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Obama Campaign Spending Out of Control - Going Broke Fast

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Posted by Spavinter Shomoper9879 2008-06-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Illinois is always broke due to its pols. Obama is an Illinois pol so... it is expected.

Posted by 3dc 2008-06-11 01:25|| 2008-06-11 01:25|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't see how this article is that accurate. There is no evidence saying he's going broke, only speculation by the author.

Maybe if McCain had 700 employees, he be broke, but for Obama college kids don't cost that much. Hired guns? It's just better organization of the team.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnhmByYxEIo

Finally, makes you wonder how a guy who has raised all this money, won his party's nomination, and received all this fawning attention for his historic achievement remains very nearly tied in the polls.

48 vs 42 (6 points so far)

Easy, McCain sealed the nomination and sat unchallenged on his kaboose for 2 months watching a cat fight. The real fight is just beginning, save your predictions!

Posted by Blinky Elmaitch9489 2008-06-11 02:17|| 2008-06-11 02:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Obama, got any managerial experience on your resume? Thought so.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-06-11 02:59|| 2008-06-11 02:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Just a preview of an Obama federal budget

Posted by badanov 2008-06-11 06:22|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2008-06-11 06:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Its a typical Chicago Pol, paying off people by hiring them.

Obama is just another Chicago machine politician.

Different wrapper, same substance underneath.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-06-11 09:13|| 2008-06-11 09:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Call Antoin "Tony" Rezko, he can help.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-06-11 09:20|| 2008-06-11 09:20|| Front Page Top

#7 I predict Obama will be in real trouble with funds in August.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-06-11 09:54|| 2008-06-11 09:54|| Front Page Top

#8 Obama's funds are essentially unlimited with leftist billionaires like Soros, Lewis and Bing backing him. In 2004, just 5 accounted for over $100 million spent on Kerry via 527s.

Posted by ed 2008-06-11 10:01|| 2008-06-11 10:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Hey, is Blinky one of those Obamanauts that keep an eye on all those RWDB blogs?

Sure sounds like it.

Posted by AlanC 2008-06-11 10:18|| 2008-06-11 10:18|| Front Page Top

#10 And remember, those 527s are brought to you by asshat McCain/Feingold.
We really, really need one stable adult patriot to be running against these stooges.

Posted by wxjames 2008-06-11 10:21|| 2008-06-11 10:21|| Front Page Top

#11 Beat me to it, wxjames. How ironic that McCain could be screwed by his own creation.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2008-06-11 10:27|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2008-06-11 10:27|| Front Page Top

#12 No I'm neutral right now, but McCain is a joke now, it's hard not to laugh.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/06/11/moos.mccain.green.screen.cnn?iref=videosearch

Posted by Blinkey 2008-06-11 10:59|| 2008-06-11 10:59|| Front Page Top

#13 Going Broke Fast

And this is the model to run a government. Oh, wait, never mind.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-06-11 12:00|| 2008-06-11 12:00|| Front Page Top

#14 Is making fun of a green background the best the media can do against McCain? Couldn't they at least get a sound bite from the Right Racist Reverend Wright ranting "GOD DAMN MCCAIN!"

Posted by ed 2008-06-11 12:09|| 2008-06-11 12:09|| Front Page Top

#15 so with Soros funneling all that money in, why does MoveOn have to hold another bake sale to fund Obama?

(no kidding... it's called "Hungry for Change")

Posted by Querent 2008-06-11 13:09|| 2008-06-11 13:09|| Front Page Top

#16 "Different wrapper, same complete lack of substance underneath."

Fixed that for ya', #5 OS.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-06-11 14:13|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-06-11 14:13|| Front Page Top

#17 "I will veto every beer!" - says the cottage cheese on green jello salad

Posted by Threse Ghibelline5495 2008-06-11 21:44|| 2008-06-11 21:44|| Front Page Top

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