Asswipe Chris Matthews whining about Obama raising $150,000,000

Says Obama went back on his word. Wow, what an idiot.

can't believe that a Democrat can raise this much money from regular people and not big donors.

It is one of the NEVER ending double standards for a D, had an R raised this much campaign donations, they would be babbling about it non stop breathlessly, and putting the burdeon the D to match it.

These pukebags go home in the clinch, they "feel sorry" for the R, no such thing for Ds.

and then changed when his campaign realized how much more money they would have access to if they stuck with private money? It was a smart thing to do, but he did go back on his word.

Mr. Obama had pledged to meet with Mr. McCain following the primaries to attempt to work out an agreement on financing the campaigns. That meeting never took place, aides to Mr. Obama said, because a meeting between lawyers for the two sides was not fruitful. “It became clear to me that there wasn’t any basis for future discussion,” said Robert Bauer, the general counsel for Mr. Obama’s campaign.

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Charlie Black, a senior adviser to Mr. McCain, charged that Mr. Obama had “broken his word.”

In fact, Mr. Obama stopped short of making a flat promise to participate in the public financing system. Asked in a questionnaire whether he would take part if his opponents did the same, Mr. Obama wrote yes. But he added, “If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election.”

Mr. Obama has since said that he would only agree to such a deal if Mr. McCain agreed to curtail spending by the Republican Party and independent groups.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/us/politics/20obamacnd.html

He agreed to do it of McCain would agree to certain terms, such as policing 527s for their content - McCain stalled and stalled until Obama opted out, then opted in ONLY after than, and pounced on O's announcement with premade attacks about how it broke his word.

It was mostly a bunch of political theater. Either way, neither I nor the American people (apparently) care.

Try reading up on it

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/02/the_obama_pledge_1.html

The 'pledge' was predicated on both parties stopping any 527 swift boat ad campaigns.

Without that, then no deal and no limited funds.

Why limit our side to $84 million and let the Republicans spend $500 million saying Obama is a terrorist?

They don't like that the way he lawyered his way around the issue.

Well, too bad.

He's a legal mind and did not specifically lie. He just outgamed them.

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Tell me why is that?

I was very happy when I heard that Obama decided against Public financing. Finally a democrat who can outraise the republicans.

on rebutting the lying, deceitful ba$tards he's running against.

Not that I'm complaining provided he wins.

How very attractive. Yes - Obama decided many months ago, way before the convention, that he would not be using the dysfunctional public financing system as it would cripple his campaign. Part of the problem is that CorpMedia provides almost unlimited unpaid political advertising for the Republican Party in the form of Talking Point Memo Regurgitation by yakkers like Tweety. This is news how? This happened months ago. Now it is an issue? Why? Because McCain said so?

So Obama (wisely) opted out of public funding.

(As I say this, I'm ironically watching a pro-McCain 527)

McCain has lied over and over again during this campaign.

Two wrongs don't make a right but if you think you are going to get the shit kicked out of you because your hands are tied behind your back you will change your tactics.

The Republicans are pissed because they were got out strategized!

raising too much money or something?

HOWEVER, he made the right choice and I'm glad he did.

He did. They couldn't reach an agreement. Oh well...

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McCain wouldn't dream of pointing out that his campaign is sponsored by taxpayers (frankly me.. :puke) and Obama's is supported by his SUPPORTERS.

Run that friggin' ad.

The guy who spent $84 million of your tax dollars waging a losing campaign?

Or the guy who spent no tax dollars (and who relied on relatively smaller donations from a much bigger group of people) waging a winning campaign?

Even a Republican should be able to answer that one.