Clinton Chief Strategist Says $20 Million More Than $40 Million

[Ichingcarpenter]

Barack Obama raised $40 million for his campaign in March compared to $20 million for Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to contribution totals announced today. In what was surely the most bewildering moment of the campaign thus far, Clinton’s chief strategist Sean Franklin contended in a conference call with reporters that $20 million was more than $40 million.

“For starters, there are more zeros in $20 million than in $40 million,” Franklin said. “And if you spell it out, $20 million has more letters too.”

Pressed on how there were more zeros in $20 million than in $40 million, Franklin argued that the Clinton campaign had the right to put a decimal with two zeros at the end of their figure, while the Obama campaign had no such right to do so.

“And we can do this because we’ve won the big states that Democrats must win in November. California, New York, Ohio, Florida - they’re all ours. When Obama wins an important state like that, he too can put a decimal point and two zeros at the end of his contribution totals.

[Coexist]

1. see. I told you so.

Happy Friday - thanks for the laugh.

[NDambi]

2. OH My Lawd...

[KansasVoter]

3. This is a joke, right?

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. Yes, But who knows with

the spin going on these days?

FORTY VS TWENTY........see?

[Cheap_Trick]

9. hard to tell

the hillbots are getting so delusional.....it sounds almost pathetic enough to be true.

[quantass]

4. lol

[Eurobabe]

5. What crystal meth are these people smoking??

:shrug:

[BlueIdaho]

6. Or is it.... nt.

[Raven]

7. Ummm...I think they have finally lost their marbles...n/t

[Mooney]

10. I actually thought at first that this was real.

It's only a hair more absurd than the other shit that's come out of that campaign.

[easy_b94]

11. Ok hillary people I am going to send a box of these to you.

[damntexdem]

21. Now, those of forbidden items these days.

Chemical restraints only, please!

[Araxen]

12. lol!

funny stuff!

[DefenseLawyer]

13. These are the un-funniest people in history

They are the Yakov Smirnoff of political campaigns

[NanceGreggs]

14. LOVE IT - K&R! n/t

[ima_sinnic]

15. yes, 40 million "doesn't count"

:rofl:

[BootinUp]

16. lol nt

[City Lights]

17. IMHO, there are a lot of zeros over at Camp Clinton.

No decimal point needed.

:rofl:

[Scurrilous]

18. LOL

:thumbsup:

[stahbrett]

19. I'll donate a few bucks to the Clinton campaign if they promise to buy this book (and to read it):

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PBWMZJ3BL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg

[damntexdem]

20. Fiddling with the decimal points because the campaign is decimated?

Or maybe Franklin simply has an over-developed sense of humor.

Someone should note to him that zero is the roundest number of all.

[jsamuel]

22. taken verbatim from a Rush Limbaugh skit against Dems

from his TV show in he 90's about the school lunch funding fight