 bbdevil08 says: The lengthy quotes of Obama justification for rejecting public financing of the prez campaign. Quite amazing how principle fades if one has enough principal in the bank. Obama wrote: "In February 2007, I proposed a novel way to preserve the strength of the public financing system in the 2008 election. My plan requires both major party candidates to agree on a fundraising truce, return excess money from donors, and stay within the public financing system for the general election. My proposal followed announcements by some presidential candidates that they would forgo public financing so they could raise unlimited funds in the general election. The Federal Election Commission ruled the proposal legal, and Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has already pledged to accept this fundraising pledge. If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election." If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nomineeHere's what you're missing. Obama never made a pledge to take on public financing (read it, exactly as you clipped it) - it was always a pledge to pursue a joint agreement on public financing with the GOP candidate, within the FEC rules. Then McCain used the promise of federal money as collateral for his primary election loan - when his campaign was deep in debt - then backed out of his commitment to use federal money (for which the Chair of the FEC has publicly rebuked him). It was clear, at that point, that agreeing with Obama on public financing was not going to happen. Ho... Oh, please... is there something in the DNA of dem prez nominees... Clinton, Kerry, now Obama... all lawyers (well, Bill was a lawyer... until disbarred for lying in federal court) that compels them to attempt to 'parse' into meaninglessness every prior impeaching statement? |
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