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Campaign Money Watch Buys $400,000 Ad Against McCain About Excess Money Used!(Vanity)

Posted on 10/30/2008 3:20:19 PM PDT by Sneakyuser

Just heard on the KABC Larry Elder show that the Campaign Money Watch group purchased a $400,000 Ad critisizing John McCain concerning excessive money used for his political campaign!

I searched their site and found plenty of statements against McCain for various "Reason" but not on this yet.

They have a special blog for McCain here:

http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog-tags/john-mccain


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: meidabias; politics
Can someone look into this?
1 posted on 10/30/2008 3:20:22 PM PDT by Sneakyuser
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To: Sneakyuser

Is this because he took federal matching funds?


2 posted on 10/30/2008 3:25:11 PM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Sneakyuser

I think it refers to lobbyists raising money for him...

http://www.firethelobbyists.com/davis_letter.html


3 posted on 10/30/2008 3:25:51 PM PDT by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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To: Amityschild

Are you familiar with any of this since you have been watching campaign donations?


4 posted on 10/30/2008 3:26:00 PM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Calpernia

Campaign Money Watch is a well known liberal advocacy group
that tries to disguise itself as non-partisan.

Their rational is that Obama supports public financing
of campaigns and McCain doesn’t.

This is of course B.S.


5 posted on 10/30/2008 3:31:04 PM PDT by free me
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To: free me
I'd say it's BS.

McCain kept his word to take public financing, while Emperor Zero pulled a Kerry so he could have daddy war bucks soros, and all his little America hating muzzie friends illegally pay for his campaign.

6 posted on 10/30/2008 3:40:35 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Say NO to marxism, say NO to 0bama)
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To: free me

Does this have anything to do with the Federal Match Funds?


7 posted on 10/30/2008 3:40:49 PM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Calpernia

I don’t think you understand.

This outfit is not really a group pushing to get the money
and special interest out of elections as they claim to be.

You have been to their website, it resembles the huffingtonpost or Daily Kos.

They are a Barak Obama advocacy group.

When asked why they would advertise against McCain when he is the one using public financing and not Obama who is not using public financing they said “well uh Obama is more likely to vote for campaign finance restrictions”

This statement lacks credibility, to say the least.


8 posted on 10/30/2008 3:47:51 PM PDT by free me
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To: free me

That wasn’t my question. If you receive federal matching funds, does it limit or control spending?


9 posted on 10/30/2008 3:52:48 PM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Calpernia

Oh sorry. Yes, when you recieve matching funds in the primaries, the Feds finance your entire general election
campaign and you are limited to spending that amount. In this case I think it is 84 million.

The RNC is not limited in spending.


10 posted on 10/30/2008 4:12:06 PM PDT by free me
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To: free me

So McCain went over the allotted amount? That is what this ad is about?


11 posted on 10/30/2008 4:14:13 PM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Calpernia
More Info

I haven't seen the add Larry is refering to yet.

12 posted on 10/30/2008 4:24:22 PM PDT by free me
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To: free me

Thanks!


13 posted on 10/30/2008 4:53:15 PM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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