war chests evening out? - Democratic Underground

jadedcherub

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Mon May-03-04 07:39 PM
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war chests evening out?

Kerry is able to spend so much on ads now because the money has flowed in since he emerged from the primary season nearly broke. He has raised more than $105 million so far in his White House bid, including $80 million this year.

Bush still has a cash advantage, having raised more than $185 million since launching his re-election effort a year ago. However, he already has spent about one-third of what he has raised.

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so bush is down to a little over 120 million?

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Mon May-03-04 07:42 PM
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1. amazing. absolutely amazing.

even MONEY hates bush!!

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NMDemDist2

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Mon May-03-04 07:55 PM
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2. ROFL

dont we wish-- them rangers and pioneers haven't gone on vacation you can bet

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elperromagico

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Tue May-04-04 01:53 AM
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5. It's not so much that money hates him...

Edited on Tue May-04-04 01:55 AM by elperromagico

It's more like:

1. Raise Money
2. Raise Toilet Seat
3. Place Money In Toilet
4. Flush
5. Repeat Steps 1-4

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AgadorSparticus

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Tue May-04-04 12:24 AM
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3. 1/3 of his war chest...down the toilet...nothing to show for it

boy, does it bring a smile to my face! :evilgrin:

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elperromagico

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Tue May-04-04 01:50 AM
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4. And you're surprised?

A quick perusal of his economic policies over the last 3+ years reveals that he doesn't know jack-shit about spending money properly.

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Gore1FL

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Tue May-04-04 04:01 AM
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6. A wingnut at Capitol Grilling ....

stated this: (these are only excepts -- you'll have to go to http://www.capitolgrilling.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/1/11795/5.html to get the entirety)

In March Bush spent $50 million, and collected $46 million. Not much was drained from his "war chest," was there? The effect of the advertising was enormous, overcoming bad news and a anti-Bush press.

To which I responded:

not much was drained... except for 50,000,000...

just because he raised more doesn;'t mean he didn;t spend 50,000,000.

then there were the ads in april.

to which he responded

My point was that you were either misinformed or intentionally misleading. The money was not drained from "the war chest."

to which I responded

Now I understand why Republicans are so bad with the economy.

Spending $50,000,000 isn't really spending $50,000,000 because some more money was earned.

that would explain the Bush deficits.

I like arguing with wingnuts for the following reasons:

1 It is easy to win
2 They come up with the best excuses to ignore reality (which may come in handy if i am dumb enough to ever get married again :) )

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Zynx

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Tue May-04-04 06:37 AM
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7. He has spent more than one third.

He spent more than $60 million on ads alone and then another $30 million on other stuff.

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