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

[lfalen]

If Obama believes that the wealth should be spread around, maybe he should equalize the playing field by giving some of his campaign money to McCain.
Roger
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From: "No Weatherman" no.weatherman at gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:14:55 -0700
To: "Vision 2020" vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Obama’s broken promise — Change You Can Believe In

> 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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