McCain: You could make the argument that Obama’s buying the election
posted at 8:00 pm on October 19, 2008 by Allahpundit
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$150 million in September, the equivalent of a Ron Paul “money bomb” every single day of the month (better than equivalent, actually). Don’t be surprised if he cracks $200 million in October, meaning he’ll have raised fully four times as much in the final two months as McCain got from public financing. Just in case you were wondering how he can afford a half-hour commercial in primetime on three of the four major networks.
Patrick Ruffini, atoning for an epic mistake last month in calling Obama’s decision to opt out an “epic mistake,” has a shrewd analysis of what it means. Maverick’s sounding the alarm here about public financing, but he’s too late: The Internet’s killed it and it’ll stay dead unless and until Congress raises the cap considerably from the current limit of $84 million. As for the election:
[W]hat does Obama do with the extra money? A three-to-one ad ratio in a given state is worth about a point in the polls. But that’s in states with at least a decent baseline of Republican advertising. What’s it worth in states where McCain can’t advertise at all, like North Dakota or Georgia? 3 or 4 points? Does Obama move into states at the fringes of the target map to 1) heighten the sense of panic in the GOP? and 2) go for 400 EVs? Can he legally bail out the committees to go for 270 in the House and 60 in the Senate?
Either way, this is going to be the political equivalent of Sherman’s March.
As for candidates buying elections, the media’s double standards have become so blatant that they’re almost not worth pointing out anymore. But here’s Mark Halperin dealing a little McCain-esque straight talk to Howard Kurtz, in case you need help connecting the dots.
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Uh, yeah!
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 8:02 PM
That is what will make McCain’s victory on November 4 all the more delicious, Allah.
ManlyRash on October 19, 2008 at 8:04 PM
Well, George Soros “the foreigner” and him. You see, George can’t be the President of the US so he want to own one.
In essence, we’re being bought by Socialists and Communists who never could have won a war against us. I bet the Soviets are slapping their foreheads now.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 8:05 PM
No kidding. I’m in Michigan, where McCain isn’t campaigning at all and all I hear and see is BO ads, hour after hour. He’s just spending it here because he has too much.
Pathetic.
swami on October 19, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Campaign Finance Reform for the win! Not.
Vigilante on October 19, 2008 at 8:06 PM
It shouldn’t matter one bit… if McCain had a really compelling message then it would get through…
ninjapirate on October 19, 2008 at 8:07 PM
It reminds me of how I used to lose at the game of Risk. I would have just 20 armies stuck in Europe, facing down literally 500 of my dad’s armies. And to add insult to injury, I couldn’t roll a high to save my life. Nope nothing but one through 2…I hope McCain has some loaded dice somewhere.
Weight of Glory on October 19, 2008 at 8:07 PM
Here’s what we’re in for when they get in.
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/threadcount/2008/09/the_famous_former_prosecutor_w.php
Him and a DA from Vermont. About the only thing that a liberal America could get mad at a President Obama for is pardoning George W. Bush after the conviction.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 8:08 PM
Oh we’ll learn about the illegalities of Obama’s fundraising…..in a year.
All Americans should be outraged at the irregularities and the fraud surrounding this year’s Presidential election. From a wide angle lens, one might rationally think this election is actually being stolen away.
And if you think this election is riddled with fraud, wait four years, especially if Obama gains power – it will become inherent in the system.
dugan on October 19, 2008 at 8:09 PM
All money can buy Obama is more notice.
Which he might want to reconsider.
Wright?
profitsbeard on October 19, 2008 at 8:10 PM
I wish that were the case, but it rarely is. If you repeat a lie enough and it becomes something people hear on a daily basis blasted into their homes, it becomes accepted over time. That’s why propaganda tends to work.
amerpundit on October 19, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Ahh denial.
Zetterson on October 19, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Heh. Well here’s hoping for oversaturation and blowback. Considering the tailwinds coming into the election, it’s amazing the polls are close.
Spirit of 1776 on October 19, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Attention has worked very well for him.
amerpundit on October 19, 2008 at 8:12 PM
One could also make the argument that McCain is losing the election.
Man, I wish it had been Rudy.
JohnJ on October 19, 2008 at 8:12 PM
I don’t know Ninja. If you tell a bunch of Americans living off the teat of society 20-30 times in one day that even though 45 percent of Americans pay no taxes Obama will be able to give 95 percent of Americans a tax break, they will believe it and if you don’t have the commercial money to counter it. I do think Russ Feingold is sitting in corner somewhere laughing his ass off at us. SUCKERS!!!
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Has he helped retire Hillary’s debts yet?
JammieWearingFool on October 19, 2008 at 8:13 PM
This is what happens when conservatives start getting a “conscience” about “fairness”. McCain acts as if fair play and clean living will overcome meanies who lie cheat and steal.
It’s up to the 527’s, but as I said, Oslime-a will not remain static. I honestly don’t see what Oslime-a could be sitting on that could negate a sustained Wright/Oslime-a ad campaign. He can put the same message out every 15 minutes and it would get old real fast.
The only consolation is that if McCain loses, we can vilify him until he leaves public office and take his self righteous piety with him.
“The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. If it were not for the laws of the land, we should soon see a massacre of the righteous. Jesus was watched by his enemies, who were thirsting for his blood: his disciples must not look for favour where their Master found hatred and death.”
C. H. Spurgeon
csdeven on October 19, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Why is that denial? Did the close polls close and I didn’t know about? Are we Nov. 4th?
terryannonline on October 19, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Illegal contributions from around the world,,, ACORN voter fraud,,, whatever a Democrat accuses a Republican of, they in fact do. Stealing elections.
Oppressors always accuse their victims of oppression!
This has got to be how Obama beat Hillary. ACORN!
JellyToast on October 19, 2008 at 8:14 PM
He needs to spread the wealth.
vcferlita on October 19, 2008 at 8:14 PM
In our re-education camp……………… we have been hearing the overseers start to make plans if “the One” actually looses the election.
……… that’s where the extra cash will go.
Seven Percent Solution on October 19, 2008 at 8:15 PM
McCain should really make that a campaign commercial.
100 mill in sept
150 mill in oct
obama should spread his wealth around first.
lorien1973 on October 19, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Nah. Just the Silent Majority.
Patrick S on October 19, 2008 at 8:16 PM
I remember in 2000, lawyers from the DNC scouring their way across FLA with a memo telling them all the different ways to discredit Military Absentee ballots. But, it’s remembered by the liberals and a frightening portion of the media as having been stolen by the Republicans and the SCOTUS.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 8:17 PM
November 3, 2:34 AM, finally over-saturated with didactic Obama campaign commercials, 51% of America has seen one too many and yells back to the screen:
“Okay, buster, enough already with the ads!… screw you!“
profitsbeard on October 19, 2008 at 8:17 PM
McCain has to take as much advantage out of free media as possible… the way you do that as safely and controlled as possible is by keeping your speeches fresh while riffing as much off the news narratives as possible… but don’t do it snarky or blog like… do it like the game marco polo… doubtful this will happen considering whenever I see McCain and his people out there I see people who seem unbalanced like they don’t know what’s going on…
seriously, this is the worst campaign evah ran by people who really haven’t understood how the media and political landscapes have changed… and where they have understood they’ve resisted because they didn’t want to give up control…
ninjapirate on October 19, 2008 at 8:18 PM
csdeven, bless you. Thank you for that. A little bit of context goes a long way. And from Spurgeon, no less. Again thank you.
Weight of Glory on October 19, 2008 at 8:18 PM
from your keyboard to god’s ears.
lorien1973 on October 19, 2008 at 8:18 PM
obama is pretty bad at the news cycle too. mccain was doing really well with it early on.
9/24 – when he paused his campaign – this whole thing became unraveled. A lot of us called it, then. He never seemed to get his footing back after that.
lorien1973 on October 19, 2008 at 8:19 PM
Me too. I’d feel a lot better if it was Rudy getting his ass handed to him instead. He was by far the worst candidate in the primary.
Darth Executor on October 19, 2008 at 8:20 PM
Don’t hold your breath. The Obamas are greedy little pigs. Oink!
Blake on October 19, 2008 at 8:20 PM
I worry that Acorn-types are doing Obama’s small-contribution fundraising (with bundling) as well as doing all their normal get-out-the-multiple-vote. But we’ll never know, because they’re not putting names to all those small contributions.
RBMN on October 19, 2008 at 8:21 PM
I remember some of Sen. Obama’s disciples being really upset with his decision to forgo public financing. I guess it is safe to say that they got over it. I would like to mention this, I realize this varies from area to area but in my area of Florida I just don’t see the signs and bummer stickers for either candidate like I did in 2004. It’s kind of eerie.
Cindy Munford on October 19, 2008 at 8:21 PM
If they’re half as big as Barry’s…
profitsbeard on October 19, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Oh gawd, I know. Hour after hour after hour, during the MLB playoffs, during the Saturday NCAA football games, during NFL football games. I can’t watch anything anymore without being inundated with that jackass’s lying commercials.
The one he has been running constantly here lately is the one where he takes the line from McCain from the last debate “Senator I am not George Bush” and then the commercial goes on to make the case “no, you’re not, but…” and goes on to state all the ways that McCain’s policies are the same as President Bush. Then finishes up with the news clip of McCain saying “I voted with President Bush over 90% of the time, more than my Republican colleagues”.
To the dim bulbs here in Michigan who re-elected Granholm, Feinstein and Kwame last election, I don’t know why he runs so many damn commercials here. If he’s trying to aggravate those of us who were actually considering not even voting for President this election and pissing us off enough to be chomping at the bit to get to the polls to vote for McCain and against this racist, socialist POS, his strategy is working.
The State will still go Blue most likely, because it is filled with a bunch of morons, but he’s doing a great job pissing people off with his commercials on every freaking channel, all the freaking time.
Michael in MI on October 19, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Surely paying Hillary’s debt is way up high on his to-do list.
tru2tx on October 19, 2008 at 8:22 PM
The Hopeys ‘National Civilian Defence Force” doesn’t
run on love me thinks,so money is needed,me also thinks!
All of this,is from these moonbat nutcases that are
seeking revenge for what Bill did to his own party,they
think the election was screwed over from Al Gore,the war
(LIBERATION)of Iraq,and they think President Bush should
be impeached!!
And I’ll say it again,when Bush got in power and after 911,
the Liberals turned their backs on Bush,and bi-partisanship
died,the Democrats killed it!
At all costs,whatever,however,ends justify the means,their
going to do everything possible to win this election!!
Btw,Team McCain/Palin WILL WIN!!
canopfor on October 19, 2008 at 8:22 PM
A little bit off-topic but relevant. We need to require every voter to put their fingerprint on the voter registry sheet at the poll when they vote, along with their signature. Then the fingerprints need to be scanned with any duplicates being matched up.
Only as many valid votes are allowed in each precinct as there are unique scanned fingerprints. Poll workers must be fingerprinted to work, and if their fingerprints match any duplicates, they should be prosecuted for felony election tampering.
Everybody’s got one and only one fingerprint. No disenfranchised voters, no poll workers stuffing the boxes.
George Soros and Cloward-Piven want to break the possibility of elections being trustworthy. Regardless of what happens in this election, we need to make the system credible. It would be great if we could demand something like this for this election but it’s probably too late. It would be nice to get the idea in the air, though – so people know we won’t stand for the corruption of the democratic process.
justincase on October 19, 2008 at 8:22 PM
Guess I should’ve read all the posts before I popped off.
:-o
tru2tx on October 19, 2008 at 8:23 PM
Did you see McCain and Palin in the debates? They never corrected Obama and Biden… it just shows you that this is a huge problem that nobody seems to notice in the campaign… just one of the many idiotic mistakes being made… they have no idea what they’re doing…
ninjapirate on October 19, 2008 at 8:24 PM
You could also make the argument that McCain is being hoisted by his own petard.
paul006 on October 19, 2008 at 8:25 PM
I’ll say this again. Barry is seriously over-exposing himself. It’s obvious he loves to hear his own voice, but voters that I talk to are really tired of seeing him in their faces on TV.
SouthernGent on October 19, 2008 at 8:25 PM
What do you mean?
terryannonline on October 19, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Nah…fact. Bambi’s going down. It won’t be pretty. You still have time to change your mind.
ManlyRash on October 19, 2008 at 8:25 PM
That’s called narrating… and Team McCain doesn’t seem to know what it is… it pisses me the fark off…
ninjapirate on October 19, 2008 at 8:25 PM
A new YouTube video employs Ayers audio from 2002 and video from 2004 to draw a correlation between his positions and Obama’s. News to me is the Ayers 2002 quote that he was open about his positions and everyone knew what he advocated.
Terrie on October 19, 2008 at 8:27 PM
Check your credit card statements.
I heard on a Christian radio station tonight of a couple in Kansas who discovered an unauthorized charge for $2,300 on their credit card.
Obama is not just trying to by this election: Acorn hires felons convicted of identity theft for the “voter registration” and got out the vote efforts. It seems that stealing from people’s credit cards is part of the plan, too.
Right_of_Attila on October 19, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Is there some reason he should?
Len on October 19, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Obama’s trendy, daring, new slogan
“I want the TYPICAL WHITE WOMAN vote, too! ”
tanks his campaign and ends his chance at White House.
profitsbeard on October 19, 2008 at 8:31 PM
I see more Kerry/Edwards bumperstickers north of Seattle than any Obama branding. I just don’t see the fervor and hype for this election even coming close to 2004, such that it requires new turnout models for polling.
rw on October 19, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Hey, don’t use my name and Obama’s in the same sentence! LOL
Oink on October 19, 2008 at 8:32 PM
McCain-Feingold aka Campaign Finance Reform.
Spirit of 1776 on October 19, 2008 at 8:32 PM
No, If we still had a functioning “fourth state” and a population not so easily duped by the most expensive marketing campaign in the history of the country, Donal Duck should be able to beat Obama.
neuquenguy on October 19, 2008 at 8:33 PM
I sent this warning out to my e-mail list last week after I read about it at Ace of Spades HQ.
If that happened from the McCain campaign, it would be all over the news.
Michael in MI on October 19, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Buys Michelle $500 afternoon snacks.
Enoxo on October 19, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Payoffs. Intimidation.
Bribery. Indoctrination.
Strongarming. “Sweetheart deals”.
Kickbacks.
“Incentives”
After all, Ted Kennedy said on the Senate floor that Pres. Bush had to bribe other countries to continue to fight in Iraq. I’m certain that a Chicago
dirtypolitician like Hussein Obama is capable of carrying on Chicago-style politics.madmonkphotog on October 19, 2008 at 8:38 PM
I’ll say this again. Barry is seriously over-exposing himself. It’s obvious he loves to hear his own voice, but voters that I talk to are really tired of seeing him in their faces on TV.
SouthernGent on October 19, 2008 at 8:25 PM
I know we are in MO
anniekc on October 19, 2008 at 8:38 PM
OT but I find some interesting parallels:
Right now on the History Channel is a new program called “God vs. Satan”.
Good fighting evil in an epic battle to usher in, well, you know.
tru2tx on October 19, 2008 at 8:39 PM
ninjapirate on October 19, 2008 at 8:24 PM
Until the last one I don’t think the format allowed for much “correction” but I felt that Sen. McCain could have done more with it. I was hoping that he was just laying the ground work for later ads so as not to appear bullying during the actual debate. So far I am not seeing the ads.
Cindy Munford on October 19, 2008 at 8:39 PM
Yep, It was an easy bill for Feinold because he knew what a plus liberals get out of the MSM anyway. I’ve asked it before and I still wonder if you could calculate the amount of money that Republicans would have to spend to counter every instance of positive press the liberal candidate gets.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 8:39 PM
That battle has been underway for some time.
ManlyRash on October 19, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Once again, if anyone but Osama Obama raised this much loot, even the MSM would be clamoring to know who all those “small donors” might be. Particularly if some Republican managed to get that much in the way of donations.
I have a vision of George Soros standing in line at a bank, asking that his check — made out to “Cash” — for $140 million be handed over to him in $20s.
I think there has to be an enormous scandal bubbling under the surface of these vast sums in the Obama account. Sad that our public servants will not investigate. Same as with the Obama/ACORN voter fraud. No being held to account now, not ever.
MrScribbler on October 19, 2008 at 8:40 PM
No kidding. I’m in Michigan, where McCain isn’t campaigning at all and all I hear and see is BO ads, hour after hour. He’s just spending it here because he has too much.
Pathetic.
swami on October 19, 2008 at 8:06 PM
I live in Michigan as well. Not only are the ads flowing like a toilet with a broken handle, but our entire community has had it’s McCain signs stolen.
These people are going to reap what they sow. And I will have the last laugh because my family’s money is safe and secure. The dems will never be able to touch it.
Thanks dad for being the conservative republican who knew the dangers of the liberal left from day one. May god rest your soul.
winemkr on October 19, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Fingerprints…..
justincase on Oct 19,2008 at 8:22PM.
justincase:If the scenario turns out that Obama vrs.McCain
results are 60,70,80 percent, that will likely be
a reality to combat against this fraud!!
Lets put it this way,something needs to get done!
canopfor on October 19, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Fox was interviewing people on the street, asking them how the economy is for them and how it helps them decide who to vote for. This crazy-haired lady couldn’t talk about the economy but blurted out, “Can I say who I’m voting against? I’m voting against BOOOSH for Obama!”
I was like… uhhh, has the lady been in a cave for four years?
Enoxo on October 19, 2008 at 8:42 PM
You bigot. You racist. So you don’t like those people getting a little taste of the good life?
BWAHAHAHA.
Sorry, I can’t even kid like a liberal.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Weren’t Republicans laughing after he didn’t take public financing saying it would hurt more than it helped and that he might not even raise as much as McCain would get from the system? Oh, this is rich.
Nonfactor on October 19, 2008 at 8:43 PM
winemkr on October 19, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Doesn’t that make it seem like he believes he is vulnerable in Michigan? Or is he just spreading the wealth in states he knows could use the money?
Cindy Munford on October 19, 2008 at 8:44 PM
That is the only argument. The left has just about bought themselves a country and will convert it to a Marxist/socialist society. I’m afraid we’ve had it. The sad part is that so many brave lovers of liberty and freedom will have died in vain.
rplat on October 19, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Facing a mountainous amount of Obama-ads (and free MSM adoration) over the next two weeks, I believe the McCain camp is in serious need of a little “jujitsu.”
The meme needs to be forwarded that Obama is simply following standard Marxist protocol and, with massive ad buys (including the obnoxious 30 minute infomercials to soon air), attempting to show America that his ascendancy is inevitable. It’s a form of brainwashing.
If the 15 to 20 percent of Americans who are not locked in for Obama or McCain begin to look at every new Obama ad as
1) part of a Marxist strategy, and
2) a reminder that the only reason he can do this is his breaking of his vow to follow standard election rules, it may at least partially backfire on the Obama campaign.
McCain must turn the Obama “tsunami” of advertising into reminders of how un-American his campaign actually is.
Sugar Land on October 19, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Obama can spend all of George Soros’s money and it won’t make a bit of difference. He isn’t going to win.
Why?
2004.
John Kerry was up +10-15% in all of the “battleground states”, he had the MSM whoring for him, his national poll numbers were better then Obama’s are at this point in the campaign with a few pollsters stating that Kerry would win by 300+ EV’s. The MSM push polls on “the issues” stated that the majority supported Kerry’s policies. Kerry had a rally in Wisconsin on 10-28-04 that drew 100k people, too.
John Kerry remains the junior senator from Massachusetts.
Obama is a jumbo economy sized flaming fudge bag compared to John Kerry-he makes John Kerry look like a moderate. The one thing that the pundits and poohbaccas in the MSM and their Democratic party buddies always seem to forget is that the “average American” (whom they know nothing about) has a very highly developed sense of smell.
Nahanni on October 19, 2008 at 8:46 PM
rw on October 19, 2008 at 8:31 PM
You reminded me of something. In our neighborhood it is mostly McCain/Palin signs and I have seen three Obama signs but a few houses down the family put their Kerry/Edwards sign out. I wonder if that means they aren’t excited about either choice?
Cindy Munford on October 19, 2008 at 8:47 PM
I smell a t-shirt out of all this. Especially if Obama loses.
Seixon on October 19, 2008 at 8:48 PM
Thanks for the link.
It still scares the crap out of me though.
Lock and load people.
Mr. Rash, you can be the General, I’ll be doing my old job as Marine Force Recon. I like small teams, not so noisy.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 19, 2008 at 8:48 PM
The solution is elementary:
The Republicans need to adopt the same tactics including accepting anonymous foreign contributions…then viola!!!!
The media will take notice and the Republicans can say “everyone does it” and the problem will suddenly become a crisis that needs fixin’.
Until then Republicans? Adapt or quit bitching.
mylegsareswollen on October 19, 2008 at 8:48 PM
Nope, we weren’t laughing. I always thought he might get McCain to commit to something like that knowing he’d stick to it. And then knowing the media would be hands off Obama regardless of what he did, he could pick Soros pockets clean.
But if you think it sounds good to make it seem like something Republicans had coming to them to make you feel better about another Obama lie, whatever floats your boat.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 8:49 PM
You have to remember who he pays for air-time. The same people that give him the free press. He’s paying off the media like he’ll pay off him constituents.
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 8:50 PM
I’ve always said that this is Obama’s election to lose, we’re coming into this of eight years of bad press directed at the Bush Administration.
Fortunately for us, Obama met a guy name Joe (His real name is Sam!) and opened his mouth a little bit too much.
Enoxo on October 19, 2008 at 8:51 PM
I wonder how many people are afraid of being labeled “racist” if they put McCain/Palin signs up.
neuquenguy on October 19, 2008 at 8:52 PM
this is rich….
nonfactor on Oct 19,2008 at 8:43PM.
nonfactor: Have no fear,while Obama and OMama are dineing on
cavior and lobster,Obama will get even, and tax
the Dirty Rotten Filthy Rich people like ‘Joe
the Plumber’!
canopfor on October 19, 2008 at 8:53 PM
There is no way I am putting a McCain sticker on my car. Its not worth the broken window or body damage.
Jamson64 on October 19, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Terrie on October 19, 2008 at 8:27 PM
Thanks for the link.
It still scares the crap out of me though.
Lock and load people.
Mr. Rash, you can be the General, I’ll be doing my old job as Marine Force Recon. I like small teams, not so noisy.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 19, 2008 at 8:48 PM
You can ad a PJ to your team, me.
USMC 71/74
USAF Pararescue 77/79
winemkr on October 19, 2008 at 8:55 PM
I’m afraid of getting my house / cars vandalized, and I live in a fairly large Repbulican stronghold of Southwest Florida. But there are pockets of democrats all around me.
I’m about to go out and put a couple McCain/Palin signs in the empty lots next door and across the street, just to see how long they last.
Enoxo on October 19, 2008 at 8:55 PM
I posted that very same comment this morning!
I said (paraphrased) that of course Obama needs to raise more money than McCain because buying an election isn’t cheap – and as we have seen from ACORN, good help is hard to find!
Queen0fCups on October 19, 2008 at 8:56 PM
A little bit of an understatement, but true.
Most Obama supporters don’t really have a clue why they support him other than he is not Bush. His policies could be the opposite of what they are and it wouldn’t change a thing. They don’t know or care.
neuquenguy on October 19, 2008 at 8:57 PM
It’s like that video of street interviews Howard Stern did; they interviewed New Yorkers, giving Obama all of McCain’s policies, even made Palin Obama’s Veep… and they were glowing praises about Obama.
They know nothing about the guy or his stance. He could be Mr. Ed the horse so long as he held the Democratic Nominee position.
Enoxo on October 19, 2008 at 8:59 PM
150 Million buys alot of ACORN workers
William Amos on October 19, 2008 at 9:00 PM
hawkdriver on October 19, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Sigh. Like they need the money. Between Acorn and the media it is disheartening. You know, I would like to ask someone in this so called unbiased media just what their vision of the United States is. What are the things they feel Sen. Obama is going to change in this country? I think it would be interesting.
Cindy Munford on October 19, 2008 at 9:01 PM
Kind of smacks of Eva Peron who was also accused of buying a country…didn’t work out that well for her in the end.
anniekc on October 19, 2008 at 9:05 PM
I can only hope that after a couple of years of democratic control people will wake up to just how corrupt the democratic party has become.
William Amos on October 19, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Buck up, everybody!
Read this:
Today’s Eeyore Report: Fundraising and Colin Powell Edition
The best “advertisements” cannot be bought with dollars. They are the cordial, informative conversations we have with our friends and family… and they are in the joyous faces of special needs families cheering for Gov. Palin… and the unguarded comments by Obama about “spreading the wealth.”
This race is far from over.
Y-not on October 19, 2008 at 9:07 PM
He needs all that money for all the ads he’s been buying here in California. California, of all places. You’d have thought that he’d considered this state all sewn up *grumbles*
salmonczar on October 19, 2008 at 9:13 PM
I don’t think thy have a vision for the country. I think their main motivation is hatred for conservatism. It could be argued that at the center of this hatred is guilt. Conservatism takes a moral stand. Liberalism rebels against moral norms but cannot get away from them because natural law is written in people’s harts. So they go to great extents to obscure it and deny it, but conservatism and religion shine a light on it and the accusation of their own consciences enrages them. Just one theory.
neuquenguy on October 19, 2008 at 9:13 PM
Huckly B tried to make the same arguments against Romney – “He can’t buy Iowa, he can’t even rent you!”
Yes, Oy-bama went back on his word concerning public financing, and is a, a, what? A politician? Wrong, yes. Dishonest and dishonorable, you bet.
But without evidence of wrongdoing a charge of ‘buying the election’ is nothing but sour grapes, and McCain again being willing to whine and moan. His ‘angry old man’ meme is tiresome, and a losing strategy/tactic/personality trait. Does the sun ever come out in his world, or is the GOP stuck with “It’s night again in America.”
trailboss on October 19, 2008 at 9:15 PM
From our re-education camp……………
One of the overseers accidentally left the door open to his office while we were mopping the halls. Inside we found a list of YouTube videos to be banned by “the One”……
………… this was number two on the list.
Seven Percent Solution on October 19, 2008 at 9:15 PM
A very astute observation. My parents lived in Argentina during the Peron era. And it was them, by “spreading the wealth around”, who turned it from one of the richest countries in the world into what it became.
neuquenguy on October 19, 2008 at 9:17 PM
I’d love to agree, but….
They haven’t seen it after two years’-worth of the Pelosi/Reid corrupto-Congress, perhaps the most scandal-ridden, inefficient and lazy body of “public servants” we’ve seen in D.C. since the early post-Civil War years.
And after four years of Osama Obama, plus the same Congress, plus the tame media clamoring to adore The Messiah, we may not be in any position to do anything about it if they do, finally, notice.
MrScribbler on October 19, 2008 at 9:18 PM
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