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Politicians For Sale... On Amazon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the own-them-all dept.

aldheorte writes "In either a brilliant move or a sick commentary on politics (or both), Amazon is now selling U.S. Presidential candidates, or at least contributions to such."

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  1. Decisions, decisions... by hendridm · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't decide between the serial killer and the dear hunter. Or maybe I'll just take a gamble this year...

  2. Contibutions by BWJones · · Score: 5, Interesting

    aldheorte writes "In either a brilliant move or a sick commentary on politics (or both), Amazon is now selling U.S. Presidential candidates, or at least contributions to such."

    Well, I suppose if you were completely cynical this is how one might view this, but to me, this is a great way to make political contributions, because this is about making contributions to your politician of choice.

    However, I would prefer to see an Internet based voting system that gets rid of the electoral college system....

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    1. Re:Contibutions by SkArcher · · Score: 5, Funny

      If it was a really sick commentary on Politics, they'd be selling them on eBay

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    2. Re:Contibutions by vaguelyamused · · Score: 5, Insightful

      If we end the Electoral College candidates will only campaign in the biggest states with the biggest cities and nowhere else. They would only serve those constituents and their interests, not the interests of the country as a whole. One could easily win by campaigning in New York, Texas, California and Illinois. Attempts to end the Electoral College are unwise and misguided.

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  3. Cut out the middleman by glinden · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Amazon takes a cut of these payments. You'd be better off giving directly to the campaigns.

    1. Re:Cut out the middleman by Kr3m3Puff · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yes, the legally cannot not take money for their services, but they are donating the proceeds to Kid's Vote, so in the end, it is a good thing and an interesting social experiement.

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  4. Move along, folks... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


    The politicians have been selling themselves since forever.

    Arguably they're just a sub-specialization of the World's Oldest Profession.

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  5. Wow...they DO check the suggestion box by grasshoppa · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been begging them for an easy method for buying a Politician, and here we go. Corporations shouldn't be the only ones with all the fun.

    Now, I hope they get around to the second part of my suggestion: Judges.

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    1. Re:Wow...they DO check the suggestion box by Grrr · · Score: 5, Funny

      If only they'd accept Flooz...


      <grrr>
  6. Dean by Frizzle+Fry · · Score: 5, Funny
    From their page on Howard Dean:

    Current Job: Former governor of Vermont
    Prior Job(s): Vermont state representative, Vermont lieutenant governor, medical doctor

    How is "former governor" a current job? Given that he is no longer governor, wouldn't it make more sense to list governor as a prior job?
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  7. Ratings? by jdunlevy · · Score: 5, Funny

    What, no option to "RATE THIS CANDIDATE"? No Customer Reviews? No "6 people recommended Howard Dean instead of Dennis J. Kucinich"? No "1 person recommended Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. in addition to Howard Dean"? ...

    1. Re:Ratings? by nacturation · · Score: 5, Funny

      George W. Bush:

      0 of 2,912,790 Florida voters found this candidate helpful.

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  8. Re:Can't Wait..... by FreshFunk510 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tell me about it. The best part about him is:

    Education: Self-educated by reading

    Now that, people, is what I call a TRUE American.

    "I read me some books edumacated mah self."

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  9. Re:Here's Who's Ahead by dublisk · · Score: 5, Informative

    Gee, Bush doesn't have any contributions. Surprise, Surprise!

    If you had read the FAQ on amazon you would see:

    Why can't I contribute to the Bush or Lieberman campaigns yet?
    It's up to each campaign to decide if and when they want to participate. We have invited each of these campaigns to participate and we're hopeful that they'll come on board in the near future. Meanwhile, we have posted information about each candidate and his campaign, and we've provided a link to the candidates' campaign Web sites where you can make a contribution.

  10. Duh! by toupsie · · Score: 5, Insightful
    All I see is Libertarian, Republican and Democrat. Where are the other parties? Green? Socialist Workers? Communist?

    You have got to be kidding! Greens, Socialist Workers and Communist are ANTI-CAPITALISTS! Signing up with the biggest online capitalist tool would be make them look silly and go completely against their political beliefs.

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