April 14, 2008
The Facts
Last Friday the LA Times published an article about Philadelphia “Street Money” and Barack Obama. The article says that Obama may loose support among blacks there if he doesn’t pay the money. The Street Money they were referring to is money paid to workers who get out on the streets, knock on doors and hand out leaflets for a particular candidate. The article quoted one former ward leader as saying “They view it that the white people are getting all the money for TV. And they’re the ones who are the foot soldiers on the street. They’re predominantly African Americans, and they’re not the ones who are getting that TV money”.
My View
Obviously, the key word here is “money”. “Pay me and I will get you votes; don’t pay me and you can forget the vote”.
I have said in many of my post that voting for a Presidential candidate is no longer about who can do the better job as President. It’s all about ethnicity (race), gender, and/or money. In this case it’s about money. The ward leaders are saying that it will cost the Obama campaign as much as $500,000. Those who are upset that they are not getting paid off are not concerned about the best person getting the job, only about their own pocket books. Therefore, you can only describe their attitude as “screw the country”.
Filed under: Democrats, Presidential Campaign
