skippy the bush kangaroo

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

mccain's f.e.c.-al matter

jane hamsher of fdl has filed a formal complaint w/the f.e.c. against john mclame, because he used the promise of getting federally funded campaign funds as collateral for a loan, after which he opted out of the program, which, in the opinion of several, is the same as using the money and then deciding not to abide by the rules in place for the use of the money.

yesterday, on behalf of a large number of progressive bloggers and activists, jane went to the fec and filed an official complaint against john mccain's alleged campaign finance violations. we've been asking a lot of questions about this, and the answers have been less than forthcoming. so, instead of just sitting here and stewing about yet another gop ethical problem, we decided to put our action where our concerns were.

as you'll see from the video, jane handed over the official complaint to the fec yesterday to get the process going:

“john mccain is a campaign finance criminal who is flouting the very regulations he championed,” jane hamsher commented while delivering the complaint. “he believes the law is for someone else, not him. it's the height of hypocrisy.”
here's the video in question:



if you'd like to join in, please sign the complaint letter here.

addendum: steveaudio was on the phone w/jane as she went to file; his account of it is here.

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posted by skippy at 12:46 PM |

3 Comments:

Thanks for filing the Complaint Jane, I had no idea that any of us could do a thing about it....it has barely been even whispered on the NEWS.....THANK YOU....

( and sKippy - thank you for keeping us informed and sharing the video)
commented by Blogger enigma4ever, 5:20 PM PDT  
Wow! YAY!
commented by Anonymous ta hussain ta, 6:21 PM PDT  
I'm SHOCKED to see a Republican breaking the law.

Not really.
commented by Blogger How Insane Is John McCain?, 7:06 PM PDT  

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