Early last year when the campaign season started, Barack Obama pledged that he would accept public financing if his Republican opponent did. It was all part of his ruse to cultivate his holier than thou image. But now, his Republican opponent has agreed to accept public financing, per Jonathan Martin:
“I committed to it,’’ [McCain] said. “Now all those other discussions might be interesting and, I hope, over time, valuable. But the fact is he’s saying one thing and he’s doing another. I mean, that’s indisputable. The piece of paper is there. He didn’t talk about having discussions about third parties and all that when he committed to saying that he would take public financing if the Republican nominee did.
“I am the presumptive Republican nominee; I will take public financing. Keep your word to the American people. He’s always talking in his speeches about how we need to keep our word to the American people. Please keep your word to the American people on the commitment you made in writing.’’
Obama is, thus far, stonewalling the debate over public financing demonstrating once again that he is just another politician.
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