In one of the few times Barack Obama has been specific, he simply changes his direction when it is more advantageous to him. By rejecting his promise to use public financing, he has opted for old-school money machines so he could run his own TV channel, provide rock concerts to inflate his crowds, and appear in video games.

Every piece of Obama advertising you see today, is funded by this man’s original fraud; funded by his broken pledge.

Below, is where Barack Obama promised last November to use public financing. He will promise you anything, because he knows you will accept his commands without question when he changes his mind.

Here is the questionare:

If you are nominated for President in 2008 and your major opponents agree to forgo private funding in the general election campaign, will you participate in the presidential public financing system?

Yes. I have been a long-time advocate for public financing of campaigns combined with free television and radio time as a way to reduce the influence of moneyed special interests. I introduced public financing legislation in the Illinois State Senate, and am the only 2008 candidate to have sponsored Senator Russ Feingold’s (DWI) bill to reform the presidential public financing system. In February 2007, I proposed a novel way to preserve the strength of the public financing system in the 2008 election. My plan requires both major party candidates to agree on a fundraising truce, return excess money from donors, and stay within the public financing system for the general election. My proposal followed announcements by some presidential candidates that they would forgo public financing so they could raise unlimited funds in the general election. The Federal Election Commission ruled the proposal legal, and Senator John McCain (r-AZ) has already pledged to accept this fundraising pledge. If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election. 

Barack’s Broken Pledge  

• Mr. Burton added that if nominated Mr. Obama would “aggressively pursue an agreement” with whoever was his opponent.                   

 Barack Obama’s Broken Promise:

• “Today, Barack Obama has revealed himself to be just another typical politician who will do and say whatever is most expedient for Barack Obama,” McCain campaign communications director Jill Hazelbaker said in a statement. “The true test of a candidate for president is whether he will stand on principle and keep his word to the American people. Barack Obama has failed that test today, and his reversal of his promise to participate in the public finance system undermines his call for a new type of politics.”
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Barack Obama’s Bad Decision:

• Sen. Barack Obama did not do his integrity any favor by going back on his pledge to use public financing this fall in the final months of the campaign.

 Now you know why his slogan is change.