2008 My Dream of Being a National Co-Chairman for the John McCain Campaign
posted by March 12 at 14:40 PM
onCan be had for as little as $500,000, according to the New York Times:
The McCain campaign will also try to give incentives to its fund-raisers by bestowing them with honorary titles, each coming with new perks and levels of status, in much the same way the Bush campaign did by naming its biggest fund-raisers Rangers and Pioneers. One proposal that has not been officially announced calls for dubbing fund-raisers who bring in $100,000 Trailblazers, those who bring in $250,000 Innovators, and those who bring in half a million dollars co-chairmen of the campaign.
I think I could settle for merely being an Innovator, but would balk at the idea of having to take on Trailblazer status. Of course, I’m exceedingly poor, which means I will probably have to solicit donations for my quest from the SLOG. PayPal information will be forthcoming.
John McCain’s search for clever titles to bestow on his biggest fund-raisers is part of a program for helping to close the perceived money gap that he is expected to have facing either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. McCain’s present financial resources? They’re described in the article as “meager.”
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$100k gets you "Trailblazer", so I assume about $100 gets you "Supersonic"?
Sigh. I remember when you could get a Bush ambassador appointment for only half a million. Guess the devaluation of the US dollar is affecting that too ... I hear it's now valued at a million Euros.
Whatever happened to McCain's pledge to run on the public dime? I think he should be held to the same standard as Sen. Obama.
Shouldn't there be some sort of legal requirement, like "have $500,000.00 and not currently be under indictment"?
@4 - but then how could he get money from Republicans?
McCain's been full of shit on campaign finance his whole career. Google "Straight Talk America". He's always been about the PACs.
Sorry, I just can't give money to a man who decides torture is A-OK. Sure you understand.
There's nothing more innovative than bribery.
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