President Hypocrite personally signed off on SuperPAC reversal

Shocking:

President Obama personally signed off on his campaign’s decision to actively encourage donations to Democratic Super PAC Priorities USA, according to senior campaign officials who spoke on a conference call with reporters Tuesday morning.

But an official would not characterize the tone of Obama’s agreement to back a policy that is at odds with his previous vocal opposition to the Citizens United decision that allows Super PACs to solicit unlimited donations.

Conversations among top advisers about the need to “lend support” to the outside fundraising effort have been going on for “weeks,” and the decision was made after a review of FEC filings from the Super PAC committees supporting the GOP presidential candidates, officials said.

As a result of the decision, some White House officials, campaign aides, and cabinet members will appear at Priorities USA events to “amplify [Obama’s] message” but will not directly solicit donations. The president, First Lady, and vice president will not attend any Priorities USA events, however.

The campaign said Tuesday that it will not encourage donations to a related 501(c)4 organization that does not disclose its donors to the FEC as the Priorities USA SuperPAC will.

The reversal opens Obama — who has long bemoaned the influx of money into the political process — to accusations of hypocrisy as his campaign now hopes to lure big donors to the fundraising body founded by former White House aide Bill Burton.

The rationale being, of course, that they need the money to “counter GOP lies” or some other such “politi-speak.” I guarantee you they could have managed just fine without going back on the pledge – after all, this President and his minions always find ways around laws (and “pledges”) restricting “big money donations” (including playing word games) all the while putting on a public “man of the people” facade. This just enables them to snag even more money to use to saturate key voting markets with lies, demagoguery, and other various and assorted nonsense against Republicans.

Hey, if this is what they want to do – fine. “They all do it.” Just wish they’d stop lying about their motivations and their current fundraising situation! I know, won’t happen – but it sure sounded good, didn’t it? :-w

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