Obama Suggests He Struggled In First State Senate Election To Raise Cash, But Didn’t
“When I was running for State Senate, I could not afford television commercials,” Obama recalled in Pittsburgh today. “And Michelle and I we used to go door to door and pass out fliers that had printed out at Kinko’s, and march in 4th of July parades. It is was hard work.” But according to an article that ran in the Hyde Park Herald Obama, raised a significant amount of his money for his primary, $60,000. He ran unopposed after petitioning to get his four primary opponents kicked off the ballot.
“I have got to tell you, despite the cynicism, despite the cynicism and the negativism, What I think about are is my first race. When I was running for state senate, I could not afford television commercials. And michelle and I we used to go door to door and pass out fliers that had printed out at Kinko’s, and march in 4th of July parades. It is was hard work.”
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dangerouslytalented 10 months agoConsidering the billions that the Koch brothers and Adelson are pumping into Rmoney’s campaign, Obama is going to have a lot of trouble keeping up.
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Chai Liptonius 10 months ago
The “poor, struggling, minority underdog” meme is a lousy fit for Emperor Arugula. Now, or ever. And if Moochelle has ever seen the inside of a Kinko’s, much less gone door-to-door for ANYthing, I’ll have to see it. Pics… or it didn’t happen.
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Tip Top 10 months ago
Did you read the article? The article clearly says he ran unopposed due to the fact that his opponents didn’t have enough valid signatures to run for the primary, or as the article states, “Obama at one time was facing four oppenents. All four including incumbent Alice Palmer, were removed from the ballot because their nominating petitions contained insufficient numbers of valid signatures.” http://www.elections.il.gov/downloads/electioninformation/pdf/2011canguide.pdf Learning is fun!
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