THE OVER-EXPOSURE OF A CANDIDATE.

I consider myself to be a man of principals and convictions, and when I see what is going on in the 2008 presidential campaign, I have to laugh at the current situation.

The situation to which I am referring to, is OBAMANIA! (I believe that I am the first to use this phrase.) We have all heard that Sen. Barack Obama has purchased a one-half hour block on seven major networks to do a little self-promotion. The price tag for 4 of those networks is, reportedly, more than 1 million dollars per network.

It has been further reported that Barack Obama will now apply for and receive public campaign funds to help out with the financing of his Presidential campaign. This was something that he swore and promised that he would not do. The reason for refusing the public campaign financing, was so that he would not be restricted by the strict spending limits imposed on publicly funded candidates. In return for receiveing public campaign financing, the candidate must agree not to seek or spend private donations on campaign expenses.

We now know that this system is horrible. To date, it is estimated that Sen. Obama's private campaign fundraising has outgained Sen. McCain's at a rate of almost 3 to 1. He has raised, and spent, more money than any other Presidential candidate in US history, and he has done it with nothing more than private donations. It is a feat that is very admirable. I couldn't raise that kind of money. Could you? What bothers me about the whole situation is that he will now use the public campaign financing to payroll this 30 minute infomercial about himself. This does not seem right. Does it?

He has outspent McCain at a rate of 3 to 1. His commercials run at a rate of 4 to 1 on major news networks allready, and all this has been done with private donations and third party collaborators. Now, he wants to utilize public taxpayer dollars (something that he promised early in his campaign that he would not do) to bankroll this infomercial.

I find this outlandish. First, if you deny public campaign financing, and you raise as much money that Sen. Obama has, privately, then you shouldn't be allowed to untilize it once it has been turned down. Second, who does this guy think he is? He is actually getting the network to push back the start of a World Series baseball game, something that has never been done before, ever. Third, and most important, if you can't hold true to the simple promise of not utilizing public campaign funding, then what about his other promises. What does this say about his basic principals? I could venture a guess in his thinking. It will go without saying that I don't like Sen. Obama, nor his his political cronies, to whom he has aligned himself with, Kennedy, Pelosi and Clinton.

Sen. Barack Obama is an over exposed political pawn that the Democratic Party hyped would be the savior of all things American. In reality, he is just another face in the liberal democrat crowd, that stood for nothing, except for his own political aspirations, and has yet to prove himself worthy of even another term as a US Senator. He has yet to propose a bill of substance and value to the American public and yet we are to believe that he will fix all. Mark my words ladies and gentlemen, once the Democratic Party has control of the White House and both the Senate and the House of Representatives, we will definately see change, and you won't like it.


Jordan Fleck