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Re: Obama raises $66 MILLION in August from donors!!
Holy shit!!! McCain is limited to only $84 million & Obama nearly raised that in August?! Ouch. Expect the huge ad blitz to being soon, also with a positive message, not smear ads. Heck they'll out advertise McCain 3-1. No need to lie like McCain/Karl Rove/Palin.
Re: Obama raises $66 MILLION in August from donors!!
Old news. Obama had like $230mil back in the primaries. McCain opted for the alloted money.
Obama/Biden better be careful to not use the word 'elitist Republicans' or that whole 'McCain has 7 houses' thing, because the kind of money Obama has for his election will leave him WIDE OPEN for attack.
The small time, for the working class Democrat has THREE TIMES the money for his campaign than the big business Republican.
Re: Obama raises $66 MILLION in August from donors!!
McCain raised 47 million in the same month. Funny that McCain leads in most polls with this money gap. Shows you cant buy your way into the White House. Besides, McCain doesn't have to waste time with almost daily fundraisers like Obama does. Of course Obama is going to have more money. He HAS to have fundraisers or he runs the risk of running out of money in the home stretch. Even dems have admitted that Obama shouldn't have declined public financing. While McCain is talking issues on the campaign trail, Obama, Oprah and other fat cat liberals will be forced into wasting time on fundraisers while bloggers smear Palin to death and sink his candidacy.
I hope he raises a billion. The current strategy is working perfectly. McCain should be losing by epic proportions but its not happening.
Re: Obama raises $66 MILLION in August from donors!!
I think the reason both of them are close is because they appeal to the average American. Both. McCain is a moderate Republican, probably the only way a Republican can win these days, and Obama has become more centralist since winning the primary, which is not a shock. He had to pander to his party.
The only people IN LOVE with either of these candidates are far end voters on either side of the party. They're gnna have to start talking issues to win, and I hate to break it to Hollywood, but anytime they ENDORSE a candidate, American voters run the other way. They know how wacky they are in Lalawood.
- tejastech08
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Re: Obama raises $66 MILLION in August from donors!!
McCain raised 47 million in the same month. Funny that McCain leads in most polls with this money gap. Shows you cant buy your way into the White House. Besides, McCain doesn't have to waste time with almost daily fundraisers like Obama does. Of course Obama is going to have more money. He HAS to have fundraisers or he runs the risk of running out of money in the home stretch. Even dems have admitted that Obama shouldn't have declined public financing. While McCain is talking issues on the campaign trail, Obama, Oprah and other fat cat liberals will be forced into wasting time on fundraisers while bloggers smear Palin to death and sink his candidacy.
I hope he raises a billion. The current strategy is working perfectly. McCain should be losing by epic proportions but its not happening.
The problem is, McCain ISN'T talking "issues." More like distracting people from real issues while complaining about stupid shit like "lipstick on a pig."
- tejastech08
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Re: Obama raises $66 MILLION in August from donors!!
Old news. Obama had like $230mil back in the primaries. McCain opted for the alloted money.
Obama/Biden better be careful to not use the word 'elitist Republicans' or that whole 'McCain has 7 houses' thing, because the kind of money Obama has for his election will leave him WIDE OPEN for attack.
The small time, for the working class Democrat has THREE TIMES the money for his campaign than the big business Republican.
You do realize it was McCain that first attacked Obama as being elitist right? The hypocrisy on this issue was strictly coming from the Republicans. They chose to make that an issue, and it backfired with the houses gaffe. Why in God's name McCain was attacking Obama as elitist when his wife is worth $100 million and has said "the only way to get around Arizona is by private jet" is beyond me. It was an idiotic choice by his campaign to attack Obama on that front.
The fact is, all politicians are elitists. They're all arrogant, and they have so many connections it's not even funny. In my opinion, the "elitism" charge should fall on deaf ears with the average voter because, as I said, they are all elitists. They don't live life the way we do. They have no idea what normal Americans go through on a daily basis. When you are a Senator like the two presidential candidates, you probably have a limousine, private jet, etc. and never even have a clue what the price of milk is for instance. Their handlers take care of everything for them.
Re: Obama raises $66 MILLION in August from donors!!
Yes tej, I do realize that. I assumed McCain strategically attacked on that first, because he expected Obama to play up the cliched "tha Demakrats are fer da poor peeple" angle.
On either side it's dumb as fuck. There's never been a poor politician. If they're rich, they're rich. It doesn't matter if they have $5mil or $200mil.
