Dem-backed group files FEC complaint against McCain

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: The Hill

A campaign finance watchdog group funded mostly by Democratic backers has filed two Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaints against Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign.

Campaign Money Watch also plans to air television advertisements in the Washington, D.C., area targeting the presumptive GOP nominee’s ties to lobbyists. The ads specifically criticize McCain staffers for lobbying in favor of Airbus, which recently beat out Boeing for an Air Force contract to build refueling tankers.

McCain in 2003 helped lead an investigation that exposed Boeing executives and Pentagon officials who negotiated a corrupt lease deal for refueling tankers. Some Democrats have blamed McCain for the Air Force’s decision to award the tanker contract to Northrop Grumman and European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company, the parent company of Airbus.

The Republican National Committee dismissed the complaints as “a joke” and released a statement questioning Campaign Money Watch’s credibility. The release said the group “is a partisan organization that routinely attacks Republicans,” and noted that wealthy Democratic donor George Soros contributed $100,000 to it in 2006. The group received over $500,000 from other Democratic sources that year.

Read more: http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/dem-backed-group-files-fec-complaints-against-mccain-2008-06-09.html

[Vincardog]

1. NOTE that the FEC is a few members short of a quorum. They can do nothing not even

have a meeting until they swear in at least 2 more members. Do you think Dim Son is going to appoint anyone before November? Not the moron who brought government small enough to drown in the Pacific ocean.

[Igel]

3. Names to bring up to quorum were submitted to

Congress--some months ago, maybe in January, one or two more in the last couple of months. 4, if not 6, members, IIRC. I think two have been approved by the committee, two more are pending, but I'm unaware of any vote's having been scheduled.

The ball on the FEC is in Congress' court.

[Vincardog]

4. The problem is the ass clowns jr nominated

[whistle]

2. This is a good thing, right?