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Thank you for the ping, JJ!

Ryan Sanger has a style which cracks me up; in how right it is:

In fact, the Internet resembles in many ways the campaign-finance reformers' long-sought utopia: full public financing of political campaigns.

YES! Exactly right. Unlike the Fannie Lou/Mae (?) Hammer "solution" and Mr. McCain's most recent "bubble" on FORCED STANDARDS UPON BROADCASTERS HAVING TO GIVE EQUAL TIME TO ANY AND EACH AND EVERY CANDIDATE.

When I saw his proposed "idea".. about that forcing.. I thought of CA's "Total Recall" Election -- what was it ... over 100 Candidates for governor? And that was just for governor. (wondering if Hollywood moguls (and studio fiefdoms *hated* that idea of McCain's...).

While the government is of course not financing anyone on the Internet, the outcome is the same: For an absolute pittance, every idea, every political philosophy, every candidate has access to a soap box.

Bingo!

Who's next in the shell game, newspapers forced to list the websites of each and every candidate? With links to "real" blogs as opposed to "those peasant" blogs? Over time, the MSM would resemble, nothing but listed links during an election, no?

LOL the CA special election was a hoot, and despite the LOTTERY by which they drew letter of the alphabet to decide in which order the candidates would be placed on the ballot; then of course for candidates whose last name started with the same letter, another LOTTERY was held to choose the second letter that would be at the top.. IT WAS A RIOT.. Yes, we complained, it was an idiotic waste of time... but you know what... it didn't matter in the end, people in CA could figure it out, and sheese, the only thing that would've made it more fun is to make it one giant-tub of a Butterfly ballot!! LOL.. Gosh, remember when Fox's John Gibson, would have one of the unknown candidates on every so often.. Mary Carey, porn star was running, and you have to admit, every Thomas, Richard, and Harrietta, had a shot at the big seat.

Wow, flashback moment there..

Yes yes.. this will be fun to watch as McCain and 'cowboys' figure try to figure out how to muck up the waters for but those that benefit themselves. Perhaps they'll have a 527 lottery.... but of course, the big dogs only get ONE, that's ONE, ticket in the barrel, with ALL THE OTHER 527's that aren't EQUALLY FUNDED.. hmmmmmmmmm.. :)