Whoo hoo! Hillary is still in the race. I can't wait to see what The Daily Show and Colbert Report do with the primary coverage tomorrow night.
Nader was on The Daily Show tonight. He fascinates me. Did you know that the Democratic party sued him about twenty times in 2004 when he dared to run then? Apparently he sued the Democratic party in November 2007 as a preemptive strike for the 2008 bid.
Our "democratic" system is full of prohibitive laws that exclude third party candidates. In Texas, if you vote in the primary, you are barred from signing a petition for a third party candidate who was not permitted to be listed on the ballot in the primary. Does this sound like freedom?
The other issue I have with the election process is how much money it costs. Hillary's folks released the news that she had raised something like 32 million. Then Obama's folks say, well, we raised 50 million!
WTF???? Everyone is worried about where the money came from - who is financing the campaigns of Hillary and Obama, but come on, the more important question is, why do they have to raise this money at all?????
It should not cost millions of dollars to become President. I think Hillary and Obama would agree.
Check out http://www.ontheissues.org/ for what the candidates think about campaign reform (look under government reform). Clinton, Obama, Nader, McCain, Huckabee and yes, even Chupacabras (who likes soft money).
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
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ok, i hate hillary, but i luv you. welcome to blogspot, baby.
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