Candidate For Governor Got 22 Percent Of The Vote And Only Spent $35
Bob Healy, a candidate in Rhode Island’s gubernatorial race, spent only $35 of his own money on his campaign — and took 22% of the vote.
“It’s amazing what $35 can do,” Healy said. “As I’ve been saying, if we only spent $75, $80, we might’ve won the race.”
The Washington Post reports:
Healey first ran for governor in 1986 as an independent, and got less than 2 percent of the vote. He has run for lieutenant governor several times, promising to abolish the office if he ever won. In 2010, he came in second place with 39 percent of the vote. He once ran for a local school board with the slogan, “Strange Man for a Strange Job.”
His low-cost billboards — which the former house painter does mostly himself — are usually the most visible in Rhode Island during campaign season. He usually paints them on the side of his friends’ houses.
This time he ran as a member of the Moderate Party after its candidate was forced to drop out.
Healey says that his success shows that people are sick of all the money being spent in elections.
Watch courtesy ofProvidence Eyewitness News:
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By: Anomaly100
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KB723 November 6th, 2014 at 14:39
shows that people are sick of all the money being spent in elections.
I am not particularly sure what ‘People’ he is talking about, it would seem the ‘People’ in advertising and TV made a Mint this election, if perchance he is replying to how those who are elected do the hand washing of their biggest contributors, than YES I totally AGREE!!!
R.J. Carter November 6th, 2014 at 14:39
Imagine if he’d shelled out $100 for a WordPress site!
KB723 November 6th, 2014 at 14:42
WOW, I thought wordpress was Free???
R.J. Carter November 6th, 2014 at 15:14
It is, but, y’know, there’s that whole “hosting” business.
Unless, of course, you just use their site for nothing more than a blog.
Spirit of America November 6th, 2014 at 17:10
Or anyone w/a computer and net connection now can run a site for free, apache and such are freeware…
:)
KB723 November 7th, 2014 at 18:38
Thanxz for the Info!!! =)
Spirit of America November 8th, 2014 at 07:30
Are you serious? Because if you honestly are, I can help you set up a server at home, the free software to run it, have your own blog, etc. The only ‘new’ expence, max $35(cheaper usually) would be for you to buy your own domain, rest is free. Then write & sale till your heart’s content. Until your traffic gets heavy per second, you could get by w/a low-end/older system even.
Let me know.
KB723 November 8th, 2014 at 11:53
Yes I am very serious, I already own my own domain name, in fact I had to pay up for another year last week, as I said I am thinking a blogger page would be the best and cheapest for now… You need to have an account with G+, I have two, my own personal and my YouTube account, I am thinking of setting up the youtube account for my business page, as I mentioned above I am only looking for a page folks can go to view what I am making and contact info, for brochures(which I have already created) and business cards which are also already created, but do not have a web address, Thanxz for getting back with me, any info shared can be of great service….
Spirit of America November 8th, 2014 at 13:18
You around?
KB723 November 8th, 2014 at 13:28
Yeah I am here…Maybe you should comment here as we also have Disqus, I don’t wanna be kicked out of here for being off topic….
http://www.byebyedemocracy.org/2014/11/20-years-ago-nirvana-release-unplugged.html
Spirit of America November 8th, 2014 at 13:29
on site, where do i initiate a post?
KB723 November 8th, 2014 at 13:32
You can simply go to the link I provided and comment there, just like you would here…
KB723 November 6th, 2014 at 19:07
Yeah I tried to set up a webpage there, and I do, but since I do not have the ‘Hosting’ it seems I am unable to upload ‘Plug Ins’ that would allow me to set up particular pages that I want to create for my own small business, just three pages, ‘Wholesale’, ‘Retail’, and ‘Custom’, I am thinking I am going to use Blogger instead, where at least folks can go and see what I am making and a contact to reach me, as well as the three pages I want to set up, if you can share any info it would be greatly appreciated… Thanxz
Anomaly 100 November 6th, 2014 at 14:54
Don’t be silly. Who in their right mind would want to run a website?
KB723 November 6th, 2014 at 15:39
shows that people are sick of all the money being spent in elections.
I am not particularly sure what ‘People’ he is talking about, it would seem the ‘People’ in advertising and TV made a Mint this election, if perchance he is replying to how those who are elected do the hand washing of their biggest contributors, than YES I totally AGREE!!!
R.J. Carter November 6th, 2014 at 15:39
Imagine if he’d shelled out $100 for a WordPress site!
KB723 November 6th, 2014 at 15:42
WOW, I thought wordpress was Free???
R.J. Carter November 6th, 2014 at 16:14
It is, but, y’know, there’s that whole “hosting” business.
Unless, of course, you just use their site for nothing more than a blog.
Spirit of America November 6th, 2014 at 18:10
Or anyone w/a computer and net connection now can run a site for free, apache and such are freeware…
:)
KB723 November 7th, 2014 at 19:38
Thanxz for the Info!!! =)
Spirit of America November 8th, 2014 at 08:30
Are you serious? Because if you honestly are, I can help you set up a server at home, the free software to run it, have your own blog, etc. The only ‘new’ expence, max $35(cheaper usually) would be for you to buy your own domain, rest is free. Then write & sale till your heart’s content. Until your traffic gets heavy per second, you could get by w/a low-end/older system even.
Let me know.
KB723 November 8th, 2014 at 12:53
Yes I am very serious, I already own my own domain name, in fact I had to pay up for another year last week, as I said I am thinking a blogger page would be the best and cheapest for now… You need to have an account with G+, I have two, my own personal and my YouTube account, I am thinking of setting up the youtube account for my business page, as I mentioned above I am only looking for a page folks can go to view what I am making and contact info, for brochures(which I have already created) and business cards which are also already created, but do not have a web address, Thanxz for getting back with me, any info shared can be of great service….
Spirit of America November 8th, 2014 at 14:18
You around?
KB723 November 8th, 2014 at 14:28
Yeah I am here…Maybe you should comment here as we also have Disqus, I don’t wanna be kicked out of here for being off topic….
http://www.byebyedemocracy.org/2014/11/20-years-ago-nirvana-release-unplugged.html
Spirit of America November 8th, 2014 at 14:29
on site, where do i initiate a post?
KB723 November 8th, 2014 at 14:32
You can simply go to the link I provided and comment there, just like you would here…
KB723 November 6th, 2014 at 20:07
Yeah I tried to set up a webpage there, and I do, but since I do not have the ‘Hosting’ it seems I am unable to upload ‘Plug Ins’ that would allow me to set up particular pages that I want to create for my own small business, just three pages, ‘Wholesale’, ‘Retail’, and ‘Custom’, I am thinking I am going to use Blogger instead, where at least folks can go and see what I am making and a contact to reach me, as well as the three pages I want to set up, if you can share any info it would be greatly appreciated… Thanxz
Anomaly 100 November 6th, 2014 at 15:54
Don’t be silly. Who in their right mind would want to run a website?
edmeyer_able November 6th, 2014 at 14:43
As every other person in the country w/an email account I rec’d daily requests for contributions, I ignored every single one and am so thankful I did. Spending millions trying to convince so many idiots who ignored the plea to vote pisses me off no end.
R.J. Carter November 6th, 2014 at 15:04
It’s always good to remind ourselves of a politician’s true agenda by asking the question: “Who spends a million dollars to interview for a job that pays thousands?”
edmeyer_able November 6th, 2014 at 15:43
As every other person in the country w/an email account I rec’d daily requests for contributions, I ignored every single one and am so thankful I did. Spending millions trying to convince so many idiots who ignored the plea to vote pisses me off no end.
R.J. Carter November 6th, 2014 at 16:04
It’s always good to remind ourselves of a politician’s true agenda by asking the question: “Who spends a million dollars to interview for a job that pays thousands?”
Spirit of America November 6th, 2014 at 17:13
I’ve always felt campaign finance reform should be short and sweet:
1. Only individuals can contribute to a campaign
2. Campaigns can only except contributions from people w/in their district
arc99 November 6th, 2014 at 17:31
Hello SOA,
In principle I agree with you 100%
However, I think there are serious first amendment issues if Uncle Lou or your next door neighbor is restricted by law from sending $5 bucks to a candidate in a state on the other side of the country.
For corporations, legislative remedies not requiring amending the Constitution might be possible, but obviously they would face fierce opposition.
Spirit of America November 6th, 2014 at 19:33
Agreed w/the issues part. big time.
But I place ‘political donations’ in same class as ‘fire in a theater’ issue, meaning free speech until it does obvious harm. My uncle ‘louie the lip’ lou has no business donating to what he doesn’t have to live under. Now again, this is just my view, but I honestly believe this. Lou (i can call him that, he said so) can feel free to go pound doors for that other candidate, but actual money is out of bounds if you ask me.
Now with all that being said, realize I’m just spouting to spout, I have no confidence that any meaningful(that which will help the process) reform will happen, period.
To me, the process has advanced to cancer stage 4…
OldLefty November 6th, 2014 at 17:49
I also agree!
And either get rid of PACs or make them very, very transparent.
As they get more powerful and influential, candidates are more beholding to them than to their own party, which at least has to write a platform.
Now, Americans For Adorable Little Puppies may be run by oil and gas, the porn industry or the private prison industry.
You don’t know.
They then become their own shadow political system.
cconover1 November 7th, 2014 at 11:05
I completely disagree. All campaigns should be publicly financed and equal. Political ads should be illegal unless they are financed by this public money. Yes, it cuts into the 1st Amendment, but politicians have abused the 1st Amendment by lying to the public, deceiving the public, and buying votes. Time to be done with it.
Spirit of America November 7th, 2014 at 12:24
I thought about that option before/often, but there are a few major problems, one being:
Who gets the money? Meaning, what happens if 15 people run, do we all give them same amount, or keep it equal but then every tom/dick/harry runs & gets money, making spending tax money sky rocket?
“… but politicians have abused the 1st Amendment…”
So because they abused something, I lose my right?
cconover1 November 9th, 2014 at 14:52
The real problem is when 10,000 people want to run for President. But, today, money weeds them out, and that’s wrong. We’d need to find a way to get it down to below 10. A high number of signatures on a petition sounds like the best goal to me, and signatures must be gotten by volunteers since money would tilt that scale again were they to be paid.
“… but politicians have abused the 1st Amendment…”
“So because they abused something, I lose my right?”
You would lose your right to make a political ad, yes. I know its not a perfect solution, but today’s environment has made way for the Patriot Act, which has already suspended the 1st, 4th and 14th Amendments, so I’d say losing the right to make a political ad is better than losing my right to Habeas Corpus, search and seizure without a warrant and the very real chance at being thrown in prison for doing nearly nothing.
Spirit of America November 9th, 2014 at 15:54
My feeling is get those rights back, not take more away because we already lost some…
This is a good topic/HUGE problem, keep throwing ideas out there, play devil’s advocate and cheerleader…
Spirit of America November 6th, 2014 at 18:13
I’ve always felt campaign finance reform should be short and sweet:
1. Only individuals can contribute to a campaign
2. Campaigns can only except contributions from people w/in their district
arc99 November 6th, 2014 at 18:31
Hello SOA,
In principle I agree with you 100%
However, I think there are serious first amendment issues if Uncle Lou or your next door neighbor is restricted by law from sending $5 bucks to a candidate in a state on the other side of the country.
For corporations, legislative remedies not requiring amending the Constitution might be possible, but obviously they would face fierce opposition.
Spirit of America November 6th, 2014 at 20:33
Agreed w/the issues part. big time.
But I place ‘political donations’ in same class as ‘fire in a theater’ issue, meaning free speech until it does obvious harm. My uncle ‘louie the lip’ lou has no business donating to what he doesn’t have to live under. Now again, this is just my view, but I honestly believe this. Lou (i can call him that, he said so) can feel free to go pound doors for that other candidate, but actual money is out of bounds if you ask me.
Now with all that being said, realize I’m just spouting to spout, I have no confidence that any meaningful(that which will help the process) reform will happen, period.
To me, the process has advanced to cancer stage 4…
OldLefty November 6th, 2014 at 18:49
I also agree!
And either get rid of PACs or make them very, very transparent.
As they get more powerful and influential, candidates are more beholding to them than to their own party, which at least has to write a platform.
Now, Americans For Adorable Little Puppies may be run by oil and gas, the porn industry or the private prison industry.
You don’t know.
They then become their own shadow political system.
cconover1 November 7th, 2014 at 12:05
I completely disagree. All campaigns should be publicly financed and equal. Political ads should be illegal unless they are financed by this public money. Yes, it cuts into the 1st Amendment, but politicians have abused the 1st Amendment by lying to the public, deceiving the public, and buying votes. Time to be done with it.
Spirit of America November 7th, 2014 at 13:24
I thought about that option before/often, but there are a few major problems, one being:
Who gets the money? Meaning, what happens if 15 people run, do we all give them same amount, or keep it equal but then every tom/dick/harry runs & gets money, making spending tax money sky rocket?
“… but politicians have abused the 1st Amendment…”
So because they abused something, I lose my right?
cconover1 November 9th, 2014 at 15:52
The real problem is when 10,000 people want to run for President. But, today, money weeds them out, and that’s wrong. We’d need to find a way to get it down to below 10. A high number of signatures on a petition sounds like the best goal to me, and signatures must be gotten by volunteers since money would tilt that scale again were they to be paid.
“… but politicians have abused the 1st Amendment…”
“So because they abused something, I lose my right?”
You would lose your right to make a political ad, yes. I know its not a perfect solution, but today’s environment has made way for the Patriot Act, which has already suspended the 1st, 4th and 14th Amendments, so I’d say losing the right to make a political ad is better than losing my right to Habeas Corpus, search and seizure without a warrant and the very real chance at being thrown in prison for doing nearly nothing.
Spirit of America November 9th, 2014 at 16:54
My feeling is get those rights back, not take more away because we already lost some…
This is a good topic/HUGE problem, keep throwing ideas out there, play devil’s advocate and cheerleader…
StoneyCurtisll November 6th, 2014 at 19:34
He could have spent that 35 dollars on a hair cut and a shave, and possibly got more than 22% of the vote..(he might have even won)
StoneyCurtisll November 6th, 2014 at 20:34
He could have spent that 35 dollars on a hair cut and a shave, and possibly got more than 22% of the vote..(he might have even won)
John Bodensteiner November 6th, 2014 at 23:57
he has my vote
John Bodensteiner November 7th, 2014 at 00:57
he has my vote
JJ November 7th, 2014 at 05:39
Wonder how much $$$$ was spent on his previous runs for office, (Probably A LOT more). Sounds like his name recognition was a good chunk of his vote according to the article. It’s not like this was just some random guy off the street (though he looks like it) and had never run before, with no recognition, and no campaign experience. I am betting that BIG BUCKS were spent on his behalf (either by him or someone connected to a previous campaign group or political party, or MEGA-donors) in previous election runs by this man. You don’t get to 2nd place initially without spending a lot of money-name recognition alone costs $$. Let’s not lose our heads, people..
Michele Passarelli November 7th, 2014 at 09:46
As a native Rhode Islander, I assure you that this man spent $35.00 and only $35.00 for this campaign. Mr. Healey is an attorney (which this abbreviated article fails to mention). If you can’t build name recognition after 28 years, then I don’t know how long it must take! Additionally, he has taken part in many of the televised debates and is usually the only candidate who makes any sense. Don’t be fooled by his looks – he’s a brilliant man.
JJ November 7th, 2014 at 06:39
Wonder how much $$$$ was spent on his previous runs for office, (Probably A LOT more). Sounds like his name recognition was a good chunk of his vote according to the article. It’s not like this was just some random guy off the street (though he looks like it) and had never run before, with no recognition, and no campaign experience. I am betting that BIG BUCKS were spent on his behalf (either by him or someone connected to a previous campaign group or political party, or MEGA-donors) in previous election runs by this man. You don’t get to 2nd place initially without spending a lot of money-name recognition alone costs $$. Let’s not lose our heads, people..
Michele Passarelli November 7th, 2014 at 10:46
As a native Rhode Islander, I assure you that this man spent $35.00 and only $35.00 for this campaign. Mr. Healey is an attorney (which this abbreviated article fails to mention). If you can’t build name recognition after 28 years, then I don’t know how long it must take! Additionally, he has taken part in many of the televised debates and is usually the only candidate who makes any sense. Don’t be fooled by his looks – he’s a brilliant man.
cconover1 November 7th, 2014 at 11:08
The problem is that $35 buys you 3rd place. What does 3rd place mean? Nothing. It cost $5M to win. That’s what the winner spent.
cconover1 November 7th, 2014 at 12:08
The problem is that $35 buys you 3rd place. What does 3rd place mean? Nothing. It cost $5M to win. That’s what the winner spent.