[kj] oliver / fox election spin

[Brendan]

I'm confused by the money behind the campaigns. I gather McCain decided to
go with public funding, which capped his campaign spend at $84M.

Was this because he had so badly fucked up his previous campaign despite
all the money he had, that he couldn't count on people forking out more?

Obama decided to go for the other form of funding, whatever that's called,
and ended up with over 3 times as much money.

Where was the majority of it from, corporations / institutions or
individuals?

Does it reflect more popular support for Obama in the public?

I would have expected McCain to have had a much bigger corporate backing
and potentially a lot more money at his disposal...

Confused.



> Palin was no doubt ill equipped for the position, but note this report you

> linked came from Fox News who..

>

> are attempting to spin the story of the election, by giving people on the

> "right" a scapegoat - which will make it easier for them to stomach all

> the

> jubilation elsewhere in the country. They would rather believe - or paint

> the picture - that McCain's campaign lost the election, through bad

> decisions and tactics (which certainly didn't help), instead of American's

> voting for someone who they believe in.

>

> the right-wingers so badly want history to view Obama's election as a

> mistake, a series of errors, and not social evolution, or however it may

> be

> perceived on the left.

>

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

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> Behalf Of B. Oliver Sheppard

> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 3:06 AM

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> Subject: Re: [kj] Oliver...............

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> The specter of President Palin forced the hand.

>

> It was just revealed she did not know Africa was even a continent. She

> thought it was a country. And John "My Fellow Prisoners" McCain is so

> old she could've become Pres. and had her hand on the nuke arsenal.

>

>

> http://wonkette.com/404207/sarah-palin-thought-africa-was-a-country-not-a-co

> ntinent

> <-- video there

>

>

> Sorry, but no. Denied. Go back to your arctic circle, ma'am, the US

> state that has a lower population than many US cities.

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> fluke fluke wrote:

>>

>>      Out of curiosity, why did you vote for Obama?

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