The main reason Barack Obama has given for eschewing public financing of his campaign was based on a lie:"We've made the decision not to participate in the public financing system for the general election," Obama says in the video, blaming it on the need to combat Republicans, saying "we face opponents who've become masters at gaming this broken system. John McCain's campaign and the Republican National Committee are fueled by contributions from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs. And we've already seen that he's not going to stop the smears and attacks from his allies running so-called 527 groups, who will spend millions and millions of dollars in unlimited donations.""Millions and millions of dollars" from GOP 527 groups? This is a lie as Obama well knows. Jonathan Martin exposes Obama:Obama's alarmist prophecy - a bit of typical campaign rhetoric meant to scare his own donors into reaching for their credit cards - is wildly at odds with the...(Read Full Post)