Obama’s pledge to accept public spending limitations wasn’t even as strong as his refusal to denounce Reverend Wright.  Indicative of a shallow man led astray by his new-found power, he dumped his old, faithful girlfriend for a hot young s…

This election is not about the issues for Obama’s Dem supporters. It is not about WHAT is being said, but HOW it is being said. Repubs need to continually point this out to the independents–the ultimate deciders in every election.

It’s bread and circuses, and it’s “healing the world” and “stuffing pockets with do-gooderism” at our expense, and the decojonification of the U.S.A.

Entelechy on June 3, 2008 at 11:12 PM

Dear American (U.S.A.) citizens, get ready for a global tax, of which we will carry the brunt of it, directly. We already are, in different forms.

It’s obvious that the Messiah is not running to be a local one.

Like I also said, and will repeat at nauseam, on one fine night of Nov. ‘08, the world will either have a Gargantuan orgasm, or it will cry hysterically. You have the power in your hands to choose one. It can only be one.

Wake up America!!!

Kafir on June 20, 2008 at 11:04 AM

All of Obama’s supporters have done drunk the Taqqiyya Kool-Aid.

“Vote For Change: Obama ’08

… changed his view on public campaign financing …
… changed his view on NAFTA …
… changed his view on pulling out on Iraq …

Months from now, whenever they’re accused of being totally in the drooling tank for Obama, these self-proclaimed impartial journalists will be able to say “But noooo, we furrowed our botoxed brows in mild consternation at his rejection of public financing” and they’ll be off the hook. Proud, even, of their bold objectivity.

Seriously, can anyone name one 527 group that’s hitting a lick for McCain? Or even planning to?

When Barack Obama brazenly broke his promise to try really, really hard to make his campaign a publicly-funded affair, I noted that he invoked largely non-existent Republican 527 groups to justify himself. These are the bete noire of Democrats (even th…

Beto Ochoa on June 20, 2008 at 10:00 AM

Heh…it was either that, or I was going to have to go with Short Round:

“Cover your heart, Indy!”

“O-ba-ma! O-BA-MA!”

Reminds me of how they spent the 90′s and up until voting for the Iraq war telling the world how dangerous Saddam’s WMD/Nuclear programs and ties to al-qaeda were and then stabbing this country and our Soldiers in the back when they decided to use the difficulties of war to gain Senate seats/White House.

The only “Change” Obama is going to bring is what the MSM and hollywood allow him to get away with compared to the 8 years of absolute hatred that has been generated against Bush.

The only “Hope” I have is that enough people will see through this Bullsh!t.

“Barack Obama is the kindest, bravest, warmest most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.”

James on June 20, 2008 at 9:19 AM

If it turns out he has any relatives named Shaw I’m moving to Patagonia.

Jaibones on June 20, 2008 at 9:45 AM

Exactly. I just found a great “Inside Politics” transcript from 2000 which, in retrospect, proves just how useless these so-called “reforms” have been, but I can’t link to it because it’s CNN. Google this:

Senate Votes to Lift Cloud of Secrecy From 527s; Gore Tackles High Gas Prices in Chicago; L.A. Police Concerned About Democratic Convention
Aired June 29, 2000 – 5:00 p.m. ET

Coincidentally, the same transcript has Al Gore offering up useless solutions to solve the problem of high gas prices.

Obama is like that fancy new thingamajig you bought on Ebay…When it arrived, it turned out to be something other than advertised.

WaPo Wakeup call

The whole thing is silly. You are allowed under the law to either accept or reject public funding.

Outlander on June 20, 2008 at 9:31 AM

‘The whole thing’ is not whether or not he’s allowed under the law to accept or reject public funding, it’s that he doesn’t have the integrity to stand by his pledge. He has a bunch of ‘pledged’ delegates heading into the DNC convention…I bet he wouldn’t think it would be silly if they treated their pledges with the same contempt he showed toward his own pledge.

If he had never taken a public stand on this issue, then it would be silly.

These groups get a slap on the wrist with a pittance of a fine, the groups disband, they form new ones, and it starts all over again. Thank goodness John McCain reformed campaign finance laws!

Buy Danish on June 20, 2008 at 9:09 AM

This is just McCain’s idiot chickens coming home to roost. Campaign finance was a heavy-government idea, and moved against liberty in our most important arena – our elections. He was a fool to embrace the liberal Democrat idea, and a chump to believe that an ethically challenged punk like Obama would ever agree to it unless it gave him an advantage.

Like Clinton before him, Obama is involved in the shameless pursuit of power, and is willing to throw anyone under the bus, and lie his way into that power.

He finds the right answer – “We don’t need no stinking public financing” – for all the wrong reasons, after declaring that public financing is his goal.

Hey, Barry…Orwell called. He wants his propaganda back.

The Times is not really scolding Obama as much as lamenting the fact that McCain will be the beneficiary of this decision.
drjohn on June 20, 2008 at 8:44 AM

McCain won’t be a beneficiary. Opting out of public financing gives Obama more options to raise and spend money, which he is incredibly skilled at doing. Most people don’t understand how campaign financing works, and aren’t going to care that Obama opted out of “public financing.”

The whole thing is silly. You are allowed under the law to either accept or reject public funding. McCain needs public financing because he can’t raise money on his own — largely because he’s built his career on snubbing the Republican base that forms the basis for campaign contributors.

Beto Ochoa on June 20, 2008 at 9:00 AM

“Barack Obama is the kindest, bravest, warmest most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.”

Remember when Bush took office, as well as beforehand, he surrounded himself with old hands (Rummy, etc) who knew the ropes? Of course, the media a$$holes didn’t get it.

benrand on June 20, 2008 at 9:08 AM

Rumsfeld certainly better candidate than McCain – How Rumsfeld remade the U.S. military for a more uncertain world.

America Coming Together (ACT) raised $137 million for its get-out-the-vote effort in 2004, but the FEC found most of that cash came through contributions that violated federal limits.

The settlement, which the FEC approved unanimously, is the third largest enforcement penalty in the commission’s 33-year history.

These groups get a slap on the wrist with a pittance of a fine, the groups disband, they form new ones, and it starts all over again. Thank goodness John McCain reformed campaign finance laws!

/S

Has Barry done anything like it? I see nuts and wackjobs all around him, people with no experience. Who does Barry consult with on the big issues?

This bothers me.