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I had a kick a while back at this commentary on the terms and conditions on Hillary Clinton's contribution website.
- Your contribution is not tax-deductible for federal income tax purposes. (Just throw your money away!) An individual may contribute a maximum of $2,300 per election (the primary and general are separate elections). (Nifty way to get around campaign spending laws!) By submitting your contribution, you agree that (you are an idiot, and) the first $2,300 of your contribution is designated for the primary, and any additional amount up to $2,300 is designated for the general election. (Please give us a chunk of money all in one go right now, even if Hillary doesn't make it to the general election.) Corporations and individuals are strictly prohibited from reimbursing another person for making a contribution to Hillary Clinton for President. (Unless your name is Ed Jew, or any number of other people creating scandals by reimbursing previous contributions to Hillary.)
I like reading disclaimers, and conditions. I made a traffic cop really mad one time when I wouldn't sign the traffic ticket he wrote until he answered my question "What is a beat code?" He tore the ticket away from me, phoned his sargeant, 5 other highway patrolmen showed up, the sargeant asked me to step out of my car, told me he would arrest me if I didn't sign my ticket, and I again asked what a beat code is. It was a box on my ticket, don't I have a right to some explanation of what it means? A year or so earlier I'd received a ticket with a date of February 30th in a year when February had consierably few days in it. I just wanted to make sure everything was correct. The sargeant explained the beat code box, and then I signed. I'm a reasonable kind of guy... But I digress...
For the privacy minded, McCain's website has an interesting statement on it, one I didn't notice on Hillary's site:
- Federal law requires us to report the name, address, occupation, and employer of any contributor who gives more than $200 in an election cycle.
Doesn't that suck! It's one thing to report who I am as part of his campaign contribution accounting, but to also report my occupation, and employer? Where is the privacy? Do I have to sign the pledge under penalty of perjury? What are they going to do with that extra information?
Wonder why that disclaimer isn't on Hillary's website.... Is she just going to violate your privacy by not telling you what information she is passing along about you? Is McCain just more honest than Hillary? Does McCain care more about following the campaign finance laws than Hillary Clinton?
Going to have to think about how much I want to contribute, whether my desire to see him succeed exceeds my desire for privacy of information....
Found another website that likes talks against Bush, McCain, and anyone else not Hillary Husein Barac Rodham Clinton Obama, they answer the question How is McCain doing on his fundraising? with a funny poll.
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More posts tonight:
- Comparison of Presidential Candidate Positions
- John McCain - On Immigration, Washington is Failing The American People
- How is McCain doing on his fundraising?
- Did you know that political candidates want to report to the government who you are working for if you send them money?
- CNN acts like John McCain is as forgotten as Ross Perot
- Blog - Close look at John McCain on the Housing Crisis