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On Thursday Rudolph Giuliani was ‘caught red’ nosed when he said that, referring to September 11th that, “I was at ground zero as often, if not more, than most of the workers. … I was there working with them. I was exposed to exactly the same things they were exposed to. So in that sense, I’m one of them.” [NYT, The Caucus]
A Firefighter whose son was killed on September 11th said, “That’s insulting and disgraceful. He’s a liar. I was down there on my hands and knees looking for my son. [Giuliani is] living in a dreamland.” [Fox News]
And in regular John Edwards fashion, he called out the Republican presidential candidate, as well he should. The Edwards camp called Giuliani a “fraud”. Rudy’s camp blasted back by saying that Edwards is “the same guy who thinks the War on Terror is simply a ‘bumper sticker.’” Read the rest of this entry »
The debate format was more like an individual interview forum. It was one of the more innovative and honest open debates I have seen. The only two Democratic presidential candidates not to attend were Joe Biden and Chris Dodd. Did they really think being associated with the gay community would somehow hurt their campaigns? The following is my post debate wrap up, written during the forum:
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Earlier this week it was reported that Hillary Clinton’s campaign received over $20,000 in donations from News Corp, the company owned by the same man who owns Fox News, Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch and his son personally donated to Clinton’s presidential campaign as well.
Is News Corp donating to Clinton’s campaign in hopes that she’ll get the nomination? Then that means Fox News would try to smear her during the general election. In their eyes, there is no easier target than Hillary Clinton. Well, Hillary has never lost an election, and I don’t think she plans to. She has successfully weathered smear campaigns before, and she could do it again. But the enemy, Fox News, could be harder, as it is the most viewed cable news network.
That said, Senators and Democratic presidential candidates Chris Dodd and Barack Obama have also received large donations from a News Corp top executive, Peter Chernin. John Edwards was not happy about this, and he asked them to return the money, citing Fox News’ right-wing bias.
So who is Fox News’ real candidate? Rudy Giuliani. And earlier this week it was reported that he has extremely close ties to the man who is in charge of Fox News, Roger Ailes. Ailes had previously worked on a Giuliani mayoral campaign in the past. Needless to say, they are begging for a Clinton vs. Giuliani general election. The whole thing reminds me of the Republicans donating to Ralph Nader in hopes of stealing votes away from the Democratic candidate.
Does it really matter where the candidates get their money from? I’m sure there are many people donating to candidates that they don’t completely agree with on the issues. Earlier this month there was a Republican scuffle between Tom Tancredo and Sam Brownback. It was over donations given to the Tancredo campaign by a pro-choice contributer with close ties to Planned Parenthood, a pro-choice organization. Both Brownback and Tancredo run on pro-life positions, and Brownback demanded the donations to Tancredo’s campaign be returned. Tancredo declined saying that the contribution did not reflect his own view on the issue.
Obama also announced that he will not be accepting money from PACs, (Political Action Committees). I just don’t think it could hurt a campaign for accepting PAC donations, especially if the PAC agrees with the candidate on the issues, and well if they are a progressive PAC.
Whether or not you agree with where the money comes from, money powers this race. Money is a message. Money gets out the message. It can buy the White House, it can lose the White House. If campaigns were publicly financed, then maybe we would spend more time on the real issues. Many candidates have promised that once they get elected to office, they will make campaign financing changes, but they have an election to buy first.
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