Plouffe: Romney backers are trying to “purchase” the election
Back in 2008, Barack Obama decided to forego federal financing so he could raise more money (than the feds offered) — and outspend Mr. McCain he did. Guess by White House adviser David Plouffe’s reckoning, Barack Obama “purchased” the White House four years ago.
UPDATE: Commenting on a panicked fundraising e-mail he received from the Obama campaign, John Hindeaker reminds us that in 2008 Obama raised “far more money” than any presidential candidate in history . . .
. . . and became the first major-party nominee to forgo federal funding [since Congress adopted that program]. In the climactic weeks of the campaign, he outspent John McCain five to one. He boasted that this year, he would do even better, promising to raise $1 billion for his re-election campaign. However, now that he has met his match, Obama has the temerity to suggest that “massive spending” is a threat to democracy.
Waiting for the MSM to question these remarks…waiting…waiting…
Aw, hell, I better not hold my breath.
And the suprise is????????
Plouffe sounds jealous.
What an apt description of 2008, when the Democrats had Soros, Buffett, the Rockefellers and Kennedys, and most of the other top millionaires and billionaires (and they still do); most of Wall Street – for example Goldman-Sachs, known to its critics today as the Vampire Squid; and more.
Not to mention, the MFM was cheerleading hard for Obama and attacking McCain/Palin through the whole campaign. How much would it cost to buy all the advertising on MSNBC, CNN, NBC-ABC-CBS News and full page ads in the New York Times, Washington Post, and every other major newspaper every day for six months? The value of all that media should be included in Obama’s 2008 and 2012 resources.
No, Obama2012 is just whining.
“Okay for me, not for thee.” Pretty much Obama’s mantra.
The double standards are becoming more and more blatant. Hopefully we’ll reach the threshold where even some of the media can’t ignore it.
I know, I know, not likely. But I can dream.
Do as I say, not as I do. And if you don’t obey me, I will have a temper tantrum.
Gee, haven’t y’all heard? Democrats NEVER lose because of bad ideas, incompetent campaigns, or repugnant candidates. it’s ALWAYS because they were “outspent”.