There has been a tremendous amount of ink spilled on how much money Obama has been able to raise and how he is supported by millions of small donations.
The best guess as of now is he has raised $639 million from 3.1 million donors. Quite an impressive feat.
But look at what he's doing with the money. He is taking that $600 million+ and mostly using it on media expenditures (buying TV, radio, internet ads). So, he is basically "redistributing" that money to rich, white folks who own the media.
Where was the outcry of "fairness" last week when Obama took over $1 million in donations given by hard working Americans and gave it to Ruppert Murdock in exchange for 30 minutes of TV time.
Here he was, the great redistributor, helping to "spread the wealth around" by taking $5 and $10 donations from people who believed in his campaign and giving it to a right wing billionaire.
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