A> On Sun, 2009-08-30 at 15:20 -0700, Ryan Rix wrote:

Who pays for the advertisements and the money that gives the people who run
for office the power and the footprint to actually get elected? Not me or
anyone else;

Sorry Ryan, take a look:

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/index.php

http://www.campaignfinancesite.org/giving.html

just to show a couple....

lyle