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SodoffBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 11:24 PM
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It takes $100 million for a republican to win the WH these days?
Edited on Tue Oct-14-03 11:25 PM by SodoffBush
That disgusts me. Where did all the money come from? Donors, who are expecting payback when the goons take office (again).

Not just "anybody" can run for office in the U.S. One must be very wealthy and/or a celebrity. The U.S. is not a democracy. It's a plutocracy.

Bush should be embarrassed to be collecting all his treasure and then calling himself "Christian."
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 11:25 PM
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1. Hate to break this to you
You are so 1990's. It is more like $250 million.
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xJlM Donating Member (955 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 11:28 PM
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2. Even that's not enough
You have to lie, cheat, and steal...
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SodoffBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 11:57 PM
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3. I was rounding up from his current $89 million
And even THAT's too much.

This is not representational government. How can any American non-millionaire think this system is fair and just and for the good of the country?
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pasadenaboy Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 11:58 PM
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4. Actually, it takes $200M
that's the fund raising goal. Notice no criticism of his fundraising. Remember all the hell Clinton/Gore caught for fundraising.

The so called liberal media strikes again.
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frank frankly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 11:58 PM
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5. the repubs also need rigged voting machines
its tough to win fair elections when you only represent 1% of the country.
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