McCain had to stick to federal funding. He represents the wealthy who we all know aren't going to hand over any money unless it is a direct bribe.
McCain stuck to the Federal Funding because he authored campaign finance. He made a decision to abide by his pledge.
Obama was right in using donations, it sure showed that the people are behind him.
He broke a campaign promise, but who cares?
I don't know why you won't give Obama a chance, he actually has the people and the country in mind, not like McSame who has special interest groups in mind.
Yeah.... There are no special interests on the Left. LOL!
Obama's Ethics Rules Won't Ban Big Fundraisers From Transition - Bloomberg.com: News
Obama said the U.S. had 57 states. Imagine the uproar if Governor Palin had made that dumbass remark. It would be a continuous target of assault by the Left, even now. As it happened, the Chosen One said it and it was quickly forgotten.
I'll give him more consideration than the Left gave Governor Palin.
It's not really the same senerio. McCain and Palin were caught doing a lot of things that are dirty. This is the only real gripe they have on Obama.
And Obama/Biden escaped the same level of scrutiny from 'legitimate' journalists. It is exactly the same scenario. That is my real gripe.
Was the "only public funding" idea McCain's idea or Obama's idea? When they idea was presented, how long did Obama have to think it over before being pressured to commit?
No one forced Obama to make the pledge.
I want to be clear. I do not fault Obama for forgoing Federal Election funding. I fault Obama for making a pledge then breaking it.
I am no fan of campaign finance reform. McCain-Feingold was only one reason why I did not embrace McCain when his nomination was locked in. He is a moderate Republican and not a true Conservative. Now that Obama has done this, Federal Election Funding is finished. No politician in his right mind will ever tie his hands behind his back, like McCain did, again.
I think there is more than meets the eye on this one.
Of course there is, but because we'll never see an audit on Obama's dirty foreign money. As such, we'll probably never know for sure. It does not matter because your guy won, right?
Exactly. My question still remains. Why were there contributors to McCains campaign after he took the money? Maybe, just maybe, Obama is smarter than McCain, Ya think?
Of course Obama is smart. He hinted for two months he might forego Federal Election Funding. It does not take a genius to read focus group data and realize you can break a pledge and get away with it.
Oh by the way, Obama never brought up the USS Forestal in the campaign. Had things been reversed, don't you think McCain would have ranted about that?
There was no situation to reverse. Obama did not reference the U.S.S. Forestal inicident because there was nothing to it. If there were any truth to the rumors, why would a compliant news media, with a proven anti-McCain bias, fail to report it? LOL!
No, you ignored all but the right-wing opinions on Barack Obama. I didn't ignore any information, but I did disregard what I could prove false.
How could you possibly know that when the mainstream news media did not do it's job and actually investigate Obama? If unsavory details have emerged about the Chosen One, they were relegated to the shadows and dismissed as Republican Propaganda.
Does Obama's own book constitute Right-wing opinion?
In his autobiography, Dreams of My Father, Obama relates how he got into trouble for making faces during Koranic studies, thereby revealing he was a Muslim, for Indonesian students in his day attended religious classes according to their faith.
Was Barack Obama a Muslim? - article by Daniel Pipes
Barack Obama's Muslim Childhood
israelinsider: politics: Is Barack Obama a Muslim wolf in Christian wool?
Many on the Left did not ignore reports based on unnamed sources regarding Governor Palin thinking Africa was a country rather than a continent.
Previously I read comments from the Left with a high degree of certainty as to the veracity of the hoax. What do you say?
The Associated Press: MSNBC retracts false Palin story; others duped
It would appear that many 'bullshit' detectors require calibration. LOL!
I've read interviews with various journalists, and one thing I've heard come up more than once is that there is this idea that they have to give equal positive and negative coverage to both candidates, even if one is constantly screwing up and the other has a flawless record and is running a disciplined campaign. (note that these are hypothetical candidates, not actually referring to this year's) They have a problem with this, because that conflicts with their purpose as a journalist to be objective.
It is the journalists job to report. When it comes to Obama/Biden '08, they failed to meet their obligation as journalists.
No, it's not. It's possible to have a candidate who is objectively better than the other one. Say, Ronald Reagan running against Josef Stalin, to give a hypothetical example that you probably agree with. Would you expect media to give equal positive and negative coverage to both those candidates?
It is not the job of the news reporter to determine this for the news consumer. I expect the candidates to receive equal scrutiny from responsible journalists.
You also have to look at causes. What might cause media to favor Obama?
The mainstream news media chose to sacrifice it's principles in order to guarantee the election for their candidate.
Is it some massive shadowy conspiracy?
Perhaps it is simply inertia. Perhaps a fear of bucking the trend. The evidence of the bias is there. You are free to draw your own conclusions as to the reason.
Is it that all journalists are brainwashed?
Not all, but the sources I presented show a definite overall bias.
Or is the Obama campaign just generating more positive news?
It is because the media is complicit. You don't see a problem with it because I imagine you intended to vote Obama/Biden all along. But the independent voters will realize sooner rather than later that they have been sold a bill of goods. Their anger at this betrayal by the journalists will be felt at the ballot boxes next mid-term election.
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