Election Thread 2016

[dave is ok]

So your claim is that that is equal? Keep in mind most of the Rush shit storm was after the apology.

Maybe not entirely equal, but nowhere near as lopsided as you think

Rush really underestimated this shitstorm and his apology was proof of that - listen to it. He blames the whole thing on sinking down to the liberal level and saying things a liberal would say.

[Doc Holliday]

I don't want Romney to win because all it does is prove America is one big whore, bent over and ready to get fucked for a pile of money and all Obama accepting SuperPACs does is reaffirm that notion.


EDIT: detailed SuperPAC totals: http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/supe...php?cycle=2012

So far the Romney RobertsPAC has spent 33.8 Mil and raised 36.8 Mil
the Gingrich RobertsPAC spent 16.3 Mil and raised 13.1 Mil
the Obama RobertsPAC spent 0.8 Mil and raised 4.5 Mil
the Paul RobertsPAC spent 3.1 Mil and Raised 3.4 Mil
the Santorum RobertsPAC spent 5.9 Mil and has only raised 2.8 Million dollars.

What exactly happens to this debt when it's all said & done??

[Josh]

We start five wars.

[Yoshi]

The Super PACs are a damn disaster. Remember when Obama claimed he would stick to public funding? Boy does that seem like 100 years ago. Once one guy goes down this path, everyone has to.

[Doc Holliday]

http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/campaign-finance

^^direct contributions. As you can guess, >50% of Obama's donations are under $200, >50% of Romney's are the $2,500 maximum.

[dave is ok]

I wouldn't be surprised if this presidential election goes into the billions.

[Yoshi]

What a waste, although I guess that money does get pumped back into the economy, especially in swing states.

[Doc Holliday]

Obama should buy ad slots on the EIB. I hear they need sponsors.

[Doc Holliday]

The SuperPACS are bad because of the shady nature of it. But goddamn, Obama has raised 66 Mil in small direct contributions. That's more than all the major SuperPACs combined! He certainly doesn't need the 4.5 from his or Maher's 1.

So if money is not the issue... than... it's content?


Get ready for some mud.

[Yoshi]

Yeah, this is going to be a horrific general election in terms of tone.