Comments on: Obama to Opt Out of Public Financing http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817 A rough draft of my thoughts... Sat, 28 Jun 2024 15:44:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Captain D http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370585 Captain D Fri, 20 Jun 2024 23:02:21 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370585 Anyone who thinks that the press has a pro-McCain bias is clearly not living in reality. BBQ?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1370585','Captain D'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1370585','Captain D','Anyone who thinks that the press has a pro-McCain bias is clearly not living in reality.\r\n\r\nBBQ?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Anyone who thinks that the press has a pro-McCain bias is clearly not living in reality.

BBQ?

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]]> By: Jim Gundlach http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370584 Jim Gundlach Fri, 20 Jun 2024 21:37:50 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370584 I find it amazing that McCain was in to get a loan and avoid having to get petition signatures to get on primary ballots and then tried to back out. Now he has acknowledged that he cannot back out and every penny he is spending is in excess of the primary limit the law required him to be under. He has a lot of gall to try to make this an issue! But the press and the republican administration will ignore McCain's violation of the campaign finance laws and simply repeat McCain's talking points in exchange for some more BBQ.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1370584','Jim Gundlach'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1370584','Jim Gundlach','I find it amazing that McCain was in to get a loan and avoid having to get petition signatures to get on primary ballots and then tried to back out. Now he has acknowledged that he cannot back out and every penny he is spending is in excess of the primary limit the law required him to be under. He has a lot of gall to try to make this an issue! But the press and the republican administration will ignore McCain\'s violation of the campaign finance laws and simply repeat McCain\'s talking points in exchange for some more BBQ.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I find it amazing that McCain was in to get a loan and avoid having to get petition signatures to get on primary ballots and then tried to back out. Now he has acknowledged that he cannot back out and every penny he is spending is in excess of the primary limit the law required him to be under. He has a lot of gall to try to make this an issue! But the press and the republican administration will ignore McCain’s violation of the campaign finance laws and simply repeat McCain’s talking points in exchange for some more BBQ.
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]]> By: CV http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370583 CV Fri, 20 Jun 2024 20:31:54 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370583 A good article about this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903027.html?hpid=opinionsbox1<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1370583','CV'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1370583','CV','A good article about this:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/06\/19\/AR2008061903027.html?hpid=opinionsbox1'); return false;">Quote</a></div> A good article about this:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903027.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

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]]> By: MSS http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370581 MSS Fri, 20 Jun 2024 16:59:26 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370581 Agreed, Steven. The block we are referring to could jump ship to a third party candidate, but for those of us in California, that's not much of a threat. And then there is the problem of a strong field of indies/thirds in terms of name recognition and experience, but unpalatable on other grounds. (I love Nader, but yesterday's news...)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1370581','MSS'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1370581','MSS','Agreed, Steven. The block we are referring to could jump ship to a third party candidate, but for those of us in California, that\'s not much of a threat. And then there is the problem of a strong field of indies\/thirds in terms of name recognition and experience, but unpalatable on other grounds. (I love Nader, but yesterday\'s news...)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Agreed, Steven. The block we are referring to could jump ship to a third party candidate, but for those of us in California, that’s not much of a threat. And then there is the problem of a strong field of indies/thirds in terms of name recognition and experience, but unpalatable on other grounds. (I love Nader, but yesterday’s news…)
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]]> By: Talmadge East http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370578 Talmadge East Fri, 20 Jun 2024 07:32:05 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370578 The rich and famous might be giving him some money, but he would also have to cut-back on those $1,000 per invitation meetings like the one his wife is attending in Birmingham Monday.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1370578','Talmadge East'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1370578','Talmadge East','The rich and famous might be giving him some money, but he would also have to cut-back on those $1,000 per invitation meetings like the one his wife is attending in Birmingham Monday.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The rich and famous might be giving him some money, but he would also have to cut-back on those $1,000 per invitation meetings like the one his wife is attending in Birmingham Monday.
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]]> By: Captain D http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370576 Captain D Thu, 19 Jun 2024 22:32:23 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370576 It would be nuts for Obama to go with public funding; the rich and famous will line up to give his campaign money. It won't affect enough voters to matter. We're all used to lots of money being involved in elections, public or private, who really cares?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1370576','Captain D'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1370576','Captain D','It would be nuts for Obama to go with public funding; the rich and famous will line up to give his campaign money.\r\n\r\nIt won\'t affect enough voters to matter. We\'re all used to lots of money being involved in elections, public or private, who really cares?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It would be nuts for Obama to go with public funding; the rich and famous will line up to give his campaign money.

It won’t affect enough voters to matter. We’re all used to lots of money being involved in elections, public or private, who really cares?

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]]> By: John McCain Upset With Barack Obama’s Decision To Save Taxpayers Tens Of Millions Of Dollars To Run His Election | THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL™ http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370575 John McCain Upset With Barack Obama’s Decision To Save Taxpayers Tens Of Millions Of Dollars To Run His Election | THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL™ Thu, 19 Jun 2024 19:37:38 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370575 [...] opinions: PoliBlog™; Drudge Retort (After all, it’s not an AP story); The Moderate Voice (Our good friend Joe [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1370575','John McCain Upset With Barack Obama&#8217;s Decision To Save Taxpayers Tens Of Millions Of Dollars To Run His Election | THE GUN TOTING LIBERALâ„¢'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1370575','John McCain Upset With Barack Obama&#8217;s Decision To Save Taxpayers Tens Of Millions Of Dollars To Run His Election | THE GUN TOTING LIBERALâ„¢','&#91;...&#93; opinions: PoliBlogâ„¢; Drudge Retort (After all, it&#8217;s not an AP story); The Moderate Voice (Our good friend Joe &#91;...&#93;'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] opinions: PoliBlog™; Drudge Retort (After all, it’s not an AP story); The Moderate Voice (Our good friend Joe [...]
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]]> By: Dr. Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370573 Dr. Steven Taylor Thu, 19 Jun 2024 17:21:53 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370573 To clarify: while I know that there is a pro-public financing sentiment in the minds of some/many voters, I just don't see any of them who are currently allied with Obama jumping ship over this issue to McCain.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1370573','Dr. Steven Taylor'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1370573','Dr. Steven Taylor','To clarify: while I know that there is a pro-public financing sentiment in the minds of some\/many voters, I just don\'t see any of them who are currently allied with Obama jumping ship over this issue to McCain.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> To clarify: while I know that there is a pro-public financing sentiment in the minds of some/many voters, I just don’t see any of them who are currently allied with Obama jumping ship over this issue to McCain.
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]]> By: MSS http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370572 MSS Thu, 19 Jun 2024 17:19:20 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=13817#comment-1370572 Well, I am a block of voters (even if a block of one) who cares about public financing. On the other hand, I do not believe in unilateral campaign-finance disarmament. And right on that irony point!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1370572','MSS'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1370572','MSS','Well, I am a block of voters (even if a block of one) who cares about public financing. On the other hand, I do not believe in unilateral campaign-finance disarmament.\r\n\r\nAnd right on that irony point!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Well, I am a block of voters (even if a block of one) who cares about public financing. On the other hand, I do not believe in unilateral campaign-finance disarmament.

And right on that irony point!

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