The Internet campaign story gets better and better. Now that it’s been revealed that their fired campaign manager had his fingers in the till, they want their money back. Here’s what one Deaniac has to say on Dean’s Blog for America:
WHERE IS OUR MONEY? TRIPPI SHOULD GIVE IT BACK.
Today I read in the news that the campaign is basically broke. It seems clear that a big mistake was made by spending large amounts in ads in the Feb. 3 states before Iowa or New Hampshire had even voted. Losing in those states, rather than winning, completely changed the landscape of the campaign. In retrospect, those huge ad buys were obviously a mistake because Dean can’t win there without having the momentum from NH. Now we find out that Trippi made a 15% commission on those ads. Assuming about $10 million spent on ads, that is $1.5 million in Trippi’s pocket. And that money is not coming from the pockets of fat cat contributors. It is coming from us on the blog giving $20 or $50 or $100 here and there. Is it right for Trippi to keep that money? If Trippi really believes in this campaign and in us on the blog, shouldn’t he give at least some of it back to the campaign to help it out of a situation — i.e., being broke — that his excessive ad buys helped create?
Posted by: BushLied at January 29, 2004 02:43 PM | Link
It sure is good we’ve got people like Trippi and Dean taking America back from those thieves at Halliburton, eh?
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