What I don't get about the Obama public financing dust-up.

[99th_Monkey]

I remember seeing this on firedoglake.com several months ago: Why the fuck aren't Obama and Biden pointing out McCain's illegal machinations
related to public financing???????? Numerous activists have even filed official complaints to the FEC about this, complains which a broken
GOP FEC can't or won't investigate and prosecute. I don't get it. :shrug:

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Sign the McCain FEC Complaint Letter

By his own admission, John McCain is breaking the law. His latest spending report has him $4 million over the limit he imposed on himself when he accepted public financing.

We're not about to let this stand, so on Tuesday we filed an FEC complaint against the McCain campaign (check out the video of delivery to the right). Now we're set for a second larger delivery of 30,000 signatures of Americans who won't stand by while John McCain breaks the law.

The list of people who have already signed includes:

* Markos Moulitsas
* Jane Hamsher
* Matt Stoller
* John Amato
* Howie Klein
* Christina Siun O'Connell
* Matt Bowner Hamlin
* Tom Hayden
* Stephen Anderson
* Chris Bowers
* Mike Stark
* Michael Rogers
* Todd Beeton
* Christy Hardin Smith
* Roxanne Cooper
* John Aravosis
* Glenn Greenwald
* Digby
* MoveOn.org Political Action
* Jerome Armstrong
* Gil Christner
* Dante Atkins
* Bob Brigham
* Jamie McGurk
* Jesse Wendel
* Josh Nelson
* Michael Stickings
* Joe Sudbay
* David Neiwert
* Storm Bear Williams
* Mike Lux
* Marisa Trevino
* Rick Jacobs
* Joel Silberman
* Duncan Black
* Victoria Hopper
* Robert Greenwald
* Scott Lemieux
* Bob Fertik
* Miles Kurland
* David Dayen
* Adam Lambert
* Dave Johnson
* James Cannon Boyce
* Pam Spaulding
* Carolyn Dulchinos
* Jason Rosenbaum
* Jill Cozzi
* Susan Madrak
* Tim Cullen
* Don Hazen
* Steve Anderson
* Ian Welsh

http://action.firedoglake.com/page/petition/mccainfec

[gateley]

1. Yeah, I don't understand why that hasn't been discussed, either. nt

[no_hypocrisy]

2. The republican strategy is to attack Obama for anything he does or doesn't do.

It's that easy.

This time, it's "he broke his promise". And hope he breaks another.

Or flip-flop in the John Kerry tradition.

And folks, get over it. They will continue to criticize and denigrate Obama forever.

[99th_Monkey]

4. I'm NOT a bit surprise at the GOP attacks, I AM surprised that Obama isn't hitting back hard

by simply pointing out McCain's criminal campaign financing... end of story.

What McCains doing is worse than a flip flop, it's CRIMINAL. Why the fuck
isn't this being shouted from the Obama rooftops?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

3. I'm frustrated that Obama hasn't addressed this. McSame was the one who flip-flopped on this!

[99th_Monkey]

6. Exactly. I believe what McCain did was far worse than a flip flop

at least according to firedoglake.com's petition campaign on this.

[dragonlady]

9. That follows one of Rove's most famous tactics

Accuse your opponent of the wrongdoing that you yourself are guilty of.

[Imagevision]

5. Mccain is approaching senility and should be reminded of things he done in the past

[MadMaddie]

7. MSM, MSM, MSM the evidence is there the MSM doesn't have

guts or the talent to research a story on their Golden Boy McSame. Obama shouldn't have to spoon feed the lazy assed MSM.


They are looking for dirt on Obama, folks if this is all they got that Obama changed his mind and he is going to break ALL money making records for a candidate....Then they are in big trouble...

[99th_Monkey]

11. Yes, i quite agree Barack shouldn't have to spoon-feed the M$M, but that's what it's come to.

Esp when McCain campaign doesn't mind dishing up an endless toxic "all you can eat" buffet of these patently over-blown smears on Obama

[grantcart]

8. FEC doesn't have a quorum and cannot take any action

[99th_Monkey]

10. So THAT's NOT a story that any media worth it's salt would be jumping all over?

I'd say it's much MORE of a coverage-worthy now, what with McCain's initial crime and then the GOP's
dysfunctional executive dept. that "can't do anything" about it. Hello 60 Minutes!!! Hello KO!!

Meanwhile the M$M drones on about Barack "not keeping promises". It's ludicrous in the extreme.