Campaign Finance: Obama vs McCain
Compare and Contrast
A bit ago, I stumbled across the blog of a young Republican McCain supporter. Excuse me — make that Young Republican. As in, College Republican. Not sure about the deeply-seeded personal hypocrisy yet. But this guy definitely has trouble connecting with reality to justify his support for McCain.
I took issue with the first paragraph [emphasis mine]:
Posted by ozob 
living history, thinking strategically
November 4, 2008The first official news announcing the historic occasion came to my email inbox:
McCain’s concession speech was eloquent, full of high rhetoric about honor, integrity, devotion, and perhaps most importantly, unity. In other words, the complete opposite of his campaign rhetoric. I doubt it will be enough to overcome the fear and hatred his campaign tactics have fomented. I hope I’m wrong. At least it was a return to the McCain that I knew and respected when I supported him in 2000 against the disaster that has been George W. Bush. I also hope Obama’s decisive victory means the death of the terrible, oppressive race-baiting tactics that Bush and Rove used against McCain during the 2000 Republican primary — tactics (along with the same advisors) that McCain ironically decided to use in 2008. May they Rest In Hell.
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