{"id":647,"date":"2008-07-06T13:19:50","date_gmt":"2008-07-06T20:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/?p=647"},"modified":"2008-07-06T13:19:50","modified_gmt":"2008-07-06T20:19:50","slug":"from-the-youve-got-to-be-kidding-me-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/06\/from-the-youve-got-to-be-kidding-me-department\/","title":{"rendered":"From the &quot;You&#039;ve Got To Be Kidding Me&quot; Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One thing that really bothered me about Hilary&#8217;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 &#8220;fighting for&#8221; &#8211; small business owners.  Here is just one example:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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, &#8220;hand-crafted&#8221; pizza and salads leading up to the April 22 primary.  He received a partial payment, but is still owned $5,933.  &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe that someone of her stature will not have the ability to repay what they owe,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>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, &#8220;Keeping my promise.&#8221;  In this missive, Hilary had, to borrow one of Obama&#8217;s words, the audacity to ask and expect her supporters to help her resolve her <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pennlive.com\/pennsyltucky\/2008\/06\/clinton_leaves_231000_debt_in.html\">campaign debts.<\/a> I mean, for fuck&#8217;s sake <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2008\/06\/23\/politics\/main4204210.shtml\">she raised $237 million (!) <\/a> 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.<br \/>\nIs 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.<br \/>\nIf you you think I&#8217;m kidding unfortunately I am not &#8211; please see the image below that I grabbed from the email:<\/p>\n<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sevensquared.com\/blog\/box_hrc.jpg\" alt=\"box_hrc.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"323\" \/><\/div>\n<p>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&#8217;m going to send an email to all my friends and family asking them to help me &#8220;retire my debt&#8221; (aka pay off my mortgage) so that &#8220;we can keep fighting together&#8221; (whatever the hell that means &#8211; 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&#8217;ll get hit with 22% a month in finance charges: I can just get my &#8220;supporters&#8221; to retire my debt for me!  Thanks for the swell idea HRC!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing that really bothered me about Hilary&#8217;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 &#8220;fighting for&#8221; &#8211; small business owners. 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