McCain Letter Asks Russian Envoy For Money
As McCain's henchman Rick Davis was trying to label as "Secret Donations" amounts that are under the disclosure limits of the bill McCain himself wrote on campaign finance, and suggesting that Obama is taking in illegal foreign donations...
... the worst-run presidential campaign in history was rolling into another blunder.
John McCain's presidential election campaign has solicited a financial contribution from an unlikely source -- Russia's U.N. envoy -- but a McCain spokesman said on Monday it was a mistake.
In the letter, McCain urged Russia's U.N. Ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, to contribute anywhere from $35 (20 pounds) to $5,000 (2,912 pounds) to help ensure McCain's victory over Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama, currently ahead in voter preference polls. "If I have the honour of continuing to serve you, I make you this promise: We will always put America -- her strength, her ideals, her future -- before every other consideration," McCain assured Churkin.
Moscow's mission to the United Nations issued a terse statement on the Republican presidential candidate's letter, saying that the Russian government and its officials "do not finance political activity in foreign countries."
Yes, it was almost certainly a database error, and more than a few people as finding it amusing as hell. But it also undermines the McCain campaign's narrative in the most embarassing way.
It also leaves some questions open. The FEC's notes on public financing say:
A major party nominee who has accepted public funding for the general election may not accept any contributions to further his election. You may, however, help a publicly funded nominee by contributing to the candidate's compliance fund. A compliance fund is a special account maintained by publicly funded nominees solely for paying legal and accounting expenses incurred in complying with the campaign finance law. You may contribute up to $2,300 to the compliance fund of a major party nominee.
$5,000 dollars is over the limit set for the FEC. The campaign still was sending out to ask for money even though it has accepted public finance so was it clearly asking for a contribution to the compliance fund?
Time for an FEC audit of McCain's finances. That's what FOX and the rest would be baying for if this was an Obama campaign letter.
Obviously the letter was a coded missive to his handlers back in the 'motherland'.
I want my candidate to owe one to the commies!. http://www.filthyrichmond.com/2008/07/im-mom....
This is especially funny now. Since Obama raised so much money last month the McCain campaign has been dropping hints that some of that money may have come from some questionable country or source.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
the irony is killing me.
bush has half our national debt in foreign hands and this xenophobe goes begging our past and future cold-war adversary for money.
The visible desperation is priceless.
Some stuff you can't make up!
The American People ARE a questionable source. Why else would the govenment have given the NSA permission to listen to every one of our phone calls and read every one of our e-mails?
And Palin, Bachmann & Co think LIBERALS are un-American.
Maybe Palin saw Bank of Moscow from her house.
maybe they have an ATM in Wasilla.
Some stuff you can't make up!
that McCain's campaign is so desperate they are (even accidentally) asking for money from countries he was condemning recently.
"We are all Georgians now" psst, just kidding Ruskis, how about some coin?
Some in McCain's staff are calling for an investigation for Obama donors who give $200, and he is calling on his Russian friends for a hand-out? Are we in Oz yet? This is surreal.
And McCain helped write the rule that you don't have to disclose for under $200. Doh!
You be the judge.
http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/mccain-sti...
McCain's trying to use every loophole in order to scrounge up money. He's desperate and even willing to break the law now.
that john mccain is doing this shit on purpose. that he wants to lose.
i've seen lemonade stands w/ 8 year olds run better.
Is he doing this shit because he knows that the fix is in?
"$5,000 dollars is over the limit set for the FEC..."
Not necessarily. If it was his Straight Talk Express PAC that he was soliciting funds for then the limit is $5K per person.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1224550823280...
The subject line for every day is obvious: You can't make this $hit up!
McCain campaign now being investigated for campaign fraud and use of illegal loopholes. What's next?
I've been watching this campaign closely and I've noticed that each time McCain and the RNC know that they're about to be "outed publicly" on some scan, smear or illegal activity, McCain "tips his hand" and begins screeching about the Dems doing precisely what they know will be launched against them.
Just watch McCain's mouth: If it's moving, he's lying and telling us what his next problem is going to be.
Here's more on this...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1224550823280...
What is surprising is the Murdoch owns WSJ and they are helping to "out McCain". Eating their own anyone?
"You can't make this $hit up!"
That will probably be the title of the book that will be written about this campaign. Then the book will become a movie and people will laugh their asses off as they watch.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Let's not forget McCain's secret Muslim donors from the Middle East:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/...
Clearly, Al Qaeda is banking on a McCain victory!
April 1st. Geez, the editors here are slipping.
Can you imagine the hilarity in Russia over this? They should send him a bottle of Stoli to console himself after he loses.
I smell a rat - a very criminal rat...and it's time for an FEC audit.
I've watched all of the pundits & media whores stepping up the money discrepancy as something problematic instead of showing the obvious: people across america are rallying behind Obama and sending in their contributions versus getting all of your money from lobbyists and special interest groups as John McCain has been doing.
Now these pundits will all have egg on their faces as people call for an FEC audit of McCain's use of loopholes which may be considered criminal fraud.
Amazing to watch these media whores flipflop every day. They're outing themselves for a paycheck.
I hope there will be congressional pressure as well as citizen petitions for a full audit of McCain campaign finances immediately.
Grandpa and his hench-bitch cannot be this dumb. Two more weeks of this embarrassing vaudevillian campaign.
they're doing their level best to steal this election... AGAIN! I don't trust one of these neocon gop republican fucktard losers and sure as hell know they'll lie, cheat, and steal whatever it is they want. It's that simple... it's what happened in 2000 and 2004... if not already it's getting close to the time for the pitchforks, tar, and feathers.
What would the right wing be saying right now if Obama had done this?
Hell, they are already saying things and making accusations and Obama hasn't done anything. God only knows what they would say if he had done it.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
if i were a republican. they've always been pricks but i remember when they were good at being pricks.
these guys just need thier ass beat.
projectin mofo's...
God can be a great jokester.
Does anyone in the McCain campaign realize that HE is disapproving of their tactics. They better straighten up and fly right. Time is growing short.
McCain better be careful, Michele Bachman will be after his ass for being anti-American.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Them damned Communists!
This solicitation for $5,000 clearly breaks federal law. Uh-oh for ethically-challenged John McCain.
He'll rue the day he began focusing on how much money Obama has been able to raise from american contributions.
John McCain will rue the day.
Oh, I get it now. The Russians just made this up so that it would make McCain look bad. See,the Russians want us to elect Obama. They know he has no foreign experience so with him as president, they can jump over the water that separates Russia from Alaska and run down here to capture our country.
Note to Palin. You can use those lines and I won't ask for writer's compensation.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
that Mr. Obama has talked so much about is coming in a bigger dose than anyone expects. I hope we're ready to get with the program.
The Law does NOT apply to cons.
I mean come on already it's bad enough the chance was blown in Nov 2000 to stop this right wing-coup takeover.
How many times does it have to repeated Oh my God look what that con did how does he get away with it?
If it hasn't sunk in by now forget it your hopeless.
I think that it HAS sunk in LA; you know it and so do I.
I just think that McPain never ceases to amaze us with his sleaziness, that's all.
You can't circumcise McCain; there's no end to the prick!
At approximately 7:50 p.m. EST on election day, 70 minutes before the polls closed in the largely-Republican Florida panhandle, which is in the Central time zone, some television news networks declared that Gore had carried Florida's 25 electoral votes.
Gore, who had privately conceded the election to Bush, now withdrew his concession and announced that he would wait for a recount in Florida before any further action. After the first recount by the morning of Wednesday, November 8 Bush's margin in Florida had dwindled to about 500 votes, narrow enough to trigger a mandatory recount in that state.
Enter The CLOWNS (USSC)
Where are the Clownsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss?
Help out at the polls.
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200810170676
Nursing their tomato juices or orange juices and vodka I suppose before heading to the Halls of Power for the one day a week they actually work when not under the influence of something I suppose.
Later have a good one.
we knew it was coming.
Some stuff you can't make up!
Izvinitya pazhalsta, comrade!
Whenever I look into John Mcbush's eyes, I see 3 letters....an "A" "S" & "S".
Apparently, when McCain looks into a Russian's eyes, what he really sees are a $ a $ and a $
Palin could have just hand-delivered the letter to Russia. All she had to do was walk it over to that island in Alaska and throw it across!
It would appear that computer illiteracy extends beyond the candidate and infests the entire campaign.
What's next? Palin giving lap dances to the Joe the Plumbers in the base?
"Anyone that makes less than $150K in this country, has no business voting Republican."
Thanks for that tawdry visual, my friend..;)
Rick Davis is the swarmiest individual I've seen in the McCain campaign and that is saying a lot, consider who his surrogates are and have been.
Rick Davis has by far run the most inept campaign in recent memory and certainly the slimiest ever.
The man is a cancer, along with Palin.
For McCain to convince people he's really a Nigerian Prince.
Divine Right of Kings (1600's); Divine Right of Corporations (2011)
I can understand the need for transparency in campaign finance, but why base your desire for this on what Fox News would or would not say in the matter?
Whooopies daisies..... just a little boo boo, a tiny mistake.. (in a sea of tiny mistakes...) an accounting glich... a market, er campaign correction...ah ahhh ahhh, let's see who's left to throw under the bus... and the alibies will just keep on a comin... Yea.. these guys have the right stuff.....heheheh... Meanwhile I'm reading on the local daily rant page one Debbie Saunders, one of the rights favorite mouthpieces on how McCain has more talent in his crew than money... riiightt... Hahahahahaha A-NOTHER good one.... Then there's their latest tiredass campaign rant about how the sky is falling and oh oh my my the dems will control EEE-vvveerrryyy thing.... we need baall- laaance.. oh oh help help oh oh, I'm melting melting, what a world, what a world..... It may, oh hell, it was definitely a lamebrained move to solicit the Russians, not the least of which is because the Ruski's up and revealed the screwup to the world.. Oppps... Then there's that pesky whole legality thing about foreign contributions... Nevermind who authorized the outreach to a foreign government...The whole thing is beyond ridiculous.. But the truth is, this close to d-day??... I just don't fucking care anymore.... The GOP never had any chance in hell of swaying my opinion of them... These knuckleheads still have 2 weeks to find yet another dungheap to stick both feet in and looks like they are batting a thousand on that one... And I'll still get a chuckle when they do... But McCain? Palin? And all these so-called smart talented tools workin their little neocon butts off, are already a dead campaign walkin as far as I'm concerned...... Better luck after you fucks spend that thirty years in the wilderness your boy Buckley ranted on before he kicked the bucket...............JD
I don't understand the way federal public financing is set up. I don't get why McCain understands it either. I live in AZ where public financing is available to anyone who gets enough signatures. The AZ public funds have a max limit to start off but they will also match the financing of any other privately funded candidate running for the same office. So if a privately funded candidate raises an extra 12 million over the public funds, the public candidate will receive matching funds and still be competitive. That makes sense. The Federal system doesn't.
I thought the whole point of public funding was to take the money influence out of elections. If the public funds have a limit and private funding can easily surpass limit and keep going, then what exactly is the point again? Half the reporting on elections is the fund raising. The one with the most money is always perceived as the favorite. All this half baked Federal financing scheme does is set a bar that privately funded candidates need to pass in order to be perceived as the winner.
I'm all for public financing of elections. Our Governor in AZ is the poster child of it's success when it is done right. I just think the Federal version of public financing is more like plutocrat welfare than it is a system to help get the less wealthy smart people into higher office.
*ring ring
This is Vladimir Putin….
Comrade this is John Insane ……… I need some Russian rubles can you hook me up? That Obama guy is beating me to a pulp.(grumble,grumble)
Vlad replies…..
Why you so stupid ?
What jerk are you.
You are laughing stock.
*click………buzz- dial tone..........
With all this bullshit going on, thanks for the laugh.
what kind of corruption can you NOT find in republicanLand?
Some stuff you can't make up!
Didn't hear a peep about this on the news last night. I suppose they'll chalk it up to "a mistake" and ignore the fact that he's not supposed to be soliciting contributions at all. The way he's been whining about Obama's extrordinary fund raising success the past few days this should be included in every story.
Putin is laughing at this one. McCain/Palin have attack Russia from every angle and now McCain is asking for money. Sarah could have just yelled out her window to ask for the money. If Russia hadn't announced their request no one would have known. McCain/Palin might have to ask Iran next for campaign money you never know.
Yes, we agree to buy Alaska back, but you have to keep Sarah Palin in the lower 48.
Sincerely,
Vladimir Putin
Yup. Its a shame the russian envoy hasent a sense of humor. He could have answered publicly something like : "Sure we can give you money John, but youll have to give back Alaska...."...
Alaska elected Sarah Palin governor and gave her an 80% approval rating. They are close to re-electing Ted Stevens even though he is in the middle of a corruption scandal.
Do we really want Alaska? I say we move McCain/Palin supporters there and then give it back to Russia. Those people are more suited to Soviet style politics anyway.
I see. They erroneously entered the Russian envoy's name into a database of likely republican voters? Of likely republican contributors? Of fascist sympathizers? WHAT fuckin' database?
watta bunch of clowns. it's a wonder these guys can find their pants in the morning.
...they have to agree not to give it back.
Seems to me that I heard individual donations are are capped by law at $2,300 and accepting donations by foreign nationals is illegal.
Government + the Federal Reserve = organized crime
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