I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
aha
Woo-hoo!
1.5 million donors, baby.
Iran on Thursday refuted the US media for desperate attempts to link Iran to the terrorist attacks in Iraq.
"The US has given refuge to terrorist Mujahideen Khalq Organization (MKO) on one hand and its media are misleading the public opinion by linking Iran to the terrorist bombings in Iraq, on the other," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said. (MKO is a strange, cult-like Iranian opposition group that for decades has been allowed a base in Iraq, has long been on the State Department list of terrorist organizations. The U.S. has supported MKO since its invasion of Iraq. - S)
He said that the desperate attempts made by the US media aimed at justifying prolongation of occupation and sow discord between the Iranian and Iraqi governments and nations have failed so far.
weird that I could be a news junkie and miss this story - not a lot of traction I guess
Dammit, I had to stop and think of something on topic to say rather than just grabbing the first.
why, I think I shall.
Small donor model works, but I don't think it obviates the need for regulation when there are powerful monied interests still around.
I think someone should regulate the use of the word "Obviate".
Here is the real problem facing America: the NYT had a front page story today that mentioned bacon in the hed and we've heard NOT ONE PEEP from Thers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/2...sq=bacon&
st=cse
I had the FDA and Agriculture Dept. had more inspectors and better regs, myself.
Limit it to $100 dollars, period.
I think someone should regulate the use of the word "Obviate".
Its a useful word tho.
I think somebody should regulate monads.
To condemn the campaign’s departure from the system is to elevate rules over the principle that gave birth to the rules in the first place.
But Scott Simon told me Obama made a solemn pledge! And that's the kind that's unbreakable! Except in the case of divorce or something where, you know, solemn pledges aren't really serious. Like business, and contracts, and things like that. And besides, McCain is taking public funds again, after he took a solemn pledge not to! Oh, wait, that wasn't a solemn pledge. But he was out before he was in, and he was in after Obama was out, so Obama should stay in, because signing any questionnaire is a solemn pledge!
'Course, he doesn't put his hand over his heart, either, or wear a flag pin often enough, or....Well, I'm sure Scott Simon could straigthen this out.....
Limit it to $100 dollars, period.
Then you owe me a refund, motherfucker!
Good article by Wilkinson. How on earth did a real journalist get into the Times?
Geez. Um, *wish*, I mean.
Russia 1 - 1 Netherlands!
Well, I'm sure Scott Simon could straigthen this out.....
It's turtles all the way down.
I think somebody should regulate monads.
NTodd, WhyIGottaBeMrPink
First we have to give them windows, so we can see what's going on in there.
And to make 'em crash once in a while. And learn to limp along from update to update.
Then you owe me a refund, motherfucker!
I think a lot of the whining about Obama's choice for campaign finance is it's clear he's playing to win and the they all want '00 '04 redux
Good article by Wilkinson. How on earth did a real journalist get into the Times?
David Derbes
He's a blogger. Low ethics and all that.
Especially since his donor base WANTED him to opt out.
where money coming in to a campaign is from is one thing
where the money goes out is another
Cat Blanchett
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
Richard | 06.21.08 - 4:21 pm |
I like the Christina Ricci cat from a month ago:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/?s=ricci
Buckeye. Dealer of Rare Coins | 06.21.08 - 4:29 pm
Not that anyone in here cares, but contrary to fears, they've rebuilt the Blue Moon Saloon in Divide, Montana which burned down a couple years ago. Divide is a decent rifle shot from the Big Hole River, which, despite great expectations of a massive salmon fly hatch, fished very poorly the past two days. Ad posted on the bulletin board of the Blue Moon:
Animal Act
Lyn Bolinger
495-6025
Telepathic Animal Communication for all Species.
(Name and phone number alterned to protect the telepather.)
Small donor model works, but I don't think it obviates the need for regulation when there are powerful monied interests still around.
NTodd, WhyIGottaBeMrPink
Which underlines the fact that the former raises fewer concerns than the latter. But when regulation becomes a matter of control, the regulation ceases to serve its function, and simply serves the regulators.
Obama said the system was broken and he's right - the money quote was that the other said has gotten good at gaming the system - no one has refuted that - in fact they've tried scrupulously to ignore his point
I think a lot of the whining about Obama's choice for campaign finance is it's clear he's playing to win and the they all want '00 '04 redux
No one who matters gives a shit about him opting out.
Who matters? the people who are going to vote for him.
First we have to give them windows, so we can see what's going on in there.
Microsoft Monads: When You Want To Reboot Existence Every 5 Minutes.
He's a blogger. Low ethics and all that.
baba durag
Aha, that explains it.
Thanks.
where the money goes out is another
Democrats typically run moronic campaigns where the consultants make a percentage of the ad buys. So of course their answer for everything is a bigger ad buy. GOP campaigns pay staff shit, but everybody is taken care of in between campaigns.
Op Holland Op.
One campaign finance reform that might pass constitutional muster: a bonus tax (akin to the "millionaires'" self-finance provision) on TV time bought above a certain threshold.
Which underlines the fact that the former raises fewer concerns than the latter.
Yes, but I don't think Haloscan supports the underline tag.
- the money quote was that the other said has gotten good at gaming the system
Yup, that was good. 2004 was proof of that.
Yes, but I don't think Haloscan supports the underline tag.
NTodd, WhyIGottaBeMrPink
It's because monads don't have windows.
It's because monads don't have windows.
They use Macs?
the money quote was that the other said has gotten good at gaming the system
There's a Pulitzer for someone who wants to spend a month looking at tax returns and working out how wingnut welfare money sloshes around from organisation to organisation, keeping a bunch of professional wingnuts rich and ensuring that smear merchants can shutter and re-open their doors.
Listening to Maria Muldaur right now:
"It Ain't the Meat, It's the Motion"
Draw your own conclusions.
They use Macs?
NTodd, WhyIGottaBeMrPink
Why do you think existence is stable?
Gonads should be rationed.
I always thought Warergate was more about wiretapping and obstruction of justice paid for by cash.
I thought one of the concepts of campaign finance reform was to cap the amount spent on campaigns. Everyone who qualifies gets the same amount of money, spending it how and where they see fit--leveling the playing field. So now that the money comes from small donors, the sky is still the limit on how much gets spent?
I thought the model was shorter campaign season, free televised debates and public financing.
Oh, as long as I'm dreaming, how about we make voting more user-friendly--make election day/period a national holiday or a weekend or mail-in (yay, Oregon).
Listening to Maria Muldaur right now:
"It Ain't the Meat, It's the Motion"
Draw your own conclusions.
Terry C, Obama/Clinton 08
gonna have to go home, see if I still have that album....
Gonads should be rationed.
They already are.
I meant Watergate.
I think somebody should regulate monads.
NTodd, WhyIGottaBeMrPink
You need regulatng, little mister.
why is savage michael allowed to exist on the airwaves - I'm always amazed at the quotes I read coming out of his hate-filled mouth - he seems like the definition of hate on radio
No way are gonads rational.
I think his-whose-name-shall-not-be-used's gonads should be regulated.
Oh, as long as I'm dreaming, how about we make voting more user-friendly--make election day/period a national holiday or a weekend or mail-in (yay, Oregon).
noblejoanie
and encourage participation? ARE YOU MAD!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why do you think existence is stable?
And reality limited to such a small market share...
Midnight at The Oasis.
Put your camel to bed.
Oh, as long as I'm dreaming, how about we make voting more user-friendly--make election day/period a national holiday or a weekend or mail-in (yay, Oregon).
noblejoanie | 06.21.08 - 4:41 pm |
Ohio just made it much easier to absentee vote, a lot of people voted earlier for the March primary.
Mac Market share, while tiny, has been growing lately.
Geez. Go to edit some LarryElvis video, and y'all start a new thread on me.
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And reality limited to such a small market share...
NTodd, WhyIGottaBeMrPink
Well, there is no such thing as a free lunch. But you can get a cheaper iPhone now. Unless you were a sucker who bought one of the first ones.
Reality really does bite.
The media could do a lot more for campaign financing reform than almost anything else.
why is savage michael allowed to exist on the airwaves - I'm always amazed at the quotes I read coming out of his hate-filled mouth - he seems like the definition of hate on radio
Nuts! the manic kind
Freedom of speech, which people like The SavageWeiner doesn't want others to have, protects people like him.
I thought one of the concepts of campaign finance reform was to cap the amount spent on campaigns. Everyone who qualifies gets the same amount of money, spending it how and where they see fit--leveling the playing field.
That was the concept, but in practice people with lots of money could bypass the system via the 527s which gave Swiftboating.
So now that the money comes from small donors, the sky is still the limit on how much gets spent?
Better from small donors than from Corporations and crazy brazilianaires spending Grand-daddy's money.
why is savage michael allowed to exist on the airwaves - I'm always amazed at the quotes I read coming out of his hate-filled mouth - he seems like the definition of hate on radio
Nuts! the manic kind
We get to say fuck alot. They get Michael Savage Weiner. It's parity and complementarity.
Reality really does bite.
Snack sized for your convenience!
I really like our mail-voting system.
missing slanties!
Snack sized for your convenience!
NTodd, WhyIGottaBeMrPink
At only 100 calories per package, I can eat as much as I want!
100 calorie packs of high carb foods can be useful for diabetics, but as RMJ noted, many folks just can't limit their consumption.
mail-in (yay, Oregon).
I don't think the Oregon example is scalable. If you look at postal balloting elsewhere, you see so much potential for fraud. Imagine yer Fundie Patriarch sitting at the table, telling his wimmins and childers how to vote.
What I detest (as a foreigner) is that every two years, and especially every four, there's a massive wealth transfer from individuals to WBFK-15 Bumfuck and yer local cable monopoly. Imposing a 95% tax on political advertising above a certain threshold might encourage a different approach.
Richard Collins, a wealthy Dallas-based entrepreneur, bankrolled “StopHerNow," an entity set up to defeat the former First Lady.
“For six months, it’s been do we stop her, stop him or stop somebody else?” he notes.
“We spent 18 months and millions of dollars making 'Hillary The Movie,'" laments David Bossie, head of Citizens United and a longtime Clinton tormentor. “We’re incredibly proud, but the problem is the film has no relevance anymore.”
Bossie is now rushing out an Obama movie for later this summer that he promises will include Wright and other controversial figures from the Democrat’s past. But while promising that they’ll also do TV spots, Bossie’s outfit faces the same challenges as other third-party groups hoping to engage in the race – a lack of money.
Citizens United had less than $1 million on hand at then of April.
Who would watch any movie you made, Bossie, except for a handful of wingnuts with one foot already inside the door of a mental asylum?
I would have really pissed if Obama hadn't opted out. For once the Dems have an enormous advantage and we're gonna need it.
Or maybe Hillary should get on the case and fix everything. Yeah, that's the ticket.
All Music Guide reviewer Matthew Greenwald describes the song as "so sensual and evocative that it was probably one of the most replayed records of the era and also may be responsible for the most pregnancies from a record during the mid-'70s...
Some of you DFH may have been conceived to this song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=1...feature=related
Freedom of speech, which people like The SavageWeiner doesn't want others to have, protects people like him.
Terry C, Obama/Clinton 08
hate's not an opinion is it? or this: SAVAGE: Yeah, that’s why they had a pipe bomb and their lawyer said they were firecrackers. I tell you, I’d hang the lawyer. If I ran this country, I’d hang the lawyer. I would try her for aiding and abetting terrorism — I’d hang her and I’d hang every lawyer who went down to Guantánamo to defend those murderers.
seems over the line to me
What I detest (as a foreigner) is that every two years, and especially every four, there's a massive wealth transfer from individuals to WBFK-15 Bumfuck and yer local cable monopoly. Imposing a 95% tax on political advertising above a certain threshold might encourage a different approach.
We could have "Party Political Broadcasts" instead! 
(Does the UK still have those?)
The answer is simple: allow only registered voters to contribute to campaigns and keep the current donation caps. No PACs or other entities allowed to inflate the influence of the wealthy and powerful.
Barack is being routed byt he forth estate for making a choice that is leagally his to make.
Meanwhile, McCain goes on voilating the law virtually with no commentary whatsovever from thje press.
This cuntry ios so fucked in so many ways says I getting up to make my third or fourth margarita..
Newspapers: free ad space and space on the editorial pages for candidates to express themselves. In addition to running stories by reporters.
TV: free air time. At least one interview. Sponsor a debate.
Radio: Free air time. Talk shows must do at least one interview. Sponsor a debate.
David Bossie should have stuck to being a cow.
The Obama small money model hasn't prevented big money donations to him, and the existence of small donations in and of themselves doesn't preclude someone else opting out of public financing and concentrating on big money to compete with the candidate receiving small donations.
There's an assumption here that voluntary compliance with at least some portion of the spirit of election financing law on the part of one candidate assures compliance of all others, and that assumption is mistaken.
"My brush with the "reformers" made me realize they had disturbing desire to regulate for regulation's sake, a belief that all politics must be kept in a little box where they could keep an eye on it."
I wonder if Atrios would enlighten us as to which "reformers" he refers.
M'self, I think politics needs a bit more of an eye kept on it, for some very, very obvious reasons. K Street, anyone?
It may sound like a truism, but money figures into the political process now to a degree which is very, very unhealthy for democracy, and taking a somewhat free market, anti-regulatory attitude to that problem is to ignore it.
Virtually all attempts at campaign finance reform, since the initial efforts after the Nixon years, have been sparring matches between the two major parties, with each side trying to extend whatever perceived advantages they held at the moment.
This, combined with the closed primary system in the largest percentage of states, has effectively shut out worthy third-party candidates, exacerbating the faults of the winner-take-all system now in place.
And, as I said... LarryElvis video!
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David Bossie, head of Citizens United and a longtime Clinton tormentor.
Another who fears The Scary Vagina.
I would have really pissed if Obama hadn't opted out. For once the Dems have an enormous advantage and we're gonna need it.,/i>
2nded!!!
Woo-hoo!
Barack is being routed byt he forth estate
Really?
I didn't get that memo.
hate's not an opinion is it? or this: SAVAGE: Yeah, that’s why they had a pipe bomb and their lawyer said they were firecrackers. I tell you, I’d hang the lawyer. If I ran this country, I’d hang the lawyer. I would try her for aiding and abetting terrorism — I’d hang her and I’d hang every lawyer who went down to Guantánamo to defend those murderers.
seems over the line to me
Nuts! the manic kind
It's okay if you are a right wing fuckwad like Savage, Limpdick, etc.
hate's not an opinion is it? or this: SAVAGE: Yeah, that’s why they had a pipe bomb and their lawyer said they were firecrackers. I tell you, I’d hang the lawyer. If I ran this country, I’d hang the lawyer. I would try her for aiding and abetting terrorism — I’d hang her and I’d hang every lawyer who went down to Guantánamo to defend those murderers.
seems over the line to me
Nuts! the manic kind
Hate is an emotion. You shouldn't outlaw opinions and you can't outlaw emotions. You can make laws prohibiting some behaviors or acts.
"No one who matters gives a shit about him opting out.
Who matters? the people who are going to vote for him.
fourlegsgood, shambler | Homepage | 06.21.08 - 4:36 pm"
Not only am I going to vote for him, I'm going to give him more money!
But I do want him to get that FISA thing corrected after the election
Or maybe Hillary should get on the case and fix everything. Yeah, that's the ticket.
qlª | Homepage | 06.21.08 - 4:50 pm | #
FWIW I really appreciate your voice of reason.
I am not pleased and agree with this:
When he tells 49 Democratic senators to get behind the filibuster and refuse to accept this compromise, then he'll be doing what he can to strip out the immunity.
from Snow, and yet I put my Obama button on and go out there into the world, (soccer tournament all day) talking Obama up, only to come home and find out yet again, that it is all Hillary's fault.
What. ever.
Mohammed El-Baradei warns that a strike on Iran could backfire:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/me...l.ap/
index.html
That being said, NToddler definitely needs regulating.
The outstanding players on Midnight at the Oasis include Ry Cooder, David Grisman, Clarence White, and Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John.
"I tell you, I’d hang the lawyer. If I ran this country, I’d hang the lawyer."
And if someone stomped their foot and gave the SavageWeiner a mean look, he would shit his pants.
Fucking coward that he is....big talk, no cojones to back it up.
(Does the UK still have those?)
Oh, yeah. Divvied up according to the parties' relative strength.
The Canadian model is interesting: you have a mixture of allocated free and paid TV time.
You shouldn't outlaw opinions and you can't outlaw emotions. You can make laws prohibiting some behaviors or acts.
You might be able to fine someone for defamation.
Okay, jerkies! August 6... Gipsy Kings... Mann Music Center. Who wants the tickets?
Hate is an emotion. You shouldn't outlaw opinions and you can't outlaw emotions. You can make laws prohibiting some behaviors or acts.
Reg Dwight
The SavageWeiner is one person I would love to see get punched right in the mouth.
the unsocialized, mentally ill, and those out of step with american society, like limbaugh, savage-weiner, michael reagan, and hannity, need to be allowed to expose themselves in the media so that we can know about the problem and lance the boil. ultimately, they horrify like joe mccarthy and sink on their own
we have the most savage weiners of any civilized country! go usa!
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I also have some Robert Plant/Alison Krauss tickets.
You might be able to fine someone for defamation.
Snow (WF-SC)
If you can get around the 1st Amendment and NYT v. Sullivan
Damned activist judges!
MSNBC fired him pronto for telling a caller he hoped he got AIDS.
I wonder if Atrios would enlighten us as to which "reformers" he refers.
The 'campaign finance reform' establishment in DC. The people who wanted to have their tuppenceworth with the FEC over what bloggers can say. The people whose institutional structures have brought a self-perpetuating stagnation, in the way that NARAL was in supporting Joe Lieberman.
limbaugh, savage-weiner, michael reagan, and hannity, need to be allowed to expose themselves
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek
It's okay if you are a right wing fuckwad like Savage, Limpdick, etc.
Terry C, Obama/Clinton 08
another thing I've never understood is how can anyone who goes on limpbrain's show not be tied to all the idiotic crap he's spewed over the years? i.e. does cheney believe all feminists are really feminazis?
Okay, jerkies! August 6... Gipsy Kings... Mann Music Center. Who wants the tickets?
E and I were going to see Radiohead in Montreal on the 6th (my bday), but opted to go to Maine for a few days with her BBF (and her boyfriend).
limbaugh, savage-weiner, michael reagan, and hannity, need to be allowed to expose themselves
Fine. Bring back the Fairness Doctrine, so we can expose the opposition.
MSNBC fired him pronto for telling a caller he hoped he got AIDS.
plantsman
The fact that he had shitty ratings had a lot to do with that.
They fired Phil Donahue who had the highest ratings on MSNBC at the time because they had to hire another hater....The Savage Weiner.
notice that you never see the savage weiner or, especially, rush pillboy defending themselves in the open marketplace of ideas on a tv talk show or anything
they are too aware of how quickly they'd be exposed
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Newsweek Polls [Jonah Goldberg]
Kathryn - I've had a peeve with Newsweek polls for years.
Who gives a shit, Pantload? You should pay more attention to wiping your ass properly.
The Canadian model is interesting: you have a mixture of allocated free and paid TV time.
I love how the Marijuana Party and the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada each get 18½ minutes of free air time.
michael reagan
Talk about someone who got lucky!
I were conceived during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which WH Press Secretaries don't have to know anything about.
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I would like to express my pleasure and delight at Claire McCaskill's efforts in hearings this week. Thank you Claire.
all feminists are really feminazis?
Nuts! the manic kind
As I've said many times, I embrace "feminazi" as a badge of honor.
Anything Rush Limpdick hates is exactly what I want to be.
the right wing commenters think they can keep american safe by making snarky remarks on tv
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Hate is an emotion. You shouldn't outlaw opinions and you can't outlaw emotions. You can make laws prohibiting some behaviors or acts.
Reg Dwight
I didn't suggest outlawing the emotion but the broadcasting of it on radio airwaves - I assumed there already were laws in place.
This is a job for the freaking FCC!
If you can get around the 1st Amendment and NYT v. Sullivan
I'm thinking a civil penalty. Limited penalty, limited showing required. Victim can apply to the FTC for the reduced defamation requirement or pursue the regular standard via courts.
No problems with either the 1st Amendment or common law precedent. Licensees will agree to be subject to the FTC rule as a requirement of being licensed to use public airwaves.
the right wing commenters think they can keep american safe by making snarky remarks on tv
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tacitus voltaire
I'd like to keep America safe from right wing commenters.
I like Senator McCaskill a lot, too. Could not stand her Gooper rival.
Fine. Bring back the Fairness Doctrine, so we can expose the opposition.
Rmj, Eschatonian Theologist
air america and nova-m radio are doing well reclaiming the AM drivetime airwaves for some real progressive ranting and raving for a change
mike malloy rocks!
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FTC should be FCC.
This is a job for the freaking FCC!
Nuts! the manic kind
They're too busy going after Howard Stern and fainting over the sight of Janet Jackson's titty.
Wilkinson? First name?
I love how the Marijuana Party and the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada each get 18½ minutes of free air time.
Nixon got that much dead air...
I like Senator McCaskill a lot, too
Allow yourself to dream of a Senate where she replaces Harry Reid.
It's a sad day when you can't even get a giggle out of Jimmy/Jeff's antics. He's not really blogging for the National Press Club, but has gone far out of his way to make you thing he is.
Russia 2
Netherlands 1
in overtime
Off to hang with Ouzo, Sr. Be good to each other. And Happy Birthday, NTodd. We'll just be getting back from Vegas (and I don't want to forget) and you'll be off being pant-less somewhere.
NYT v. Sullivan: bad case = bad law
РУС!!!
Russia scores again! wow!
...you can't outlaw emotions. You can make laws prohibiting some behaviors or acts.
Reg Dwight
Free the rocket emoticon!
:rocket:
~
What? No tethermousie fans?
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NYT v. Sullivan: bad case = bad law
Snow (WF-SC)
Now you go to far, sir!
Birchers were involved in that case, yes?
Alan Stang?
Promisicuity!
Interview with Maria Muldaur about Midnight at the Oasis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E...kYfAK73-H0&
NR=1
Thank you, qlª. Should I buy a Powerball quick pick?
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heya moonbats
check out this appalling post Its at the top of the page)
sheeeps
Holland 1 Russia 3
After the last devastating flood in the Midwest 15 years ago, a committee of experts commissioned by the Clinton administration issued a 272-page report that recommended a more uniform approach to managing rising waters along the Mississippi and its tributaries, including giving the principal responsibility for many of the levees to the Army Corps of Engineers.
The money was given to Ken Starr, so's he could publish his X-rated report. Fuck the flood victims as long as you can embarrass a Democrat.
Someone must rescue this poodle from Michael Savage
http://tavernwench.blogspot.com/...ags-
behave.html
more owls!!!!!!
Just put on the "Aja" CD.
I was in the mood for some Steely Dan.
It seems to me that the small donor model escapes the problem of large givers dramatically influence campaigns, but it doesn't change the reality that in order to run for the presidency in this country you have to have a substantial fortune amassed to get your campaign started. How could any "regular Joe" reach the 1.5 million donors needed to fuel a 50-state, nation-wide campaign?
Maybe to some this isn't a problem, and is not something that we need a campaign finance system to create a solution with, but I tend to think it is. Why is the most important qualification for the American presidency the ability (or willingness) to raise tens of millions of dollars to run a campaign? Shouldn't we be striving for a system where candidates are elected because they have ideas and skills that can benefit the country?
The willingness to climb the governmental ladder for 30+ years hobnobbing with large donors and brokering deals to rise ever-higher in the system doesn't seem to me like a trait that should be necessary (if not sufficient) for being the President of the USA.
monkey, "regular joe" really shouldn't be president.
One of the things I love about Atrios is that he isn't one of these ineffectual, goo-goo, process liberals.
"we can only spend tax dollars on killing Muslims and presidential campaigns"-fiscal conservatives
I guess if you're a professional link finder and make your living off small donations, a small donations political financing model would seem like a great idea.
Little Billy: Yes. I apologize a thousand times, but I don't wish for your world in which John McCain and his discredited party is put on equal footing with a political phenomenon like Obama, so you feel cool with the number of TV buys.
Sorry.
what a rationalization based on a lie
the majority of Obama's money does not come from small donors
more apologists for Obama
If Obama really had principles, he'd push for public financing of Congressional campaigns, including provisions for third-party Congressional candidates.
But NO member of the two-party duopoly will do that.
Andruw: If politicians can win based on private money, regardless of the form it comes in, then I'm afraid institutions with power will find a way to exploit that. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe politicians can legislate a campaign finance system that will be bring some kind of fairness to the system. Still, I'd argue that a 100% publicly financed system would be better. I'd rather have a fair debate based on the ingenuity of each campaign to manage whatever their equal financing allowed, than a debate that could be decided by voters and institutions who donated more.
Apologies to Atrios in my last post it was in poor taste.
RE "In effect, the Obama campaign has come closer to achieving the ideals of campaign finance reform than 30-plus years of regulation."
The $2,300 limit is a regulation.
Campaigns wouldn't be based on relatively small donations instead of million dollar donations without that regulation.
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