The Buying of the Presidency 2008

American Thinker ^ | October 20, 2008 | Richard Baehr

[Mogollon]

It's not the FBI's job -- it's the FEC's, and they're totally inept. He's taking advantage of every loophole he can find.

According to the FBI website, the FBI does investigate election fraud including illegal contributions:

FBI

[gracesdad]

Sorry to point this out, but people have been buying elections for a long time now. Notice that you don’t see too many poor or middle class people running for national office.

[ishmac]

There are ads everywhere, even here in Texas. My guess is that he's trying to ensure that he has over 50% of the national popular vote. That way he can claim a mandate for "change" if he wins. Worst case scenario: he loses the electoral college, but wins 51% of the popular vote. His ACORN minions take to the streets for a two month long rampage....

[MrPiper]

overwhelmimg ad blitz Obama

Hmmmm, I guess you have to turn on the TV to see them. I listen to a little radio, but have not heard any political "approved by" commericals.

Since when does a commercial make you do something you normally don't do anyway?

[MrPiper]

overwhelmimg ad blitz Obama

Hmmmm, I guess you have to turn on the TV to see them. I listen to a little radio, but have not heard any political "approved by" commericals.

Since when does a commercial make you do something you normally would not?

[Russ]

Very few people these days are willing to admit they might have been wrong. As I bitterly cling to my religion and guns they bitterly cling to their preconceived ideas and opinions. They cannot bring themselves to admit they were wrong to back Obama and no amount of truth and logic is going to change them. If McCain is to win the margin will have to come from the Independents and undecided.

[Clemenza]

I get both NYC and Philadelphia media, being in Central New Jersey. I see four Obama ads on TV for every McCain ad.

[af_vet_rr]

We need everything we can to win.

What we need is a focused John McCain that can make a clear and simple case that Obama = bad for the economy.

He's got two weeks left, and he got way too wrapped up in the Ayers/Wright stuff and he wasted a lot of time - the people who care about Ayers/Wright would have decided to vote for McCain long before now. He's got to make this all about the economy, because that's what is going to be most important to the undecideds and independents and moderates at this point.

He has to keep it clear and simple so that the message gets out - anything too wordy or complex and the media will ignore it. They like their soundbites in 30-second and 60-second soundbites.

Palin - at this point she needs to tone down her attacks and just fund-raise and work on conservatives, because every time she overshadows him, his economic message will get lost.

He's got to stop playing like he's in the first or second quarter and start working on the 2-minute drill. Clinton won by beating Bush over the head with the economy and if McCain loses sight of that, he loses the election.

[Entrepreneur]

I think people are getting sick of this election and starting to get very sick of Lord Obama. They novelty is fading and the incessant barrage of Lord Obama ads are getting irritating.

The ads won’t affect the voting patterns of either base, but they might affect independents. These are people who may vote for silly reasons. Many voted for Perot twice, giving Clinton two elections he could not have won on his own, despite running against lame opposition from the GOP.

Independent votes can swing from one candidate to another for rather silly reasons. Getting sick and tired of Lord Obama might be enough. Growing awareness that electing Lord Obama will give the socialist democrats a legislative trifecta might also come into play. I think independents rather like divided government for its checks and balances.

The Lord Obama’s excessive, aggressive, obnoxious media spending might very well result in a small voter backlash. Is it enough to help overcome the current lead and voter fraud? We’ll see.

Hopefully, the libs will be so overconfident that election day will result in many staying home because they have more important things to do. After all, they figure, it’s already in the bag for the Lord Obama.

Hopefully, conservatives will be so distraught about the likelihood of Lord Obama ruling the country that they’ll make extra effort to turn out and vote straight party if they cannot stomach voting directly for McCain.

This election is “historic” not because a candidate is black, but because it could mark the end of the American dream and total socialist control of the United States.

[suijuris]

unless she was eating both lobsters herself

Probably was. She has a double-wide ass.

[gunner03]

There are ads everywhere, even here in Texas. My guess is that he’s trying to ensure that he has over 50% of the national popular vote. That way he can claim a mandate for “change” if he wins. Worst case scenario: he loses the electoral college, but wins 51% of the popular vote. His ACORN minions take to the streets for a two month long rampage....

Three words: “Lock and load1”

[Kaslin]

What we need is a focused John McCain that can make a clear and simple case that Obama = bad for the economy.

Exactly. But that is not only 0bama. It is also the liberals period and anyone who believes that the democRats are better for the economy then the Republicans needs his or her head examined. All you have to do is take a look at what happened to the economy since the Rats have taken over. It is them who have sunk it and will even sink it more if they get a filibuster save Congress

[Kaslin]

Well, not exactly. They have been trying to buy elections, but most the time don’t have any luck

[dilvish]

At some point saturation advertising actually annoys the consumer (or in this case the voter). I swore off buying Dodge because for years I couldn’t watch a sporting event on TV without seeing a dozen Dodge commercials (well really 3 Dodge commercials 4 times each). Of late I’m annoyed at Toyota for their Zero the Hero campaign, partly because the songs sucks but also because they’re putting it in every commercial break. Obama is hitting pretty close to that saturation level, which is a good thing probably.

[hershey]

Actually, Obama’s backers...foreign powers, America’s enemies are buying the Presidency. All illegal, but the voters don’t know or are too dumb to care.