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McCain: Obama Ad "Paid For With Broken Promises"

October 29, 2008 6:32 PM

In Palm Beach, Florida, today Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., attacked Sen. Barack Obama's pending 30-minute prime-time address as a "gauzy, feel-good commercial," that was "paid for with broken promises."

McCain was referring to Obama's announcement in June that he would break his promise to enter into the public financing system.

In November 2007, Obama answered "Yes" to Common Cause when asked "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?"

Obama wrote: "If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election."

He didn't.

"Senator Obama signed a piece of paper committing to public financing of his campaign if I did," McCain said. "Twice he looked the American people in the eye and said he would sit down with me before he abandoned public financing. He didn't mean a word of it."

"That is what concerns small business owners and people all over this country," McCain said. "Senator Obama's word doesn't appear to mean that much. When he tells America tonight that he's going to cut taxes for the middle class, people wonder if he'll keep his word because his record, his record is supporting higher taxes on working families."

-- Jake Tapper and Bret Hovell

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"I think it's great that Obama isn't forcing the entire nation to foot the bill for his race."

You think it's great that Obama is committing fraud?

Democrats love fraud.


Wait until Mitt Romney buys all prime time on all networks next election.

Posted by: drjohn | Oct 31, 2008 8:33:59 AM

Get used to Obama lying.

The only difference is now you'll see what a guy who has zero depth does.

Posted by: drjohn | Oct 31, 2008 8:32:15 AM

Guess what. He's not even black.
He is 50% Caucasian from his mother’s side. He is 43.75% Arabic, and 6.25% African Negro from his father’s side.

He doesn't even qualify to register as an African American. You have to be at least 12.5% to be able to do that.

by roarks:
Obama is their Messiah! Why? Because he would be the first black Pres.? Really great reason to vote for the guy! Forget about "THE FACTS", we need a new skin tone this time! God help the US!

Posted by: Tim | Oct 30, 2008 12:10:40 PM

McCain never kept his promise to run a clean race, all he does is launch dishonorable attacks. In a country full of 700 Billion dollar bailouts, its refreshing to see a candidate work to earn your donation. McCain took the lazy way out, relying on our tax dollars and lobbyists to fund his campaign.

Posted by: Notacynic | Oct 30, 2008 11:53:12 AM

It's pretty amusing that people are calling Obama a liar, saying for that reason we shouldn't vote for him. Yet they are most likely voting for McCain/Palin who collectively have barely managed to utter a single (coherent) sentence in this entire campaign that hasn't contained a lie somewhere. This includes lies by omission.

Posted by: Christina | Oct 30, 2008 11:48:11 AM

Will Obama blame the three quarters of a billion dollars and the illegal foreign country campaign contributions on his white half or his black half?

I guess we'll have to wait for his next appearance on The Daily Show. (I've got better thing to do so forgive me if I'll pass.)

Posted by: topo2005 | Oct 30, 2008 11:07:11 AM

The "poor and struggling" are paying for McCain's PUBLICLY FINANCED campaign; the only people who are paying for this ad are those who donated money to Obama's campaign fund. I think it's great that Obama isn't forcing the entire nation to foot the bill for his race.

Posted by: Amanda | Oct 30, 2008 4:58:24 AM

Sorry, hope did not pay for one single cent of that infomercial. The American people, mostly the poor and struggling did. For Obama to spend over 4 million dollars for a 30 minute infomercial is an absolute travesty.
If he does get elected next week, and I pray to God he doesn't, he will have bought his way into the White House with almost 3/4 of a billion dollars of other peoples hard earned money. Will he be worth it. I highly doubt it.

Posted by: Jay | Oct 30, 2008 2:41:58 AM

Sorry McCain, WE paid for it, and it felt good. It was not broken promises, but hope that paid for those ads.

Posted by: roarks | Oct 30, 2008 2:16:50 AM

Lets go back to 911..
How is it that people can fall for a person like "Barack Hussein Obama"!?!
Such a smooth talker! (ie So was Hitler)!
Obama has lied so much & people dont see this???! Very scary!! What sheep!!
Obama isn't even a US citizen!!!!
He has never 'proved' it!
The "Associated Press" is running this election! What a farce it all is!!! Can'yall say "One World Gov."?!
That's not a secret anymore! And people are falling for it like Obama is their Messiah! Why? Because he would be the first black Pres.? Really great reason to vote for the guy! Forget about "THE FACTS", we need a new skin tone this time! God help the US!

Posted by: USA | Oct 30, 2008 1:53:26 AM

The two campaigns talked about this public financing but could not reach an agreement and no contracts were signed.

McCain "promised" to run a clean campaign, as well, and has lied since day one."

Posted by: carolo | Oct 29, 2008 7:29:07 PM
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The two candidates both AGREED to accept public financing but then B O changed his mind when he realized he would be unable to air his ears in the largest available arena come the convention.

And by then, he was so used to spending your money..... on buying delegates and and busses under which to throw his typical white grandmother and, the second time around his a-typical black pastor who DARED to call him a "politician"!

As for "Dirty Campaign", how much dirtier could Obama have played it then by sending his goons up to Alaska to get the "dirt" on Palin.... and her daughter Bristol..... and her son, Trig.

He did the same thing with Hillary.... yand with Cindy.... yet no one has been crass enough to go after HIS children or, sufficiently, to stick a fork in Michele!

Obama is a smooth talking dirty politician from the land of dirtuy politicians.

He has never won a clean election.

Should he win this one, you will NOT be happy with him BUT

Everyone's entitled to his or her vote.

BUT JUST O N E !!!!

Posted by: e pluribus union | Oct 30, 2008 1:23:41 AM

Obama lied about public financing, lied about agreeing to debate McCain in town hall meetings, lied about his relationship to ACORN, only to remember that he got $800,000 in csh from them. Lied about Ayers, Wright, Khalidi, Rezco, and his relationships with these anti=american people. He has no experience in anything, and he stated he has campaigned in all 57 states. He's a dolt and if you think he's going to give you a tax break your a fool

Posted by: Lyle | Oct 30, 2008 1:12:43 AM

mccain is such a whiner!

mccain has gone back on his promise of an honest and decent campaign. does he even remember he made that promise? his close buddies in the senate remembers and are disappointed at him for not being able to keep his promise.

and palin- forget it....she is a lie.

Posted by: mik | Oct 30, 2008 1:10:13 AM

When will Sara release her medical records?


posted by: Ed D | Oct 29, 2008 7:28:38 PM

Wgeb will OBama release his real medical records?

(Not the one sheet submitted by a medical friend of his.)

WHAT IS HE AFRAID WE'LL FIND?

Posted by: e pluribus union | Oct 30, 2008 1:09:55 AM

Kyrock,

Thanks for the support. It's nice to know that there are others who remember the truth, and aren't tainted by all of the conspiracy theories out there ... as Scott so obviously is.

Posted by: Walker Evans | Oct 30, 2008 12:36:19 AM

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Flew one year as a doorgunner. The pilots "goofed off" sometimes but they pushed the limits which later paid off when push came to shove. The very tactics that were forbidden then were later adopted by the U.S. Army and renamed from "low-level" flying to "nap-of-the-earth." My pilots put "my" Huey's fuselage down in the tree tops with only the main rotor blades above the branches. This made it more difficult for "Charlie" to get us in their gunsights.

Posted by: KyRock | Oct 30, 2008 12:55:24 AM

This time Obama is backed by millions of Americans we pay his bill because we want change...

Paid for in part by me!

Posted by: Mike NC | Oct 29, 2008 7:35:20 PM

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Yep, the best candidate that money can buy. This has been a constant in Barack Obama's political career; he falls right into the rut of having people pay his way. There must be something in the water in Chicago.

Posted by: KyRock | Oct 30, 2008 12:45:00 AM

He was Rashid Khalidi's Sr. Director of his board from 1993-1996;

He was ACORN's guest speaker at their national summit in 2006;

He set the USS Forrestal on fire when he 'wet-started' his plane while trying to startle an F-4 Phantom pilot on the deck behind him.

These are FACTS and they are not in dispute.

Posted by: Scott G. | Oct 29, 2008 10:22:22 PM

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Where did you find a list of the board of directors of the Center for Palestine Research and Studies, especially during 1993 to 1996? I "googled" several terms and found nothing.

The event that John McCain spoke at was not sponsored by ACORN. In fact there were 8 different groups at the meeting. "The rally in Miami is being sponsored by the New American Opportunity campaign (NAOC) in partnership with..."


At 10:52 A.M. on July 29, the second launch was being readied when a Zuni rocket accidentally fired from an F-4 Phantom parked on the starboard side of the flight deck aft of the island. The missile streaked across the deck into a 400 gallon belly fuel tank on a parked A-4D Skyhawk.

John McCain was in number 416. The planes are parked next to each other, not in front of or behind each other.

Search videos for: "John McCain escapes Forrestal explosion"

So much for your "FACTS."

Posted by: KyRock | Oct 30, 2008 12:38:21 AM

Kyrock,

Thanks for the support. It's nice to know that there are others who remember the truth, and aren't tainted by all of the conspiracy theories out there ... as Scott so obviously is.

I'm a little surprised that my last post has survived. Normally I don't let my emotions get control of this keyboard, but the bilge that was being spewed forth about a lot of good men hit one of my "buttons" and that was what came rolling out.

Hopefully that post will stay there long enough for a lot of folks to see it, and recognize the truth it contains. The spirits of all the men who died that day demand that we keep the truth out there, and deny the revisionist's attempt to make that tragic accident into some sinister plot and "cover-up".

Signing off now. Tomorrow is going to be quite busy.

Posted by: Walker Evans | Oct 30, 2008 12:36:19 AM

"He has lost his brand as a maverick; he did not live up to his pledge to fight a clean campaign," Shays said.

Posted by: Mike NC | Oct 29, 2008 7:59:01 PM

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Obama ran an ad attacking McCain. "I really don't understand economics." Obama isn't running a clean campaign either.

Ever watch two heavy-weight boxers fight? They spend a lot of time looking for an advantage rather than slugging it out. One punch from their opponent can be a knockout. The presidential campaign has become a slugfest after the opponents sized up each other.

Posted by: KyRock | Oct 30, 2008 12:32:27 AM

Wink..Wink...

All McCain supporters do is whine and complain that Obama could do the ads.

McCain could also have done it, had he chosen not to buy expensive wardrobe for Palin.

Shame on McCain campaign! Go, crying to Fux news!

Posted by: skinny dog | Oct 30, 2008 12:24:19 AM

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