1. The media for shamelessly accepting over 1/2 billion dollars in advertising.
2. The fuel companies who gleefully filled up jumbo jets and motorcades for gas guzzling campaigns while the people traveling in such style complain about America's dependence on the very thing that was fueling their planes. Somehow that probably makes the complaints about windfall profits go down a little easier for the oil companies, knowing that the ones complaining about the windfall profits have no problem increasing those profits so long as it helps them achieve personal ends.
3. Special interests who will find a single-party government of big-spenders, in conjunction with a minority party of big-spenders, more than willing to dole out tax-payer money for all manner of triviality. This too will make the complaining about special interests by the big-spenders go down easier (not that lobbyists were ever concerned about that to begin with since their general attitude is "Complain all you want, just keep the checks coming).
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I don't buy point two. I think they did the right thing by putting planes and cars into use. What, are they supposed to walk?! =P
I have no problem with them using planes and cars. I think they should.
But don't you see a bit of hypocrisy in complaining about gas and pollution while jetting across the country? At least they could optimize their trips by some sort of reasonable order.
Having said that, I don't really care how much fuel they use. I was making a point (or at least trying to) with a bit of sarcasm.
Sure. I understand your point... just seems their use of fuel would be negligible in the broad scheme of things rendering the point somewhat weaker.
Jason: This group of politicians complains that gas companies make too much money, that we all drive too much and in too large of vehicles, and want to see the gas prices even higher, but all the while they run around the country and the world in their SUV's, motorcades, and jets. They are the most hypocritical group of people of the earth. They need to learn to conserve, not just preach it to the rest of us.
Michelle
So should they hire a bus for the security personnel? Should they move their candidate around in a Toyota hatchback? Do you really think McCain shouldn't have done a circuit of the most important places to campaign on the last day?
I'm a conservative to the core, but I don't see anything hypocritical about calling for frugality on one hand and then doing what it takes to run an election campaign on the other.
Again, I don't have a problem with them flying around. I couldn't care less. My point was with a touch of sarcasm that was apparently very thinly veiled.
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