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deminks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-28-08 10:15 PM
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McCain accused of accepting improper donations from Rothschilds
Edited on Mon Apr-28-08 10:16 PM by deminks
The Rothschilds? That'll endear him to the working, the poor, and the working poor, which is most of us.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/29/johnmccain.uselections2008?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews

A US campaign watchdog has accused presumptive Republican president nominee John McCain of violating election laws by accepting campaign contributions from two prominent Londoners.

At issue is a fundraising luncheon held in March at London's Spencer House, during McCain's swing through the United Kingdom. An invitation to the event lists Lord Rothschild and Nathaniel Rothschild as hosts, and indicates the event was made possible with their "kind permission".

Judicial Watch, a Washington organisation instrumental in the March release of Hillary Clinton's White House schedules, has asked US election monitors to investigate whether the Rothschilds improperly sponsored the fundraiser. US political campaigns are forbidden from accepting contributions from foreign nationals.

"The question is whether or not the Rothschilds paid for the event, the venue, the catering, or any other related costs," said Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton.

Tickets to the event cost $1,000 to $2,300, and the luncheon dress code was "lounge suits," the Washington Post reported in March.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-28-08 10:19 PM
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1. Ha...ha...ha... Guess he shouldn't have thrown that "Elitest"
grenade last week...the Rothschilds are you friggen kidding me.

Man if the Democratic party had a media arm that could jump on these events...we could destroy the Republicans.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-28-08 10:20 PM
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2. Is he allowed to take foreign money?
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blue sky at night Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-28-08 10:31 PM
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3. yo...main stream media...
get on top of this one, headlines for weeks, talk shows out the ying-yang, come on what's taking so long...we need a debate, we need some talking points, we need to cover this one baby!!! FRONT PAGE NEWS!
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-28-08 10:36 PM
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4. That's Rothschild's. Rothschilds is a different family.
Forgive me if my punctuation is wrong, but Rothschild, Rothchild and Rothschilds are 3 different families, the one you are talking about is the middle one (and the one I'm related to).
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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-28-08 10:44 PM
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5. How elitist is this? Dress code was "lounge suits"
Apparently that's a business suit with white shirt and tie or an informal "frock" to the rest of us.
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