Surprise - Bush Can Raise Money

Bush’s Campaign Fund Raising

They’re mad again. The left is upset that Bush can outearn them in the trenches. Now they are complaining that individuals, US citizens at least, raised money for him. No complaints that anything illegal was done. Nothing about the fund raisers breaking the law or bending the rules. Nope. Not a peep. Just grousing about the fact that Bush is better at fundraising than they are.

They do try to make it sound ominous (see the second paragraph quoted below). As if these “Pioneers” gave the money themselves or they got the $1000 max from every person they met. Nope. They went and found people to donate as much as they could. Sometimes it would be the maximum $1000 and other times it would be less. This is the same thing that Dems can do and have done.

Campaign Documents Show Depth of Bush Fund-Raising

They also show that more than 500 people signed up to be "Pioneers" by promising to raise at least $100,000 for Mr. Bush from individual donors. Previously, the Bush campaign had said that about 230 people had become Pioneers by raising $100,000. . . .

"If you are a candidate whose supporters are only able to give $25 or $50, they're not going to stand a chance when candidates who have big networks in place are able to haul in the money from large donors in such large increments," Ms. Tenneriello said.

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