Real World

I guess he meant "just words" literally. Maybe by "change" Obama was refering to changing his word.

The people are all the same. This guy is no different. I'm so voting 3rd party this year.


Obama rejects public financing against McCain

Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:11pm EDT

Obama to forgo public funds for election campaign

By John Whitesides and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama said on Thursday he would reject public financing of his campaign against Republican John McCain, reversing an earlier stance and positioning himself to outspend McCain in the White House race.

Obama said in a video message to supporters he would refuse $84 million in public funds available for the November general election. He is the first U.S. presidential candidate to bypass the system since it was created after the Watergate scandal in the mid-1970s.

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"It's not an easy decision, and especially because I support a robust system of public financing of elections," Obama said in a video message e-mailed to supporters.

"But the public financing of presidential elections as it exists today is broken and we face opponents who've become masters at gaming this broken system," he said.


http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...28132020080619



You know, he sounds just like Wildo and Patters in those last two paragraphs. See, it's not his fault that he went against his word. It's his opponents fault dammit! The years may change but politicians always remain the same.

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"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."
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Holy Diver

help me out here....

he turned down tax dollars for his campaign, and will keep funding it by donations...and thats bad how?

Does this mean McCain doesn't getthe 80+ million either?

I must be missing something here.

If you are complaining about a person running for president who is going back on his/her word....get in line, playah.




Campaign financing is not my forte, so I need some guidance here, my questions are genuine.

BelichickFan

Why do you act surprised ? RW saud he's just like everyone else. Not that he's horrible and evil. But he's not the breath of fresh air Prince everyone makes him out to be. He'll go back on his word or stab you in the back as fast as McCain or the others.

Holy Diver

Breath Prince of Fresh Air

Wildo7

Hahaha that made me laugh.

And I'm not voting for him, but he's right about the system being broken, and if McCain was rolling in the dough he'd be doing the same thing.

Real World

Someone's paying attention.

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"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."
Leo Tolstoy, 1897

Real World

They both took pledges before they were nominee's. He railed against the system, promised to be different, and in the end, guess what? He's the same. Tactically he'd be dumb to take matching funds. He's going to secure more cash this way.

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"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."
Leo Tolstoy, 1897

Wildo7

Agreed. ONce again, Dems are not a legitimate opposition Party.

otis p. driftwood

I don't know why it makes me feel so good to see you say that...but it does...it just makes me grin...If we all voted for Barr...it still wouldn't matter a hill of ***** in the rain....

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STFarmy

Yeah he's definitely no different than other politicians. Scratch that, he is different; he's much better at being a politician. It's seemed to me for a while that he's one of the slickest politicians out there. He's deftly playing the change card, know that's what people want (without being specific; he's avoided focusing on race, knowing that would turn most people off; he's not matching funds, knowing that he'll have much more money at his disposal this way.

He's actually quite the political entity.