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Dems call for McCain investigation
Politico ^ | 2010-10-20 | Kasie Hunt

Posted on 10/20/2010 6:15:09 PM PDT by rabscuttle385

National Democrats have asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether Arizona Sen. John McCain violated campaign finance laws when his campaign paid to run ads for Republican House candidates in Arizona — charges the McCain campaign said are “baseless.”

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed a FEC complaint Tuesday against McCain and his campaign committee, Friends of John McCain, because of recent ads backing Ruth McClung, the GOP nominee in Arizona’s 7th District, and Jesse Kelly, who is running in the 8th District. The complaint also asks the FEC to investigate whether McClung, Kelly and their respective campaign committees were in violation of campaign finance laws.

The TV commercials for Kelly and McClung include the standard disclaimer required by McCain’s namesake landmark campaign finance legislation, “paid for by Friends of John McCain,” and feature McCain himself announcing, “I’m John McCain and I approve this message.”

Yet if McCain is spending more than $4,800 on each ad — the legal limit for a political contribution — it’s likely he’s breaking the campaign finance law, Democrats say in the complaint.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
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Hopefully McCain will get hoisted on his own petard.

FUJM!

1 posted on 10/20/2010 6:15:14 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
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To: rabscuttle385

Irony huh?


2 posted on 10/20/2010 6:17:01 PM PDT by tatown (Obama is Kenyan for "I make love to a woman that looks like Patrick Ewing")
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To: rabscuttle385

lol!!


3 posted on 10/20/2010 6:17:50 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: rabscuttle385
Obama UJM!
4 posted on 10/20/2010 6:17:53 PM PDT by 103198
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To: rabscuttle385

He certainly is a canidate for being Pe Tarted.......


5 posted on 10/20/2010 6:17:57 PM PDT by jakerobins
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To: rabscuttle385

Would be such a joke and rightfully so for this altruistic Semi-Republican/Democrat. I would actually love for him to be brought up on charges here as he and his idiotic supporters, NC come to mind. All of his ideas were not only anti-Constitutional, but insane as well! He and all that voted for this stupid legislation should be turned out to pasture.


6 posted on 10/20/2010 6:20:12 PM PDT by Deagle
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To: rabscuttle385
National Democrats have asked the Federal Election Commission...

Give it up, come November 2...

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7 posted on 10/20/2010 6:21:17 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: rabscuttle385
Hey, John - see what you get for reaching across the aisle? Hah! Serves you right.

I'm sensing a wee bout of Schadenfreude coming on. :-)

8 posted on 10/20/2010 6:22:03 PM PDT by Charles Martel ("Endeavor to persevere...")
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To: rabscuttle385

Imagine that.

I’m sure the DemonRAT Demogogues are guilty of violations of that unconstitutional quagmire, and much more besides, but it is good to see someone who betrayed us by promoting it getting bitten by it in the end.


9 posted on 10/20/2010 6:22:19 PM PDT by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: KoRn

I’m sure that senor jon is SHOCKED that his GOOD FRIENDS on the other side would treat HIM this way.

It must be the TEA PARTY after him, surely the dems LOVE HIM, after all, he helped get obama elected.


10 posted on 10/20/2010 6:22:23 PM PDT by bakoj (What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.)
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“But,but, we have nothing to fear from an Obama Presidency!”

McLoser’s friends turn on him on a dime, and the irony is, foreign money from unidentified sources flowed into Obama’s campaigns like the Mississippi after a spring thunderstorm.

Regards, Rabs.


11 posted on 10/20/2010 6:22:49 PM PDT by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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To: mkjessup; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; Avoiding_Sulla; calcowgirl; AuntB; SandRat; TigersEye; ...

John McCain, you treasonous bastard, I challenge you or any of your traitorous cohorts...

12 posted on 10/20/2010 6:23:32 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Live Free or Die)
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To: rabscuttle385

That right there’s funny, I don’t care who you are.


13 posted on 10/20/2010 6:23:35 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
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Meanwhile, Chuck U Schumer is distributing millions. Schumer cutting monster checks to Democrats

John, John, John ... don't you know that each time you reach across the aisle, you have to count the fingers on the hand that comes back? Do you get it yet?

14 posted on 10/20/2010 6:23:35 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("It's amazing, A man who has such large ears could be so tone deaf" Rush Limbaugh 9/8/10)
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To: Deagle

I still blame McCain for obamas victory in 2008 he could have told everyone Obama was a socialist but no he thought Obama was a nice man. McCain sucks and I hope his daughter had something to do with the ads as well, a 2 for 1 throw em in the slammer is fine by me


15 posted on 10/20/2010 6:23:46 PM PDT by funfan
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To: rabscuttle385

Skip the investigation - just oust him.


16 posted on 10/20/2010 6:24:04 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("In politics the middle way is none at all." -- John Adams)
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To: rabscuttle385

The problem with this is, they aren’t after Juan. The commie ‘RATS have drawn a bead on Kelly and McClung. The bass turds are desperate and scared that Giffords, Mitchell and Raul the La Raza Guy are about to be thrown out on their collective arses. My question is, when is the GOP going to start making these kinds of allegations against the commie ‘RAT candidates? I’m not going to hold my breath. GOPers need to cowboy up and get with the program or they’re going to get killed in two weeks. The ‘RATS are already giving out FREE ice cream to anyone who will vote for them and it’s working.


17 posted on 10/20/2010 6:25:01 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hey kids! Vote for the DemocRATS and get FREE ice cream!!!)
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To: NonValueAdded

hahaha that cracked me up


18 posted on 10/20/2010 6:25:16 PM PDT by funfan
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To: rabscuttle385
Does this mean you don't feel sorry for him?

Let's count how many sympathetic comments McCain gets here, let me start off: Oh those Democrats are just so mean

19 posted on 10/20/2010 6:28:11 PM PDT by sickoflibs ("It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
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To: rabscuttle385
This calls for a Muntz!


20 posted on 10/20/2010 6:30:39 PM PDT by CapnJack
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