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penguin7 Donating Member (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 05:01 PM
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More dollars from Time Warner more time to speak
I found this on the Kucinich site, thought I would share:

http://action.dennis4president.com/forum/posts/id_182/

Before I continue, I'd like to note the candidates who do not list an email address for people like me to talk to them, they only offer 'contact forms': Hillary Clinton(both her senate site, and her campaign site), John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd. I appreciate the courtesy that you three candidates have shown me by not forcing me to copy and paste into web forms.

First, I'd like to cover what the bias on CNN is; CNN is owned by AOL/Time Warner. Now I'd like to explore which candidates (democratic) have significant support from AOL/Time Warner and its employees for this particular presidential campaign (as opposed to career totals), let's explore some inarguable information:

Barack Obama: $107,751 (Viacom $80,399) – 15 minutes 11 seconds of speaking time – 1st
Hillary Clinton: $103,200 (Viacom $93,200) – 12 minutes 26 seconds of speaking time – 2nd
Bill Richardson: $18,300 – 9 minutes 18 seconds of speaking time – 4th
John Edwards: $2,300 (From President of HBO) – 10 minutes 30 seconds of speaking time – 3rd


It's strange the way that worked, isn't it? (Sarcasm doesn't have the same impact in print, I know).
IT IS NOT STRANGE, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE!

Second, let me say that I contacted Anderson Cooper at CNN, and used some choice words to express my disgust at the inequality of time given to each candidate at this debate. I would have the same choice words for the 4 candidates taking money from CNN's parent company; but I have more respect for them than I do for Anderson Cooper. For them, I say SHAME ON YOU for spreading the stereotype that politicians have to be corrupt. God bless you Mr. Gravel for having the courage to call out the other candidates for getting money from the very people that enslave people like me (I pay for my college education, and I pay interest to CITIGROUP for that education). I would also like to say that Mr. Kucinich and Mr. Gravel are the only candidates with an acceptable funding base; it's quite interesting that they also have the smallest funding base, and the least amount of time to speak tonight. I also wonder what Hillary, Barack, Bill, and John agreed to in order to get this money.

Furthermore, I would like to say that I am now creating presidential 'trading cards' which list, in an easily readable format, the top sources of funding for each candidate. I will be passing these cards out to EVERYONE I see. I will also be making available on my website a 2 page PDF file that will offer the cards in an easily printable format for others to do the same. I will not be selling these cards; this will be a gift from me to those 2 candidates which are actually 'clean'. It is my goal to aid in any way I can, the defeat of these candidates that steal from me and others like me who do not invest in the stock market or in corrupt 401k programs. FRONT OF CARD SHEET/BACK OF CARD SHEET. (DRAFTS)

As a proud American, let me just say that CNN and YouTube have done a GREAT disservice to the people tonight. This is shameful, and is the validation of the incredible corporate power in our government, and in our voting process.
Fascism doesn't work for America.
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