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Originally Posted by aaronssongs
He made a half-hearted pledge to his opponent, John McCain...not to the American people...he broke it. Big deal.
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IP did a fine job of setting you clear (attempting to, I should say...doubtful he'd ever succeed
), but I'd like to point out the falsehood of this line...
As I've
written previously, Obama answered the
question about public financing in
NOVEMBER 2007...
This was long before John McCain was a sparkle in the Republican primary's eye...Also long before Obama was nominated himself (7 months later)...
It's an insult to the forum members' intelligence for you to make us think this was simply a "half-hearted pledge" to John McCain...
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If you are nominated for President in 2008 and your major opponents agree to forgo private funding in the general election campaign, will you participate in the presidential public financing system?
OBAMA: Yes. I have been a long-time advocate for public financing of campaigns combined with free television and radio time as a way to reduce the influence of moneyed special interests.
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See the part where it says "major opponents"?...
Not only did Obama answer the question with a VERY CLEAR "Yes", but he did so with no candidate in particular in the general election campaign...
So he was ADMITTING he was for public campaign funding nomatter who his opponent(s) would be...Obviously, no one knew who it would be at the time...