http://lair.haggisnet.org/~josh/blog/archives/2004/09/28/new-mexico-is-odd/ I told him I'd give him whatfor! Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:13:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://lair.haggisnet.org/~josh/blog/archives/2004/09/28/new-mexico-is-odd/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Moonglum Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:10:10 +0000 http://lair.haggisnet.org/blog/archives/2004/09/28/new-mexico-is-odd/#comment-494 I don't know, it seems like if you give money to someone who you believe in, you are giving them money to keep doing what they are doing. OTOH, if you give money to both parties, it seems like you want something in return. Why should you need to "hedge your bets" unless you are expecting something in return? I understand the idea, but it just sounds too much like a bribe to me. I don’t know, it seems like if you give money to someone who you believe in, you are giving them money to keep doing what they are doing. OTOH, if you give money to both parties, it seems like you want something in return. Why should you need to “hedge your bets” unless you are expecting something in return? I understand the idea, but it just sounds too much like a bribe to me.

]]> http://lair.haggisnet.org/~josh/blog/archives/2004/09/28/new-mexico-is-odd/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Pam Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:38:43 +0000 http://lair.haggisnet.org/blog/archives/2004/09/28/new-mexico-is-odd/#comment-493 I dunno; lots of companies donate to both parties. It's a way of hedging their bets. I guess that, if you see it as a political statement, there's "something wrong" with the practice, but if you look at it from a business-y point of view, it makes perfect sense. I dunno; lots of companies donate to both parties. It’s a way of hedging their bets. I guess that, if you see it as a political statement, there’s “something wrong” with the practice, but if you look at it from a business-y point of view, it makes perfect sense.

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