Casual Observation

7 Comments

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   130motorbike on March 8, 2016 at 8:39 am

   Its hard to get worked up whether obscene cash contributions arrive in one brown envelope, or millions brown envelopes.  Money still distorts the vote, and is still welcomed by both Democratic and Republican consultants alike.

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     BooMan on March 8, 2016 at 10:26 am

     Hotels and planes cost money.

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       130motorbike on March 8, 2016 at 11:46 am

       Both sides contribute to the problem because both sides are addicted to the money.  Party planners/Apparatchiks/Kingmakers/Consultants would rather share the spoils of the latest PAC, than to derail that money train.

       And who can blame them?  After all, hotels and planes cost money.

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     Bearpaw on March 8, 2016 at 11:53 am

     Yeah, I figure it’s like votes. What difference does it make if all the votes come from one person or from many people?  

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       mino on March 8, 2016 at 12:25 pm

       LOL  Both sides certainly did/do(?) that.  I would never claim holier than the other on that issue.

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   Joelcr on March 8, 2016 at 3:35 pm

   I had a family (by marriage) relation who worked with the FEC. None of this is surprising, for what it’s worth.

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   clif on March 8, 2016 at 9:17 pm

   OT but important none the less;

   The Democratic Party of Kentucky held on to control of the Kentucky House; they won 3 of 4 special elections tonite.

   The balance of power is now 53 to 47.

   KY’s first rebuke of teh Bevin