Dirty Money, Clean Money. Who Cares? It's a Presidential Race
02.03.08 (8:36 pm) posted by Genia
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I recently asked Chisa Hutchinson what she thought about the 2008 election so far. She said:
Whenever anyone asks me about politics lately,
it just makes me want to run away and take cover until 2009.
I'm feeling pretty good about Obama right now, though.
Whenever I say that, inevitably some chick gives me the stink-eye.
I guess I would be fine with Hillary
-- she's a shark and could definitely
navigate those rough White House waters
--
but it would be refreshing
to have someone in charge
that nobody's had the chance
to wipe their dirty hands all over yet.
They're both preaching pretty much the same sermons,
so there aren't any dealbreakers where policies are concerned for me.
At any rate, it's cool that they're playing nice. For now. I give it 'til July.
I agree with Chisa. It would be nice to have someone in the White House who doesn't have to hide
all the dirty deals they've been making for years with one political contributor or another.
But the shear nature of
the American political system almost dictates that politicians
will make dirty deals -- and lots of them.
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, John Edwards,
Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romney could feed every citizen
of every "3rd world country" for an entire year (hell, make it 5 years!) with
the money
they've raised for this year's presidential campaign.
Campaigns cost money and dirty money will buy just as many television, newspaper, and radio ads as clean money.
Since John Edwards has dropped out of the race, I am shifting my support to Barack Obama.
If he wins the Democratic nomination, and
ultimately the election, I hope he has the good sense to hire advisors and staff who will help him figure
out the best way to pull America out of our mess with Iraq.
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I agree with Chisa. It would be nice to have someone in the White House who doesn't have to hide
all the dirty deals they've been making for years with one political contributor or another.
But the shear nature of
the American political system almost dictates that politicians
will make dirty deals -- and lots of them.