Thursday, July 3, 2008

"Jiggering" Elections

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to force your opposing candidate, who is largely self-financed, who is outspending you to not be able to solicit donations from others, forcing him/her to use even more of his/her own money? That's what one section of McCain-Feingold does, that was "struck down" THE SAME DAY AS THE Washington, DC gun ban died. Did you hear apout this in the liberal media? Probably not. It got largely lost in the din about the upholding of the right to own a firearm in "Government-Town." This section might stop some millionaires from buying elections (such as New York Mayor Bloomberg did). But sometimes these millionaires lose--as the candidate in this case did. What this decision does is allow candidates who must get their millions from REAL donations to operate. I notice Hillary "loaned" herself ten million dollars in the waning days of her losing campaign, to no avail. She still lost. Now she's "going begging" to Obama, who raided multi-millions of dollars, on his own. (Paul Jacobs/Town Hall)

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