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- voxlisa999, on 06/23/2008, -9/+82Someone should ask McCain about these comments at his next campaign stop. His response will undoubtedly be "I never said that." The guy doesn't seem to realize that when you say things on camera, they are recorded and can be played back.
If the media keeps bashing Obama for doing exactly what McCain said was the way to finance a campaign and does not expose this- then how can anyone believe that the media is pro Obama? It's insane. The media won't call out McCain on anything! Seriously if you do not see these comments played over and over again in the MSM be afraid, be very afraid. - jtdoty, on 06/23/2008, -8/+41It's about time the Media got this out, Big Thanks to Mother Jones for stating the Truth!
- flavioribeiro, on 06/23/2008, -3/+29He denies it because the idiots who vote for him don't bother to check out whether he really said it. Denying works when your constituency is made up of people who don't know what the Internet is.
The media favors both Obama and McCain for not exposing their crap. If they did, people would be voting for Kucinich and Ron Paul. - kroses, on 06/23/2008, -11/+37McSame is the biggest flip-flopper of all! Just wait till the public sees that list of flip-flops. They will go wild. An entire commercial could be made of it! He even flip-flopped on wives!!! Good old Johnny-Boy!!! The man who loved to change.......EVERYTHING, including wives (especially if they owned beer companies and stole other people's pills!!!)
- LKnight, on 06/23/2008, -4/+29So, if I undestand correctly, McCain was against the big donors that he's seeking for the $70,000/person "McCain Victory '08 Fund" before he was for that?
http://obamesque.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/conflict ...
Just like he was for McCain~Feingold spending limits before he was against them?
Huh. - honey6998, on 06/23/2008, -10/+34I think the the people are speaking, I am a singe parent and I found the extra money to donate in something
that I beleive in more should fellow. For one I am truly sick of Bush policy running this country,a group of big BULLY"S . RIGHT MOVE OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - pintomp3, on 06/23/2008, -5/+27i miss the 2000 mccain. the 2000 mccain would hate the 2008 mccain.
- silyman1, on 06/23/2008, -10/+30I'm sorry, right wingers, but John McCain is a class 1 hypocrite. He used to be kind of ok, until this election cycle when he decided to pander to every demographic and flat out deny all the contradictory things he's said in the past. The man simply ignores the existence of YouTube.
- BeachHouseChris, on 06/23/2008, -3/+19The best political journalists question a candidates stance based upon that candidates public record. Where is Tim Russert? :(
- jacen6678, on 06/23/2008, -6/+21Its so frustrating to see how locked down the media is. McCain can blatantly contradict himself and get away with it.
- pintomp3, on 06/23/2008, -2/+14how many mccain action center points does that earn you?
- slapshot24, on 06/23/2008, -4/+15Also related to the netroots, bloggers are trying to use McCain's own words and the power of Google to catch him in inconsistencies:
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Googlebombing_Mc ... - SheilaNoya, on 06/23/2008, -5/+16Sure he supported it, that is until he tried it and found that he can't get anyone to contribute to him. Now it's back to sucking up to Bush for the large donor money and use the campaign finance loopholes that allow people to get around the $2,300 limit for contributions.
We go through this every election year. No matter how they change the campaign finance laws, there is always a way to find loopholes and bypass them. Tom DeLay (R) was a master at this game too, before he was forced out of office in disgrace. - xtinamo, on 06/23/2008, -1/+11To be fair, most of McCain's supporters just got internet, but are still using dial-up (like my grandparents). Do you remember how long it takes a page to load on dial-up?! They're probably busy filling out 3 gold reward offers and 2 silver offers to receive the Target gift card they won.
- inactive, on 06/23/2008, -9/+19A vote for McCain is a vote against freedom.
- aliengoods, on 06/23/2008, -0/+10This is a two horse race. Keep your eye on the prize.
Coincidentally, for me the prize is not going to war with Iran, which looks like it'll happen anyhow. - insomniac8400, on 06/23/2008, -1/+11It's like he knew he would be running against Obama back in 2004 and structure his statement to perfectly support Obama today.
- curledup, on 06/23/2008, -4/+13Does he just not remember? If so, not a real strong indicator of his fitness for the office - and it's sure as heck falling back on politics as ugly as usual. What a maverick...
- minorthreat, on 06/23/2008, -0/+8He doesn't ignore it, he doesn't know it exists. He said himself he was computer illiterate.
I can just see him sitting on the plane now saying "How the hell, do people keep finding this ***** on me?"
Unaware of the youtubes, he continues to BS and dig his hole deeper and deeper. - SheilaNoya, on 06/23/2008, -0/+7This is under the category of "2008 U.S. Elections" and you're complaining that it's about politics?
If you don't want to see political stuff, then either block this category, or stay out of the political area of Digg. - dinot, on 06/23/2008, -0/+6translation: MY TEAM > YOUR TEAM
- dafragsta, on 06/23/2008, -0/+6McCain doesn't remember what he said 10 minutes ago.
- rpfinley, on 06/23/2008, -8/+14In The Fall Of 2007, Obama Answered "Yes" To Question "Will You Participate In The Presidential Public Financing System" If His Opponent Likewise Agreed. "The [Obama] campaign went even further in answers to a questionnaire sent to the various political campaigns in September 2007 by the Midwest Democracy Network. The questionnaire posed a very simple question to the candidates: '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?' You can read Obama's response here. The candidate highlighted the simple answer 'Yes' and elaborated as follows: …" (Michael Dobbs, "The Obama 'Pledge,'" The Washington Post's Fact Checker, 2/20/08)
- lpmiller, on 06/23/2008, -1/+7How about this reason: because he would be stupid and deserve to lose if he kicked away all that Public Money he raised on his own without have to take tax money, and because doing so gives a democrat for like the first time ever, has more cash then a republican? I LOVE lies like that! He can lie like that to me all day long.
- hamobu, on 06/23/2008, -7/+12I think you guys are missing the point. The point is that Obama promised to make a deal with a republican opponent to use Public financing and to leave fundraisers out of politics. Obama broke his promise when he realized that he would loose a lot of money if he did that. Problem is not with morality of Internet fund-raising, but with Obama not keeping his word.
- Kohaxx, on 06/23/2008, -0/+5The 2000 McCain was the only sane voice leading the Republican Party ticket at the time. I'm fairly certain somewhere between 2000 - 2008 McCain was either replaced by a doppleganger or went senial.
- JulyZerg, on 06/23/2008, -0/+5That's an exaggeration. It's more like five.
- kreneskyp, on 06/23/2008, -1/+6because mccain and the MSM were trying to make a big deal out of obama doing what mccain said.
- bjs3171, on 06/23/2008, -3/+8STOP. CALLING. HIM. MCSAME. We are not in 3rd grade. his name is McCain. Call him that.
- inactive, on 06/23/2008, -0/+5When it comes to finding ways to screw with the Republican campaign I say the more the better. 8 years of swift boating, slander, lies, and outright criminal activities have led me to adopt a subversive view of the electoral process.
However I have stopped giving money to Obama because he has not kept his word on FISA, and that is more important to me than screwing over John McCain. - LordPhilMil, on 06/23/2008, -2/+7Is this contradictory? So in order to go with public financing he should hate small donors or something? I hate Mccain as much as the next guy, but can we find something better to yell at him about...like flipflopping (really flip flopping) or sitting in a pew and listening to a man spew hate for 20 years...
please? - ErikHarrison, on 06/23/2008, -3/+7Blogs; Media that ***** can believe in.
- kreneskyp, on 06/23/2008, -0/+4Mccain violated his own campaign finance law, my friends, thats not reform.
Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house.
ps. 1 mccain points - Hoofenhoffer, on 06/23/2008, -3/+7the media is a bunch of *****,
stop listening to the media and read a damn book - NoDrama, on 06/23/2008, -6/+10http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/How_to_donate_mo ...
'nuff said - jkr801, on 06/23/2008, -1/+5oh touche sheila. I found out how to block it. I deserved to be buried...
- ZenMojo, on 06/23/2008, -2/+6Books are media.
- ZenMojo, on 06/23/2008, -5/+9Why did you leave out the "elaborated as follows?" He said he would "aggressively pursue an agreement." Obama's lawyers did meet McCain's lawyers, McCain's lawyers blew them off, so Obama opted out. Not complicated.
- WasabiBomb, on 06/23/2008, -0/+4And whose pockets is McCain in?
- WasabiBomb, on 06/23/2008, -1/+5Actually, he didn't sign an agreement. Basically, he said he would think about it. McCain wasn't willing to back down on the issue of 527 ads, so Obama decided to go with net donation. McCain's only crying about it because he can't generate the amount of money that Obama's been making.
- ZenMojo, on 06/23/2008, -0/+4Now it's time to vote for the guy who will get us out of War with Iran faster...*****' a.
- dinot, on 06/23/2008, -0/+4I would like to commend you on such an informative, non-biased assessment of Obama's position and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
- dinot, on 06/23/2008, -0/+4"McCain has been about campaign reform for over a decade."
How can you be about campaign reform for over a decade and criticize your opponent for not participating in the flawed system you wanted to reform in the first place?
Isn't that like saying I'm against drugs and don't want to take drug money, but you promised you'd take drug money last year and now you're not, so you're a LIAR cuz you promised, and see? I'm taking drug money. - ClosedCaption, on 06/23/2008, -0/+4wait, wait, WAIT just one doggone minute! Are you trying to tell me McCain flip flopped? Thats unbelievable!
- Duositex, on 06/23/2008, -0/+4I don't like your tone mister.
- BlacklabelSAR, on 06/23/2008, -0/+4And on the Ninth day, there was The Internet, and it begat Accountability, and it was pretty ***** cool!
- Elranzer, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3Ooh, looks like we hit a nerve.
- kreneskyp, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3no it is hypocritical. The result of last election didn't change what he stated previously.
but if you really want to argue that instead of relying on small donations from the general public that candidates should go for big donors, lobbyists, PACs and 512-smear-groups then be my guest. It's pretty clear which idea is better for the people and which is the retarded one. - dinot, on 06/23/2008, -1/+4You forgot to mention that Obama fathered two black children and his wife hates America and he hates lapel pins and that he's black and Hamas supports him and then they didn't support him and he also hates Muslims because he refused to have those two women in his backdrop and his middle name is Hussein and OMGHANDOVERHEARTPLEDGEOFALLEGIANCESWORNONKORANMADRASSATERRIST!!!!!.
Moron. - newsheatdotcom, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3I have to completely agree on the constituency not knowing what the internet is, or at least how to use it. I had to introduce some one who forwarded me some anti Obama e-mails to Snopes.com in hopes that they might actually research the crap that is being spread via chain e-mails.
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