--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > It's not traditional at all, it happens, but it's the > exception rather than the rule, was the clear message > from the articles.
Sal, you embarrassed yourself on this the first time around; why step in it again? Let's have another look at what I quoted in my post from those articles in response to you the first time, shall we? >From the first article: "The ultimate winner often helps the penultimate winner repay debt," said Chris Lehane, a former Clinton White House aide, who is not part of Sen. Clinton's campaign. >From the second article: It's not unusual for a winner to help a vanquished rival retire campaign debts. >From the third article: A winning candidate often offers to do whatever is legal to help a loser pay down debts. >From the fourth article: "It's not atypical for a winning candidate to assist financially in relieving some of the opposing campaign's debt," said Anthony Corrado, a campaign-finance expert at Colby College in Maine who is not affiliated with a campaign. "I would expect Sen. Obama to extend support." And three new ones: AP, May 13: "That is a normal thing when a candidate finishes a race and loses, the winning candidate would try to help if there's some debt that's been incurred," said Tad Devine, a Democratic consultant who has worked in several presidential campaigns but is unaligned this year. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24594032/ FoxNews.com, Susan Estrich, July 10: It's an old tradition in politics for the winner to help the losers retire their debt. http://tinyurl.com/6xjctw NY Times, May 9: Mr. Obama suggested today that there would be some precedent for helping erase her debt. "I think historically after a campaign is done and you want to unify the party particularly when you've had a strong opponent," Mr. Obama said, "you want to make sure that you're putting that opponent in a strong position so that they can work to win an election in November." http://tinyurl.com/4thjw3 So, in order, we've got "often," "not unusual," "often," "not atypical," "normal," "an old tradition," and--from Obama himself--"historically." Yet you claim it's the "exception rather than the rule."
