Kerry Would be the third Richest US President

[Allwaysforward]

http://forbes.com/business/2004/02/13/cx_da_0213kerry.html


Rank Name Party Term
1. George Washington None* 1789-1797
2. John F. Kennedy Democrat 1961-1963
John F. Kerry** Democrat NA
3. Andrew Jackson Democrat 1829-1837
4. Lyndon B. Johnson Democrat 1963-1969
5. Herbert Hoover Republican 1929-1933

[onehandle]

1. Who cares. nt

[DenverDem]

2. If black economy money were included

the Bushlers would be far and away the top of the list.

[gmoney]

3. Isn't Kerry broke?

I know his wife's loaded, but I hear Kerry's mortgaged everything he has for the election... the $7M he borrowed against his house he's going to have to repay himself out of campaign funds... if there's enough left over.

Campaign finance laws won't let him take more than the $2000 from his wife, right?

And I second the notion that the Bush Dynasty is probably as rich as the Kennedys.

And we all know that the richer a person is, the better that person is. Right?

[Allwaysforward]

4. i know he could take more then 2000$ from his wife

since their married their banking accounts are one

[Paschall]

5. Well

According to OpenSecrets.org, these are the amounts raised by the presidential candidates (includes Jan 31 filings):

George W. Bush (R)    $131,774,275
Howard Dean (D)             $41,264,772
John Kerry (D)              $28,209,341
John Edwards (D)            $14,453,092
Lyndon H. Larouche Jr (D)    $9,469,783
Dennis Kucinich (D)          $6,227,898
Al Sharpton (D)                $433,142

Regarding Kerry's campaign treasure:

Total Receipts: $28,209,341
Total Spent:         $23,255,627
Cash on Hand:         $1,605,428
Debts:                $3,811,570
Date of last report: December 31, 2003

http://www.opensecrets.org/