Comments on: Obama’s position on public financing: Just words

By: The Conservative Reader » Blog Archive » We All Need A Little Catch Up

The Conservative Reader » Blog Archive » We All Need A Little Catch Up — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:25:58 +0000

[...] suspect someone will need to start keeping score.Â Obama has already broken one campaign pledge be declining the public funding program, which means he can raise and spend as much as he wants, while McCain will stay within the $84 [...]

By: William Teach

William Teach — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:22:41 +0000

Uh oh, Stan. Looks like the Obamissiah has taken over $32K from Exxon Mobile's PAC! And plenty of others.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:16:34 +0000

LOL! Guess again.

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:58:11 +0000

No More Lobbyist!!!!!! Senator Obama has said many times, "Lobbyist will not run my White House." Getting rid of the extremely negative impact of lobbyist is one of the major reasons I support Senator Obama. McCain has flip-flopped on many things. Yesterday he told the citizens of Missouri about a gas tax holiday he knows Congress will never approve. Prior to McCain's event in Missouri yesterday, Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri said in a conference call that McCain's plan would cost the state 6,000 jobs and $167 million in federal gas tax dollars for Missouri's roadways. "The people of Missouri can smell a phony deal a mile away," she said. "Frankly, that's what John McCain's gas tax is. He knew it wasn't going to have any meaningful impact on people's real pain â€“ our dependence on foreign oil." McCaskill said it was "a promise he knew he would never have to deliver on." The "Could McCain Have Come Up with a More Ill-Suited Economic Advisor Than Phil Gramm?" is one of many examples for the damage caused by lobbyist specifically gas prices and the subprime housing damage. LINK

By: Obama Lies About Taking Public Financing | McCain Blogs

Obama Lies About Taking Public Financing | McCain Blogs — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:53:55 +0000

[...] since so many people have written so well about it, plus, I am pretty sure it is against the rules, being a distraction and all, but, what the hell: Political Punch – Obama to Break Promise, Opt Out of Public Financing [...]

By: Obama Lies About Taking Public Financing » Pirate’s Cove — Give No Quarter!

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:53:19 +0000

[...] since so many people have written so well about it, plus, I am pretty sure it is against the rules, being a distraction and all, but, what the hell: Political Punch – Â Obama to Break Promise, Opt Out of Public [...]

By: William Teach

William Teach — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:27:11 +0000

Hey, stop talking about this! It is a distraction, goldarned it!

Apparently, Obama’s reprehensible character, which accounts for 90% of his campagn, is off limits.

By: NC Cop

NC Cop — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:44:55 +0000

blaming it on the need to combat Republicans, saying “we face opponents who’ve become masters at gaming this broken system.

So it’s the Republicans fault…….I’m shocked.

Get used to it folks, because this is going to be the excuse for many of Obama’s broken promises, or should I say lies.

By: DaMav

DaMav — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:20:38 +0000

This is clearly part of the Obama Hope and Change campaign: Change your position and Hope nobody notices.

By: Neo

Neo — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:54:29 +0000

Burton said that while Obama had essentially shut down fundraising for Progressive Media USA, which aspired to be a major anti-McCain media voice, McCain had sent no such clear signal to GOP 527s.

At the same time, no well-funded GOP 527 has yet emerged to attack Obama.

Say what ? You mean there is coordination between the Obama campaign and the “independent” Progressive Media USA. Isn’t that illegal ?

Maybe that explains why McCain “sent no such clear signal.”

Normally I would wonder what the FEC would have to say about that .. but due to a political tactics up in the Democrat controlled (most ethical) Congress (in history), the FEC is undermanned at the moment .. rendering it virtually useless.

By: Neo

Neo — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:33:50 +0000

Obama lies more than your average rug.

By: Steve Skubinna

Steve Skubinna — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:15:38 +0000

Okay, on the one hand I am snickering at the McCain response. Oh really, Maverick? Is what the O-man proposes to do illegal? Did he find some tiny loophole you left in McCain-Feingold? Hey, isn’t that your own petard, there? POW!

On the other hand, so Obama reversed himself. Again. Yawn. Change we can believe in.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:59:21 +0000

Is McCain taking public financing?

By: Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Obama Opts Out Of Public Financing And Hopefully Kills It For Good

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:56:15 +0000

[...] are, of course, calling Obama hypocritical for this decision — see, for example, Redstate, Sister Toldjah, Riehl World View, and Ed Morrissey, who makes this argument: The calculus is simple: Obama feels [...]

By: UrbanGrounds » Blog Archive » Barry Obama Lied About Commitment to Campaign Finance

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:50:10 +0000

[...] But once Barry and his handlers realized that they could raise more money by going outside of the system (he would be the first candidate since 1970 to refuse the public funds), he immediately flipped. [...]