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Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Obama Raises $32M, Clinton $13.5M in January
The fundraising numbers for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have now been revealed and Obama raised $32 million and Clinton $13.5 million. Clinton's staff claims that she raised more money in 2007 than the junior Senator from Illinois.
Hillary Clinton has accepts money from lobbyists; she accepted a $2,300 contribution from Rupert Murdoch; she voted for the Patriot Act, the Iraq War Resolution and the Kyl-Lieberman Amendment; she is opposed to driver licenses for undocumented immigrants; she wants to mandate that all Americans buy health insurance, but has refused to state how she would enforce it; she stated that she will not speak to the leaders of the countries that we do not get along with for at least the first year that she is in office; she has promised to begin troop withdrawals from Iraq within 60 days but refuses to give herself a deadline to complete the withdrawal. I honestly do not understand why any progressive Democrat would vote for her. Based on policy issues, Barack Obama is a much more logical choice, but on top of that, his oratory skills are like poetry.
He is doing with the so called American people, whereas she is doing what she and the rest of her ilk do best, handouts from big companies and lobbyists, who have no interest in the plight of real people. Just more tax breaks and less regulation for whatthe do, rip people off.
Hillary Clinton has accepts money from lobbyists; she accepted a $2,300 contribution from Rupert Murdoch; she voted for the Patriot Act, the Iraq War Resolution and the Kyl-Lieberman Amendment; she is opposed to driver licenses for undocumented immigrants; she wants to mandate that all Americans buy health insurance, but has refused to state how she would enforce it; she stated that she will not speak to the leaders of the countries that we do not get along with for at least the first year that she is in office; she has promised to begin troop withdrawals from Iraq within 60 days but refuses to give herself a deadline to complete the withdrawal. I honestly do not understand why any progressive Democrat would vote for her. Based on policy issues, Barack Obama is a much more logical choice, but on top of that, his oratory skills are like poetry.
ReplyDeleteHe is doing with the so called American people, whereas she is doing what she and the rest of her ilk do best, handouts from big companies and lobbyists, who have no interest in the plight of real people. Just more tax breaks and less regulation for whatthe do, rip people off.
ReplyDeleteGooooo Obama!