The election of an American president has become little more than a farce. Principled stands on issues, and believe me, there are plenty of pressing issues, are few and far between in the 2008 election cycle.
Republican candidate John McCain has taken a stand on national security, while Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have taken stands on separate versions of “Universal” health care. Clinton and Obama, have allowed their campaigns to degenerate to mud-slinging, fund-raising and empty rhetoric.
What about border security? What about our slumping economy – our national debt and runaway spending? The Democrat response, predictably, is to eliminate the Bush tax cuts and raise taxes. Candidates who faced and addressed those issues, namely Mitt Romney and Ron Paul, dropped out of the race due to lack of public support and probably lack of financing. Romney was putting his personal funds on the line and the last I heard Paul only had about $9 million in the bank.
Apparently the next president will be the one who can peddle the most influence, looks best on television and further Balkanize (divide) our country by appealing to the most voters in ethnic and special interest groups such as Hispanic and black voters, “young” voters, women voters and the kook fringe of environmental wackos and gays.
First, let’s look at fund-raising, keeping in mind that campaign finance reports always lag behind actual money raised.
“In January, Obama pulled ahead of opponent Hillary Clinton in the money race, raising nearly twice her $18.9 million for the month. The two remain in a tight competition for the most raised since the start of 2007 and are nearly tied in the number of delegates they've won from the primary contests.
“Obama collected more than $1 million a day in January -- largely thanks to small online donors -- bringing his total haul to $138.2 million. Although official February reports won't be available until the end of March, Obama's campaign is already reporting that the presidential hopeful is keeping his record-breaking fundraising pace.”
Total Receipts: $138,231,595
Total Spent: $113,291,435
Cash on Hand: $24,940,159
Debts: $1,104,693
Date of last report: January 31, 2008
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.asp?id=N00009638Hillary raised $35 million in Feb. Obama raised (an estimated) $50 million.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23392917/McCain raised about $30 million in Feb., and fell short of his goal.
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/03/25/mccain_misses_fundraising_goals.htmlThe three major candidates have between them raised more than $250,000,000 – a quarter of a billion dollars – AND WE ARE STILL IN THE PRIMARIES.
I guarantee folks, if we can keep Hillary from gloating over Obama's problems, McCain's head from exploding the next time he loses his temper and Obama from killing all the white folks, we will have the best president money can buy.
Want to save our Republic? Then we've got to begin once again the constitutional election of our chief executive.
