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Dems., Seeking to Hamstring McCain, to File Public Financing Suit
The Washington Post ^ | April 13, 2008 | Matthew Mosk

Posted on 04/14/2008 5:30:58 AM PDT by dmartin

I searched and could not find this posted. Seems the DNC has decided to file suit as of this morning.

The Democratic National Committee announced today it will file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court Monday to force Sen. John McCain to stay in the public financing system until he formally accepts the Republican presidential nomination in September.

Dems., Seeking to Hamstring McCain, to File Public Financing Suit

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; election; elections; justsayno2johnmccain; mccain
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1 posted on 04/14/2008 5:30:58 AM PDT by dmartin
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To: dmartin

I don’t get it. Didn’t he already say he WOULD accept public financing? What am I missing here?


2 posted on 04/14/2008 5:32:37 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (I'm not voting FOR John McCain -- I'm voting AGAINST Hillary/Obama)
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To: Nervous Tick

Both he and Baraq vowed to stick with public financing, but I think he said he will leave open the option to drop that if Baraq does first.

I have no idea what those idiots are up to at the DNC though.


3 posted on 04/14/2008 5:36:57 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: dmartin

George Soros’ Operation Chaos?


4 posted on 04/14/2008 5:39:53 AM PDT by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: Abathar
I think you're right.

Note that Obama has recently been trying to redefine public financing: using the internet to solicit donations from citizens would fall under Obama's definition of "public financing". Such a redefinition serves Obama well, but not McCain -- which then makes it more likely for McCain to "flip flop" and abandon his pledge to stick with public financing.

5 posted on 04/14/2008 5:41:53 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: dmartin

Is this getting personal, doesn’t DNC mean Howie Dean? Guess he wants to get down in the mud with lord McCain.


6 posted on 04/14/2008 5:46:46 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Isa.3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.)
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To: dmartin

Somewhat similar.......http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001070/posts


7 posted on 04/14/2008 5:51:12 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: Nervous Tick
It's a complicated system.

McCain has accepted public financing for the general election, that is after the Republican convention.

He is now not in that system.

8 posted on 04/14/2008 5:51:39 AM PDT by JRochelle (Obama on small town America: bitter, cling to guns or religion, anti-immigrant people.)
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To: Nervous Tick

As I understand it, McCain was not going to use public financing in the primary, but has said he will do so for the general. The problem is when his campaign was down and out that he used his right to public financing as collateral against a loan, obligating him to use public financing for the primaries, also. Then he won a few primaries and his fundraising increased, and he decided he didn’t want to use public financing for the primary. If he is forced to use public financing, he will have virtually no money to spend until after the Pubbie convention. That is, ironically, the law under McCain-Feingold CFR. Talk about being hoisted on your own petard.

Not that Obama is an honorable man keeping to his word, either. Obama said he would use public financing for the general if his opponent did. That’s when his fundraising wasn’t going so well. Now he’s raising a ton of money and is trying to renege on that deal.


9 posted on 04/14/2008 5:56:15 AM PDT by LadyNavyVet (He is risen!)
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To: Nervous Tick

He accepted public financing in the primaries, not for the general election.


10 posted on 04/14/2008 6:01:11 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Just mythoughts

A LOT of Dems are frightened that thier current trainwreck is diverting attention from the REAL cause, Destroying McCain. And they are right...


11 posted on 04/14/2008 6:02:28 AM PDT by tcrlaf (VOTE DEMOCRAT-You'll look great in a Burka!)
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To: dmartin

Oh, of course the rats always keep their word!


12 posted on 04/14/2008 6:13:58 AM PDT by SouthTexas (If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Thanks. Very similar post. Any opinion on whether I should have this post pulled?


13 posted on 04/14/2008 6:18:49 AM PDT by dmartin ('Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.- M. Twain)
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No. It’s important stuff. Leave it up, by all means....


14 posted on 04/14/2008 6:35:18 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: Abathar

“Baraq”

LOL!!!


15 posted on 04/14/2008 7:16:57 AM PDT by moose2004
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To: dmartin
Desperation politics. The destruction between Clinton and Obama are irreversible and the Democrats know it. No matter who the Democrats pick now there will be at least a 20% defection on either losing side that will stay home or go to McCain and will give McCain an easy victory.
16 posted on 04/14/2008 7:27:25 AM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: tobyhill

From your mouth to God’s ear, let it be true, please!


17 posted on 04/14/2008 7:41:00 AM PDT by SatinDoll (Desperately seeking a conservative candidate.)
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To: SatinDoll
They thought that this weekend was going to be the end of the attacks and they could somewhat unify but then Obama goes and runs his muck about people “clinging” to religion and guns and like a good politician Hillary pounced on it.
18 posted on 04/14/2008 7:43:49 AM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: dmartin
"It's unfortunate the DNC is now trying to drag the federal courts into their circus as well,"

The Democrats know they're in real trouble this election.

19 posted on 04/14/2008 8:02:30 AM PDT by 1035rep
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To: Abathar; moose2004

Please don’t spell it Baraq. While the transliteration from the Arabic is inexact, the spelling “Barack” is generally accepted and most closely resembles the proper Arabic pronunciation. And it is a matter of respect. Barack, you see, was the name of the prophet Mohammed’s magical winged horse, with the breasts of a woman and the tail of a peacock, who took the prophet for his evening’s visit to Paradise and back. Gotta respect the prophet’s horse.

Seriously, in all the hoo-hah over a radio talk-show host’s emphasis on Obama’s middle name Hussein, the origin and symbolism of his first name has gone totally unremarked. “Hussein” (and other variations of the H-S-N trilateral root) merely infers that one is a Muslim, but there’s something very special and symbolic to be named for the steed who magically conveyed the prophet to Paradise.


20 posted on 04/14/2008 9:07:43 AM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast ([Fred Thompson/Clarence Thomas 2008!])
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