And only 12 million of romney's 76 million came from donations of $250 or less.

That's not to say Obama doesn't have rich supporters, Clooney's event supposedly raised like 25% of that 60 million.

Amazing the amount of money being thrown around in this political cycle. Then you remember how much of this country the rich own.

At this point in the campaign, if the amount of money one candidate has over the other will determine the election, then we're farked anyway.

/oh, dammit

As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.

Though, if the Wisconsin numbers hold, he's going to need another $290M to guarantee a victory...

Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
Romney has no political ideology

2. Obama is a communist.
Obama is a compassionate, moderate conservative

3. I hate them both.

4. Obama will win.

Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.

*ahem*

*taps foot*

*looks at watch*

What does a fella have to do to be called Conservative anymore?

Since Citizens United, I don't think that the money flowing into the candidate's hands is that important anymore.

So? The ONLY thing Romney has going for him is that he gives the Obama-haters someone to vote for. He has the interpersonal appeal of a mannequin giving double middle fingers. His ideas are proven crap. And he's got a face that just makes most people who meet him wanna give him a gold-encrusted knuckle sammich.

hubiestubert: Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.

*ahem*

*taps foot*

*looks at watch*

What does a fella have to do to be called Conservative anymore?

Be a blue dog Democrat.

hubiestubert: What does a fella have to do to be called Conservative anymore?

apparently make incredibly farkin stupid posts about how Obama is a communist

Whatever happened to that much ballyhooed "billion dollars" that everybody said Obama had in the bank for this election?

I have no doubt that Obama will raise his share from all the homosexuals, socialists and union thugs out there who will blindly follow him no matter what. But it looks like the GOP is going to be able to match him dollar for dollar this time around - and then some.

It's all a pointless waste of time. Obama's readying the FEMA camps and will be President for life, or at least until Jesus returns and kills all the liberals.

hubiestubert: Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.

*ahem*

*taps foot*

*looks at watch*

What does a fella have to do to be called Conservative anymore?

Show up to the gay orgy in the church basement?

Romney wins by outspending his opponent 10-1. That's his MO. Even odds is bad news for him.

Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.



...fascism...communism...

Damnaged


As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.


Yeah....but he's not a hardcore fascist....more like a flaccid fascist.
Who are you voting for?

Democracy

Saborlas: So? The ONLY thing Romney has going for him is that he gives the Obama-haters someone to vote for. He has the interpersonal appeal of a mannequin giving double middle fingers. His ideas are proven crap. And he's got a face that just makes most people who meet him wanna give him a gold-encrusted knuckle sammich Joffrey slap while Led Zeppelin's "Achilles Last Stand" plays for 10 minutes.

Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.

Romney ain't a fascist.
Ohbummer ain't a communist.
I agree with points 3&4.

You know who wont be voting for Rmoney?

Dogs Against Romney

Well, it's a good thing our democracy isn't for sale, right?

karnal: Damnaged


As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.


Yeah....but he's not a hardcore fascist....more like a flaccid fascist.
Who are you voting for?

Romney is the second coming of Reagan, dont disparage him by calling him any kind of fascist you DIM.

From a recent email I got from the Obama Campaign:

"We know that only 15 percent of Romney's May totals came from people giving less than $250, compared to 98 percent in that category for us."

Ok, up here in Canada the candidates spend $17.50 on elections.

What is all this money for in the US? Don't they each already have enough money to buy commercial time on every channel in the swing states from now til the rapture?

What else are they spending it on?

All I know is this...that picture of Obama on the right side of the page bothers me. So I made him happy.

I like them both.

Let's see if all the sleaze that will be thrown around between now and November changes that.

karnal: Damnaged


As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.


Yeah....but he's not a hardcore fascist....more like a flaccid fascist.
Who are you voting for?

Flaccid fascist? Yeah, ok, I'll go with that.

I'm currently torn between writing in my own name and voting for Vermin Supreme.

Link

Decillion: Ok, up here in Canada the candidates spend $17.50 on elections.

What is all this money for in the US? Don't they each already have enough money to buy commercial time on every channel in the swing states from now til the rapture?

What else are they spending it on?

More commercials, spooks to troll around online, fancy food and transportation. Staff salaries. All sorts of inane shiat.

Theaetetus: hubiestubert: Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.

*ahem*

*taps foot*

*looks at watch*

What does a fella have to do to be called Conservative anymore?

Show up to the gay orgy in the church basement?

HA!!

Romney's a fascist, huh? I don't think that's true, and making statements like that only serves to lend less credibility to whatever argument you make after that -- constructive or otherwise.

Do you really think President Obama will win again? He only won by 7% in 2008. Hell, I almost voted for him, but he certainly hasn't gained any new supporters. The magic of this novelty President is gone.

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you. I think Romney/Paul will win in a landslide.

MJMaloney187: Do you really think President Obama will win again? He only won by 7% in 2008. Hell, I almost voted for him, but he certainly hasn't gained any new supporters. The magic of this novelty President is gone.

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you. I think Romney/Paul will win in a landslide.

Yes. I certainly do. He's got the polling edge now. He's also got a real record of accomplishments, as much as people want to pretend he doesn't. He's got the advantage of being able to run against Congress, the most hated body ever.

It'll come down to voter turnout - the righties always turn out. As long as the left can get the youth to actually vote, they'll take the race pretty easily.

LasersHurt: spooks to troll around online

ugh why are you TROLLING

Ned Stark: Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.

Romney ain't a fascist.
Ohbummer ain't a communist.
I agree with points 3&4.

Do you really hate them, though? I disagree with some of their positions, but I don't hate either of them.

MJMaloney187: Theaetetus: hubiestubert: Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.

*ahem*

*taps foot*

*looks at watch*

What does a fella have to do to be called Conservative anymore?

Show up to the gay orgy in the church basement?

HA!!

Romney's a fascist, huh? I don't think that's true, and making statements like that only serves to lend less credibility to whatever argument you make after that -- constructive or otherwise.

Do you really think President Obama will win again? He only won by 7% in 2008. Hell, I almost voted for him, but he certainly hasn't gained any new supporters. The magic of this novelty President is gone.

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you. I think Romney/Paul will win in a landslide.


You had me going until the last sentence. 9.8/10

Decillion: Ok, up here in Canada the candidates spend $17.50 on elections.

What is all this money for in the US? Don't they each already have enough money to buy commercial time on every channel in the swing states from now til the rapture?

What else are they spending it on?

Travel expenses for candidates plus entourages. Compensation for street-level workers/local offices. Seed money for other fundraising events. Donations to candidates in exchange for endorsements.

It's probably the only jobs Mitt Romney will create, even if elected.

Jackson Herring: LasersHurt: spooks to troll around online

ugh why are you TROLLING

The pay's decent.

Official campaign numbers are meaningless without SuperPAC numbers.

I can't find anything for May, but Romney has had a solid advantage in previous months.

I love these numbers... but just remember we're in a dire recession. The people throwing these millions around really can't afford a 3% bump in their tax rate.

PanicMan: Ned Stark: Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.

Romney ain't a fascist.
Ohbummer ain't a communist.
I agree with points 3&4.

Do you really hate them, though? I disagree with some of their positions, but I don't hate either of them.

Hate might be a bit strong. I mean, I've never met either of them so this is all abstraction grown out of political and/or moral convlction not anything personal that can dig real deep.

But dislike doesn't seem to cut it.

karmaceutical: I love these numbers... but just remember we're in a dire recession. The people throwing these millions around really can't afford a 3% bump in their tax rate.

You really can't think about that, or you'll get really sad.

Thankfully, it doesn't matter how much the candidate has.

The only important thing are the massive political campaigns funded by corporations and unnamed third parties. Beautiful democracy it is.

mrshowrules: Obama is a compassionate, moderate conservative

The last I heard, murdering innocent women and children does not make you "compassionate".

"If you go to the village of Al-Majalah in Yemen, where I was, and you see the unexploded clusterbombs and you have the list and photographic evidence, as I do--the women and children that represented the vast majority of the deaths in this first strike that Obama authorized on Yemen--those people were murdered by President Obama, on his orders, because there was believed to be someone from Al Qaeda in that area. There's only one person that's been identified that had any connection to Al Qaeda there. And 21 women and 14 children were killed in that strike and the U.S. tried to cover it up, and say it was a Yemeni strike, and we know from the Wikileaks cables that David Petraeus conspired with the president of Yemen to lie to the world about who did that bombing. It's murder--it's mass murder--when you say, 'We are going to bomb this area' because we believe a terrorist is there, and you know that women and children are in the area. The United States has an obligation to not bomb that area if they believe that women and children are there. I'm sorry, that's murder."

Of course, if you are horrified and learn from the mistake, that would be one thing. Lying to cover up for the mistake is another.

you don't need truth. You do not need facts. all you need is money to win elections because so many voters cast thier vote based on emotions and gut feelings

I wouldn't mind the Hienlien's Starship trooper idea is that in order to be able to vote or run for office you need to join the military and take morality classes

Maybe we could make it so that if people want to vote they have to take critical thinking classes

Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist morally bankrupt tool of the wealthy elite
2. Obama is a communist slightly less morally bankrupt tool of the wealthy elite
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.

ftfy

BullBearMS: mrshowrules: Obama is a compassionate, moderate conservative

The last I heard, murdering innocent women and children does not make you "compassionate".

"If you go to the village of Al-Majalah in Yemen, where I was, and you see the unexploded clusterbombs and you have the list and photographic evidence, as I do--the women and children that represented the vast majority of the deaths in this first strike that Obama authorized on Yemen--those people were murdered by President Obama, on his orders, because there was believed to be someone from Al Qaeda in that area. There's only one person that's been identified that had any connection to Al Qaeda there. And 21 women and 14 children were killed in that strike and the U.S. tried to cover it up, and say it was a Yemeni strike, and we know from the Wikileaks cables that David Petraeus conspired with the president of Yemen to lie to the world about who did that bombing. It's murder--it's mass murder--when you say, 'We are going to bomb this area' because we believe a terrorist is there, and you know that women and children are in the area. The United States has an obligation to not bomb that area if they believe that women and children are there. I'm sorry, that's murder."

Of course, if you are horrified and learn from the mistake, that would be one thing. Lying to cover up for the mistake is another.

Would you equally lay blame on GW on the mistakes made in Afghanistan and Iraq? If only because you've been playing this particular card a lot lately, yet seem oddly silent on the mistakes made during the invasion in Iraq under GW's leadership. Especially considered the trumped up justification for heading in the first place--while steadily ignoring the sad fact that we are having to deal with the situation that was left to this President.

Easier to stay out, than get out, and part of the legacy we have, is the ridiculous situation that was left to fester due to a lack of will to consolidate matters, and worse, the resources that were squandered in order to split the efforts in Afghanistan, as opposed to strengthening the regime change there BEFORE heading off to a new adventure. And consequently the ignoring of Bin Laden, who was important enough to chase into the hills, but not important enough to actually take down...

So Romney's pizza budget is bigger than Obama's. Big deal.

/Romney supporter

Ned Stark: PanicMan: Ned Stark: Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist.
2. Obama is a communist.
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.

Romney ain't a fascist.
Ohbummer ain't a communist.
I agree with points 3&4.

Do you really hate them, though? I disagree with some of their positions, but I don't hate either of them.

Hate might be a bit strong. I mean, I've never met either of them so this is all abstraction grown out of political and/or moral convlction not anything personal that can dig real deep.

But dislike doesn't seem to cut it.

Fair enough. We just sometimes get a little extreme in our language. That was my only point. Carry on.

Lando Lincoln: Since Citizens United, I don't think that the money flowing into the candidate's hands is that important anymore.

yeah 3rd party groups will dwarf that by a factor of at least 10. the Koch bros have already pledged half a billion.

imontheinternet: Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist morally bankrupt tool of the wealthy elite
2. Obama is a communist slightly less morally bankrupt tool of the wealthy elite
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.

ftfy

Obama has murdered a bunch of people. Romney hasn't murdered any yet, even if doubling down on murder is his major campaign promise.

A murder in the hand is worth two in the bush innit?

Ned Stark: imontheinternet: Damnaged: As one of the few conservatives on this site I have a few things to say about this election.

1. Romney is a fascist morally bankrupt tool of the wealthy elite
2. Obama is a communist slightly less morally bankrupt tool of the wealthy elite
3. I hate them both.
4. Obama will win.

ftfy

Obama has murdered a bunch of people. Romney hasn't murdered any yet, even if doubling down on murder is his major campaign promise.

A murder in the hand is worth two in the bush innit?

*SSSSIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHH*

Twins!