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July 28, 2013
The Weiner Funds: "Campaign cash is cool stuff. "
You can spend it like regular cash: buy yourself a car, stay in a fancy hotelwhile attending a conference in the Bahamas, get some good tailoring or designer dresses, eat at tony restaurants. Plus you not only get the money people have voluntarily given you, you get matching funds from the taxpayer.The downside is, you can only spend that money if you have a registered campaign going.
Once you do, not only can you open the money spigot, you can also offer campaign-related jobs to your friends, relatives, and people you want to kiss up to. Radio Derb Transcript
Posted by gerardvanderleun at July 28, 2013 9:01 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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The corruption inherent in campaign cash is obvious to any who look. That is why most voters keep their heads in that hole in the ground. Government is the god of modern man, made in man's image. Government is 'power centers' and power centers attract cash. However modern man cannot envision life without god, especially true of the atheists.
Posted by: Bobbye at July 28, 2013 10:01 AM
Precisely why the wiener and his bun stay in. They're living off campaign cash, and will continue to do so until they're chased out of town. When they are chased, they'll figure out some other way to suck up money without working.
Posted by: BillH at July 28, 2013 5:59 PM
Not to mention spending 45 K hiring private dicks (!) to chase after hackers you now admit did not exist.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 29, 2013 5:44 AM