Lets get this to the top and then get Hillary out of debt!!

Great diary. I've already donate to help her out and will do so again.

Rec'd.

Democrats helping Democrats while coming together for November. That's what this site's about.

But I would suggest one change:

add a link to the diary that you objected to (the one with the McCain links)

you get a rec from me just for being pro-active enough to cut/paste it from that other one.

Damn Skippy!

Great Diary!

Highly Rec'd!

Donation Made!

Some people just know how to ask!

You may recall I wrote a diary about my own donation and my plea for others to do so.

Copycat, :)

Good cause.

Thanks for reporting this without all the divisive crap that was in the original entry by Alegre... errr. I mean glbr"patriot"

I don't dislike Clinton, although I favored Obama. But even if the situation was reversed, I can't imagine how giving money to a multimillionaire could possibly be the best use of my money.

Clinton's assets far outweigh her debts. If she was actually going to suffer financial hardship because of these debts then I could definitely see why you'd want to be making donations. But this isn't the case, she's got many tens of millions in personal wealth still.

I've been contributing about 80 a month (a ton of money on my very tiny income) to Obama since January.  This month I contributed the same amount to Hillary's campaign debt.

I don't, however, think any link to McCain fundraising belongs on this site in any form.  It seems completely inappropriate...there are plenty of ways of donating to her without witnessing McCain shilling.

And, maybe since the link is now there, you might want to change the title.

I really don't think spending my tiny income to help out a multimillionaire is a good use of resources.  I don't envy her situation, but ultimately she made the decision to spend money that she didn't have.

I'll give her $20 for being a great Democrat.  But I do dislike the practice of spending money that one doesn't have, and this campaign made a bad habit of it.  But not Clinton's fault, for the most part, so $20 it is.

And for those who are complaining:

If you want to give, go for it.

If you don't want to give, don't.

It's that simple.

....the "millions" of PUMA voters show support to the Democratic party, I'll pitch in to help Hillary.

Thank you very much for posting this.

Why are we turning this idea into an emotional movement.

Grlpatriot put up a post meant to promote groups set to help McCain win, so to counter that someone else reposts this without those links.

Hillary HAS NOT asked anyone to donate to her debt.

What makes you think she wants it?

Maybe she has some pride and is willing to use her OWN money to pay the debt HER campaign amassed.

She has gotten enough heat for having the highest post campaign debt in history, you guys want to give her more shit by reinforcing that.

You can assume I am being fecicious or snarky, I am not, I am being dead serious.

If I screwed up and made a mistake willingly the last thing I would want is my friends to bail me out when I am already capable of bailing myself out.

Perhaps if there was a pledge that vendors would be paid first, high price consultants second and the Clintons last, I might donate a small amount.  I don't think paying off the campaign debts has anything to do with "unity", especially since they are the direct result of a campaign whose continuation past financial and electoral viability is the cause of the (hugely exaggerated) "disunity" IMO.  That doesn't mean the vendors the campaign has screwed deserve to be left out in the cold though.

Nevertheless, my money would be better suited, IMO, to helping Obama, helping the DNC and helping Senatorial races.  The HRC campaign failed and the debt is entirely the fault of that campaign.  The Clintons have the financial resources to pay off that debt and I have little doubt that there will be further financial windfalls as a result of this race (in terms of new books and speaking appearances).  

Given the choice between the Clintons paying their own debt out of pocket or Allen, Begich, Franken, Hagan and Merkley getting $4 million dollars each less, the better choice is clear.

Thank you for posting this diary. I chipped in a few bucks and just to be fair, I also donated to Barack Obama!!

Not one dime from me to pay off Jabba the Penn.

Let the Clintons sell some books and hit the lecture circuit.

We can barely afford cost of living right now... can't even donate to the WINNER, let alone runner-up (I refuse to call Hillary a loser- she ran a fantastic race.)

while i refuse to give her money to pay down her debt (dude, they have hundreds of millions of dollars), i will rec the diary.

I've got a huge jar full of pennies I think I'll ship off tonight.  It'll probably amount to around $15 or so, after all the Canadian pennies have been picked out.

Will they send me a donation receipt?

I will not pay for a campaign that went on beyond its usefulness.  I will not pay for debts of the 3am ad and Mark Penn's big tab.  I will not pay for mailers that went out distorting Obama's record.  I will not pay for ads painting Obama as an elitist.  I will not pay for Hillary Clinton's  travel around the country on the funds of children's bicycles claiming the rules she agreed to at the start of the race should have been changed mid-course.

I'm glad that Hillary's issues will have an advocate in Barack Obama.  But I'm sorry.  Hillary Clinton amassed this debt on her own accord.  I did not support the way it was spent, and I will not send the message that one can run this way and then simply have their debts erased when it's over.

I'm all for unity, but this Obama supporter intends to stand by his vow to not put a penny towards repaying the loans of an awful campaign.

I hate to say this, but I think the $$$ could be better used to help Democrats still running, especially downticket. Better, donate to the Red Cross or others who are helping those in Iowa.

I'm not saying this out of hostility to Hillary and I would say the same thing about Barack if it was his campaign in debt. Fact is, they chose to spend that money, and the Clintons are multimillionaires. Bill alone could make up most of it in speaking fees in a year.

Donate instead to the DNC or the Red Cross.

I am all for giving Hillary some plum assignments during an Obama presidency.  But I don't think in a country where common folk need our help, we need to donate to a family worth 100M in assets and a campaign which , if it gets donations, will have to pay Mark Penn a lot of money owed to him, I am comfortable with people donating their hard earned money.

It's your choice. But I feel we are better off as progressives donating to some charity or directly to some poor people.

Rec'd for redoing this with out the shitty links, but Mark Penn isn't getting any of this college student/unpaid intern's money.

"cannot, will not".

I'm picking up their share, with a regular monthly donation through November.

They can pick up my share for Obama.

I've been a strong Obama supporter for a while, but I think some of the other Obama people are being a bit rude here.  If you don't want to donate, then don't.

It feels like you're kicking Hillary when she's down, and there's no need for that.

for finally doing the right thing.

I can use that money a helluva lot more than her campaign can, but   donating that money represents unity for me.  It's time we all move past the primary wars.  And I want those small business vendors to get their invoices paid.  I think I'll write a restriction on my donation (if that's allowed) that in no way can this money pay for any debt owed to Mark Penn.  I loathe that guy.

She should have left the race before she went into debt. I won't reward that behavior.  

Thanks for posting this diary, though.  If Grlpatriots isn't banned for posting McCain links then MyDD has truly lost its way.  

I'm not giving a penny to that hard working white woman Hillary Clinton. I want my money to go to the future, not to bury the past.

The small vendors STILL haven't been paid??? From a family worth well over a hundred million dollars? Why don't they pay the vendors themselves and stiff Mark Penn?

People should be sending money to down-ticket Democrats, and to the DNC in general. The Clintons ain't hurting one bit.

You shouldn't have linked to Grlpatriots' slime.  It really turned me (and many others) off.

Also, I understand your cause and you've asked very nicely.  But I'd like to offer a few thoughts to challenge your request.

1.)  Bill and Hillary Clinton are wealthy.  If they don't pay off this debt with political contributions, they'll have to pay it off themselves.  So?  With $100 million in the bank I think they can afford the write-off.

2.)  Donations to Obama look toward the future.  We need to do everything in our power to make certain he's elected.  This diverts funds and energy to a non-productive place.

3.)  There are ways for large contributors to assist the Clinton campaign.  This isn't the job of small donors.  Obama can make joint appearances with Hillary, asking for $10,000 a plate, giving half the funds to the Clinton campaign.  I believe this is already part of the plan.

4.)  There are still far too many Clinton dead-enders here, spewing Obama hate all over this web site with impunity.  He's our candidate.  To the winner go the spoils.  Until such time as this site cleans up the mess they created by allowing this to go on for far too long, in fact actually egging it on, I can't take any request by a Hillary supporter at face value.  I'm sorry, that's just the way I feel.  I wonder about ulterior motives.  When you link to another post that directly supports McCain, it taints you.

I wish you all the best and hope Hillary has a long and illustrious run as the NY Senator.  She was my second favorite candidate in the primary.  The dirty pool played here shouldn't be associated with her but, I'm afraid, for me, it is.

While I do not agree with paying down her campaign debt, I do greatly appreciate you posting a version of the diary without the Republican talking points.

but I think that progressives' dollars would be well spent in other areas. Barack, our nominee comes to mind first but have we forgotten about all the tornadoes and floods that have ravaged communities in the midwest? Kansas State University alone suffered 20 million dollars worth of damage.

It's also kind of offensive that she is even ASKING for money to help settle debts incurred from her mismanagement.

I realize this might not be the popular thing to say, but im not donating to hillary. Not when theres  real charities that need help to just causes. Hillary is not poor, hillary is not anywhere near having real money problems. That campaign has to own up to how they poorly managed their finances, and drove their debt through the roof by ignoring the numbers. and when she calls on the working class to bail her out, it sickens me. Hillarys not going to be hungry tonight. Hillarys going to write a book and make another 5 million without flinching. Hell no im not donating to her.