We were tempted to respond to the Obama campaign's plea to donate a little of the green stuff this week. After all, they were offering a nice cotton T-shirt for a donation of $30. Why the hell do you think we ever donated to the Sierra Club? Sure, we appreciate the environment, but if they hadn't included that little backpack they wouldn't have gotten squat from us.
But, David Plouffe, you ain't gettin' our money this time.
We have been uncomfortable with Obama's decision to pull out of the campaign finance system and reject public funds. Feels a little like the same old political stuff we're used to (as do his recent panderings to the center). Now, we're willing to give him a little leeway on that-- after all, he's gotta throw a little red meat to the independents and (gulp) Republicans out there. But to compare this purely economic decision to the Declaration of Independence? Nawwwwwwww, we ain't that gullible. Try again, people.
