McCain agrees to gut campaign finance law to help his own pres campaign

[kpete]

Thursday, April 06, 2006

McCain agress to gut campaign finance law in order to help his own presidential campaign
by John in DC - 4/06/2006 04:19:00 PM


Evidently, every man DOES have his price.

Campaign Finance Reform is McCain's SIGNATURE issue. He's willing to gut a key component of campaign finance law so that his presidential campaign can get hundreds of millions of dollars that Democrats don't have. Let me say that again: Not only does John McCain want to let MORE dirty money into the system, but he wants to do it a way that will help HIM and not whoever challenges him in the next election. Yeah, that's honest.

That is the definition of a typical Washington politician and a typical Republican member of Congress. Wave a few bucks, or a few hundred million, in front of their face and the principles go flying out the door.

John McCain the Maverick, RIP. Via Atrios:

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2006_04_02_atrios_archive.html#114433457110582495
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/04/mccain-agress-to-gut-campaign-finance.html

[mattclearing]

1. McCain is finished. He has no mainstream credibility anymore.

He'll never win his party's nomination, and he'd never win a general election after that. He might as well hang it up.

[ThomCat]

2. This will make him a hero among republicans.

I don't see this hurting him at all, unfortunately.

[rodeodance]

3. the bush hug did it for me.

[mattclearing]

6. Nope.

It's too little, too late for them. Freepers think he's a Democrat.

[ThomCat]

7. Maybe, but they're irrational enough to change their minds

and rally behind him if he gets the nomination. They'll even convince themselves that they always supported him.

[physioex]

4. Last time he was....

Washed over by Uncle KKarl now he is getting used by the Taliborn again.....

[Solly Mack]

5. What a guy! Such a maverick! Straight talker!

Piece of shit

[Buck Rabbit]

8. I hope Jon Stewart sees this and the $50 an hour lettuce picking.

He is at least getting a hint of the truth about McCain because of the Falwell thing, but his promotion of McCain as some sort of a liberal maverick moderate to the Daily Show audience hacks me off. Yes Jon, McCain can be witty, but he is a conservative repug at the core.



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