Obviously we know Obama is the king of duplicity. We all know how he got the nomination, by portraying himself as one thing in public, but having his minions do a completely different thing in private.
Anyway, during the campaign he made a pledge to to accept federal money and spending restrictions if the GOP candidate also agreed to it. John McCain offered to abide by those rules, but Obama has done an about face, and in a video email sent to supporters this week, he said he would renege on his offer.
His reasons are as absurd as any we could expect to hear from Obama, but here they are:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday he’ll bypass the federal public financing system in the general election, abandoning an earlier commitment to take the money if his Republican rival did as well.
Obama, who set records raising money in the primary election, will forgo more than $84 million that would have been available to him in the general election. He would be the first candidate to do so since Congress passed 1970s post-Watergate campaign finance laws. Sen. John McCain, the Republican nominee in waiting, has taken steps to accept the public funds in the general election.
Obama officials said they decided to take that route because McCain is already spending privately raised funds toward the general election campaign. Obama has vastly outraised McCain, however, and would likely retain that advantage if McCain accepts the public money.
Let’s look at some of the reasons he gave in his video:
Excuse: McCain and the GOP take money from Lobbyists
Reality: Obama, the DNC and many of it’s agents do same. Obama has numerous lobbyists among his major bundlers.
Excuse: The GOP are experts at utilizing 527 groups
Reality: 527 groups nothing to do with public financing.
Obama’s Moment of Shame: His declaration for his undying support for public financing, while simultaneously abandoning it when it comes to his own campaign.
Obama’s second moment of shame: His delcaration that the Presidential system is broken, while not bothering to give an explanation as to why he is making it worse by abandoning public financing, and not explaining why he did nothing to fix it during his three years in the Senate.
Obama’s Third Moment of Shame: His statement about the Presidential system to Chris Wallace in April 2008
Obama on the Presidential System in April
To think this is the candidate the Democratic Party leadership wants to force on the nation…
Update: Vid of Obama expressing how strongly he supports Campaign Finance Reform
