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To: Calpernia
It has come down to politics being about money, because we let it. Politics is suppose to be about leadership. That is where my vote goes, to leaders. My vote hasn’t been, nor will ever be for sale.

Money is an indicator of support. It takes money to run campaigns, buy ads, and pay for the travel necessary to get in front of the voters. Like it or not, a candidate has to be able to raise money if he wants to win.

Duncan Hunter (if you exclude the vanity campaigns of Cox and Keyes) is dead last in fundraising. He's in a tie for dead last in national polling. There's no state where he polls high enough to even be considered a spoiler.

And he's been running for how long now? How many national "debates" (for lack of a better word) has he been in? If he's still doing this poorly after all of that, what does that say about his ability to lead and inspire?

47 posted on 10/18/2007 7:04:00 AM PDT by kevkrom (The religion of global warming: "There is no goddess but Gaia and Al Gore is her profit.")
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To: kevkrom

Raise money for a campaign is a lot different then selling your vote. Selling your vote is compromising for gain, ie., pay to play.

Donating to a campaign one believes in is investing.

Two different issues.


51 posted on 10/18/2007 7:07:59 AM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: kevkrom

Hunter Duncan is not qualified to lead a 6% presidential campaign, he cannot possibly be qualified to run the United States of America.


61 posted on 10/18/2007 7:51:58 AM PDT by Petronski (Congratulations Tribe! AL Central Champs)
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