John McCain is Breaking the Law

[endarkenment]

I'm Joe Sandler, General Counsel for the DNC. Yesterday we filed a complaint with the FEC after John McCain decided to break the law by ignoring the rules laid out as part of the federal matching funds program.
I don't know if you saw the news, but the press covered the complaint all day. John McCain himself directly responded to Governor Dean at a press conference, saying "We're doing exactly what Howard Dean did in a previous election and what the FEC ruled in the case of Congressman Gephardt."
But that's a lie -- John McCain isn't doing what Governor Dean and Congressman Gephardt did at all.
Governor Dean and Congressman Gephardt followed the law and were granted written permission by the FEC to withdraw from the federal matching funds program.
To prove it, we have a copy of the letter Governor Dean received from the FEC in 2003 granting him permission to drop out. If McCain is doing "exactly what Howard Dean did," he'll have no trouble producing a letter of his own.

But you and I know McCain's lying -- he doesn't have a letter like that from the FEC. Not only has he refused to get permission, he's been warned by FEC Chairman David Mason that he can't unilaterally drop out of the program. That's why we filed the complaint in the first place, and it's why tens of thousands of Americans like you signed your support.

Read Governor Dean's letter from the FEC, and sign your support for our complaint right here:
http://www.democrats.org/McCainBusted

John McCain abused the system to keep his campaign afloat until he could raise more money from special interests and lobbyists. Taxpayers don't want their money to be used by Washington politicians to help raise more money from lobbyists -- is this McCain's idea of ethics and reform?
Thanks to you, this "maverick reformer" is feeling the pressure of his own hypocrisy. From staffing his campaign with a team of lobbyists to breaking campaign finance laws, his total lack of integrity has never been more clear.

Keep it up,
Joe Sandler
General Counsel
Democratic National Committee

[baldguy]

1. Is that McCain-Feingold?

sweet

[madfloridian]

2. Here is a video of Dean on CNN today refuting McCain again.

Good for them for keeping this going. Michelle Malkin's pretty little head will explode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxEISyjRpU4

[Demeter]

3. After All, He Is a Member of the GOP!

They'd have to eject him otherwise.

[KharmaTrain]

4. The Parsing Is Priceless

TPMMuckraker has all the legalese...in essence, he opted out to opt in to opt out and it doesn't matter cause the Supreme Court says he can and the FEC is a bunch of pansies.

McCain needs to keep spending and spending big or he's really dead. This isn't just money to campaign against Democrats, it's money to buy him friends in his own coven. And he's banking on a rigged jury to let him get away with it. With the FEC down to only two commissioners (not a quorum for a final rule making) and his buddy boooooshie holding up filling the commission so they can properly operate, McCain is sure he can just roll over 'em and let the chips fall where they may. And there's a great chance he'll get away with it.

Anyone whose monitored FEC's past actions can't help but laugh at how impotent this agency is in the best of elections. If they act, it will be long after the election...they'll levy a fine and put out a press release of how they're working on our behalf.

I hope Dr. Dean plans to go to court, if needed, to enforce McCain's contract to Public financing...or to investigate the loosey-goosey money games that have been played to try to overcome a large cash disadvantage.

[leftofthedial]

5. what? a lying, cheating, law breaking repuke? I don't believe it!!

how can that be?

[endarkenment]

6. What is equally shocking is that McStain's

lawbreaking and corruption are invisible in the bullshit media system, which of course simply cannot get themselves enough of dressup Obama.

[hasssan1]

7. He is a Republican , they do 3 thing at best

1. lie all the time

2.hurt/damage this country and get many people killed

3.break the law all the time

don't be surprised my friends

[sampsonblk]

8. I call BS. Since when does the DNC care so much about the law?

Bush has been breaking the law for years. Now, during this election, the DNC has suddenly discovered its voice. They even discoverved a new word, "lie." That word could have come in handy in 2003 and 2004. Where was the courage and directness when it was desperately needed? How hard would it have been to say "George Bush is breaking the law." "George Bush just told another lie." How hard?

Now all of a sudden the DNC officially gives a phuck about the law again... Spare me.

[endarkenment]

9. DNC does not equal Congressional leadership.

You seem to be confusing the two.

[sampsonblk]

10. No, friend. I am not confusing the two.

And I do know the difference very well. Thanks anywawy.

[endarkenment]

11. The DNC's role is not to push issues it is to organize election efforts.

So why would the DNC get involved in demanding that our Congressional leadership do its job? That is not their focus and nor should it be.

Edit: added link to DNC.

About the DNC
What We Do
The Democratic National Committee plans the Party's quadrennial presidential nominating convention; promotes the election of Party candidates with both technical and financial support; and works with national, state, and local party organizations, elected officials, candidates, and constituencies to respond to the needs and views of the Democratic electorate and the nation.

http://www.democrats.org/a/party/aboutDNC.html

[sampsonblk]

12. Because the DNC helps coordinate the party message nationwide.

Its very reasonable to expect the DNC to constantly hammer the fact that Bush repeatedly broke the law. It should be in every mailer. It should be in every fax. The questionnaire I got a few months ago was so stupid and watered down, I didn't even bother sending it in.

*I did not suggest the DNC should tell elected reps what to do. Only that the DNC should have weighed in long ago on the legal matters that...that matter.

[Wizard777]

13. Mc Cain is just practising being above the law incase he wins. n/t