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HighLikeAnEagleBrendan O'Connor
8/16/16 10:39am
When someone writes a $500,000 check they don’t do it out of the goodness of their heart.

I know the more cynical among us won’t believe me, but a lot of times they really do.
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  CharitybHighLikeAnEagle
  8/16/16 10:46am
  I think it’s safe to say that the majority of them expect access and influence. It’s not usually a straight, “I’ll pay you to do what I say,” it’s more of the kind of influence that you get if you are the lens through which a leader views political issues. People in general tend to empathize with people they know and can put a face to over people, and that’s what that kind of money gets you at a minimum; the politician will know your name, will remember you, will take your calls and eat dinner with you and listen to what you have to say your voice will be louder than the faceless masses.
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  jezbannedCharityb
  8/16/16 11:11am
  This comment is basically perfect. What is so intractable about our campaign finance system is this element. It takes money to run any campaign. That money has to come from somewhere, and if you spend $30,000 to attend a dinner, that gets you face time with the candidate. If you donate thousands of dollars that gets you a call. And that is the beginning of a relationship where you can call up the person when they are in office and have them listen to your problem. It’d be easier to root out if there were more direct quid pro quo aspects, but instead what you are buying is access and a relationship, which is much more difficult to track and condemn
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Hmmm.... Is That Right!Brendan O'Connor
8/16/16 10:10am
Not going to lie. Clicked the link to find out what a Zephyr Teachout was. Thought Zephyr was a place and a Teachout was something involving teachers. Thoroughly surprised that it was a who.
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  Quasar FunkHmmm.... Is That Right!
  8/16/16 10:15am
  Same.
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  okiedokieokieHmmm.... Is That Right!
  8/16/16 10:17am
  Me too. I thought it was something like Up With People!
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IAMBlastedBiggsLostBurnerBrendan O'Connor
8/16/16 10:13am
“When someone writes a $500,000 check they don’t do it out of the goodness of their heart...”

That's true. Every time I cut a check that large, it's pretty much always as a joke, or to try and get something I can't possibly afford. It....never works.
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  Yuppie ScumIAMBlastedBiggsLostBurner
  8/16/16 10:15am
  I keep trying to buy enriched plutonium with it to no avail, too!
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  pre-emptive sighIAMBlastedBiggsLostBurner
  8/16/16 10:16am
  That’s because you try to do it with your own bank account. The trick is to use someone else’s.
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OdinrebornBrendan O'Connor
8/16/16 11:00am
Zephyr Teachout

sounds more like a David Bowie persona than a candidate for public office.

so yes I would vote for them everytime and anytime.
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  nice_marmotOdinreborn
  8/16/16 11:54am
  Which is the better Frank Zappa album, Zephyr Teachout or Extreme Vetting?
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  EL34Odinreborn
  8/16/16 12:00pm
  I thought see might be a Bothan, or some intergalactic dignitary.. Would def vote.
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secretagentmanBrendan O'Connor
8/16/16 10:15am
I like her. She’s got spunk!
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  Scott Baiowulfsecretagentman
  8/16/16 10:19am
  Some might call it “moxie”.
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  AskYourMothersecretagentman
  8/16/16 10:23am
  I hate spunk.
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GeorgeGeoffersonLivesBrendan O'Connor
8/16/16 10:12am
“The voters deserve to hear directly from the billionaires backing John Faso about what they expect to get from him in Congress,” Teachout said in a statement. (She is also fundraising off the challenge.) “When someone writes a $500,000 check they don’t do it out of the goodness of their heart. These are people probably trying to buy power, and voters should know who they are and what they stand for. I’m challenging Paul Singer and Robert Mercer to put your mouth where your money is and debate me directly, not through your mouthpiece.”

GIF

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  PoodletimeGeorgeGeoffersonLives
  8/16/16 1:00pm
  I feel that this is a brilliant idea, and also a brilliant challenge issued. Why not expand this idea to other races? It makes sense from a money perspective to have Hillary debate Putin. Now that one, I would like to see!
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pre-emptive sighBrendan O'Connor
8/16/16 10:14am
“When someone writes a $500,000 check they don’t do it out of the goodness of their heart. These are people probably trying to buy power, and voters should know who they are and what they stand for.”

Except for Hillary’s donors of course. They are good people just trying to make the world a better place.
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wilberterwilligerBrendan O'Connor
8/16/16 10:19am
I wonder how old Zephyr Teachout was when she realized her parents needed a serious beating for naming her Zephyr Teachout? She seems like a nice lady though so she probably just yelled at them.
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  thafaxwilberterwilliger
  8/16/16 10:41am
  I know; Mr. and Mrs. Teachout had a strange sense of humor
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dvdoffBrendan O'Connor
8/16/16 10:17am
I like her. Her name sounds like a Monty Python character as played by Terry Jones in drag.
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  nice_marmotdvdoff
  8/16/16 12:09pm
  Sorry, but that is incorrect. She is either a fiercely independent frontierswoman who is equally skilled at both shooting and seduction, or a Bond girl who dies in the first act.
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DiarrheaBotBrendan O'Connor
8/16/16 10:19am
“Should Singer or Mercer accept Teachout’s challenge, Gawker would be happy to moderate.”

and for the love of God, please have Greg Palast on the panel of moderators.
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  Quasar FunkDiarrheaBot
  8/16/16 10:27am
  Palast would go for Singer’s throat.
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