To Publicly Finance, Or Not To...
Hmm. I support Obama but I'm not sure how I feel about this. I mean, he pretty plainly has said all along that he believes in, and will use, public campaign financing. Until... yesterday. When he announces that no, in fact, the quarter of a billion dollars he's raised is a HELLUVA lot more compelling than the paltry $85M that he'd get from the public coffers.
On the one hand, I totally get it. Why not fight the fight with the best and most generous resources you can muster? On the other hand, as a citizen, I'm disgusted. I mean didn't he say one thing for months (nay, years) and then totally reverse himself when it was politically expedient (or financially expedient as the case may be) to do so?
Anybody wanna weigh in on this thing? Frankly, I already know where you'll stand if your a McCain supporter, so save me the piling-on... I'm more curious what the Dems have to say about this thing...
Labels: "2008 Election", "public financing", Obama, politics
posted by Sean @ 6/20/2008 08:24:00 AM
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2 Comments:
Well, I will come out of the closet as the last supporter of the Clintons, so my answer may not surprise you.
Hypocrisy is disgusting, yes. But the alternative to the Dems winning the general election? Unthinkable.
Bill Clinton basically said in his book that the ends justify the political means, and quite frankly, I agree, given this broken two-party bullshit system. I that think he and Hillary have proven that: a) they will do *anything* to get elected, and b) they will do a hell of a lot of good once elected.
So now that Barack has defeated my candidate, I am giving him as much leeway as he wants, as long as he delivers when he wins the White House.
If he does not, well... he is no better than Dubya.
I would have thought that after seven months of no posting, even an opinion from a McCain supporter would be welcome. Oh well, politics as usual.
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