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Teech1 year, 7 months ago
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By now, it's no secret that I am NOT a fan of John McCain.
"You know, my husband and I have been married 28 years and we have filed separate tax returns for 28 years. This is a privacy issue. My husband is the candidate,"
And she's right!
I don't give a rats ass where Obama goes to church or what his idiot minister said or does. Likewise, I don't care where Cindy gets her money. It's HER money!
Come on! Can it be any dirtier than the millions all candidates take from Big Oil, Big Insurance, Big Pharm, or Big Business of any sort?
And, I ask you in all seriousness, is there any other way to finance a presidential campaign ?????
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not2needy1 year, 7 months ago
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With Cindy's 100 mil, she could have financed her hubby's, but i have to agree with raats, a few posts down, it doesn't really look like she wants her hubby to be President. Maybe she doesn't want the publicity, would be hard to be high on Oxycoten all the time with cameras in your face constantly.
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Teagen1 year, 7 months ago
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Now let's not start the name calling. Cindy went through rehab and has been a big advocate for people getting help. As to her drugs of choice, it was more of the Vicodin and Percocet. Both are very addictive and perhaps the Oxycodone/Acetaminophen should be removed from the market. This isn't the first time nor will it be the last, we've seen someone lose control because of it. But back on topic, she's been to rehab and is successful at keeping clean.
As to being first lady, why would she. Move into a smaller home in a bad neighborhood?
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Lurch1 year, 7 months ago
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Of course, she stole from a charity because her own family and accountants track her money so closely. The trappings of wealth I guess. But on top of that felony, she illegally bought a controlled substance, another felony.
Why isn`t she/wasn`t she in jail? Too elite for peasant jail I guess.
So why won`t the home-wrecker release her taxes if she has nothing to hide? The Clintons did. The Obamas did.
Knowing that almost all of McCains tax-deductible charitable giving went to his own charity, which donates to the schools his kids go to, sure sounds like a tax cheat to me. Hey, if you are rich enough, the law doesn`t apply. If not, you pay taxes and pay the piper if you break the law.
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TemplarScribe1 year, 7 months ago
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Teech said: "I ask you in all seriousness, is there any other way to finance a presidential campaign?"
Damn straight there is. It's called publicly financed campaigns.
It's very simple: NO private funding of any kind can be used for any election from the state level on up. Any donations go to fund the race, and are split evenly between all eligible candidates for that office. And all public airwaves will be required to provide air time at NO cost, evenly, just as the funding is provided evenly to all candidates.
FYI, there is nothing in the Constitution protecting campaign financing, not a word, not even a mention of individual parties. And as Thomas Jefferson once said, "If I had to join a political party in order to get into heaven, I'd rather not go."
Until we have politicians who aren't bought by special interest groups or managed by insider-controlled parties, the charade of "free elections" will be simply that: a charade.
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Teagen1 year, 7 months ago
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I don't know which side you're talking about here. In my home state of Wisconsin, between the teachers unions, trade unions, Indian Casinos, road builders and donations from the George Sorros front groups, conservatives get killed here all of the time. I'd like to see McCain/Foolsgold reworked eliminating the 503's and other front groups from making commercials.
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Lurch1 year, 7 months ago
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I would like to see the current McCain/xxx law enforced, starting with McCain.
He took out a multi-million dollar loan based on public funding and then, when he gets the nomination and private money is guaranteed, he claims the public-financing law doesn`t apply and spends over the legal limit. If he is not limited by public financing, then he took out the loan illegally based on future income that was not expected/guaranteed.
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Teech1 year, 7 months ago
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TS, you are a clear thinker. I'd vote for your publicly financed campaign law in an instant. It would completely transform American politics...for the better. I especially like the "even split" provision. Corporations can give all they want, but it won't go into the coffers of a bought and paid for candidate.
Kudos to you.
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Jaydee401 year, 7 months ago
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A good bit of information here HM if you want to look.
http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=gen...
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