Bush now has over $100 million? Is that necessary?

[grandzu]

Bush's reelection fund now has over $100 million. Now thats a lot of money that can be used for actual important things. Is that much money really necessary in order to get reelection? Jeez, then how did they ever elect a president in the ol' days?

[HBox]

Individual citizens donated that money to him. People can do whatever they want with their money.

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[grandzu]

Acually some of the top contributors are:
Merrill Lynch
$364,300
UBS Americas
$260,990
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
$209,800
Credit Suisse First Boston
$203,050
Goldman Sachs
$196,850
MBNA Corp
$196,600
Blank Rome LLP
$193,900
Lehman Brothers
$191,500
Bear Stearns
$163,200
Union Pacific Corp
$157,250
Microsoft Corp
$156,500

These are not individuals.
And this doesn't include the the most recent that pushed hime above a million. Figures shown here are preliminary and Last updated on 10/16/2003
I understand people can do whatever they want with their money but to use it for electing a president? That just reeks of special interests and everything that is bad in politics.

[Doomstone]

Is that much money really necessary in order to get reelection?


I think any used car salesman can tell you, the shittier the car, the harder it is to sell.

[HBox]

Where did you get those numbers? Are they contributions the company made itself, or the totals of employee donations?

However, you're not really breaking any story here. I mean, just recently, we have the feds busting old people trying to buy prescription drugs in Canada and the SEC just gave Putnam a sweeheart settlement despite the Mutual Fund scandal.

And the Democrats are just as bad, but they are bitches for trial lawyers and unions.

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[Mike Teacher]

I think we can all, irrespective of political ideaology, admit that people in the high eschelons of politics enjoy a steady stream of income. Bush does it now. Clinton did it when prez. And does it now getting $100K plus to speak at your event. And Bush 1 does it, and just about all of them before, and certainly everyone on the hill currently.



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[Yerdaddy]

I'm gonna guess he got that data here: <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/presidential/contrib.asp?id=N00008072&cycle=2004" target="_blank">www.opensecrets.org</a>, the best source of campaign finance data I know of.

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TEAR THE BITCH APART!

[high fly]

I like the numbers in the editorial by Graydon Carter in the latest Vanity Fair.

" and they ask me why I drink"