The $1 billion campaign

"Eine Gelegnheit,
den Mund zu halten
sollte man nie
vorübergehen lassen"---- Curt Goetz

"I am someone who is a uniter, not a divider. I don't believe in group thought, pitting one group of people against another."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
Nov. 22, 1999


"The administration I'll bring is a group of men and women who are focused on what's best for America, honest men and women, decent men and women, women who will see service to our country as a great privilege and who will not stain the house."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
Jan. 15, 2000


"When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us vs them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
Jan. 21, 2000


"By far, the vast majority of my tax cuts go to the bottom end of the spectrum."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
Feb. 15, 2000


"I worry. I'm very worried about, you know, the kid who just wonders whether America is meant for him. I really worry about that. And uh, so, I'm running for a reason. I'm answering this question here and the answer is, you cannot lead America to a positive tomorrow with revenge on one's mind. Revenge is so incredibly negative."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
March 23, 2000


"This is a world that is much more uncertain than the past. In the past we were certain, we were certain it was us versus the Russians in the past. We were certain, and therefore we had huge nuclear arsenals aimed at each other to keep the peace. That's what we were certain of ... You see, even though it's an uncertain world, we're certain of some things. We're certain that even though the 'evil empire' may have passed, evil still remains. We're certain there are people that can't stand what America stands for ... We're certain there are madmen in this world, and there's terror, and there's missiles and I'm certain of this, too: I'm certain to maintain the peace, we better have a military of high morale, and I'm certain that under this [Clinton-Gore] administration, morale in the military is dangerously low."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
May 31, 2000


"A generation shaped by Vietnam must remember the lessons of Vietnam: When America uses force in the world, the cause must be just, the goal must be clear and the victory must be overwhelming."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
Aug. 3, 2000


"When I put my hand on the Bible that day in January 2001, I will swear — I will swear to uphold the laws of the land. But I will also swear to uphold the honor and the integrity of the office to which I have been elected, so help me God."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
Aug. 11, 2000


"In my administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs will act as an advocate for veterans seeking benefit claims, not as an adversary."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
Aug. 21, 2000


"When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart, it changes your life, and that's what happened to me."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
Sept. 1, 2000


"Americans are tired of investigations and scandal. And the best way to get rid of them is to elect a new president who will bring a new administration, who will restore honor and dignity to the White House."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
Sept. 15, 2000


"I'm not sure the role of the United States is to go around the world and say 'this is the way it's got to be…' I would be very careful about using our troops as nation builders."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
Oct. 3, 2000


"I think credibility is important. It's going to be important to be the — for the president to be credible with Congress, important for the president to be credible with foreign nations. And yes, I think it's something that people need to consider."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
Oct. 11, 2000


"I want to be judicious as to how to use the military. It needs to be in our vital interest, the mission needs to be clear, and the exit strategy obvious."
Candidate for President George W. Bush
Oct. 11, 2000





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"America is a mistake,
a giant mistake"
Sigmund Freud

"I don't know much about Americanism,
but it is a damned good word
with wich to carry an election"---
Warren G Harding

Well, it most certainly is a disgusting waste of money....isn't most of it from private contributions?
Obama claims to have pulled in his (what was it, $55 million) February monies through online campaign contributions.
If every Obama supporter gave up their Starbucks once a month for the entire campaign, you'd have a rather large sum of money.

....just don't confuse this with me thinking $1 billion to run a campaign is OK.

There are always some big donors...and they want the favor returned.

Candidone
it is not my intention to belittle DEMOCRACY.
But i am dead against a democracy which need some money to be a rational, acclaimed candidtate to occupy the house.
Spread the air with with smile and not with this smoke.
Rama

American way of Democracy is not IDEAL.
sorry

"It has indeed been a trying hour for the Republic;
but I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country.
As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow,
and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands,
and the Republic is destroyed.
I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war."

—Abraham Lincoln in a letter to William F. Elkins, November 21, 1864.

USA is unfit/disqualified to uphold the value of Democracy..
Afganisthan and Iraq had picked up leaders without much ado..
USA had spent some money to pick up a candidate to ruin the globe.
Anyone who uphold the unfulfilled soup sipping power's DREAM is a half backed potatoe.
Ask any Indians or Germans

And your opinion of Obama?

And then, your opinion of firemen with short hoses.

My opinion about Obama is this.
He is a dancing doll for the corporate masters.

...curious who his corporate masters are?

Are there not umpteen sources who stand behind these dolls?
By these dolls I mean both the approved Reps and undecided dems.

You agree with comments made on A2K by Magginkat, who said that Obama was nothing more than an empty suit.

Who's giving this person all that corporate dough?

miller
there are many who apporve the rational views.

They are the vocal. But consider those Americans who're silent and simmer in their anger.

miller
Thro this thread I had tried my level best to expose the AMERICAN WAY OF DEMOCRACY.
One need not cross the ocean to kill the people to spread DEMOCRACY.
One should follow the virtues of DEMOCRACY at home..
pick up a decent candidate without much ado and NOISE.

Democracy is not a show bossiness.
America is disqualified to export democracy.

But it is not my taste or cake.
Let those foreign intellectuals in usa leave and seek shelter in their birth place.
A congenial world is without consume-oriented corporate sponsored non entity.

help others
Be as you are
Rama

Let USA make more choice and not always the holly/bollywood drama