New Republic Editor: Great That Obama Broke Campaign Financing Pledge

NewsBusters ^ | October 22, 2008 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

Most liberal commentators have preferred not to dwell on Barack Obama's broken promise to accept public financing of his campaign. For years, liberals have been at the forefront of demanding such public financing with pious lectures about the corrupting effects of money on politics. So the McCain-Feingold public financing law was passed and guess who was the first presidential candidate to opt out of that system? The Lightworker who flat out lied to the public when he earlier pledged to accept public financing. So when Obama announced he was breaking his public financing pledge a few months ago, there was some minor grumbling from liberals but since then they have entered the cone of silence on this issue due to their embarrassment about this topic. However, one liberal has spoken out about Obama's broken pledge. To condemn him? Nope. The New Republic Editor-in-Chief, Marty Peretz, is absolutely exulting in the fact that Obama lied to the public by breaking his public financing pledge (emphasis mine):

Frankly, I am glad that the Democrats have finally gotten over their nearly four decades long obsession with campaign financing reform. I always thought that it was not a matter of money corrupting candidates but of money going primarily to Republicans. Democrats do have a penchant for self-righteousness. I hope it is finished, at least on this issue.

Of course, Peretz would today have that strong penchant for self-righteousness if Obama kept his promise and it had been John McCain who opted out of public financing.

[PJ-Comix]

Give credit to Marty Peretz for being upfront about his hypocrisy. BTW, notice how you don't hear a PEEP out of Russell Feingold on this topic?

[PJ-Comix]

PING!

[Porterville]

Great? The correct word is TYPICAL.

[tomnbeverly]

The good guys always finish last, I guess.

[Future Snake Eater]

Big deal. The money thing isn’t an issue, but the backstabbing is. It goes to Obama’s character (of which there seems to be less and less every day). Instead of whining about how much more money he raised than McCain, McCain and his campaign should have been highlighting this as yet another instance of Obama saying one thing and doing another, then asking voters, “What else is going to lie to you about?”

[Future Snake Eater]

Big deal. The money thing isn’t an issue, but the backstabbing is. It goes to Obama’s character (of which there seems to be less and less every day). Instead of whining about how much more money he raised than McCain, McCain and his campaign should have been highlighting this as yet another instance of Obama saying one thing and doing another, then asking voters, “What else is he going to lie to you about?”

[Future Snake Eater]

Crap, sorry about the double post.

[rollo tomasi]

The good guys always finish last, I guess.

Not in the political arena, as with all wars it's "Who Dares Wins".

[MSSC6644]

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