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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:34 PM Original message |
The amount of money being raised by all candidates is OBSCENE |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Do you realize how much $50M is? |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. yeah, sure, whatever. explain it away any way you want. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. What corporate Donations? |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Not according to this |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "Individual contributions are generally categorized based on the donor's occupation/employer, |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Corporation can not donate |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. You keep telling yourself that |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. That money could have gone to hire people. Like campaign workers. Or toward renting office space! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. If Gore were spending it, you'd be thrilled |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Al Gore took public financing and Al Gore isn't; running now |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Raised largely from SMALL donors and scaring the R's. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Compared to other expenditures, it's a pittance |
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557188 (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
13. Poor people don't donate to candidates |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. yes, these candidates are worth millions and ask poor people to give them money |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. It's a sucky system, but all the whining stupidity about how |
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