GOODY TWO SHOES: Obama Is Of Two Minds On Campaign Financing
Yesterday, when the Supreme Court struck down portions of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, President Barack Hussein Obama took strong exception:
“With its ruling today, the Supreme Court has given a green light to a new stampede of special interest money in our politics. It is a major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health insurance companies and the other powerful interests that marshal their power every day in Washington to drown out the voices of everyday Americans. ... We are going to talk with bipartisan congressional leaders to develop a forceful response to this decision."
But as a presidential candidate Barack Obama (he wasn’t using his middle name back then; only “racists” were) gave the green light to a stampede of special interest money into his campaign offers when he opted out of public financing in the general election in June 2008:
Obama will become the first major-party presidential nominee to reject the public funds, passing up nearly $85 million in taxpayer money and instead looking to the 1.5 million donors who contributed to his primary campaign. Given his groundbreaking success in raising money in the Democratic primaries, estimates of how much he could collect for the general-election run to $300 million or more, a sum that would allow the senator from Illinois to compete even in traditionally Republican states.
Something tells The Stiletto that Obama’s effort to prevent other office-seekers from competing effectively – which, thanks to him, requires more media saturation than ever before – will be as “bipartisan” as healthcare “reform.” Oh, and watch for Obama and the Dems give their union supporters a special deal.
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