Obama’s Deputy Campaign Manager Julianna Smoot makes two claims and both are 100% false, they were outraised and outspent by Romney. The truth is Obama raised by more than Romney by $125 million and outspent him by $44 million.

From: Julianna Smoot, BarackObama.com
Subject: This is potentially devastating
Date: July 13, 2012 1:20:30 PM EDT
To: Drew

Drew —

We got outraised last month, and not by a little bit.

Part Two of getting outraised is getting outspent. That translates into a potentially devastating sweep of negative, misleading messaging that’s going to flood the airwaves in swing states — over and over and over — until November 6th. It’s already started, and it’s only July.

Will you make a donation of $5 or more to help close this gap?

How this election plays out will define our democracy: Can super PACs and hundreds of millions of dollars from Republicans and the Romney campaign — through the brute force of negative advertising alone — drown out millions of voices?

Or can the politics of inclusivity — asking supporters to chip in $5, $10, $25 at a time — keep the margin close enough to win?

Thanks,

Julianna

Julianna Smoot
Deputy Campaign Manager
Obama for America