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To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (241579)	9/12/2007 6:14:18 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

We have the very best politicians that money can buy, subject to supply and demand of course. Anyone who believes there is anything even close to a real democracy, even a representative one at that, has his head berried in the sand. Hillary, like most politicians, has very "soft" convictions and has to raise money from where she can. In this way, she is no different than most. Just the same, I'd much prefer if she wasn't elected. I support Obama and if Chuck Hagel was in the race, I would have supported him too. But I'd vote for someone like Hillary 10x over than Bush, Cheney, and their ilk.

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (241579)	9/12/2007 11:20:38 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Republicans don't even care about looking clean. Everyone accepts Republican corruption, as in Enron and goodness knows what else infesting Republican coffers. It is only because Dems are clean in comparison that this kind of thing is news. 100% publicly funded campaigns (aka campaign contributions are not free speech along with yelling fire in a crowded theater or bomb in an airplane) are the ONLY solution. Instead of trying to raise thousands of dollars a day, politicos could actually sit down and understand what the heck they are legislating or executing.