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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-23-07 03:36 PM
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8. $12 million left over
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  -Hillary Announces NO Public Financing for Her Campaign. Cafferty says Big IOU Coming KoKo01  Jan-23-07 03:21 PM   #0 
  - Cheney didn't set that precedent. nm  dicksteele   Jan-23-07 03:23 PM   #1 
  - I think it has more to do with being competative in the general election  galadrium   Jan-23-07 03:24 PM   #2 
  - So you think Corporations and Special Interest are the ONLY ONES  KoKo01   Jan-23-07 03:26 PM   #3 
     - I don't think that at all  galadrium   Jan-23-07 03:31 PM   #6 
  - Smart. Kerry got killed for being "honorable" in 2004  rinsd   Jan-23-07 03:27 PM   #4 
  - Seems to me he had (and still has) plenty of money left over from that election  Mojambo   Jan-23-07 03:28 PM   #5 
  - $12 million left over  Freddie Stubbs   Jan-23-07 03:36 PM   #8 
  - So it would seem lack of money wasn't the reason he didn't beat back the swiftboating. n/t  Mojambo   Jan-23-07 03:38 PM   #10 
  - He was prevented from spending that money after the convention  rockymountaindem   Jan-23-07 03:41 PM   #11 
  - Answer a math question  sandnsea   Jan-23-07 04:00 PM   #20 
  - He did. But that wasn't the problem  rinsd   Jan-23-07 03:51 PM   #14 
     - Thanks for the clarification. n/t  Mojambo   Jan-23-07 03:57 PM   #16 
        - No sweat. It was a tough decision for Kerry that ultimately was a strategic mistake  rinsd   Jan-23-07 03:59 PM   #18 
  - Please..  sendero   Jan-23-07 06:44 PM   #39 
  - If Hillary doing this leads to a real conversation about public financing  Heaven and Earth   Jan-23-07 03:32 PM   #7 
  - My friend's mom used to say, "If wishes were fishes, we'd have a fish fry."  John Q. Citizen   Jan-23-07 03:55 PM   #15 
     - Because they hate raising money?  Heaven and Earth   Jan-23-07 03:58 PM   #17 
        - Well, under your theory the problem should have been solved. The job  John Q. Citizen   Jan-23-07 04:13 PM   #24 
           - Didn't say she was.  Heaven and Earth   Jan-23-07 04:15 PM   #25 
              - Me too. n/t  John Q. Citizen   Jan-23-07 04:16 PM   #26 
  - Clean elections.  hedda_foil   Jan-23-07 03:37 PM   #9 
  - Agree...if the Bush years haven't shown how out of control it is ...  KoKo01   Jan-23-07 03:42 PM   #12 
  - She will get tons of small donations  OKNancy   Jan-23-07 03:43 PM   #13 
  - Grassroots dollars just help pay "postage" when the Corporations  KoKo01   Jan-23-07 04:04 PM   #21 
     - don't then  OKNancy   Jan-23-07 04:10 PM   #23 
        - But the person I might choose to donate to ...can't compete!  KoKo01   Jan-23-07 04:36 PM   #29 
  - Sorry...I support reform including total public financing...but  SaveElmer   Jan-23-07 03:59 PM   #19 
  - Don't know why Repukes would bitch about this  zbdent   Jan-23-07 04:06 PM   #22 
  - But I see why the public might. n/t  John Q. Citizen   Jan-23-07 04:18 PM   #27 
  - one month in Iraq could pay for the whole election  LSK   Jan-23-07 04:28 PM   #28 
  - I know...disgusting isn't it...Elections and ALL ELSE held Captive to Iraq!  KoKo01   Jan-23-07 04:51 PM   #30 
  - I like this, a lot. This is a good sign.  StrictlyRockers   Jan-23-07 04:52 PM   #31 
  - Hillary says: I have enough "Corporate Donors" & I don't need Postage Mail from Individuals  KoKo01   Jan-23-07 05:17 PM   #33 
  - Howard Dean on Tweety just did an announcement that he took Corporate Funds!  KoKo01   Jan-23-07 05:04 PM   #32 
  - Dean has it exactly right.  AtomicKitten   Jan-23-07 05:19 PM   #34 
  - following Howard Deans lead...good move. nt.  k_jerome   Jan-23-07 05:22 PM   #35 
  - I understand that Hillary is "pragmatic" in her decisions..BUT  KoKo01   Jan-23-07 05:36 PM   #36 
     - i vote for the person..not the family...  k_jerome   Jan-23-07 05:40 PM   #37 
        - How can one vote for Hillary and leave out her Awesome Partner?  KoKo01   Jan-23-07 08:48 PM   #41 
  - That's because the current process is VOLUNTARY  Ignacio Upton   Jan-23-07 05:55 PM   #38 
  - But! does making "process voluntary" mean it's GOOD for Candidates to  KoKo01   Jan-23-07 06:47 PM   #40 
  - Molly Ivans apparently thinks Hillary's Wrong on not taking Public Funds...here:  KoKo01   Jan-23-07 09:11 PM   #42 
  - There are some limitations imposed when they accept public money  fuzzyball   Jan-23-07 09:30 PM   #43 
 

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