ddeclue
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Thu Jan-21-10 10:39 PM
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Obama raised 600 MILLION dollars in 2008, twice what Kerry or Bush raised in 2004. |
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The Walton family or Bill Gates can take that amount out of petty cash in 2012.
You do the math.
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tekisui
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Thu Jan-21-10 10:42 PM
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1. It changes the game. It doesn't end it. |
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Thu Jan-21-10 10:47 PM
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3. The game goes on - it just goes on henceforth between two competing corporate candidates |
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Corporate candidate versus citizen candidate - that's what's over.
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Thu Jan-21-10 10:52 PM
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4. I would argue that has been the game for a long time, |
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It is more overt now.
That doesn't mean game over. The game changes. We can't give up.
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Thu Jan-21-10 10:44 PM
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Thu Jan-21-10 10:54 PM
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Thu Jan-21-10 10:55 PM
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6. I think it was more from the public $800 million...and I think after election.... |
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they continued to raise money --
and I'd suggest that Howard Dean set the precedent for this on the internet!
Keep in mind that this government serves only by our agreement ---
though quite a frightening proposition to undo it!
Think wise heads may prevail as we find foreign nations buying chunks of our government --
We'll all be SAUDI ARABIA!!
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Thu Jan-21-10 11:36 PM
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7. What about a foreign corporation? A company entirely |
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owned by the government of China or Venezuela can outright purchase our government. Or a company owned buy a Russian, Japanese, German billionaire can buy our government.
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