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jwhop
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From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
Registered: Apr 2009

posted May 09, 2008 10:32 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
So now, when it's unlikely either demoscat candidate will have the official number of delegates to lock up the nomination, the bidding war has already started to swing the Super Delegate vote.

In back rooms, the two candidates are promising super delegates they will do great things for them if elected.

A quid pro quo, something for something.

"I'll add 3 billion dollars to an appropriation bill for community development in "your" district."

"I'll match that and name a federal building after you. How does the Nelson P. Blowhard Federal Building sound to you?"

"I'll match that and add you and your wifes names to the guest list for White House dinners."

Of course, buying elections is what demoscats are all about..starting with buying the votes of voters by promising them goodies from the public treasury...goodies the rest of us pay for.

Now, here's a guy who's for sale and his stated upfront price is only $20,000,000...oh, not for him mind you but for his cause.

California Superdelegate Wants $20 Million for His Support
by FOXNews.com
Thursday, May 8, 2008


With superdelegates holding the key to the Democratic presidential nomination, one undecided Democratic National Committee member is putting a price on his support.

Steven Ybarra, a California lawyer in Sacramento, says he wants $20 million for his endorsement.

It’s not for him personally, he says, but to register Mexican-American voters in New Mexico, Colorado and Florida.

He said his hope is that by adding more than 1 million of those voters to the rosters in those swing states, they could help swing the election to the Democratic nominee in November.

“I keep asking the question to the DNC, ‘Why won’t you earmark money for these voters?’ And their answer is, ‘Oh we can’t do that,’ which is a lie,” Ybarra said.

So will anybody pay up?

Legal experts say problems could emerge with such a quid pro quo arrangement — it might be considered commercial bribery and a court might be able to undo his superdelegate vote if such a transaction occurred.

So far there are no takers.

“Nobody showed me any money yet,” Ybarra told the Associated Press.

But it’s not too much to ask, he added.

In 2004, “they spent a billion (dollars) to lose,” he said.

FOX News’ Trace Gallagher and The Associated Press contributed to this report
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/08/california-superdelegate-wants-20-mi llion-for-his-support/

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pidaua
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From: Back in AZ with Bear the Leo
Registered: Apr 2009

posted May 09, 2008 12:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I saw this yesterday and was appalled that someone would stoop to this that level for votes but I am not surprised. I am sure there have been alot of back room negotiations. Blech...I can't wait for this campaign to be over. It even dominates the news out here LOL...

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jwhop
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From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
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posted May 09, 2008 08:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi Pid, what's the general feeling in Germany..among German citizens, about our coming elections?

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