http://www.bloggernews.net/114161 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:30:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/114161#comment-245039 Mark Mercer Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:20:18 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/114161#comment-245039 goldenstate: Good question. I'd bet 35 mill myself that the answer is yes. If Hillary and Bill are pumping their own money into their own campaign and then making it appear that it is from broad scale grassroots internet financial support, then they are misleading us. Plus, they have their own celebrities backing them. It's hard to determine how much of all this money, in both campaigns, is grass root support, since huge chunks of cash from Oprah also gives a false picture of the breadth of Obama's support. This is why politics is my favorite spectator sport. It's a mixture of mystery novel, soap opera, and celebrity mud wrestling. Thanks for posting your thought-provoking comment. --Mark Mercer goldenstate: Good question. I’d bet 35 mill myself that the answer is yes. If Hillary and Bill are pumping their own money into their own campaign and then making it appear that it is from broad scale grassroots internet financial support, then they are misleading us. Plus, they have their own celebrities backing them. It’s hard to determine how much of all this money, in both campaigns, is grass root support, since huge chunks of cash from Oprah also gives a false picture of the breadth of Obama’s support. This is why politics is my favorite spectator sport. It’s a mixture of mystery novel, soap opera, and celebrity mud wrestling.
Thanks for posting your thought-provoking comment. –Mark Mercer

]]> http://www.bloggernews.net/114161#comment-244706 goldenstate Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:39:49 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/114161#comment-244706 Could Oprah be pumping up Obama's campaign with her millions? Could Oprah be pumping up Obama’s campaign with her millions?

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