[fallujah-nuker]

Difference is that if Bill Gates tells a politician that he isn't voting for him, the politician is likely to listen to Bill and want to know why. Nothing personal...but money talks.

I can't cancel out his money, but I cancel out his vote. When it comes to choice between getting more money or more votes, I'd choose the votes.

[af_vet_rr]

I can't cancel out his money, but I cancel out his vote. When it comes to choice between getting more money or more votes, I'd choose the votes.

You're absolutely right - you can cancel out Bill Gates' vote.

However, a photo of a candidate at a dinner with Bill Gates, or a small article in a newspaper or on the evening news about Bill Gates contributing to a candiate, will cancel out your vote and money 100s and 1000s of times over.

Nobody is going to put a picture in the paper of you shaking a candidates' hand or having dinner with them, or at a rally, unless it's your neighborhood newsletter and you happen to be editor-in-chief.

It's sad, but true, that in this country money does matter more.