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Originally Posted by guest1234567
He is a graceful winner. This is an unheard of gesture of sportsmanship.  |
yes, it's great sportsmanship, but actually, it's also nothing new. it's just that normally you don't hear about it because the debts normally aren't so astronomical.
obama can't give clinton a dime of his money - that's all tightly regulated.
what he CAN do is what he's doing - and it benefits him just as much as it benefits her. they campaign together, and have fundraisers - she tells her supporters to get behind him (the dead-enders who haven't already gotten on the bandwagon) which helps him a lot and his appearances with her encourages people to help her pay off her debt. this is standard operating procedure in all major races.
what's different is MOST losing opponents don't go this far in debt. and according to the articles i've read, she isn't asking for help to pay back any of her own personal loans to her campaign (evidently they are just willing to write that off) but rather the rest of the debt, which is still quite considerable - an unprecedented amount.
it was the height of stupidity of her to go THAT far in debt considering it was so obvious she couldn't win for SO long.
and there's the rub.
i get that.
but i also get that the party MUST unify and heal all the division her refusal to concede has caused - so i'm sure obama considers encouraging people to help her as precisely what it is - a VERY unfortunate and otherwise unnecessary part of the operating cost of winning this unusual primary.