Rand Paul Puts Clinton Book Up for Auction

[limequat]

Glad to hear, likewise, thanks for taking it upon yourself to ask them directly about the listing.

When I first read about the listing I thought it would probably get a few hundred bucks and maybe a small amount of attnetion from media about Rand trolling the Hillary campaign (better yet, trolling her with their own troll attempt), but wow this thing is really taking off. Over $7k and 2 more days to go. Hillary's team sure has egg on their face haha. Good on Rand/his team!

Actually got a direct response:

"Dear <redacted>,

The limit has been raised to $15,800. We apologize for any confusion in that area. See the latest update on campaign contributions, added to the listing.

If we can help further, please let us know.

Brenda
Customer Service
Victory Store"

 

[Mad Raven]

If this is like a typical auction, the price is going to spike to 20 grand on Saturday.

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

lol wtf.

Couldn't he take this as a donation to his leadership PAC or something?

PACs cannot have any say with a campaign and vice versa. If they converse in any way, they are breaking campaign finance laws.

For clarification, I meant something like what appears to be the case now.

 

[timosman]

For clarification, I meant something like what appears to be the case now.

Clearly the intern responsible for handling the book sale is way over their head. Somebody senior should get involved to prevent the brewing clusterf*ck.

 

[kbs021]

Up to 7,600 now lol This is great.

 

[kbs021]

This just got mentioned on Fox just now with Gretchen talking to Rand. Nice exposure. Rand sticking it to Hillary is great. Just as I mentioned this the bid went up to 7,850

 

[georgiaboy]

excellent. ^^ glad it's getting MSM attention.

 

[Schifference]

For comparison purposes HILLARY CLINTON SIGNED HARD CHOICES LTD ED - Premiere-Certified , bonus photos! Buy it now price $125

 

[libertyplz]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...-rand-pauls-auction-of-hillary-clintons-book/

Sen. Rand Paul’s auction of Hillary Clinton’s book “Hard Choices” — which he billed as “a great fiction book” on his campaign website and signed with a biting note to the Democratic presidential candidate — was up to nearly $8,000 on eBay Thursday afternoon.

Now above $8000

 

[AuH2O]

PACs cannot have any say with a campaign and vice versa. If they converse in any way, they are breaking campaign finance laws.

That's only the case for independent expenditure only "Super PACs." Rand's leadership PAC is involved in this auction.

 

[timosman]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...-rand-pauls-auction-of-hillary-clintons-book/



Now above $8000

They put a cap at $15,800. They should have put "Buy now" option at this price instead. Who is (mis)handling this auction ?!

 

[helmuth_hubener]

I like the idea of donating extra funds to a carefully-chosen charity. Wounded Warriors would be a clever choice.

Anyone from the campaign listening? Modify the auction again! Good chance it is going to go over the $15,000.

 

[garyallen59]

 

[grizzums]

They put a cap at $15,800. They should have put "Buy now" option at this price instead. Who is (mis)handling this auction ?!

No. The longer this auction lasts, the greater chances of exposure.

 

[sam1952]

Is the seller "victorystoreonline" working with the campaign? The store has been around since 2005 and sell lots of items.

 

[kbs021]

This bid is now up to 12,100! This has really taken off lol! Funny, but that is more than the campaign usually takes in a day. Maybe they learned something from this in regards to future fundraising. Would love Hillary to send some more stuff.

 

[65fastback2+2]

Is the seller "victorystoreonline" working with the campaign? The store has been around since 2005 and sell lots of items.

yes.

they are a marketing company that the campaign is using. when you order from the campaign store, it comes from victory store. http://www.victorystore.com

 

[Crashland]

Still 24 hours left and a lot of media exposure. I would be surprised if this doesn't surpass the maximum 15.8k

 

[William Tell]

They put a cap at $15,800. They should have put "Buy now" option at this price instead. Who is (mis)handling this auction ?!

Why? Then it might have sold before the media even covered it. This isn't just about the money.

 

[Virgil]

Maybe Hillary needs to send them more books to finance the campaign.

-virgil