Obama puts out another deceptive ad. Factcheck.org calls him on it:
In a new ad, Obama says, “I don’t take money from oil companies.”
Technically, that’s true, since a law that has been on the books for more than a century prohibits corporations from giving money directly to any federal candidate. But that doesn’t distinguish Obama from his rivals in the race.
We find the statement misleading:
- Obama has accepted more than $213,000 from individuals who work for companies in the oil and gas industry and their spouses.
- Two of Obama’s bundlers are top executives at oil companies and are listed on his Web site as raising between $50,000 and $100,000 for the presidential hopeful.
It’s a good catch, but I’d like it even better if someone could ask Obama why he complains incessantly about high gas prices if he thinks global warming has put “the planet in peril.” The less something costs , the more people consume it. Obama should want gas to be more expensive, not less.