I haven't been posting much in the last 2 weeks, and I find this matter insignificant. So I won't say much.
Your sensible posts speak for themselves.
So does the attitude expressed in some others' posts.
From the transcript of the Obama/Keyes debate, I see that Alan is doing fine work giving a reasonable and in depth justification for the Bush policy in International affairs, especially with regard to the war in Iraq.
No one I know, certainly none of Alan's friends, is spreading paraniod claims that this campaign audit is to be blamed on the President or his political advisors. The President's people could have no interest in hurting the party's candidate in Illinois. Those who publicize it, and exaggerate its significance should examine their own motives.
Election day is close, and we should all be closing ranks for the final battles. I think that Kerry and his party, including Obama, are a threat to our Republic and, indeed, to our civilization. I intend to help avert that threat by all I say and do.
Cheers,
Richard F.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, October 15, 2004
Keyes FEC Report Shows $1.1 Million Cash on Hand
More than 20,000 individual contributors fuel grass-roots campaign
(CHICAGO, OCTOBER 15) – Keyes 2004 campaign manager Bill Pascoe today released the campaign's third-quarter report to the Federal Election Commission, and issued the following statement:
"As this FEC report shows, Alan Keyes has broad-based support from the grass roots all over Illinois, and, in fact, America. Given that Alan stands for the kind of traditional, common-sense values shared by the majority of voters here in America's heartland, that makes perfect sense.
"In just seven weeks, our campaign raised $1,349,679.83 from 20,176 individual contributors and five – count 'em, five – PACs and political party committees. The individual contributions accounted for $1,309,015.83 – a stunning 97 percent. And when you divide the total amount contributed by the number of contributions, you learn that our average contribution was a remarkably low $65.04, more evidence of a true grass-roots campaign.
"Contrast that with Barack Obama, who's been vacuuming up money from every special interest group you can name, and the difference couldn't be clearer: Alan Keyes is the candidate who believes there's no interest more special than the citizens of Illinois, while Barack Obama seems to be the candidate wearing a 'For Sale' sign on his back.
"Moreover, our campaign only spent $222,962.32, leaving us with $1,127,318.84 cash on hand. As the campaign enters its closing weeks, and voters finally begin to tune in, we will have the financial resources necessary to spread Alan's message when it counts. Illinois voters will have a clear choice in this election: they can choose a candidate who agrees with them on fundamental principles like a strong national defense, limited government, greater individual liberty, and traditional moral values, or they can choose a man funded by the special interests, who wants to raise taxes to fuel more and more wasteful Big Government spending programs."
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