Mitt full of cash

So, Mitt Romney won the GOP's Iowa straw poll. He spent over $2M in television advertising, paid 60 volunteers $500-1000/month to talk him up, had a sleek direct-mail campaign of undisclosed cost, and paid a consultant nearly $200,000 to direct his straw poll production. So, we have no idea how much he really spent, but it was certainly over $3,000,000. How many votes did he get in this win? 4,516. That's it. He paid over $650 per vote.

Frankly, nothing against Mitt, Iowa or the GOP in this. It's just an illustration of how screwed up the current system can be.

BTW, vote tallying was delayed as 1,500 ballots had to be hand-counted, because the Republican party was using the unauditable, now uncertified Diebold machines. A little irony there, eh.

Here's an article on Mitt's victory on Ariana's news outlet.

Oh, and this tidbit from The LA Times. Now that he has come into the limelight, this millionaire 190-250 times over decided to stop investing in companies that do business with Iran. Apparently he had no problem doing so when he wasn't under scrutiny. Nor does he have problems investing in the Sudan's state oil company. You know, that government involved in genocide. But hey, at least that oil brings in money, that's all that matters.