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SavedByGraceMD -> RE: How did Obama get to where he is today? (6/30/2008 3:36:53 PM)
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It's interesting, conservatives against Obama in this thread don't say why McCain's the better choice![:D]
It's just vague threats and speculation, no hard evidence from the Obama (or the McCain) campaign.
"He's a Democrat, he must be bad" is how Bush got elected. Twice.
Do you really think that's going to work a third time?!
How about taking things at face value? Obama's the candidate because he's young & energetic. He's managed to free himself from influence groups by tapping $upport from the internet. He's bold in his statements & unafraid to disagree with conservatives and liberals alike. For the youth in America, he represents the "Morning in America" change of Reagan & the fresh new ideas of JFK. For us older folk who are moderates or Democrats, he represents a return to even-handed government and rational foreign policy.
You don't have to vote for him, but at least have the decency to present hard facts as to why he's bad for America. He may be a "minority", but he's the majority's candidate. Be frightened if you like, but most Americans no long share your fear of the unknown future.
I think it goes to say, that the OP asked this question, maybe in other words, but has Obama really freed himself from influence?
And I will add or has he found other ways to receive the benefits of those influences while keeping it from the public?
The Amazing Money Machine, June 2008 Atlantic Monthly
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The story of Obama’s success is very much a story about money. It provided his initial credibility. It paid for his impressive campaign operation. It allowed him first to compete with, and then to overwhelm, the most powerful Democratic family in a generation—one that understood the power of money in politics and commanded a network of wealthy donors that has financed the Democratic Party for years.
What’s intriguing to Democrats and worrisome to Republicans is how someone lacking these deep connections to traditional sources of wealth could raise so much money so quickly. How did he do it? The answer is that he built a fund-raising machine quite unlike anything seen before in national politics. Obama’s machine attracts large and small donors alike, those who want to give money and those who want to raise it, veteran activists and first-time contributors, and—especially—anyone who is wired to anything: computer, cell phone, PDA.
Here’s another thing: he is doing it almost effortlessly. That is to say, in an era when the imperative for campaign dollars demands more and more of a politician’s time and lurks behind so many recent scandals (including the auctioning-off of the Lincoln Bedroom), Obama has raised more money than anybody else without plumbing ethical gray areas or even spending much of his own time soliciting donations. During the month of February, for example, his campaign raised a record-setting $55 million—$45 million of it over the Internet—without the candidate himself hosting a single fund-raiser. The money just came rolling in.
Sorry for the long quote, but it's a 3 page article and VERY INFORMATIVE top to bottom. This answers your question to the best of my ability about influence. If he's making millions off the internet, why would he do something ethically compromising for mere tens of thousands?
Now, votes are something else, but that can easily be tracked. What has he promised voters that is so wrong? (that discussion has yet to be voiced by the concerned conservatives)
I originally highlighted influence for a reason, not just to say where is his money coming from. But I think this article says a lot. We don't necessarily see the outside influence, and see just the money rolling in. I am sorry, but someone somewhere is pulling his strings, and we will find out later than sooner. He is beholden to someone.
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