John McCain Returns $3 Million To Donors, Signals Public Financing

FACT: Mr. McCain was broke going into the primaries.

FACT: Mr. McCain used seven (7) separate financial maneuvers while "borrowing" against the public finance money.

FACT: Mr. McCain cheated the United States Treasury and needs to return that money ($3,000,000) or risk going to jail under an Obama administration.

FACT: Mr. McCain is having issues raising new money. Mr. Obama does not and will not.

FACT: Mr. Obama already has public financing [1.2 million separate donors averaging $96 dollars]. Mr. McCain needs public financing. Mr. Obama does not.
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QUESTION: Why should Mr. Obama trust Mr. McCain to suddenly obey the public financing rules now...!?!?

Hey, he can always use Cindy's bucks, can't he? So they have to live in public housing after he oses the election. I'm sure he and Cindy won't mond. After all, they are just like "the little people", right? Yeah, if the "little people" have private jets and limos and lobbyists. Oh, my!

McCain has been violating the McCain - Feingold law that he helped pass . If he does not go with public financing, he will be in violation of the law that he agreed to and accepted money from early on in his campaign. No other candidate signed on for this so they are not legally obligated to restrict themselves to public financing.

This is yet another example of how Senator Obama is going to lose the general election.

1) Senator McCain promised to run a clean campaign, as did Senator Obama. Yet Senator Obama continues to use the "100 Years" comment out of context despite various independent media groups stating Obama is distorting the record. Senator Obama wants us to put Reverend Wright into some sort of context but he continues to ignore the context of Senator McCain's statements.

2) Senator McCain will be using federal funds as promised this fall, while Senator Obama will go back on his word and try to buy the election.

At least with Senator Clinton you know where she is coming from. She doesn't claim to be clean, or fair. She is who she is, (a politician), and doesn't sugar coat it. I'd rather have someone who is honestly dishonest, than a Senator Obama who seems to continually lie (about what he heard Wright say and his relationship with Wright) while keeping a straight face.

Why should Obama take taxpayer money (including much from non-supporters) when he already has a willing base of small donors "publicly" funding his campaign?

Obama already refuses corporate and lobbyist money. If he wants to refuse taxpayer money, too, I don't see a problem with it.

Since the fatcats won't fund him, he's turning his smile to the American citizens.

The poor bastard cannot raise the money to make an effective run for the Presidency. Obama is going to grind him into the ground just like he's doing to Hillary.

This is a big test for Obama. It's about his much touted judgment. Anyone who claims to have judgment cannot give up the fund raising machine Obama has built. Proper judgment requires that Obama break his word. This time Obama has the money machine that can run the advertisements in key markets that make a difference in the general election.

First of all Obama only promised to consider and negotiate regarding public finance. Secondly, are we going to let the Rethuglicans do this to us again? They somehow always manage to back us into a place where we look like the ones who are being unfair when they are the ones being disingenuous at best. Obama would have a better chance if he broke his so-called "promise" than giving into these freaks and getting his ass swiftboated. Nobody blinked an eye when the Repugs did their caged voting. They are scared and desperate and now they are going to try and make it look like they are taking the high road, well too freaking bad! Obama is not doing anything illegal. He is raising money fair and square. The conservatives can only win by disenfranchising voters and having their guy appointed by the Supreme Court. Even all their swiftboating could not pull off a win all by itself. They still had to make sure they messed with Cuyahoga County in ohio. I live in Cuyahoga County. I know what went down here.

SLITHERS LIKE A SNAKE

as soon as Obama commits to limited public funding you can bet the 527 "Swift Boat" and their ilk will be incorporating by the thousands for the RepugliKKKans.

Obama will use Public funds only if Mccain agrees to rein in the Swift boats

Big surprise. There's no way McCain can come close to raising funds from small donors, because the Republican base is corporations. They've done such a lousy job managing the economy, even corporations aren't giving. So what's left? Taxpayers. Obama should stick with the fundraising that works, millions of small donors who want a President whose agenda is promoting the interests of all Americans, not the 2% that fund Republicans.

Well just a few days ago, it seemed the corporate branches of his own party wouldn't fund him. Of course he has to turn to public funding!!!

See, this is why they love to pass laws that don't apply to them.
Pity.

The reason for this is fairly obvious. He applied for public financing early on in the race as collateral for the $5 million loan he got from a bank after South Carolina. He has since been unable to get out of public financing because of a bureaucratic hold-up. So now he's trying to turn lemons into lemonade by making himself look like a holier-than-thou by making a big deal of accepting public financing.