Obama raised 600 MILLION dollars in 2008, twice what Kerry or Bush raised in 2004.

[ddeclue]

The Walton family or Bill Gates can take that amount out of petty cash in 2012.

You do the math.

:hide:

[tekisui]

1. It changes the game. It doesn't end it.

Never give up.

[kenny blankenship]

3. The game goes on - it just goes on henceforth between two competing corporate candidates

Corporate candidate versus citizen candidate - that's what's over.

[tekisui]

4. I would argue that has been the game for a long time,

It is more overt now.

That doesn't mean game over. The game changes. We can't give up.

[NYC_SKP]

2. John Boy 2012!!!

Love me some Waltons!

:P

[Dinger]

5. ROTFLMAO!

:rofl:

[defendandprotect]

6. I think it was more from the public $800 million...and I think after election....

they continued to raise money --

and I'd suggest that Howard Dean set the precedent for this on the internet!

Keep in mind that this government serves only by our agreement ---

though quite a frightening proposition to undo it!

Think wise heads may prevail as we find foreign nations buying chunks of our government --

We'll all be SAUDI ARABIA!!

[doc03]

7. What about a foreign corporation? A company entirely

owned by the government of China or Venezuela can outright purchase our government. Or a company owned buy a Russian, Japanese, German billionaire can buy our government.

[pocoloco]

8. Damn paybacks!