So I loaned my own campaign some money. Big deal. It’s old news. Look, early January was a tough time for campaign contributions, what with the loss in Iowa, Christmas shopping bills that came due, and so on. I can understand why people stopped contributing.
What I don’t understand is why people keep asking the same question today, “Where did Hillary get $5-million?”
Sure, in this age of full disclosure it’s a fair question. I’m very grateful that no one asked it in public when reporters and television cameras were around. $5-million sure didn’t come from Bill’s pension fund or my salary as Senator.
The truth is that we’ve been frugal and saved quite a bit of money over the past few years. There’s speaking appearances, book deals, fund raising funds that didn’t get spent, movie rights, gifts, free lunches. It adds up.
Howard Wolfson and Terry McAuliffe came up with the loan idea. They said it was a good way to buy some time and shake out our bloated campaign operation. Over the past year we’d picked up a bunch of fair weather operatives, consultants, and hangers-on, so we asked everyone to work for nothing in January, then I made the loan.
Campaign staffers scattered like cock roaches in an Arkansas kitchen when the lights come on.
The only ones left were the true loyalists. Contributions picked up again right after New Hampshire and today looks like another good day, too. If it doesn’t work out, so what? I’ll get $10-million for the movie rights alone.
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