Comments on: Democratics Payoffs And Kickbacks

By: justmytruth

justmytruth — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:02:03 +0000

I hear you. The article specifically states it is a money machine! That has NOTHING to do with being reimbursed for gas you spend getting out the word, especially when the word is NOT gotten out because the money wasn’t paid out ahead of time!!! Thanks for posting….

By: James

James — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:20:09 +0000

It’s total quid pro quo, Chicago. You pay me money and I’ll spread the word. And the gas argument doesn’t fly with me either. Philly has a great public transportation system.

By: justmytruth

justmytruth — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:34:23 +0000

I say again, if this is done because you believe in it, you don’t expect to be paid, paid back, or anything else. It doesn’t matter where the money would or would not have gone to, getting paid for votes is wrong.

By: Chicago

Chicago — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:57:39 +0000

The money isn’t kick back money. It’s paid to people who use their gas, etc. to drive around and get out the vote. Clinton’s campaign couldn’t pay it, but Obama had a lot of bucks that would have gone mostly to black kids and elderly black people who do these jobs. So that’s why people were mad at him. He took the black vote for granted, not advertizing in that media and spent a lot of money with white advertising firms. Street money is not kickback money because no one gets any favors, there are no quid pro quos. Not like grants to supporters while he was a legislator in Illinois (see LA Times yesterday).