While the McCain campaign blasts Obama for not taking public financing, his 527s and PACs are raising unlimited money to trash Obama with bigoted lies. The latest, an ad from the National Campaign Fund, calls Obama a liar for not "admitting" that he was a Muslim and features pictures of him in Somali garb:
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How fucking disgusting. Thank God that Obama opted out of a
ridiculous system that would have tied his hands while rich Republicans spent unlimited money to spread this filth.
But it's time we got the traditional media to call McCain on his hypocrisy. He tries to play himself off as a pro-campaign finance reformer who is "principled" and "honorable." Yet he does not condemn the bigoted lies of the National Campaign Fund and other related PACs and 527s. He could get this stuff off the air in a minute if he wanted to.
We need to get the traditional media to stop treating McCain with kid gloves. The story isn't Obama's so-called "pledge", it's McCain's gaming the system to spend unlimited money to spread lies.
UPDATE: So who's behind this ad? Here's a link to the staff of the National Campaign Fund. The founder and President of the NCF is Floyd Brown, the creator of the famous "Willie Horton" ad. An infamous quote by Brown: "When we're through, people are going to think that Willie Horton is Michael Dukakis's nephew." (Source: Wikipedia) Let's make sure that this time, people don't think that Obama is a Muslim. We're fighting against people who will say anything to seize power, and we need to fight back hard.