On The Run from AJC

Today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution contains some humorous anecdotes from the Presidential campaign trail here. The bit that caught my eye was that Russia decided to turn down John McCain's request for campaign funding. I know! First McCain wants to kick Russia out of the G8, and then his campaign solicits Russia's Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, for funding. Well, if your opponents is busy raising $150 Million in a single month, why not look under every stone?

The bigger question is what Obama plans to do with all that money. Better yet, with such a downturn in the economy and the vaporization of wealth on Wall Street (best characterized as simple paper losses, unless people actually sold their shares after stock values plummeted), why are people funding a single campaign in such record numbers?

Especially when the presidential race seems to be almost a foregone conclusion with just 14 days remaining until the polls close.

It's always nice to receive a personal note from the current Governor of Alaska in my inbox, however:

Dear Supporter,

If you caught my guest appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend, you may have seen an ad or two (or twenty) from Senator Obama's campaign.

This barrage of advertising is adding up to the most expensive negative ad buy in political history. And these ads are funded with the nearly $200 million the Obama campaign and the DNC raised in September.

With this new money, they'll only step up their media buying efforts to flood every network with ads attacking our shared values. These ads are full of inaccurate information designed to mislead voters in key media markets.

We need your support to stop the Obama-Biden Democrats' media buying binge. Your immediate contribution of $25, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000 or more will help fund our team's ads in key media markets across the country.

The current media buying gap is a direct result of Senator Obama's broken pledge to accept public financing. This summer, Senator Obama chose to break his promise to the American people by opting out of the public financing system. But, you can be sure that our entire team will honor all of the promises we make in this campaign because we are men and women of our word.

Our team of reformers has a plan to take America in a new direction. Our economic policies focus on providing economic relief to those who need it most. While the Obama-Biden Democrats say they want to "spread the wealth around," our team won't support economic policies that punish Americans for working hard and pursuing the American Dream.

I'm asking you today to help our team get this message out. The funds you give today will help pay for upcoming ad buys and get-out-the-vote efforts.

If Senator Obama is elected and Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid are in charge of Congress, there will be nothing stopping them from raising your taxes, immediately pulling out of Iraq and placing your healthcare decisions in the hands of government bureaucrats.

We can't let this happen and that's why your financial support is so critical to our efforts. Every dollar we raise goes directly to help fund media buys and get-out-the-vote efforts in important races across the country. So, please make the most generous contribution you can give - whether its $25 or $250. We're certainly grateful for any help you can give. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Governor Sarah Palin

Too bad the e-mail didn't include pics!