How can you not like this?

[Cali Coug]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/0..._n_105407.html

Most of McCain's staff, by virtue of the new rule, is now inelligible to contribute to the DNC or Obama's campaign.

More of this and Haddow's tv will get smaller.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/0..._n_105407.html

Most of McCain's staff, by virtue of the new rule, is now inelligible to contribute to the DNC or Obama's campaign.

More of this and Haddow's tv will get smaller.

Why would McCain's staff want to contribute to the DNC or Obama's campaign?

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by Tex

Why would McCain's staff want to contribute to the DNC or Obama's campaign?

Doesn't matter- they don't have the option now given that they largely appear to be lobbyists.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

Doesn't matter- they don't have the option now given that they largely appear to be lobbyists.

Heh. If it doesn't matter, why are you posting about it.

"This just in: Republican staffers won't be donating money to Democrats!" Ok. Thanks for that.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by Tex

Heh. If it doesn't matter, why are you posting about it.

"This just in: Republican staffers won't be donating money to Democrats!" Ok. Thanks for that.

If we were restricted to posting about things that mattered, we wouldn't be privileged to enjoy any of your posts here.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

If we were restricted to posting about things that mattered, we wouldn't be privileged to enjoy any of your posts here.

Or yours, apparently. CGers could only hope.

[YOhio]

If you guys are gonna constantly go after each other, make it count. Go after the jugular. I wanna see MikeWaters v. Rocky Balboa type stuff here, not this pansie slap fighting.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by SeattleNewt

If you guys are gonna constantly go after each other, make it count. Go after the jugular. I wanna see MikeWaters v. Rocky Balboa type stuff here, not this pansie slap fighting.

I usually pull punches in these discussions since Cali has a reading disability, not to mention an honesty problem.

I've tried to go easy on him.

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by Tex

I usually pull punches in these discussions since Cali has a reading disability, not to mention an honesty problem.

I've tried to go easy on him.

How thoughtful of you. Indulge the curious bystanders just this once. We wanna see blood.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by SeattleNewt

How thoughtful of you. Indulge the curious bystanders just this once. We wanna see blood.

Here's a little. Debunking the "Obama vs. lobbyists" myth:

“I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over ..." Obama said at a speech in Iowa last November.

Of course, Obama left out a number of caveats. According to his campaign’s de facto standards, taking money from state and municipal lobbyists is acceptable, employing “former” lobbyists on the campaign is okay, as is having lobbyists as unpaid advisers, and taking money from lobbyists wives is acceptable. The Center for Responsive Politics has reported that Obama has taken $85,000 directly from state and municipal lobbyists or the family members of federal lobbyists.

Notable exceptions aside, Obama’s real prestidigitation is still more impressive. When Obama says he hasn’t taken money from lobbyists, what he means to say is that he hasn’t taken money directly from the bank accounts of registered lobbyists. He’s taken lots and lots of money from lobbyists who are out actively raising money from others on his behalf. The practice of using well-connected individuals to raise money from groups of people is known as “bundling.” The fact that he has plenty of lobbyists working as bundlers for his campaign wouldn’t seem to make him any less beholden than if he’d taken their personal checks. If anything, it’s actually less transparent.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q...RkODI5ZWNmNjg=