Quote (EndlessSky @ Jun 21 2016 03:50pm)
He was right. Gun free-zones are full retard.
That wasn't what he was saying, and even if he was competent enough to have made that argument instead, he still wouldn't be right. There is no systematic targeting of gun-free zones.
Quote (stimpy6298 @ Jun 20 2016 04:57pm)
idk pollster does that much money need to be actually raised just for smut adds on the radio/ tv ? Im sure some of that goes towards rallies and what not but that's an absurd amount of money for a job that only pays like 300k per year
Should it cost that much to fund a campaign? No, but it does. The GOP wants to raise $1 billion because they assume Clinton will, and they're failing because Trump isn't holding up his end. Now the GOP thinks the number is $1.5 billion, even as Trump lowers his goal to $300 million (he probably wouldn't even hit that without self-funding).
The advertising budget is just one part of the operation, though it is of paramount importance to the Republicans since they rely so heavily on negative TV ads to get votes. Trump doesn't need $1.5 billion but he does need several hundred million on account of all the things national campaigns are expected to finance. Trump doesn't have those things, literally any of them. He's basically relying on the RNC's field staff and their COH, and the ads being run by big-money outside groups, in hopes that someone else, literally anyone else, will win this election for him.