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American Political Campaigning [Wednesday, October 18, 1st period]
"Today we're supposed to talk about campaign finance," Josh said. "Which as a teacher I should probably tell you is fascinating and important."
He took a gulp from his coffee mug. "But it's actually tedious and painful and that's what you hire campaign lawyers for because the campaign finance laws make tax laws look like they were carefully thought out to be easily understood."
He grinned. "Someone who wears a lot of tweed and tends not to come out during the daytime has spent his entire life learning how to drive a truck full of money through the loopholes in the last campaign finance reform bill. Find him. Pay him whatever he's asking for. It's worth it."
He walked over to the blackboard and wrote "MONEY" in giant letter. "Because without cash, you have no campaign. And we could get into a discussion about how terrible it is that it costs an average of a million dollars to run a successful House race and bemoan the growing influence of special interest groups but frankly we'll just go around in circles getting frustrated and it's entirely too early in the day for that kind of a discussion."
He leaned against a desk. "And no candidate enjoys asking for money. It's their least favorite thing to do. They'll bitch and moan and whine and generally act like petulant toddlers. Today, I want you to come up with three ways to get the candidates to make those phone calls."
Josh pointed at Marty. "How many more days of terrible political ads do we have to go before the election?" he asked.
He took a gulp from his coffee mug. "But it's actually tedious and painful and that's what you hire campaign lawyers for because the campaign finance laws make tax laws look like they were carefully thought out to be easily understood."
He grinned. "Someone who wears a lot of tweed and tends not to come out during the daytime has spent his entire life learning how to drive a truck full of money through the loopholes in the last campaign finance reform bill. Find him. Pay him whatever he's asking for. It's worth it."
He walked over to the blackboard and wrote "MONEY" in giant letter. "Because without cash, you have no campaign. And we could get into a discussion about how terrible it is that it costs an average of a million dollars to run a successful House race and bemoan the growing influence of special interest groups but frankly we'll just go around in circles getting frustrated and it's entirely too early in the day for that kind of a discussion."
He leaned against a desk. "And no candidate enjoys asking for money. It's their least favorite thing to do. They'll bitch and moan and whine and generally act like petulant toddlers. Today, I want you to come up with three ways to get the candidates to make those phone calls."
Josh pointed at Marty. "How many more days of terrible political ads do we have to go before the election?" he asked.