Forget the Obama/Hillary question for a moment, the DNC has been attacking John McCain for some time now. For weeks now Howard Dean has been warning of McCain, "he's promising nothing more than a third Bush term." Now after the NY Times implied McCain had an affair with a lobbyist (they've now admitted their own inappropriate behavior) they are going for the kill by filing a complaint over his effort to withdraw from the matching funds program.

McCain said "We're doing exactly what Howard Dean did in a previous election and what the FEC ruled in the case of Congressman Gephardt."

Joe Sandler, General Counsel for the DNC said in a DNC email, "But that's a lie -- John McCain isn't doing what Governor Dean and Congressman Gephardt did at all." They offer as proof his letter from the FEC (pdf) approving his withdrawal. All that proves is the FEC approval, it does not tell us anything about the events of the roughly 7 weeks from the date of his request or other events leading up FEC approval. Is Dean showing his hypocrisy? I think so:

What did his opponents say?

Howard Dean and the DNC are lying, even in their complaint. The complaint states:

As I pointed out yesterday, the bank that furnished his loan said "the loan terms specifically excluded from the collateral any potential share of public matching funds McCain was entitled to receive."

Case closed, the DNC is wrong. McCain notified the FEC of his intentions just as Dean did. His problem is there aren't enough commission members to hold a vote to release him from his request, but the DNC and Dean are outright lying.

Is that what politics has come to in this country? Are the Dems afraid to run against a well-financed Republican? Do these people not know about the internet and what we can find out there to remind us of their past? Do they even care, or is winning everything?

speechlesstx

You're a riot NK. Yep, I'm a conservative and proud of it. I make no bones about the fact that I think a Democrat, virtually any of the current crop of Democrats, would only make things worse for this country. But, I have also recently defended Obama several times over the National Anthem/Pledge/he's secretly a Muslim non-stories. If someone is attacked unfairly it's wrong regardless of who the victim may be. It's a shame you don't appear to have the same attitude.

With that said let me dispute your attack on me. I didn't have to "find" anything to inspire this post, it came to me this morning, right in my inbox addressed to me from Joe Sandler, General Counsel for the DNC. I like to see the things people are saying that don't necessarily make the news you see, and when Sandler said "But that's a lie" I thought it appropriate to discover the truth. Don't you?

speechlesstx

McCain did set himself up for criticism, but that doesn't justify the DNC's actions here.

BABRAM

Both Cunningham and Stewart are comedians.


I think somehow this whole thing got stirred-up by the Clinton's when they found themselves on the short side of campaign funding. Hillary loaned five million USD of her bucks to that silly smear campaign and flyers trumpeting a Universal Health Care that has questionable efficiency. Not that I favor Universal Health Care plans generally, but if the US eventually ends up with it, I'd prefer Obama's plan. As for campaign funds, idealistically I'd prefer that all time consumed and money spent in general election campaigns, should be equal. But to Obama's credit he has the most money received and has proven to remain thus far within a campaign budget. In a minuscule way that at least compliments Obama's ability on economics.