Kaye Grogan
Pass the campaign offering plate . . . please!
By Kaye Grogan
There is one sure-fire way to become an instant millionaire. Just run or appear to be running for a political office. Candidates run and candidates lose, but conveniently no one follows the leftover money trail to see whose backdoor stoop the green dough finally settles at.
It's obvious a lot of people are being polarized into believing it takes at least a billion dollars for someone to successfully pave their way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, to set up shop in the Oval Office. And it's a pity the buck doesn't stop there.
Poor Adali Stevenson ran for president so many times before his time-otherwise he would have been a very wealthy man from just throwing his hat in the ring whenever he felt the urge to announce his candidacy to run for president.
And to think the job only pays a measly $400,000 annual salary — much less in Stevenson's era! Man . . . it would make more sense to just keep running for president every four years, because the "sky's the limit" when the profits you can make by becoming a career "presidential" hopeful are calculated.
As an example: according to insider reports coming over from the Hillary Clinton campaign headquarters, she has broken all records by amassing around $26 million in just a short period of time. Wee doggies! ...now that's impressive!
Okay, now that we have that out-of-the-way and since Ms. Clinton is not likely to be the next or even the first woman president in our lifetime, who is going to profit from the mega millions?
Forget I asked, because if you ever get a straight answer from a Clinton — you deserve a place in the Guinness Book of World Records!
One thing is for sure: Hillary's back is covered by former Vice-presidential wannabe Geraldine Ferraro. Enough said! I'll leave the obvious to your own discretion to interpret what this bold assertion and pledge from Ms. Ferraro means. But I would be amiss if I didn't mention that Ferraro is going to do battle with every Republican who may have a few "dirty tricks" up their sleeve. Way to go Ferraro! ... come out with your boxing gloves on, and give em' the old one-two punch upside the head!
And while you, Billie Jean King, Madeline Albright, (NOW) National Organization for Women and many others are championing Hillary's presidential run — sink the Swift Boat cantankerous crew before they can readdress and point out just how incompetent the Clinton administration played out during the eight-year tenure when those two occupied the White House.
I bet the stacks of "dirty laundry" in written form — would circle around the world and back, several times, Miss Hillary has amassed on her nearest competitors if reports denoting this activity is accurate. Let's call it "Who's who" in the dirty politics department — minus Bill and Hillary. A tell-all threat if you will — that should narrow the field quite a bit.
If a candidate or incumbent can't convince the voters their previous record deserves praise and merit — the next best thing is to encourage dirt-diggers to eliminate the competition by intimidating and threatening complete exposure about all pesky political enemies.
Oh, those old dastardly deeds!
(Hmm . . . speaking of exposure: it's going to be interesting when the records of the "D. C. Madame" in Washington, is dusted off and becomes public knowledge. According to Deborah Jeane Palfrey's lawyer, the high-profile records are going to be released soon to a big news organization).
Hopefully, they'll pass right on by the National Enquirer.
And not to be outdone in the warfare to amass the most impressive campaign contributions, Senator Barack Obama has surpassed Clinton at least in the primary calculations for political donations. Mitt Romney seeking the Republican nomination nod has raised around $23 million. Again, I'm impressed!
Is this a presidential election or a contentious race to see who can raise the most money?
Now if you add up all of the campaign contributions generated from the populace on both sides of the political spectrum — heck, they should be able to buy whatever they want!
Isn't it amazing how many people love to pay taxes up to their ears, and can still find money to give to a good cause?
Ah yes . . . politics is so . . . rewarding.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
There is one sure-fire way to become an instant millionaire. Just run or appear to be running for a political office. Candidates run and candidates lose, but conveniently no one follows the leftover money trail to see whose backdoor stoop the green dough finally settles at.
It's obvious a lot of people are being polarized into believing it takes at least a billion dollars for someone to successfully pave their way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, to set up shop in the Oval Office. And it's a pity the buck doesn't stop there.
Poor Adali Stevenson ran for president so many times before his time-otherwise he would have been a very wealthy man from just throwing his hat in the ring whenever he felt the urge to announce his candidacy to run for president.
And to think the job only pays a measly $400,000 annual salary — much less in Stevenson's era! Man . . . it would make more sense to just keep running for president every four years, because the "sky's the limit" when the profits you can make by becoming a career "presidential" hopeful are calculated.
As an example: according to insider reports coming over from the Hillary Clinton campaign headquarters, she has broken all records by amassing around $26 million in just a short period of time. Wee doggies! ...now that's impressive!
Okay, now that we have that out-of-the-way and since Ms. Clinton is not likely to be the next or even the first woman president in our lifetime, who is going to profit from the mega millions?
Forget I asked, because if you ever get a straight answer from a Clinton — you deserve a place in the Guinness Book of World Records!
One thing is for sure: Hillary's back is covered by former Vice-presidential wannabe Geraldine Ferraro. Enough said! I'll leave the obvious to your own discretion to interpret what this bold assertion and pledge from Ms. Ferraro means. But I would be amiss if I didn't mention that Ferraro is going to do battle with every Republican who may have a few "dirty tricks" up their sleeve. Way to go Ferraro! ... come out with your boxing gloves on, and give em' the old one-two punch upside the head!
And while you, Billie Jean King, Madeline Albright, (NOW) National Organization for Women and many others are championing Hillary's presidential run — sink the Swift Boat cantankerous crew before they can readdress and point out just how incompetent the Clinton administration played out during the eight-year tenure when those two occupied the White House.
I bet the stacks of "dirty laundry" in written form — would circle around the world and back, several times, Miss Hillary has amassed on her nearest competitors if reports denoting this activity is accurate. Let's call it "Who's who" in the dirty politics department — minus Bill and Hillary. A tell-all threat if you will — that should narrow the field quite a bit.
If a candidate or incumbent can't convince the voters their previous record deserves praise and merit — the next best thing is to encourage dirt-diggers to eliminate the competition by intimidating and threatening complete exposure about all pesky political enemies.
Oh, those old dastardly deeds!
(Hmm . . . speaking of exposure: it's going to be interesting when the records of the "D. C. Madame" in Washington, is dusted off and becomes public knowledge. According to Deborah Jeane Palfrey's lawyer, the high-profile records are going to be released soon to a big news organization).
Hopefully, they'll pass right on by the National Enquirer.
And not to be outdone in the warfare to amass the most impressive campaign contributions, Senator Barack Obama has surpassed Clinton at least in the primary calculations for political donations. Mitt Romney seeking the Republican nomination nod has raised around $23 million. Again, I'm impressed!
Is this a presidential election or a contentious race to see who can raise the most money?
Now if you add up all of the campaign contributions generated from the populace on both sides of the political spectrum — heck, they should be able to buy whatever they want!
Isn't it amazing how many people love to pay taxes up to their ears, and can still find money to give to a good cause?
Ah yes . . . politics is so . . . rewarding.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
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