By rowman, August 13 at 7:19 am

Now, alas, it has been disclosed that a large part of those millions actually came from big donors - the very same huge corporations, their CEOs and lobbyists, who have corrupted the democratic process in previous contests. They spread their largesse generously and simultaneously among all the candidates from left to right, so as to be on the winning side whatever happens.

Obama had promised to put an end to the old, dirty corporate funding-for-influence system. Now it appears that he participates in this corrupt system himself…”
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“Disclosed”? “dirty” corporate funding? “large” part of the millions? How large and how dirty rowman?

More IED’s here rowman…Insinuation(Innuendo), Exaggeration, Distortion.

The FACTS, which you failed to break down here, are that 47% of Obama’s funds HAVE come from small donors, and even SMALLER than $100.00 or $200.00 dollar, and they are hardly ‘anonymous’. How the hell does one send an ‘anonymous’ $20.00check or credit card transaction?

As for CEO’s and LOBBYISTS providing the “Wall Steet Funding”, that too is an insinuation. Some Wall Street funding of election campaigns simply isn’t a ‘new thing’ and since there is ACCOUNTABILITY for where and how much of Obama’s funding came from ‘Goldman Sachs, or anywhere else, it hardly speaks to ‘corruption’ at all. It speaks to transparency. My own former ‘corporation’ has ALWAYS provided funding to political campaigns, but we didn’t have LOBBYISTS involved, and neither does Obama. That the books are available is a testament to that.

So, in case you missed it:

Is Big Oil Funneling Donations to McCain?

  Washington - Alice Rocchio is an office manager at the New York headquarters of the Hess Corp., drives a 1993 Chevy Cavalier and lives in an apartment in Queens, N.Y., with her husband, Pasquale, an Amtrak foreman.

Despite what appears to be a middle-class lifestyle, the couple has written $61,600 in checks to John McCain’s presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee, most of it within days of McCain’s decision to endorse offshore oil drilling.

http://www.truthout.org/article/is-big-oil-funnelin g-donations-mccain

Now let’s look at what this is REALLY all about, which is the swiftboating of Barack Obama, no different than was the swiftboating of John Kerry.

“A new book by Jerome Corsi - co-author of the Swift Boat Veterans book that plagued John Kerry’s 2004 campaign - is now targeting Obama with a variety of accusations that many claim are misleading or untrue.”

http://www.truthout.org/article/obama-swift-boat-sets-sail

Here’s more:

Editor’s Note: Despite his earlier promise to run a respectful campaign based on issues, John McCain has made it clear that he sees his path to victory as taking the low road against Barack Obama.

Having already accused Obama of wanting to lose the Iraq War and blaming him for $4 a gallon gasoline, McCain and his campaign now are lying about Obama’s canceled visit to see wounded U.S. troops in Germany, as Brent Budowsky notes in this guest essay:

McCain Lies About Obama on Troops
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/073008a.html

Felicity, I think you hit something here…

•  “…movie star has mastered the art of being a reserved presence.  He offers himself to the people and yet keeps private the hidden, unguessable sources of that self.”

At least the part about offering himself to the people, and yet keeping private the hidden, unguessable SOURCES of that self. Excellent way to put that. However, that nearly ALWAYS comes with a problem. A certain element will always become jealous/resentful of that quality, and make determined efforts to destroy it. OR, since folks *cannot* ‘guess’ the source, they just MAKE SHIT UP! And usually, the person isn’t interested in being a movie star, but just offering up whatever they have of value to offer up.

But, I don’t think his vacationing in Hawaii has anything to do with it, other than that he and the family deserve a vacation, and Hawaii is home. It’s where he was born and mostly raised, and it’s where his siblings are, or what remains of his family. I sure wish my hometown was so ‘exotic’. I rarely feel like I’m ‘vacationing’ when I go down to LA. (where a handful of nosey people are still trying to ‘guess’ the sources of my ‘self’ and still getting it wrong)

Once again Mr. Dionne does not get it. If there is an Obama fatigue (which I doubt) it could be because he talks too often, too brainy, and frequently much too loud. I do think, however, that there is a general election fatigue which always hits the front runner harder than the underdog. Remember Clinton vs. Obama?

In case you missed it….

From http://counterpunch.org/

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Oh dear, what has happened to the knight on the white horse?

This week, many of Barack Obama’s admirers were shocked. Up to now, it had been believed that the huge sums of money flowing into the coffers of his campaign came from anonymous citizens, each sending a check for 100 or 200 dollars.

Now, alas, it has been disclosed that a large part of those millions actually came from big donors - the very same huge corporations, their CEOs and lobbyists, who have corrupted the democratic process in previous contests. They spread their largesse generously and simultaneously among all the candidates from left to right, so as to be on the winning side whatever happens.

Obama had promised to put an end to the old, dirty corporate funding-for-influence system. Now it appears that he participates in this corrupt system himself.

What a disappointment.
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Anyone care to provide the list of “what” he exactly plans to change? Looking like the same ol stuff to me

Could this apply to Obama?  Through the years of movie-making movie actors have come and gone but every once in a while, and relatively rarely, a movie star appears on the American horizon.

A movie star has mastered the art of being a reserved presence.  He offers himself to the people and yet keeps private the hidden, unguessable sources of that self.

Obama’s vacationing in Hawaii, not to mention his meteoric rise on the American political scene, would seem to indicate that he has a certain star-quality.  Anybody else see it?

Jobart,

We actually tried this here in my own community about a month ago, when McCain was in town. Admittedly, we’re just a ‘hamlet’ too, but still….

And of course we couldn’t REALLY ‘arrest’ him, so it was all definitely symbolic. Still, we were a presence, and it a ‘hamlet’ like Santa Barbara, that says a lot. (he was here to take money of course, from those who have it, and promises of more from the same people who acquire it at the expense of those of us who don’t have it.) Anyway, we make sure the red carpet was blocked. It was the best we could do.

Now of course if we could arrange similarly ruined red carpets in other larger places, that would be helpful. I mean, if nothing else, take note of the fact that Dick Bush has STAYED OUT of VT, even if the threat to arrest him is only symbolic.

Is that a form of ‘deterrence’ at work?

McCain is a known quantity and at this stage a BUSH clone ought to be laughed at, instead of voted for. BUT, the population is more concerned with who fucked whom. If McWORSE is elected, we are all getting screwed!

If you think you can circumvent the negativity towards Obama with any other reason than he is black you are deluding yourself.First he is an unknown quantity and then they are hearing too much about him.It is too hot or too cold because he is black.People will not own up to their own racism so they are looking for anything to hang their hat on.Thank God their are liberal columnists who analyzew the situation and leave out the three hundred pound gorilla in the room.Obama will get elected if enough white people overcome their racism and vote on the issues if they cannot hello President John McCain.

Rove is one of the worst persons this nation has ever had to contend with. Every sleazy action in the WH has his signature attached. Hopefully, one day justice will catch up with him and he will be in jail where he belongs!

McSame’s campaign has the hoof prints of Karl Rove all over it-using opponent’s stenghths against him. It was unbelievable that Face the Nation put this war criminal on the air yesterday, and I had no compunctions about telling them so. I hope you go to their website and tell them, too.