http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/23/us/politics/23fec.html
This is an article from the New York Times written in February 2007. The article details Barack Obama's proposal that the two major-party candidates accept public financing only for their general election campaigns. Let me say that again, this article details BARACK OBAMA'S PROPOSAL that the candidates receive only public financing.
Now, if you've been paying any attention to the campaign, you know that Obama is accepting private financing. In fact, he has spent more on his campaign than anyone else in history. John McCain, who agreed to BARACK OBAMA'S PUBLIC FINANCING PROPOSAL, kept his word and is accepting about one-quarter the amount of money that his opponent has spent. It is absolutely inarguable that Obama failed to keep his promise on this matter. Even if you are an Obama supporter, this is not up for debate. Your only argument can be that it's just not that big of a deal for him to go back on his word.
The absurd amount of money spent by Obama, however, is important to me for two reasons. First, Obama is parading around the country talking about the financial woes of the middle class. Meanwhile, he's taken more money from the middle class in the last two months than any other presidential candidate ever has. Liberals are whining about the cost of Sarah Palin's clothes, and yet, Obama spent about $10 million in 30 minutes last night to run an infomercial for himself.
The second reason this is important is very simple. Obama failed to keep his promise. Not only that, he failed to keep a promise on a deal that he proposed! How that's not important to the American people is beyond me. The fact is that Republican candidates usually out-spend the Democrats. So, Obama started out wanting to level the playing field. Then, when he realized how much money he could raise for himself, he no longer wanted it level. That, to me anyway, shows dishonesty and a failure of character that I do not want in the White House.
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Well, as Obama says about everything, "The American People don't want to talk about that." I am pretty sure that is what he would say. Every time someone brings something up that could "rain on his parade" he dodges it by telling us what we want to talk about. I honestly believe he is right though. He is right because there are so many naive people voting who are voting for a couple reasons - none of which what I would call a legitimate reason to vote for a candidate.
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