Buying the election?

Is it right to buy an election? After reading how much Obama has spent on ads vs the amount the McCain has spent, makes me wonder if we are now at a point in our Country that it comes down to the one with the most money as well as being able to speak well in public? ( I have to give Obama credits for his public speaking)

Whatever happened to the issues? Seems to me that the average Joe, only cares about how things will affect him/her.
Few people I have spoken to can give me some real hard facts about Obama’s plan. We all read about how he wants to spend 1.5 trillion dollars on new Federal programs. One thing few point out is that it’s over 10 years. Once again I am trying to be fair.
However with the debt that we are now in, is it wise to spend more money that we don’t have? Not to mention we have no idea who’s paying for this, it can only mean more taxes for the middle class, just like Bill Clinton’s “tax cuts”.

What bothers me the most is Obama said he would take public money, and then changed his mind. He is the first person runing for President who has turned down public money  since Watergate. The point of public financing, which comes from the $3 checkoff on individual tax returns — is to
limit the outsize influence big donors can have once a candidate
becomes President.

The amount of money that public funds provide is 85 million apiece for the General election race. They must swear off private money in order to get this.

Since Obama had a great run collecting donations for his run, he decided to keep going with private money. Which is why he is able to buy more ads then McCain. This bothers me since we are now have a man running for President who is using a media barrage as well as a advertisement barrage to try to get elected. When you see something over and over again, even if you know it’s not true, you start to doubt yourself. Why do you think the beer ads always show a Pretty women with whatever beer they are trying to sell?

If Obama is elected it will be a sad day in American History, since it will be the first election in a long time that money has bought the Office of President.

Just thoughts from a sick mind

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