“It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into”

Jonathan Swift
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"The Democrats have moved to the right, and the right has moved into a mental hospital." - Bill Maher
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"The city is crowded my friends are away and I'm on my own
It's too hot to handle so I gotta get up and go

It's a cruel ... cruel summer"

Friday, April 11, 2008

This Week at the RNC

The latest distortion directed at Obama is about to hit your local newsstand. Obama recently made a comment referring to internet users who contribute to his campaign as a “parallel system” of funding for his campaign. He made no suggestion that this group be used to circumvent federal funding laws, or public contribution limits, or indeed any of the other campaign financing laws. The dissembling wonks of the Republican Party have seen their chance; however, and plan to make the most of this opportunity. Thanks to a ghost editorial published by the now right wing owned Wall Street Journal, the Republicans are set to launch a campaign of lies designed to make it seem as if Obama is somehow attempting to break campaign finance laws.

Don’t let these liars smear Obama’s name with this ridiculous campaign. Send in your letters now explaining that Obama was only pointing out that many of his contributors come from the internet and is not, as the liars in the Republican Party will suggest, trying to create some new form of funding for his campaign.

It’s clear what’s really happening. Republicans, nervous because, for the first time in nearly fifty years, Democrats actually have more money to spend than their opponents, are looking for any niche they can carve out to suggest impropriety related to campaign finance. Too bad for the creepy insider elephants like Dick Cheney and Carl Rove, even the business community is catching on the lies -- and guess what -- it turns out that some of them do have a sense of right and wrong and not all of them are looking to line their pockets at the expense of their grandchildren.