February 25, 2008
Recently John McCain, who presumes himself to the be the Republican
nominee for President, has been raising a stink about Barack Obama, who
presumes himself to be the Democratic nominee for President. Apparently
Barack Obama stated early on in his campaign that he would forego open
fundraising and use public finance if he won the Democratic nomination, and
he challenged whoever won the Republican nomination to do the same. He
figured he'd have no money, and the Republican nominee would. As it turns
out, he now has more money than God, and McCain is returning cans and
bottles to finance his campaign. So McCain is trying to turn it around on
Obama and make Obama's original issue a McCain "right back at ya" issue.
These are the schoolyard games our leaders-to-be play around with, instead of
focusing on the real issues that need to be addressed and debated. Well
personally, I'm sick of both major parties and their "your money is dirtier than
my money" taunts. Sure, it's easy for me to say, because I don't have any
money, dirty or otherwise. But I'm prepared to throw down the ultimate
campaign finance challenge to both McCain, Obama and anyone else who ends
up being on the ballot come November. How about we all forego all financing
for our campaigns? Nobody runs any ads (on TV, the radio, the Internet or
otherwise). We'll save our airwaves from unnecessary blah blah blah, we'll
save the sanity of all the citizens in key battleground states, and we'll save the
country from a President owned by corporations, unions and/or lobbyists. Let's
move away from private or public financing of campaigns, and move to a new
age of zero financing of campaigns.
Recently John McCain, who presumes himself to the be the Republican
nominee for President, has been raising a stink about Barack Obama, who
presumes himself to be the Democratic nominee for President. Apparently
Barack Obama stated early on in his campaign that he would forego open
fundraising and use public finance if he won the Democratic nomination, and
he challenged whoever won the Republican nomination to do the same. He
figured he'd have no money, and the Republican nominee would. As it turns
out, he now has more money than God, and McCain is returning cans and
bottles to finance his campaign. So McCain is trying to turn it around on
Obama and make Obama's original issue a McCain "right back at ya" issue.
These are the schoolyard games our leaders-to-be play around with, instead of
focusing on the real issues that need to be addressed and debated. Well
personally, I'm sick of both major parties and their "your money is dirtier than
my money" taunts. Sure, it's easy for me to say, because I don't have any
money, dirty or otherwise. But I'm prepared to throw down the ultimate
campaign finance challenge to both McCain, Obama and anyone else who ends
up being on the ballot come November. How about we all forego all financing
for our campaigns? Nobody runs any ads (on TV, the radio, the Internet or
otherwise). We'll save our airwaves from unnecessary blah blah blah, we'll
save the sanity of all the citizens in key battleground states, and we'll save the
country from a President owned by corporations, unions and/or lobbyists. Let's
move away from private or public financing of campaigns, and move to a new
age of zero financing of campaigns.
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