In my inbox this morning was a campaign email from the Barack Obama for President 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe. The intent of the message was to warn Obama supporters of the formation of a pro-Clinton/anti-Obama 527 Group named the "American Leadership Project". In that message, the funding structure for this new group was portrayed as:
The so-called "American Leadership Project" will take unlimited contributions from individuals and is organized the same way as the infamous Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
Seems innocuous enough until you consider the fact that a different 527 Group, which is subject to the same funding legalities as the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, is the Obama-supporting MoveOn.org 527 Group. My question back to the Obama campaign would be this: If you are going to oppose 527 Groups (American Leadership Project, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth) because of their funding structure - why would you not also opppose MoveOn.org and their fundraising efforts on behalf of pro-Obama advocacy?
Seems a bit hypocritical to me.
