After securing that win, Obama flip-flopped, saying he would raise his own funds, claiming the current system is "broken." And he has raised lots of money. Lots.
The current system is broken. Obama broke it.
This morning I saw John McCain on Fox News Sunday talk about Obama's audaciousness, AP has more:
Republican presidential candidate John McCain says his Democratic rival Barack Obama's vast fund-raising machine is raising the doubts about his honesty and operation.
McCain is in Ohio and was interviewed by satellite for Fox News Sunday. McCain says Obama is risking post-Watergate financing reforms.
Obama's campaign today reported raising a record $150 million in September. McCain said hours later the overall sum the Democrat has raised for his campaign - $605 million - shows the "dam has broken" for future White House races.
He also complained that the identifies of people who contributed more than $200 million of Obama's total take have not been reported.
In four years, we might see our first $1 billion presidential campaign. Such a thought was absurd even a year ago.
And Obama wins, he'll show us that his talent for raising campaign funds is transferable as he raised our taxes.
He's just getting warmed up.
Election Day is 16 days away.
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The two sides of McCain's "straight(ish)" mouth.
ReplyDeleteOops:
"I think it's wonderful that Howard Dean was able to use the Internet, $50, $75, $100 contributions. That's what we want it to be all about. We want average citizens to contribute small amounts of money, and that's a commitment to a campaign. So I'm for that. I think it's a great thing. I think the Internet is going to change American politics for the better."
- John McCain on Fox News, January 2004 (emphasis added)
Either real Americans donating real greenbacks are ok or you have a problem with real Americans exercising their free speech through small-dollar donations....
Make up your minds McCain supporters! ;)
PS: Obama's average donation was at $84 ... right in between the $50, $75, and $100 contributions that McCain says are "a great thing".
ReplyDeleteMr. Ruberry, why are you supporting a say-anything hypocrite?