DNC to File Complaint Against McCain
By anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
United States
February 26, 2008 3:03pm CST
The DNC announced plans to file a complaint against John McCain for ignoring FEC law.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=prnw.20080224.CLSU018&show_article=1&catnum=3
In summary, in order to receive matching funds, John McCain signed a binding agreement with the FEC to accept spending limits and to abide by the conditions of receiving those funds. McCain financially benefited from this legally binding contract - he got free ballot access, saving him millions of dollars, and he secured a $4 million line of credit to keep his campaign afloat by using public financing as collateral. Now he plans on withdrawing from receiving public funds but he's already either exceeded or is about to exceed the spending limit of $56.8 million. Here's another example, IMHO, of McCain showing he doesn't have the integrity many have claimed him to have. What's your opinion, humble or otherwise?
Annie
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@jormins (1223)
• United States
26 Feb 08
Its strange as an independent he was one of the few Republicans I liked a few months ago. I now think he has sold his soul to get the nomination and a chance to become President. Despite all of his service for our country I have lost a ton of respect for him. Just this morning he was introduced by a surrogate who repeated Barack Hussein Obama almost as much as McCain now (he never used to do this) says "my friends". It just shows that this might not be the clean campaign we were expecting from him.
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@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
27 Feb 08
It seems that this issue may not be resolved because of the Democratics in Congress. McCain has filed a letter requesting to be released from the program. It can not be acted on because the Democratics will not bring up President Bushs nomination to the FEC for a vote thus preventing the commission from meeting due to a lack of a quoum. It would seem that the lack of integrity is with the DNC since they are preventing the committee from acting. Dirty Politics but by whom?
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
27 Feb 08
"It's unclear what, if any, effect the filing will have. The six-member commission currently has four vacancies. That's too few to constitute a quorum and initiate enforcement actions."
I other words nothing can be done to McCain for violating the rules. You can't withdraw or be released from a program after you've already borrowed against it.
Annie
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
27 Feb 08
So they "think" he has exceeded or is about to exceed his spending limit. Of course you believe Howard Dean and the hypocrites at the DNC without question. Why question them? We know how honorable and patriotic they are. They've always treated the voters of this country with respect... ya know, the ones that aren't in Michigan and Florida.
See, you're taking their accusations, and accepting them as though they are fact. Nothing has been proven but you are eager to hang McCain out to dry. These accusations are filed by the DNC as part of their agenda to make McCain look bad. This isn't an objective group making these accusations. It's a group of people who have already shown themselves to be against a fair democratic process where every vote counts.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
27 Feb 08
I posted the story and the link to it, you can choose whether to read it or not and come to your own conclusion. He borrowed money using the federal funds he would be getting as collateral, for one thing. He'd spent over $49 million over a month ago so it's not exactly far-fetched to believe that he's most likely exceeded the limit by now.
Annie
@justabloke (526)
• United States
27 Feb 08
Personally, I don't really care. I am more concerned that the country may elect an old fart again. I have nothing against old(er) people, but, most people retire by the time they are 65 and I think that those in politics should retire around the same time either.
McCain would be 2 years older than when Reagan was elected and he was too old, imo.
@Destiny007 (5805)
• United States
28 Feb 08
It isn't McCain who is lacking in integrity here, it is Obama.
McCain is trying to get the FEC to approve his financing, and he can't get as ruling because there are not enough people there for a quorum and a decision.
Guess who is blocking confirmation of one of the FEC appointees... None other than Obama himself.
He is playing politics in order to prevent McCain from getting a decision so that McCain will be at a disadvantage when it comes to campaign financing.
Something else needs to be mentioned... Obama also agreed to certain campaign funding and so far has not lived up to his promise either... however there seems to be no mention of that evidence of lack of integrity on Obama's part in your post.
I wonder why... as that seems to be a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Here is the link to the story concerning Obama's dirty political tricks...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120389958925789389.html?mod=loomia&loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r5:c0.179874
Enjoy.
@Destiny007 (5805)
• United States
28 Feb 08
If you would have read the article, you would have known that he had already served a term or two, and that his term had expired.
He had ALREADY been approved by everyone until Obama put a hold on his RECONFIRMATION.
Furthermore, if you would have bothered to read that link I provided, you would have found that Senator Reid even changed the rules in the hopes of tanked Bush's choice and it didn't work out the way he planned.
Originally all four nominees were to have been confirmed as a group, but Reid tried to change it so that they were confirmed singly in the hopes of sticking it to Bush.
Unfortunately for Reid, the FEC decided to confirm them as pairs, and Bush's nominee was pair with Reid's hand picked nominee.
Reid can't deny Bush's pick without denying his own pick.
Obama, for no good reason, put a "hold" on the confirmation in order to keep McCain from getting the decision and clarification that he needs.
This is nothing more than the dirty politics that we are so used to seeing from the liberals.
Here's something else that was in that article as well...
"Mr. Obama also boasts about his role in crafting last year's lobbying and ethics law, which includes a provision requiring candidates to report "bundled" campaign contributions. The FEC was unable to devise the rules for that provision before it lost its quorum in December. Meanwhile, Mr. Obama is bundling away."
Yet you have the audacity to claim that McCain lacks integrity.
The entire bunch of democrats do not have one bit of integrity in the lot of them... Obama is saying one thing and doing the opposite, which shows like all of the other liberals, he will say whatever it takes to get elected, and then forget everything he promised.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
28 Feb 08
From what I've read about this blocked appointment, there is certainly more than enough reasons for him not to be confirmed. Which is why Bush put him up there; that way he can accuse the Democrats of playing politics. What a joke!
http://halfricanrevolution.blogspot.com/2007/06/hans-spakovsky-does-not-want-you-to_15.html
Annie
