campaigns

Today was the deadline for all local candidates to file their quarterly campaign financial reports. Most have already been posted on the Internet. Maybe they did the easy ones first because mine's pretty short and it's online since early today. Anyone interested can check out the individual reports at the Supervisor of Elections' website: clayelections.com.

Those of you who scan my personal first quarter campaign report and are familiar with a new state law that took effect Jan. 1 will notice a problem. I have listed the only two people who made contributions between the first day of January and the last of March. Both handed me hundred dollar bills, one in February and one in March. It wasn't until I attempted to file my report in April that I was reminded that the new limit is now just $50 for cash donations. Oh, crap.

Can someone explain where this "I approve this message" came from?  I've thought all this before but after the latest John McCain commercial where it's his face, his voice I have to give into the madness and ask why?

How in blue blazes does this make any sense?  If you see an ad for a Candidate and it's not them talking I could maybe see the point of "I approve this message".  But when you have the face of the candidate staring at you while speaking, the words match the way his lips are moving it's bizarre. To say "I approve this message" when you can cleary see and hear what is coming out of his mouth?  Am I the only one that finds this.....ummm....dumb?