New RNC Video Calls Obama A ‘Sellout’ (updated)

[ProSense]

New RNC Video Calls Obama A ‘Sellout’

The Republican National Committee is out with a new video Monday arguing that President Obama broke his campaign promise to not let lobbyists into his administration. Called “From ‘Hope’ to Hypocrisy: The Senator Who Became A Sellout,” the ad juxtaposes footage of candidate Obama with news footage, attacking the president for bringing lobbyists into his fold.

Watch:

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/new-rnc-video-calls-obama-sellout

Oh, let's talk about transparency.

EXCLUSIVE: Obama Campaign Refunding Money Donated by Federal Lobbyists
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/01/barack-obama-refunds-lobbyist-money.html

Obama Campaign Releases List Of Bundlers
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/obama-campaign-releases-list-of-bundlers

62 Percent Of Karl Rove’s $123 Million In ‘Crossroads’ Fundraising Comes From Secret Donors
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/20/468167/62-percent-of-karl-roves-123-million-in-crossroads-fundraising-comes-from-secret-donors/

Updated to add this from September 2010 (with an emphasis on hypocrisy):

DISCLOSE ACT DIES AGAIN.... The DISCLOSE Act (Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections) seems like such a modest proposal. It the wake of the Citizens United ruling, Democrats thought it made sense to require corporations and interest groups that pay for campaign ads to identify themselves -- allowing the public to know who's saying what.

In the House, the proposal even had a Republican co-sponsor. In the Senate, Dems agreed to make changes Republicans wanted to see related to the way the legislation treated labor unions.

But in July, every Senate Republican blocked the chamber from even debating the bill. Today, every Senate Republican did the exact same thing.

The Senate on Thursday once again blocked consideration of a controversial campaign finance measure that would require greater disclosure of corporate campaign spending.

A cloture motion to begin debate on the DISCLOSE Act fell short on a 59-39 vote. The outcome likely puts the legislation on the back burner until after the midterm elections, but it is unclear whether Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will try to take the issue up again during a lame-duck session.

Democrats only needed one Republican to at least allow the Senate to debate the bill, but not one was willing to break ranks. Remember when Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was a champion of campaign-finance reform? He not only opposed the bill, he filibustered an attempt to have a debate. Remember when Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Scott Brown (R-Mass.) seemed like the kind of "moderates" who would support an effort like this? All three toed the party line.

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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_09/025815.php

[saras]

1. They genuinely don't know what words mean. They think of them as clubs.

Well, it used to work for leftists to call people sellouts, back in the sixties, it should still work for us now.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. The GOP campaign (as I believe was telegraphed several months ago)

is to point out what President Obama campaigned for in 2008, and then accuse him of not following through. Of course, it's going to be hard for them IMHO to make these kind of hypocritical claims when either they have been doing this sort of thing for years and will be doing it again if Romney gets elected or they have been one of the biggest and most significant obstacle in getting things President Obama passed by Congress and signed into law. I guess they must be hoping that people haven't been paying attention.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. I think that teaparty/gop campaign strategy ...

would be a huge mistake.

The response ads would write themselves, since just about everything President Obama ran on was put to congress and knocked down in a highly partisan fashion.

Even the fact adverse teaparty/gop understand that can't break a bird's wings AND criticize him for not flying.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. It's a sucky strategy

which is probably why the GOP Tea Party is pursuing it.