“Oh jeez….. another post about Democrats. C’mon. When are you guys going to talk about the Republican candidates….?”
Yeah, we’ll get around to those guys here soon. Its just that they’re so… so boring. So boring and so… white. B-Daddy had his assessment here, but its so much more fun writing about the minority rock stars on the Democrat side, Barack Hussein Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hey, don’t look at us that way, Elizabeth Edwards agrees with us.
Besides, outside of Mike Huckabee perhaps (Mike who…?), none of those turkeys on the Republican side have really distinguished themselves from the others.
But hey… for another post.
Wouldya just look at all the money H-Rod and O-Back are rolling in right now? But rather than sounding the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform alarms of “money corrupting the political process” or “money unduly influencing the process…”, the press appears downright giddy in reporting out the millions that are now in the coffers of the two leading Democrats.
According to the article here, Clinton raised $22 million in the 3rd quarter for the primaries vs. $20 mil for Obama, although Obama still holds the overall edge in primary fundraising $74.9 mil to $72.6. The article doesn’t say whether Clinton’s totals include the millions raised by “disgraced Democratic fundraiser”, Norman Hsu, which she promised to give back or anyone else in Clinton Inc.’s “Asian Connection”.
We’re going to keep banging the drum on this but you will never remove money from politics by any degree until you remove power from politics by that same degree. Campaign donations are simply an effort to purchase influence or power in a certain candidate should that person win that election.
And to be honest, don’t know if we have a real problem with all that money Clinton and Obama are collecting. George Soros and Norman Hsu aside, isn’t that money a barometer of sorts for how much they and their ideas appeal to members of their Party? And conversely, doesn’t the relatively paltry amount of money raised thus far by the Republican candidates reflect how little the Party faithful are excited by their guys?
Certainly seems that way to us. We welcome opinions to the contrary.
Yeah, we’ll get around to those guys here soon. Its just that they’re so… so boring. So boring and so… white. B-Daddy had his assessment here, but its so much more fun writing about the minority rock stars on the Democrat side, Barack Hussein Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hey, don’t look at us that way, Elizabeth Edwards agrees with us.
Besides, outside of Mike Huckabee perhaps (Mike who…?), none of those turkeys on the Republican side have really distinguished themselves from the others.
But hey… for another post.
Wouldya just look at all the money H-Rod and O-Back are rolling in right now? But rather than sounding the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform alarms of “money corrupting the political process” or “money unduly influencing the process…”, the press appears downright giddy in reporting out the millions that are now in the coffers of the two leading Democrats.
According to the article here, Clinton raised $22 million in the 3rd quarter for the primaries vs. $20 mil for Obama, although Obama still holds the overall edge in primary fundraising $74.9 mil to $72.6. The article doesn’t say whether Clinton’s totals include the millions raised by “disgraced Democratic fundraiser”, Norman Hsu, which she promised to give back or anyone else in Clinton Inc.’s “Asian Connection”.
We’re going to keep banging the drum on this but you will never remove money from politics by any degree until you remove power from politics by that same degree. Campaign donations are simply an effort to purchase influence or power in a certain candidate should that person win that election.
And to be honest, don’t know if we have a real problem with all that money Clinton and Obama are collecting. George Soros and Norman Hsu aside, isn’t that money a barometer of sorts for how much they and their ideas appeal to members of their Party? And conversely, doesn’t the relatively paltry amount of money raised thus far by the Republican candidates reflect how little the Party faithful are excited by their guys?
Certainly seems that way to us. We welcome opinions to the contrary.
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