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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
oh and folks get in a tiffy or cry foul when romney "plays by the rules" and pays his 15% (or 13.9%) tax on $20 million but its ok for obama to play those same rules when it comes to superpacs after he's called them out for being wrong (even though its legal)? theres hypocricy for you...
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I'll point out that in the thread about Romney's taxes I used the same exact phrase, "Don't hate the player, hate the game". But, with regard to Romney's taxes, Romney both plays by the rules and supports those rules. In fact, he wants to make the rules even more favorable for himself. Obama wants to make the rules fairer for everyone. Similarly, with regard to super pacs, Romney both plays by the rules and wants to make the rules even more favorable for himself -- allowing direct corporate contributions to candidates. Obama wants to make the rules more fair for everyone.

So, I'l repeat, don't hate the player, hate the game. But, with regard to both super pacs and and taxes, Romney wants to make the game worse while Obama wants to make the game better. There really is no disconnect there.
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i see your point. on the other end of the spectrum and as i indicated in the first line of my post, obama jumping on the superpac ride just means nothing will be done about it.

if obama should win and the dem superpacs collects millions of dollars that helped him to victory, what incentive does that give a hopeful dem candidate in the future to want to change the rules back to the old ways? and how is obama really above it all when he wont be running for anything after this so he's basically denouncing a rule he hates, takes advantage of it, and tries to destroy it when it works for him when he doesnt have a care in the world whether anything happens or not, cause the end result was it got him the win. in that sense it is sort of hypocritical.

its the same thing with his decision to not take public money. he said he's doing it for some "good" and will reform the system once inside so he's basically saying, ill take advantage of every wicked rules im against to get me victories but once it works for me, ill destroy it so everyone else will have to play by a new set of rules. you see nothing wrong in that thinking/mindset?[/quote]

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