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The Irony Of Big-money Politics; How sweet it is!
Topic Started: Aug 25 2004, 07:11 PM (46 Views)
cmoehle
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Chris - San Antonio TX
This is a decent summary of the presidential campaigns so far: The state of the race.

The opening words speak to the failure of that mountain of money to amount to more than a hill of beans.
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The Kerry and Bush campaigns have spent about $400 million between them so far.  Add the two national committees, plus the other Democratic candidates and the spending by independent groups, and with 10 weeks to go before Election Day, total spending on the Presidential race is fast approaching three quarters of a billion dollars.  And the net result: one state has flipped.


And if that's not ironical enough, the piece concludes, and I agree, the race will come down to debates.
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I believe the debates will tell the story this year.  There will be a lot of very nervous partisans watching on both sides.


Bush will win by a slim margin. He is the more natural speaker. More voters will trust that.

Not to say some event(s) no one can control could not decide it.
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
--Barry Goldwater
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pentax
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Kamloops - BC Interior
Does anyone know when the debates ARE, anyway?
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cmoehle
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Chris - San Antonio TX
2004 Debate Schedule
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
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