Obama the 1 billion dollar man

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

"If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election." --Barack Obama

He was for it before he was against it.

Pete

he is against it now? or being forced to play the game he way the rules are presently written?

[finnbow]

If Obama can raise $1 Billion, I guess it can be said that lots of people support him. Even Crazy Sarah has pulled in $5 million thus far.

There's no accounting for taste.

[piece-itpete]

He walked away from it when he saw he could spend more without it. In short, he instituted change even before he was elected

Pete

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

He walked away from it when he saw he could spend more without it. In short, he instituted change even before he was elected

Pete

Sometimes you come off as a jilted lover of Obama, the Messiah, Pete. The fellow is plain and simply a politician (who tries to channel JFK on occassion )

[piece-itpete]

B..b..but I thought he was to bring balance to the force!

The left will wonder why the kids don't vote in 2012.

Pete

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

The left will wonder why the kids don't vote in 2012.

Pete

You mean, besides the short attention span?

Regards,

D-Ray

[piece-itpete]

Lol! But yeah, actually they let this topic slide BEFORE the election, youalls might have a chance.

Pete

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by noonereal

he is against it now? or being forced to play the game he way the rules are presently written?

Or beat then at their own game, perhaps?

If I had my way the ONLY way to run would be with restricted public financing.
Each candidate gets, say, $50,000,000, is barred from using personal, private, or corporate donated funds and limited to three months of campaigning. All unused fund to be returned to the public campaign fund.

It'll never happen, but I like the idea.

Dave

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Or beat then at their own game, perhaps?

If I had my way the ONLY way to run would be with restricted public financing.
Each candidate gets, say, $50,000,000, is barred from using personal, private, or corporate donated funds and limited to three months of campaigning. All unused fund to be returned to the public campaign fund.

It'll never happen, but I like the idea.

Dave

My heart is with you there Blue, but that kind of policy would weigh hugely to the advantage of incumbents. There is a cost to gaining name recognition. Outsiders' voices are needed in the political process.

I wish we could leave off the corporate campaigning, but we can't do so without a constitutional amendment depriving corporations of the rights of personhood. I am willing to work on that one.

Regards,

D-Ray

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

My heart is with you there Blue, but that kind of policy would weigh hugely to the advantage of incumbents. There is a cost to gaining name recognition. Outsiders' voices are needed in the political process.

I wish we could leave off the corporate campaigning, but we can't do so without a constitutional amendment depriving corporations of the rights of personhood. I am willing to work on that one.

Regards,

D-Ray

Simple proof that corporations are not persons, try running Exxon-Mobil for Senate.