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MONEY AND PROBLEMS

  • BARACK OBAMA IS PRESIDENT OF FUNDRAISING: Obama raised $51 million in July, compared to John McCain’s $27 million. The Republican National Committee still has way more cash on hand than its Democratic counterpart, however, because the Democrats are spending all their money on beer and weed. [AP]


10:22 AM on Mon August 18 2008
By Sara K. Smith
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  1. loudmouthredhead says at 10:25 am, August 18th, 2008

    No, they’re spending it all on color-balanced, organically grown (*cough* basement weed farms *cough*), animal-friendly, vegan greens.
    Oh, and to fund the Denver police and their poop rays. Remember those, hmmmmmm?

  2. To be fair to the DNC, secret prisons aren’t free:

    http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=97741&catid=188

  3. freakishlystrong says at 10:41 am, August 18th, 2008

    Ya, just wait until the RNC gets the Ensure and Depends bills.

  4. Walter Sobchak says at 10:44 am, August 18th, 2008

    loudmouthredhead: Hopefully they’ll get to use both those things on Sean Hannity.

  5. So it’s all kind of a wash, yes?

  6. Canuckledragger says at 10:47 am, August 18th, 2008

    If the Fed would just go back to the gold standard and quit fuckin’ with international currency exchange rates, the high cost of BC Bud wouldn’t be tanking Hopey’s campaign right now. I blame Greenspan and Bernanke for the high cost of getting high.

    Me, I just have to wander a few feet outside my igloo and pick the stickiest bud within reach. It’s our most precious natural resource. Well, that and smugness, but that’s much harder to export.

  7. stolichnayaaa says at 10:49 am, August 18th, 2008

    This is why McCain can’t afford his own cone of silence.

  8. upperleft says at 10:52 am, August 18th, 2008

    McCain promises if he’s elected all Republicans get free Budweiser!!

  9. SayItWithWookies says at 10:56 am, August 18th, 2008

    And President Doctor Congressman Ron Paul? Still flat, I assume?

  10. How in god’s name is the election this close? Please, let the debates happen soon, although the most likely result of that asskicking will be empathy for McCain since he lost so badly. Because, y’know, we don’t want someone competent to lead our country.

  11. lilblackcorvette says at 11:04 am, August 18th, 2008

    Sean O: upperleft: see:upperleft

  12. MoodProcessor says at 11:04 am, August 18th, 2008

    I heard that should play Obama’s speech from Germany while watching The Wizard of Oz with the sound turned down.

  13. Vanity Smurf says at 11:05 am, August 18th, 2008

    Sean O: It’s not close, it’s a landslide. Pay no attention to national polls, that’s not how we “elect” our President — it’s how we get ratings if we are wretched TV whores. You have to look state by state and count up electoral college votes.

  14. Serolf Divad says at 11:06 am, August 18th, 2008

    Sean O:

    About half the American public is a dumb as a brick and will pronounce the winner of the debates to be the guy who promises to balance the budget by cutting taxes, upping farm subsidies and invading foreign countries.

  15. CrunchyKnee says at 11:09 am, August 18th, 2008

    Wide stances and cruising men’s rooms are fairly cheap compared to weed and beer.

  16. SuperRounder says at 11:11 am, August 18th, 2008

    Sean O: They keep polling likely voters, which isn’t an entirely accurate picture of what’s going on. Barry’s too busy polling the young folks. The young folks like Barry’s polling.

  17. loudmouthredhead says at 11:12 am, August 18th, 2008

    Serolf Divad: The one statement that explains American politics for the last 40+ years.

  18. McCorpse has oil speculators tallying his campaign donations.

  19. Canmon (the Inadequate) says at 11:23 am, August 18th, 2008

    Have you seen the price of arugula at Whole Foods?

  20. Godless Liberal * says at 11:23 am, August 18th, 2008

    You’d think with that kind of cash, the Obama camp could at least afford to hire a guy to go all Jeff Gillooly on McCain.

  21. SuperRounder says at 11:27 am, August 18th, 2008

    Canmon (the Inadequate): Barry only shops at the Farmer’s Market.

  22. How’s McCain paying for all those prime time Olympics ads? I’d rather be seeing Cathy Rigby discuss feminine hygiene.

  23. botlrokit says at 11:29 am, August 18th, 2008

    Servo: Which means with the end of the summer driving season, he’ll end up with way less money.

  24. The Incomparable Tiny Valdez says at 11:30 am, August 18th, 2008

    I think when the election, ahem, landslide is over, the MSM is going to be forced to sit in the corner with a cone of silence on its head.

  25. Canmon (the Inadequate): Don’t know about arugula, but prime organic topsoil is through the roof.
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/16/AR2008081601966.html

  26. irisheyes says at 11:31 am, August 18th, 2008

    Vanity Smurf: Believing in that theory is the only thing that lets me sleep at night. And the Valium/martini nightcap.

  27. Poliscide says at 11:38 am, August 18th, 2008

    ‘Hey, hold on! $27 million used to be a lot of money back in my day’! That’s what McCain supporters would say. He’s done amazingly well, considering most of his support comes in the form of ’shiny new nickels’.

  28. georgia_peach says at 11:41 am, August 18th, 2008

    Canuckledragger: Plus, the U.S. already generates ample domestic supplies of smugness, so we don’t really need yours. Of course the American version is ignorance-flavored, which can get old after awhile.

  29. WhatTheHeck says at 11:58 am, August 18th, 2008

    I personally upped my support for Barry just so he could finally retire both Hillary and her debt.

  30. LBOtomist says at 12:01 pm, August 18th, 2008

    You guys keep missing the forest for the mutha-f*&king trees. Specifically you keep snarking about this silly campaign thingy while there is a Che Guevara-look alike/Village Person molesting the slim slack girl in the ad crawl. Does “Ken Layne” (as if there was such a person) get paid in tube socks (meat filling optional) for his lackluster blogging? How else can this outrage be explained. I want answers.

  31. lilblackcorvette says at 12:46 pm, August 18th, 2008

    LBOtomist: oh gawd…. please pass another restrainig order, ossifer

  32. stolichnayaaa says at 12:57 pm, August 18th, 2008

    Poliscide: Good point. What is McCain’s haul in 2008 dollars? I think it’s like a billion doubloons.

  33. Hooray For Anything says at 1:22 pm, August 18th, 2008

    Maybe they can use some of that money to get a vet to help tend to Hopey’s unicorns who have been looking a little ragged, tired, and beat-down lately. I don’t think they’ve quite recovered from being compared to Britney and Paris yet.

  34. LBOtomist: Dude! Where did our love go?

  35. Oscar Folsom Cleveland says at 4:45 pm, August 18th, 2008

    “The Republican National Committee still has way more cash on hand than its Democratic counterpart…”
    Of course they do! Juan gets steep discounts on adult diapers, auto collision insurance and pharmaceutical drugs - not to mention a sweet deal on gas - which pretty much takes care of his life.

    Word is that Barry brought back some excellent shaka bud from da islands, donated by his fat cats on French Hawai’i. Look for some way out visionary preachin’ next Thursday!

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