Comments on: Convention Cash: A last look at the largest loophole in campaign finance laws http://minnesotaindependent.com/19708/convention-cash-a-last-look-at-the-largest-loophole-in-campaign-finance-laws News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Russ Stanton http://minnesotaindependent.com/19708/convention-cash-a-last-look-at-the-largest-loophole-in-campaign-finance-laws/comment-page-1#comment-20463 Russ Stanton Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:51:12 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=19708#comment-20463 As a delegate to the Democratic National Convention I found the corporate sponsorship of our delegation breakfasts distasteful, and I think the practice of corporate sponsorship should be stopped. I personally think that corporate sponsors are wasting their money—I don’t think it influenced anyone I knew in attendance. I do think that there needs to be a system of financial support for low income (often young) people to attend the conventions—convention travel and lodging can be expensive for delegates. Conventions should not just be accessible to the well healed. One way to make conventions more affordable would be to shorten them to two days—I didn’t need to hear speeches by party hacks and the City Comptroller of Chicago, and cameo appearances by almost every US Senator. I doubt that many viewers wanted to hear from them either. As a delegate to the Democratic National Convention I found the corporate sponsorship of our delegation breakfasts distasteful, and I think the practice of corporate sponsorship should be stopped. I personally think that corporate sponsors are wasting their money—I don’t think it influenced anyone I knew in attendance.

I do think that there needs to be a system of financial support for low income (often young) people to attend the conventions—convention travel and lodging can be expensive for delegates. Conventions should not just be accessible to the well healed.

One way to make conventions more affordable would be to shorten them to two days—I didn’t need to hear speeches by party hacks and the City Comptroller of Chicago, and cameo appearances by almost every US Senator. I doubt that many viewers wanted to hear from them either.

]]> By: Lazercat http://minnesotaindependent.com/19708/convention-cash-a-last-look-at-the-largest-loophole-in-campaign-finance-laws/comment-page-1#comment-20419 Lazercat Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:16:58 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=19708#comment-20419 Not only that cats and kittens, the RNC put up a $10 million dollar insurance policy so the cops would not get sued for their screwball nazi tactics. Not only that cats and kittens, the RNC put up a $10 million dollar insurance policy so the cops would not get sued for their screwball nazi tactics.

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