McCain Peddling at the Soup Lines!
Thursday, October 09, 2008
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"My friends," after bailing out Wall Street, McCain is asking them to bail out HIM! The (vicious) circle of life.
From a philfiles reader at Goldman Sachs:
This is amazing. McCain sent me an URGENT package at my work address (?) today, begging for money. The package included a pitch (attached for your reference) to his 'dear friend' for $$$, and a PRE-PAID Fed-Ex envelope with which to deliver the $$$. You might note that the third paragraph asks for a donation of $5,000. I thought the individual limit was $2,300...
I'm considering what I should send in my pre-paid envelope -- any suggestions?
I recommended a home mortgage and a check made out to Barack Obama.
The letter says that money after the $2,300 legal limit will help offset McCain's "legal and accounting costs" (sketchy). You know, when they start intimidating voters and plead for the Supreme Court to give them the election!
This seems like a costly send-out to (endangered!) financiers, who are probably more concerned with tilling their victory garden than McCain's "Victory" Fund. Images after the jump, including where McCain ominously intones that an Obama presidency would allow Democrats to "control the entire federal government and would become unstoppable". can't wait!
This post, with images, continues here.
Mail-out allegedly funded by:
Update: McCain isn't the only one getting gimmicky for cash: [Hotline Blog] Nader Will Send Hummus Recipe For Cash
Update II: Oh, hello Wonkette readers! [Wonkette] McCain Begging Money From Goldman Sachs Employees
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Labels: America, Barack Obama, desperation, mccain, wall street
posted by phil at 10:53 AM,
15 Comments:
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At October 09, 2008 1:33 PM,
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Shred a bunch of your stock certificates, include a letter of thanks for their value as insulation made out to him and his republican buddies and then send it back.
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At October 09, 2008 1:41 PM,
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crush up an aspirin and pour it in the envelope.
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At October 09, 2008 1:50 PM,
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This is kind of bizarre because it's a letter supposedly from John McCain himself but if you notice it appears sponsored not by John McCain but McCain Palin Victory, which is just an arm of the RNC.
Is this legal? I assume it is but one would think they'd have to be more careful about this.
Anyway, clearly they're for whatever reason trying to use McCain to fundraise for terrible underfunded congressional candidates using his name, because I guess he doesn't have the stamina in him to do it in person. -
At October 09, 2008 1:55 PM,
dave w said...
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Is that even campaign letterhead? This looks like a hoax. What is the address on the return envelope?
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At October 09, 2008 1:59 PM,
Suzi said...
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Might I recommend sending Monopoly money?
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At October 09, 2008 2:02 PM,
phil said...
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dave,
Apparently it's a RNC amalgam: "joint fundraising committee by and composed of the Republican National Committee, the Michigan Republican Party, the Missouri Republican State Committee, the Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, the Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, and McCain-Palin Compliance Fund".
http://www.mccainpalinvictory2008.com/
Regardless! The FedEx account number is 2292-3384-0 according to the envelope…
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/9369/mccainfedexku6.jpg
happy sending! -
At October 09, 2008 2:52 PM,
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Keep that FED-Ex account number, you can have free shipping for life. . . It is a good one. Or find the heaviest thing you can spare, and ship it overnight to them, freight is VERY expensive, so you can offset any money coming in with freight bills.
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At October 09, 2008 3:29 PM,
Margaret said...
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this is amazingly desperate...would walnuts get any of it? Or does it go to a variety of rep candidates? I would hate to be the intern who has to open all of those
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At October 09, 2008 9:47 PM,
AxmxZ said...
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Man, so many ideas... mail Johnny something heavy and stinky. A brick smudged with feces will do.
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At October 09, 2008 11:30 PM,
Thomas Boyko said...
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Mail the son of a bitch an anvil.
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At October 10, 2008 1:13 PM,
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this is HILARIOUS
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At October 10, 2008 1:13 PM,
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This is an elaborate deception, Mr.
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At October 10, 2008 1:15 PM,
phil said...
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Will -- it's not! It's not Johnny Mc per se, but it's his party spamming for cash.
Not an elaborate deception...but it IS elaborate desperation. -
At October 10, 2008 3:10 PM,
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just send them back an empty envelope
that way they have to pay for the shipping anyways.
better yet, put all your junk mail, like coupons and shit in there, that way you can help mccain save money. -
At October 15, 2008 2:18 PM,
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Wonderful indeed
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