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DNC to file FEC complaint against McCain[Public Financing]
The Hill ^
| 24 Feb 2008
| Sam Youngman
Posted on 02/24/2008 12:54:03 PM PST by BGHater
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will file a complaint against Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Monday, charging that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is breaking the law by trying to get out of a public financing agreement.
In a Sunday afternoon conference call with reporters, DNC chairman Howard Dean said McCain's attempt to withdraw from a loan agreement that hinged on an acceptance of public financing speaks directly to McCain's "integrity."
"This is a classic example of someone who talks one way and does another when it benefits him," Dean said.
On the call, Dean repeatedly criticized McCain for allegedly violating a law he helped reform with the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002 -- generally referred to as McCain-Feingold.
"They might as well just call it the Feingold law," Dean said.
The DNC has made clear in recent days it plans to paint the prohibitive Republican nominee as a hypocrite, someone who decries Washington politics while enjoying the support and aid of lobbyists.
The McCain campaign did not immediately respond to an e-mail request for comment, but it has recently said that it is not surprised by the DNC's "attacks." It has also responded to Democratic criticisms by saying it is abiding by election law.
One McCain aide recently told The Hill that the Democratic Party is afraid of McCain because he is its "worst nightmare."
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; dnc; fec; financing; fundraising; mccain
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posted on
02/24/2008 12:54:04 PM PST
by
BGHater
To: BGHater
I hate Communists. It’s a damn shame we allow them to operate in this country under the guise of being DemocRATS.
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posted on
02/24/2008 12:56:44 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(In November, we're going to be able to elect politicians who say they can change the weather. YAY!)
To: BGHater
This is McCain’s fault here. He wrote that law.
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posted on
02/24/2008 12:59:44 PM PST
by
Sybeck1
(It's truly bad when your Savior in November is Judas Himself.)
To: BGHater
Well, well, well. McCain once again being fired upon by his Democrat buddies...and with his own artillery no less.
What a shame that he won't learn from his mistakes in collaborating with those turncoats. If only McCain showed even half as much contempt toward liberals as he does conservatives.
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:00:46 PM PST
by
Digital Sniper
(Hello, "Undocumented Immigrant." I'm an "Undocumented Border Patrol Agent.")
To: BGHater
Guess what McCain, the other side of the aisle bites. Every schmoozy thing you ever said to them and every cozy betrayal you ever conspired with them will come back to haunt you. Same goes with the liberal media.
Popcorn time.
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:01:11 PM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: Sybeck1
I think it is funny that all of MCain’s past discretions will come back to haunt him.......and from the very people he has bowed to and kissed a$$ for all these years.
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:01:23 PM PST
by
sheana
To: Digital Sniper
What a shame that he won't learn from his mistakes in collaborating with those turncoats. If only McCain showed even half as much contempt toward liberals as he does conservatives.
Should we start a pool as to how long it takes McCain after he gets beaten like a drum in the general election to blame his loss on "those damned conservatives"? I place my bet on his first post-defeat television interview, which I imagine will be with Katie Couric or Anderson Cooper. It'll be the same interview where he announces he's going Independent like his pal Joe Lieberman.
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:15:28 PM PST
by
LostInBayport
("Anyone whose tax bill goes up feels like it's an increase." - Mass. Governor Deval Patrick, 2/28/07)
To: BGHater
There is john mc queeg, with his broken arms. Is he the Hanoi candidate?
I don’t want to find out.
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:18:21 PM PST
by
machenation
("it can't happen here" Frank Zappa)
To: BGHater
Pubbies just don’t get it...politics to the Dems is a bar brawl...with broken bottles...the pubbies see it as a night around the country club tables....
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:20:22 PM PST
by
mo
To: BGHater
There must be some mistake, conservative John McCain would never use public financing. Also, McCain-Feingold fixed this so it is impossible for this to happen.
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:20:37 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(John McCain, the Manchurian Candidate.)
To: BGHater
I’m no expert on FEC law, but methinks they are about as slow as molasses running uphill at -40. Any complaint filed now will be resolved sometime in 2010. But it allows Dean (who by the way sought and received a draft deferment during the Vietnam conflict for a back injury, only to take the time he would have spent serving his country as a ski bum in Colorado) to file, get some quotes on the wire services, and act like this is a serious threat to McCain.
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:20:49 PM PST
by
Wally_Kalbacken
(Seldom right but never in doubt)
To: BGHater
But...but...McCain is one of them! He’s an enlightened moderate I tell ya, loved by journalists everywhere, a true maverick....
To: BGHater
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:25:32 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: BGHater
I thought democrats were going to cross over
and vote for me, not double cross me.
Those damned conservatives!!!
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:26:23 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(We've got Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dumb & Tweedle Dumber left. Name them in order. I dare ya.)
To: BGHater
This was totally predictable. Some of the left leaning press have been writing about McCain’s hypocrisy on campaign finance since the 2000 election.
15
posted on
02/24/2008 1:26:54 PM PST
by
Eva
(Benedict Arnold was a war hero, too.)
To: BGHater
On the call, Dean repeatedly criticized McCain for allegedly violating a law he helped reform with the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002 -- generally referred to as McCain-Feingold. "They might as well just call it the Feingold law," Dean said. Ha ha! See what happens when you wallow around with a bunch of pigs, John?
I hope the FEC hammers McCain.
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:29:18 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(Could pacifists exist if there weren't people brave enough to go to war for their right to exist?)
To: BGHater
Campaign Finance Reform Petard Hoisting bump. McShame Schadenfreude.
17
posted on
02/24/2008 1:33:15 PM PST
by
VRWC For Truth
(No mas Juan "Traitor Rat" McAmnesty)
To: BGHater
And so it begins.....
CYA Johnny boy 'cause your "democrat buddies" are a comin' after ya......
Can anybody say......
Click the Pic
(I knew ya could)
It's about as surprising as finding eggs in a birds nest
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:39:27 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: BGHater
How-weird Dean questioning someone’s integrity? That’s rich. Still, it is nice to see McCain hoist upon his own.
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:41:30 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
To: Eva
>>This was totally predictable. Some of the left leaning press have been writing about McCains hypocrisy on campaign finance since the 2000 election.<<
Its predictable on several levels. One of which is no matter how much one side admires a member of the other side, when that guy is the nominee, they go after him.
If Lieberman is nominated as a Democrat in 4 years, the Republicans would be foolish to not oppose him.
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posted on
02/24/2008 1:41:43 PM PST
by
gondramB
(Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.)
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