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McCain’s WA Fundraiser Called Off

This sounds like it’s in keeping with McCain’s pledge to suspend his campaign. Still, it’s another sign of how McCain is shooting himself in the foot with this maneuver. He has to cancel fundraisers, he gets mocked by Letterman, and meanwhile, his wife has to waste a day in Seattle…

UPDATE: Slog tipper Nat writes in:

KUOW just said that the fundraiser had already happened by the time of the dramatic announcement, and blamed confusion between McCain aides for the announcement that it had been scotched.

Comments (11)

1

Cindy was already here and they're gonna walk away from the cash? Or did everyone have to pre-pay, so they're just shafting the donors, which is ok with me.

Maybe the turnout was so low that they “called it off”.

But wtf does Cindy McCain drinking wine in Hunt’s Point have to do with keeping her husband from “solving the financial crisis”? Does she need to rush back to D.C. to help negotiate the bailout?

Posted by Steve | September 24, 2008 3:56 PM
2

Is he just giving up? Packing it in?

Posted by keshmeshi | September 24, 2008 3:58 PM
3

I guess it makes sense to piss off the only people who like you...

Posted by Brian | September 24, 2008 3:59 PM
4

there's no such thing as a wasted day in Seattle. just look outside, people! it's beautiful even when it rains!

cindy is lucky to be here, and she'll get to eat somewhere great tonight - like How To Cook A Wolf!

Posted by max solomon | September 24, 2008 4:07 PM
5

@1: I think your second guess is the more likely one.

Although, I wouldn't discount the possibility she's the only one with a complete set of house keys, and ole' Johnnie doesn't want to get caught by the press going all B&E on one of his own uncountable homes.

Posted by COMTE | September 24, 2008 4:28 PM
6

Oooh, so "Sin"-dy McCain is out here and flying solo, you say? Rowwrrr, I'm gonna bag me a cougar tonight!


*Runs fingers through hair, smooths tie, downs a scotch*

Posted by laterite | September 24, 2008 4:49 PM
7

Actually, the McCains own all of the property in Capitol Hill. They just keep forgetting to tell anyone. (oops, let the cat out of the bag)

Posted by mackro mackro | September 24, 2008 4:54 PM
8

In my day we used to call that "misstatement" by another name.

We called it ... a LIE.

Posted by Will in Seattle | September 24, 2008 11:05 PM
9

We won't support spine-less NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November !! Go Hillary 2012 !!

Posted by clintonsarmy | September 25, 2008 1:26 AM
10

Cindy McCain is a bimbo with money, another "ordinary" McCain woman.

Posted by dillard gaffer | September 25, 2008 3:11 AM
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McCain took public financing which means he can't take money anymore - but wait he is now violating his own sponsored campaign finance rule (after he was censored formally in the senate after his illegal activity with Keating in the S&L scandal) to take lots of soft money. Who is this guy? Is he even able to look in a mirror any longer?

Posted by Dace | September 25, 2008 3:31 AM

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