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Week of May 4, 2008 - May 10, 2008

Hillary's loans to her own campaign


An initial warning:  This posting is meant at least in part to be satirical.
News reports are that Hillary has loaned her campaign in excess of 6 million dollars in the past month.  Earlier she loaned her campaign 5 million dollars.  Now, loans generally come with interest rates.  What interest rate is she charging her campaign.
After word comes out that Hillary is loaning her campaign millions, she goes on the prowl for donations.  Is she using the donations to repay her loans?  How else could she repay her loans?  I wondered how she and Bill could have accumulated over 100 million in the eight years since leaving the White House.  Indeed, they left heavily in debt, it was reported.  Clearly, they have a knack for hustling up the bucks in ways that don't rely on her paychecks.
Could these loans be another hustle?  Are donations to her campaign paying off her loans to herself -- including interest?  Is she persisting like the energizer bunny in her campaign not because she really thinks she can win -- and most commentators think she cannot-- but because she's turning a profit?
Of course, it may all depend on the meaning of "campaign."  And it may all depend on the meaning of making a loan to one's self.
Just asking.

Many anti-McCain votes in Republican Primaries tonight


Twenty two percent of Republican voters in Indiana and 26% in North Carolina decided not to vote for the Republican candidate, John McCain, at least votes reported by midnight.  That's a lot of Republican voters going to the polls just to show that they are unsatisfied with the Republican candidate.  
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