Whitehouse for Sale to Highest Bidder?
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Whitehouse for Sale to Highest Bidder?
| Tue, 10-21-2008 - 10:55am |
It was reported on several news stations in the last few days that Obama is raising 5 million dollars per week and that he has raised a total of around half a billion!

Too bad Bush isn't running right?
And wasn't Obama the one who pledged to take public financing?
First off, it's complete bullschweebie that he agreed to take public financing. Why don't you be so kind as to paste what he said on the form: He would agree to seek a deal with the McCain campaign on it. No deal was ever done, no meeting ever initiated by McCain on this, no nothing.
Secondly, you're going to tell this forum that you were against the record donations and money machine that Bush employed in 2004? I highly doubt it.
As for someone keeping their word coming into office: Look no further than your own President.
Obama's campaign: Financed by the people for the people. Looks like sour grapes coming from the side who doesn't have a candidate that INSPIRES people.
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Reward Republicans for 8 years of failure? No way, No how, No McCain!
In February 2007, Barack Obama challenged Republican presidential candidates to agree to public financing of the general election. John McCain responded positively, prompting Obama's campaign spokesman, Bill Burton, to call on other Republican candidates to follow suit. The headline in the New York Times: "McCain and Obama in Deal on Public Financing."
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/06/obama_reneges_on_public_financ.html
If you were a terrorist organization would you donate in large amounts that had to be reported
The video in the link below explains why Obama made the smart decision to reject public funding of his campaign:
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=91683763&m=91680919
There is no limit on the number of negative ads (like the Swiftboat ads in 2004) that 527 groups can air. As Obama says in the video, the Republican PAC/lobbyist machines are well-oiled and he knew he could count on the REAL Americans, individuals, to support him rather than the lobbyists the Republicans always rely on to win an election.
Obama's my candidate--he IS intelligent!
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http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/meet_the_new_health_.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTBYQlQ7yM
Sounds like good sense to me.
So, because I donated $75 to the Obama camp I'm a terrorist? There are that many under $200 donations because the Obama/Biden ticket greatly benefits the MIDDLE CLASS, which doesn't have thousands of dollars to throw anywhere, but does have $25 or so to give toward a cause they feel strongly about.
This whole discussion is just laughable. Republicans and other anti-Obama-ins can't face facts and realize that Obama is a transformational leader figure