[Vision2020] Obama’s broken promise — Change You Can Believe In

[Paul Rumelhart]

They accept the donation if the donor provides the required information, 
then verify it, then refund it if they find the person was not a US 
citizen or if they have exceeded the allowed limit.  This process, 
because of the overwhelming support that Obama is getting, takes a lot 
of time.  One report I found online claims that the campaign has 
returned $353,000 in donations.  Don't worry, Hitler's money will be 
returned to him in due time.

Paul

No Weatherman wrote:
> You are right.
>
> It's easier to fight the GOP's "corporate sponsors" (like the Dems
> have none?) with untraceable donations than to obey the law.
>
> Change You Can Believe In.
>
>
> On 10/29/08, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   
>> So he figured out that the RNC, which has no such restrictions, can outspend
>> the DNC.  If the RNC and DNC couldn't give money to candidates taking public
>> funds, then he probably would have stuck with the promise.  That's
>> conjecture, I know.  As it happens, he didn't want to fight the McCain's
>> corporate sponsors on uneven ground.  He decided he would rather let the
>> people fund him directly.
>>
>>  I think it was a smart move to do this.  He figured out that he almost made
>> a strategic blunder that might have cost him the Presidency, and corrected
>> it.
>>
>>  Paul
>>
>>  No Weatherman wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Commentary: Obama breaks promise on campaign finance
>>> By Campbell Brown
>>> CNN's Campbell Brown complains about Barack Obama's switch on financing.
>>>
>>> (CNN) — You may have heard that Wednesday night Barack Obama will be
>>> on five different TV networks speaking directly to the American
>>> people.
>>>
>>> He bought 30 minutes of airtime from the different networks, a very
>>> expensive purchase. But hey, he can afford it. Barack Obama is loaded,
>>> way more loaded than John McCain, way more loaded than any
>>> presidential candidate has ever been at this stage of the campaign.
>>> Just to throw a number out: He has raised well over $600 million since
>>> the start of his campaign, close to what George Bush and John Kerry
>>> raised combined in 2004.
>>>
>>> Without question, Obama has set the bar at new height with a truly
>>> staggering sum of cash. And that is why as we approach this November,
>>> it is worth reminding ourselves what Barack Obama said last November.
>>>
>>> One year ago, he made a promise. He pledged to accept public financing
>>> and to work with the Republican nominee to ensure that they both
>>> operated within those limits.
>>>
>>> Then it became clear to Sen. Obama and his campaign that he was going
>>> to be able to raise on his own far more cash than he would get with
>>> public financing. So Obama went back on his word.
>>>
>>> He broke his promise and he explained it by arguing that the system is
>>> broken and that Republicans know how to work the system to their
>>> advantage. He argued he would need all that cash to fight the ruthless
>>> attacks of 527s, those independent groups like the Swift Boat
>>> Veterans. It's funny though, those attacks never really materialized.
>>>
>>> The Washington Post pointed out recently that the bad economy has
>>> meant a cash shortage among the 527s and that this election year they
>>> have been far less influential.
>>>
>>> The courageous among Obama's own supporters concede this decision was
>>> really made for one reason, simply because it was to Obama's financial
>>> advantage.
>>>
>>> On this issue today, former Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, an Obama
>>> supporter, writes in The New York Post, "a hypocrite is a person who
>>> puts on a false appearance of virtue — who acts in contradiction to
>>> his or her stated beliefs or feelings. And that, it seems to me, is
>>> what we are doing now."
>>>
>>> For this last week, Sen. Obama will be rolling in dough. His
>>> commercials, his get-out-the-vote effort will, as the pundits have
>>> said, dwarf the McCain campaign's final push. But in fairness, you
>>> have to admit, he is getting there in part on a broken promise.
>>> The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Campbell
>>>       
>> Brown.
>>     
>> http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/28/campbell.brown.obama/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
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