Re: The Two Obamas -- Dr. Barack & Fast Eddie Obama -- New York Times Op-Ed

"D. Spencer Hines" <panther@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> June 20, 2008
>
> Op-Ed Columnist
> The Two Obamas
>
> By DAVID BROOKS

Brooks a sly slimy neocon. The only thing he excels at is at twisting the
truth.

In the Illinois legislature, "Present" counts as a vote in terms of
increasing the number of "ayes" that it takes to pass a bill.

In practice there, "Present" means you want to further negotiate/ammend
the
bill before giving an aye.

Campaign finance and public funding came into being to stop the practice
of
a small number of big money contributors buying elections and politicians.

Something like 80 pct of Obama's contributions are less than $100.

That IS campaign finance reform, in terms of eliminating the rich,
co****ations and special interests buying politicians.

If Obama would have thrown away such an honestly gained advantage going
into
a campaign against the slimest bunch of Swiftboaters known to man - *then
*
people should have questioned his qualifications.