I have tried not to be political on this blog ever, but this one got me going and I had to spread the word. I read a story today about the Obama Campaign and their desperate attempt to raise more money for the campaign. The article said:
Having hauled in a record $208,333 every hour of every day last month — $150 million in all — plus a few more unreported millions so far this month, Barack Obama is worried that he might come up short in the political money war with the John McCain-Sarah Palin ticket.
Just to relieve himself of that $150 million before the polls open, Obama will have to spend $12.5 million a day.
Are you kidding me, 12.5 million dollars a day, that is crazy! Does Obama honestly think that his campaign spending is helping Americans? Although he claims to want to help everyday Americans by putting more money in their pockets, he sure appears to be more concerned with taking it out of their pockets! Apparently, he thinks that he will spend more than 12.5 million a day because he is asking for more.
…according to an e-mail plea to supporters, tonight’s the absolute deadline to donate $10 more and receive your special edition Official Obama-Biden car magnet.
Having now collected more than $605 million altogether, the freshman senator shows no concern over the appearance of buying the presidency. Imagine for a moment the national political conversation that could be going on now if rich Republicans had raked in that much loot for one campaign.
Wow, yesterday I read an article about how there was a whole hoopla about Sarah Palin, and how she has spent $150,000 on clothes since the Republican National Convention. $150,000 in two months sure seems like an insignificant amount compared to 12.5 Million dollars a day. Don’t worry, at least the Obama campaign explains why they needed more money.
“We have to make our final, tough decisions about where to fight and how strong we can make our team. And those choices will depend on the financial resources we have.”
Apparently, the Obama campaign has to have money to make decisions. Intersting… I wonder what will happen when Obama is the president, and he has to make a tough decision, like about a financial crisis? Perhaps he will just ask us for more money to help him decide. I don’t know about you, but I do not think that would help us get out of the crisis.
I wish this election had actually been about issues that will affect me. Not just about what color, gender, and religion you are and how well you can spin the media wheel in your favor. I guess we can hope for a better election next time.
PS. You can read the whole article here.
