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KCDebbie

(664 posts)
Fri Oct 12, 2018, 04:50 PM Oct 2018

Step 1 "Poll" shows candidate #s are down. Candidate raises more $

Step 2 Candidate raises more $ and pays over most of it to campaign staff/advisors.

Step 3 Advisors order more ad buys.

Step 4 "Poll" shows candidate #s go up.

Repeat Step 1

Election/campaign industry is the devil that no one is talking about...

And it seems to work on candidates of both parties, too...

Agree or no?

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Step 1 "Poll" shows candidate #s are down. Candidate raises more $ (Original Post) KCDebbie Oct 2018 OP
All campaigns should be government money only at140 Oct 2018 #1
Any "consultant" or "advisor" or any of it... vi5 Oct 2018 #2

at140

(6,110 posts)
1. All campaigns should be government money only
Fri Oct 12, 2018, 04:59 PM
Oct 2018

can you imagine all the corruption will disappear faster than a jimmy john's delivery? I am willing to pay $100 extra in taxes to pay for government funded campaigns.

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
2. Any "consultant" or "advisor" or any of it...
Fri Oct 12, 2018, 05:08 PM
Oct 2018

...who has worked on more than 2 losing campaigns should automatically be shown the door.

Unfortunately I fear it's only going to get worse now that most of them can chalk their losses up to "Russian interference".

And for the record I absolutely believe that is a thing, it just should not be the catch-all excuse for every Democratic loss, especially when those same people were at the helm for previous losses.

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