Hop On The Money Train!
In the past three months, President George W. Bush has raised more money than all nine of the Democrat candidates combined! I suppose this type of story is supposed to raise our collective ire. "Gasp! Money in politics = corruption! Ohmygosh!"

Number one: why is this an issue SO early in the cycle? Naturally an incumbent is gonna raise a ton more than the other party because a candidate hasn't been chosen for the challenging party. I would bet money that Slick Willy raised a heckuva lot more than the Republican candidates in mid-1995. I'm actually surprised, though, that the Democrats have raised as much as they have. The PUKE Party of Death is also the Party of Boredom. Ho-hum.

Number two: who cares if he raises money? Doesn't it reflect upon the popularity of the guy as President? Money equals voting with the wallet. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. For those of you who followed the brilliant (and my Presidential choice) Alan Keyes in the 2000 Election, his plan was only to allow VOTERS to donate money. As much as they want, but whoever donates must have a vote. I think it's a fantastic idea. It stops corporations from donating to either party. If you're rich, you get more say. That's life. Life isn't perfectly fair.

"...Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time." Winston Churchill

Go Dubya!


  posted by Stephen @ 8:40 PM