Hypocrite, anyone?
A private fundraiser set to feature an appearance by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) may yet violate certain provisions of McCain's own Campaign Finance Reform Act, RAW STORY has learned.
The controversy, as described two days ago by the website Senate Majority Project, surrounds the language used in the invitation materials. The invitation, for a fundraiser later tonight for Adjutant General Stanhope Spears, does not itself stipulate a ceiling on donations, as McCain-Feingold suggests it should. It does, however, suggest a minimum donation of $100 per guest.
The RSVP card, sent separately, reads as follows:
"Contributions to Spears for Adjutant General are not tax deductible for federal income tax purposes. The solicitation of funds is being made only by Spears for Adjutant General. We are honored to have Senator McCain as our Special Guest for this event. In accordance with federal law, Senator McCain is not soliciting individual contributions in excess of $2,100 per person, nor is he soliciting corporate, labor union, or foreign national contributions. South Carolina state law allows campaign contributions of up to $3,500 per election cycle. Registered lobbyists please disregard."
However, experts say that, despite the legal donation limit of $3,500 in South Carolina, if the Spears campaign (Spears for Adjutant General) accepts donations over the federal limit of $2,100 at this event, McCain will still be in violation of the campaign finance reform law that he spearheaded.
Senate Republicans Will Back Lieberman
A source at the National Republican Senatorial Committee confirmed in an interview with The Politicker that the Republican party will not help Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate Alan Schlesinger (R) "or any other potential Republican candidate in Connecticut, and it now favors a Lieberman victory in November."
Said the source: "We did a poll and there is no way any Republican we put out there can win, so we are just going to leave that one alone."
Ha. Well put, but let's also hope that Lieberman can't win, shall we? Oh, and are we any closer to slapping a Republican tag on his ass, yet?
Hatch says Demo win could help terrorists
Joy! Here's another hyprocrite! Orrin Hatch usually spends his time bemoaning the rampant partisanship that inflicts Congress, but once again, he proves that he keeps adding to the it:
Hatch was quoted in Tuesday's Tooele Transcript Bulletin as saying Middle East terrorists are "waiting for the Democrats here to take control, let things cool off and then strike again."
While Hatch now says he does not recall making the reported statement to the Tooele newspaper, it would not be the first time he tied terrorist action to Democrats seeking office.
During the 2004 presidential election, Hatch suggested al-Qaida members wanted Democratic challenger John Kerry to defeat President Bush.
Terrorists "are going to throw everything they can between now and the election to try and elect Kerry," Hatch said in a Washington Post story printed in September 2004.
Welcome to the politics of fear.
Yes, indeed.
Parents of Recruit Claim Army Made False Promises, Forged Documents
Another kid gets suckered into "being all that he can be," and really, this is happening so much lately that the Army should consider changing its slogan to "by hook or by crook, we'll get you any way we can".
Cunningham's wife tells all: Knives, guns, gay-bashing and delusion
Nancy showed little interest in defending her husband's behavior, which, she said, was an embarrassment to her and her girls. "When I was going to retire and become director of the Rhoades School, I made him promise to stop gay-bashing in public, because it might upset parents at that private school," she said. She recalled when her husband addressed a group of men about his prostate surgery, he said his rectal procedure was "just not natural, unless maybe you're Barney Frank." Frank dismissed Cunningham's comment. "I wouldn't list stability as his strongest personal characteristic," he said. Frank later added, "He tends to frequently blurt out stuff on gay issues. He seems to be more interested in discussing homosexuality than most homosexuals."
You know, this seems to be a reoccuring thing among politicians. It reminds me of the study about how homophobic men could really be covering up their own homosexual feelings. Maybe that's what's wrong with the GOP lately.
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