Short Shot-Campaign Funding

Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 12:57

I wonder …

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) raised $40 million in March — twice as much as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), who took in $20 million in her second-best fundraising month, the campaigns announced Thursday.

via: Politico.com

… how many disadvantaged kids could have been giving scholarships to college with that kind of money?

… how many soup kitchens could have their annual budgets fixed for years with that kind of money?

… how many Habitat for Humanity homes could have been built and paid for with that kind of money?

… how many _____ (add yours in comments).

 

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2 Comments for “Short Shot-Campaign Funding”

  1. 1Redoubt

    Hmmmm… let’s see….
    … how many “God**mn bottles of Thunderbird wine could old Rev. Jeremiah Wright have slugged down”?

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  2. 2Karen

    So true, Jo. The amount of money in the race is absolutely obscene. Hey, how much of the federal debt could be erased?! HA!

    Karens last blog post..Honors Well Deserved