Obama Lies Away Good Decision

Barack Obama was completely correct to reject public funds for his presidential campaign. Had he accepted those funds, he would be limited to them. At the time he said he would only use public funding he had no idea how much money his campaign would raise. It would be stupid to limit himself. It makes good business sense–and in every other way to use his own funds. His mistake was to not simply state that no one could have imagined the unprecedented amount of money his campaign has raised as part of a movement. People would understand that. Instead, he has lied and talked about the flawed political system that he is boycotting. It was a lame move.

Obama is the guy who went on Meet The Press in 2005 and categorically said he would not run for president in 2008. In 2007, he returned to Meet The Press where Tim Russert prepared to grill him on the flip-flop. Obama stunned Russert by saying, "I have changed my mind." He is also the guy who, when Hillary Clinton and John McCain called for the insipid gas tax holiday, had the political courage and call it what it was–a symbolic but meaningless move. Obama has proven that the truth works. It’s a shame he didn’t tell it this time.