Hillary ramps it up....

[rebeccajo 14]

"News broke yesterday that a few wealthy Clinton supporters are gearing up for a massive spending campaign to boost her chances in the big upcoming contests in Texas and Ohio on March 4th.

The so-called "American Leadership Project" will take unlimited contributions from individuals and is organized the same way as the infamous Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

ABC News reports that this group is seeking 100 Clinton supporters to each give $100,000 to fund its $10 million effort to promote Senator Clinton and "contrast" her positions with Barack Obama's.

Groups like this are forbidden from working primarily for the purpose of electing or defeating a candidate.

Yet here we have a committee that springs up on the eve of an election, promotes a specific candidate, and has no history or apparent purpose of lobbying specific issues outside the benefit to the candidate of these communications.

This raises a number of legal and ethical issues, but more than anything it reveals an attitude towards politics as a game that is played to win at all costs."

source David Plouffe, BarackObama.com

[one...two...tree 2,762]

The old way of doing things really shows right there. Obama's campaign is receiving small donations the Howard Dean's campaign did 4 years ago and part of the enthusiasm. When a college student can give $10 to a candidate, they feel invested and empowered.

[Lansbury 19]

source David Plouffe, BarackObama.com

very unlikely to be unbiased, 100% truthful or accurate then

[GaryC 7]

I wonder when she will hit up the Buddist Monks or the Chi-coms again?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I wonder when she will hit up the Buddist Monks or the Chi-coms again?

Chi-coms?

[GaryC 7]

I wonder when she will hit up the Buddist Monks or the Chi-coms again?

Chi-coms?

Communist China

[rebeccajo 14]

Here's the ABC source story, Lansbury.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/20...ro-clinton.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4318453

"Under Internal Revenue Service and Federal Election Commission regulations, 527 organizations can raise unlimited amounts of money to advocate issues to voters. The name 527 refers to the section of the IRS code that authorizes their existence. The ads from such a group cannot specifically call for Clinton's election or Obama's defeat.

The FEC, however, has recently applied a tougher standard to such organizations and has fined several of them for not registering as political action committees. Such a committee can only raise contributions from individuals of $5,000 or less."

Edited February 21, 2008 by rebeccajo

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I wonder when she will hit up the Buddist Monks or the Chi-coms again?

Chi-coms?

Communist China

Where does Walmart get most of it's products from? Capitalist China?

Edited February 21, 2008 by Mister Fancypants

[rebeccajo 14]

To keep this balanced:

"A 527 group financed by Obama supporters spent more than $1 million assisting Obama going into Super Tuesday and a union-backed 527 ran ads on behalf of Edwards in Iowa."

[Lansbury 19]

Here's the ABC source story, Lansbury.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/20...ro-clinton.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4318453

which contains a lot more than the information you quoted originally. Not unbiased 100% truthful or accurate as I surmised.

I never met a politician or a journalist yet, and I've met a quite a few, who were unbiased, truthful and accurate.

Edited February 22, 2008 by Lansbury