supported hillary in the primary and donated $, but at this point, on principle and more, i think hillary just needs to pay the debt herself and move on.... the debt basically amounts to some dozen speeches by bill which he will more than make up for one way or another... and obama's far too busy to make good on his promise to help her pay off her debt... so at the risk of looking like the CEOs of ford, chryster and GM, hillary and bill simply need to pony up...

[klondiker]

I'm sorry, what exactly is your problem? If you don't want the DVD, don't buy the DVD. The e-mail is meant for her supporters, and is pretty standard fare for candidates who are still paying off their campaign debt. I received it this morning, and I am more than happy to help Hillary pay off her campaign debt. If it bothers you this much, remove yourself off the mailing list.

And, by the way, I didn't hear you complaining when Hillary was using this very e-mail list to raise over $10 million for Barack Obama, and millions more Congressional candidates across the country.

[rinpochet]

The Clintons should do what Mitt Romney did. Pay it off themselves.

If Hillary had quit when she ran out of money, she wouldn't be in debt now. She created the problem. She can deal with it.

Wonder how many small vendors are still out of pocket over these deadbeats.

[truthskr]

I completely agree. I find it funny that the Clintons, or really any candidate, asks, and asks, and asks over and over again for their supporters to contribute to a cause that really, in most cases, benefits the candidate far more than any individual contributor in the form of elected employment, a government income, government benefits, and ego-feeding prestige, yet they think that they shouldn't put (and leave, if necessary) their own skin in the game.

And where the Clintons are concerned, with 7.5M in debt still remaining, of which $5M is owed to one Mark Penn, no one but the Clintons should have to pay for their utterly disasterous choice in consultants and advisors. If I were a Clinton supporter, I would be completely offended to be asked to pay of the debt of a man who, almost single-handedly, crafted Clinton's fatally flawed campaign strategy (assuming CA is winner take all, completely ignoring caucus states, micro-trending a population that only wanted to be united as one, having Hillary play Adm. Cajones warhawk, the list goes on forever).

Lastly, as have been mentioned, no one forced her to continue her campaign post Super Tuesday - and for four whole more months - when her mathematical chances of winning fell into the single digits.

[rzan1]

I contributed twice, and I didn't even support her in the primary. The Clintons are incredibly wealthy. They should pay their own debt.

[beauwulff]

Maybe Bubba should scramble to fill up his 1 hr, $500k speaking circuit dance card. And quickly, while the Saudis and his other petro friends, who bankroll al Qaeda with the dollars we ship them and are currently suffering through sub-$50 a barrel prices, still have the disposable income to indulge this treat.

[NationalTreasure]

Hillary is demanding that President-Elect Obama retre her campaiign debt.

The way in which Hillary mismanaged he campaign finances should disqualify her for any appointment in the Obama administration -- along with Hillary's delusional statements made during the primary.

[vendredi]

Maybe Hillary should get on the bailout-beggar list. We can put her next after the Big 3, declare a national holiday for everyone who doesn't want to pay their debts, and just run down the checklist all at once on that day. "Debt Retirement Day", bailouts for everyone!!

[jhNY]

Golly. Something untoward re Hillary is printed in The Washington Times, a vaunted daily periodical bankrolled by a Korean gentleman who believes he is literally the second coming of Christ, and dutifully, to sate the cavernous appetites of the Hill-haters amongst the readership here, it shows up on HuffPo. Next I expect to see the transcribing of anti-Hill graffiti found on the walls of an East Side subway station, as that source is neither more or less credible or suspect.

[ignorantwillyharper]

Let her and Bill get their own check books out. The debts will go unpaid if left up to them, as they have fed at the government trough all their adult lives and they'll skip a debt, faster than Roy Roger's could draw his gun.

[lobear00]

Hillary , with all the Millions you and bill are making , with the lavious house you two live in surely you folks are not that disitute, maybe move down into the "Ghetto" and buy a moderate home like the middle class, and live a more moderate life style.