Good luck with that gramps. The public doesn't give a damn about this, nor should they. Obama is doing the right thing and you can be sure that grandpa bombs away would be doing the same if he could.

Now when are the media going to cover the FISA clusterfuck? Oh wait, they won't because it's too hard for them to understand and it isn't about the horse race.

All about money like when you used the promise of public financing as collateral against the loan you used to revive your campaign?

Obama's concerns were absolutely justified, and McCain hasn't even challenged that.

Give it up McCain, you can't win on the issues, and you can't win on this.

If McCain were the one raising money like this, he'd have opted out, too. He's right - it's about money. But it's about our money - the money of the folks actually voting, not the special interests. Wake up, John - it's the 21st century campaign.

You know what really makes them insane? They expect Democrats to be principled losers while they get to be unprincipled winners. This cycle isn't following that model so their heads are exploding.

McCain is also the cad that left his crippled and suffering wife for the rich young wife. It's hard for him to have any credibility when he says "its all about the money."

It is really surprising the excuses being made for a bald-faced Obama lie. He's simply going with more money because it gives him perceived advantage and to hell with being honest and keeping his word. Problem is, he outspent Clinton, often by 4-5x in some states, and still lost in those states spectacularly. Thus, he'll still lose and is only adding to his growing list of lies, mistatements, and omissions. The only good thing from this is that our public money is not going to be used for his losing campaign!

Obama is squirming out of a pledge - when he made it he used language that was intended to convince people that he was "above it all", was going to show us all how clean politics are done and that all he needed was a willing Republican (and, at that time, the long shot nomination - , do you think he made the pledge to get some attention and show up Hillary? - just asking).

I know, his pledge wasn't really a pledge, it had some weasel words. But O people don't accept weasel words. They don't accept Hillary weasel words or McCain weasel words, so why do they rationalize and get all defensive and protective about O's?

Anyway, O is just another Chicago politcian who plays the game better than most. Nothing really new under the sun. I'm voting for him because he's not McCain and even though I want to like McCain, I can't - he makes it impossible. This flip flop by Obama on financing was heralded months ago. He's no revelation, just a politician.

Boy, he sure whines a lot for a he-man war hero. Indeed, this has to be the whinniest bunch of Republicans since the days of Richard Nixon's public pity parties.

what kind of absurdity do you adhere to?

Obama!
Don't take any BS from this whiny flip-flopper. I have to admit that I think McWar might actually have another good career in acting since we all know he'll lose.
Be gone all man! Hope to never see your flip-flopping a$$ ever again. Please take your phoney ice-queen with you.

Obama '08

LIZ SIDOTI, the AP writer who "slammed" Obama today for opting out of public financing, is none other than the reporter who presented McCain w/a box of his favorite donuts and made his coffee for him at an press event April.

Dana Milbank of WaPo wrote at the time:

McCain's moderators, the AP's Ron Fournier and Liz Sidoti, greeted McCain with a box of Dunkin' Donuts. "We spend quite a bit of time with you on the back of the Straight Talk Express asking you questions, and what we've decided to do today was invite everyone else along on the ride," Sidoti explained. "We even brought you your favorite treat."

McCain opened the offering. "Oh, yes, with sprinkles!" he said.

Sidoti passed him a cup. "A little coffee with a little cream and a little sugar," she said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402633_pf.html

If this doesn't cohere with the known fact that McCain's base is the MSM--including Bumiller of NYT--I really don't know what does.

Black Man has too much money !!! Film at 11 !!!

Well this thread certainly confirms it.

It's not just Obama. All his supporters a hypocrites too.

Obama's a liar. But it's OK because he's your liar.

Clinton is looking better every day.

Update: Video of AP hack (er, writer) Liz Sidoti presenting McSame with donuts in April--

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/06/ap-scribe-who-s.html

People do not want to get into the weeds of campaign financing. Flip flops work as a gotcha tactic under two conditions.

First for McBush to call out 0bama for being a flip flopper he has to be pure on that issue and he has many more flip flops than Obama. McBush made it even harder for himself when the same week his campaign was trying to call Obama a flip flopper he flip flopped on offshore drilling. 0bama has several McBush flip flops to make issues if McBush wants to play that game. If If anything in 2004 B ush did not flip flop on any major issue.

Second once you flip flop on an issue you have to give a good reason and it cannot be too big an issue. Kerry was killed by his flip flop on the Iraq bill because he never explained it well. The same way Hillary was killed on her Iraq vote flip flop because she tried to say it was a vote for diplomacy. McBush and Obama have both been good at explaining their flip flops clearly and concisely because people don't really care that much if a candidate does change their positions they care that they are trying to say they did not change their positions even though they did.