Hollywood Clinton backer said to threaten Pelosi with cutting off donations

Hollywood Clinton backer said to threaten Pelosi with cutting off donations
By David Edwards


Harvey Weinstein, the prominent movie producer and Democratic fundraiser, unleashed his legendary temper in a tirade aimed at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Weinstein, who’s backing Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, threatened to cut off the cash flow to Democratic congressional candidates if Pelosi does not get behind a proposal to fund do-over primaries in Michigan and Florida, CNN reports. Clinton’s diminishing chances to snag the Democratic nomination are essentially dependent on seating delegates from those states at this summer’s convention.

“CNN has learned that this is an explosive conversation,” CNN’s Ed Henry reported Thursday morning. “Three officials say that Havery Weinstein appeared determined to try and buy Hillary Clinton more time in her battle with Barack Obama.”

Weinstein also pressed Pelosi to stop telling Democratic superdelegates that they should support whoever leads in the delegate count once the primaries are over in June.

“Otherwise,” Henry reports, “Weinstein says he would help cut off money to House Democrats, in particular.”

Weinstein’s outburst is just the latest effort from Hollywood heavy hitters backing Clinton to pressure Pelosi on her superdelegate stand. In March, 20 Clinton fundraisers sent Pelosi a scathing letter urging her to repudiate her view on superdelegates. Signers of that letter, who did not include Weinstein, donated $24 million to Democratic causes, according to the Center for Responsive politics.

The Miramax founder who went on to form The Weinstein Co. has donated $400,000 to Democrats and allied causes since 1990, according to a database search.

Pelosi’s and Weinstein’s offices confirmed to CNN that the two had a conversation, but neither would characterize its tone. Henrys’ sources told him that Pelosi was not cowed by the bombastic figure.

“Don’t ever threaten me again,” she reportedly said.

This video is from CNN’s American Morning, broadcast May 8, 2008.
http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=1003

Fuckin prick.

WTF, we need to end this now!

Harvey can pout with the handful who want to stay mad, but most of Hollywood will fall quickly behind the nominee, except for those that support the Rs.

i cant stand them at all

You do not threaten the most powerful woman in American politics.

Joe Sixpack:

:nopity:

Love to have your help in this endeavor but if you feel like sitting this one out we have a 1.5 million person donor base to start with that will likely take up your slack. Its exactly strong arm shit like yours that has created this Juggernaut.

Bask in its glory!


I am freaking giddy over our next president!

... without breaking a sweat.


Cause there are just so damn many of us writing those little checks.


:)

That was scary.

Is that something you might be interested in?

I want you to put all my files, folders, binders, EVERYTHING into a box! If you find a used condom, an executioner's mask, and a fucking spike paddle, don't think, just pack that bitch! Chop suey!

  First, if you can, read the whole article. It's not that long. And/or watch the video at the bottom. This is the story behind the story, one of the big (if not the big) reason why Clinton is continuing this pointless campaign.

  It's the "other" shoe to drop (the first being the threatening letter to Pelosi after she encouraged delegates to vote for whomever had the most delegates) and it's the answer to the question that is on so many Obama supporters' lips, publicly, and so many Clinton supporters, privately.

  Why does she continue?

  Because the big money demands it. Period. It is nothing more complex than that.

PB

Thanks for sharing that I need to chew on it for a while.

You arrogant bully!

:argh:

yesterday in a reply to that idiot whose threads kept getting locked. But after I did I felt soooooooo much better. :)

And OMG, if my son ever came on here and saw some of the stuff I wrote I'd probably turn red.

Why, oh why didn't I use some silly name that nobody would recognize?????

I'd change it if I hadn't worked so hard to build up my post count after registering again after so many years of occasional lurking.

My use of the real thing here has been quite liberal, but I'm trying to clean up my act. ;-)

Pelosi doesn't need them or their crap.

Big business doesn't like it when the little people start finding a voice...

At least one of them is a Billionaire Hollywood producer.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/in_letter_a_dozen_top_clinton.php

The ironic thing is that, as I recall, the total contributions of these donors to the Democratic party and our candidates added up to something like $24 million over a period of year. In other words, the equivalent to what Obama can raise from small donors in a few weeks.

Class A asshole.

That's roughly 21 grand a year.

So we can take 1000 of our million and a half donors and cover his sorry ass.

That's right, Harvey, your "big bucks" has been relegated to chump change.

Pelosi has guts when it comes to these pricks...the pricks in the WH, not so much.

longer have to deal with your bullshit baggage just so you can put out another movie.

n/t

I'm glad she stood up to him.

We have your back on this, Madam Speaker!

the wrong fuckin' horse, harvey. You dare to fuck with our Democracy? You're no better than bush or hilary.

David Geffen was right about Obama and you fuckin' lose, harvey.

"Not since the Vietnam War has there been this level of disappointment in the behavior of America throughout the world, and I don't think that another incredibly polarizing figure, no matter how smart she is and no matter how ambitious she is — and God knows, is there anybody more ambitious than Hillary Clinton? — can bring the country together.
"Obama is inspirational, and he's not from the Bush royal family or the Clinton royal family. Americans are dying every day in Iraq. And I'm tired of hearing James Carville on television." <...>"

http://defamer.com/hollywood/obamamania/obamamania-david-geffen-declares-war-on-hillary-238554.php

Am I wrong in thinking this is illegal? It amounts to a shakedown mafia style, and isn't this somehow a violation of tampering with elections?

and tell him how she thinks he should be making movies, or she'll get everyone to stop watching them? Makes about as much sense.