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the poorest financed candidate
Bruxley show me who the poorest financed candidate was in the last six elections. Show me the candidate in the current election who had no major cash and/or donors to fund thier campaign. Mike Gravel was probably the candidate with the smallest resources and he entered the race with something around $ 6 million in his coffers. Think some retired general with only his military retirement and no major donors would get his day in the November showdown. Ron Paul claims to have spent $ 8 million out of his own pocket. That's not going to happen to anyone I know as even the best off people I know don't have a spare five million to play with.
I'll say it again we have the best politicians money can buy. It doesn't have to be the candidates money but someone is picking up the tab of these half billion dollar campaigns. And its not the man on the street giving $ 20 to his favorite candidate. $ 10,000 a plate fundraising dinners are not attended by the guy on the corner selling newspapers.
Yes Bruxley Presidents don't fix the economy. Their policies create the infrastructure that affect the economy. If they can't fix the economy why is Dybya so sold on his Economic Stimulus Plan as the solution? I don't expect the fix to be a simple one day here is the solution but I'd sure like to see more than lets throw money at it fix that we are using now.
I'd sure like anyone out there to show me any other consumer goods that have been increasing at the rate of 16% in the last five weeks. Gas/diesel/fuel oil has and those items where the related business has had cost increase have. But those increases for petroleum product cost are after the fact increases where the petroleum product goes up first.
McCain proposes to stay in Iraq. Has McCain given one simple explanation on how we pay for the cost of staying in Iraq? NO. Like all the cost so far they (Bush and now McCain) seem to have no concept on what the war is costing or how it will be paid for. The trillions of dollars spent in Iraq are going to come due and bill is going to be handed to the tax payers.
Back around five years ago the idea was Iraq will pay the cost of the war. Well just when will that happen? We sure have not seen one dime from Iraq coming in while we dump millions that just disappear into the air with some Iraqi official who disappeared along with the cash.
Bruxley show me who the poorest financed candidate was in the last six elections. Show me the candidate in the current election who had no major cash and/or donors to fund thier campaign. Mike Gravel was probably the candidate with the smallest resources and he entered the race with something around $ 6 million in his coffers. Think some retired general with only his military retirement and no major donors would get his day in the November showdown. Ron Paul claims to have spent $ 8 million out of his own pocket. That's not going to happen to anyone I know as even the best off people I know don't have a spare five million to play with.
I'll say it again we have the best politicians money can buy. It doesn't have to be the candidates money but someone is picking up the tab of these half billion dollar campaigns. And its not the man on the street giving $ 20 to his favorite candidate. $ 10,000 a plate fundraising dinners are not attended by the guy on the corner selling newspapers.
Yes Bruxley Presidents don't fix the economy. Their policies create the infrastructure that affect the economy. If they can't fix the economy why is Dybya so sold on his Economic Stimulus Plan as the solution? I don't expect the fix to be a simple one day here is the solution but I'd sure like to see more than lets throw money at it fix that we are using now.
I'd sure like anyone out there to show me any other consumer goods that have been increasing at the rate of 16% in the last five weeks. Gas/diesel/fuel oil has and those items where the related business has had cost increase have. But those increases for petroleum product cost are after the fact increases where the petroleum product goes up first.
McCain proposes to stay in Iraq. Has McCain given one simple explanation on how we pay for the cost of staying in Iraq? NO. Like all the cost so far they (Bush and now McCain) seem to have no concept on what the war is costing or how it will be paid for. The trillions of dollars spent in Iraq are going to come due and bill is going to be handed to the tax payers.
Back around five years ago the idea was Iraq will pay the cost of the war. Well just when will that happen? We sure have not seen one dime from Iraq coming in while we dump millions that just disappear into the air with some Iraqi official who disappeared along with the cash.
