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Explosive: WAPO raises serious McCain Fundraising Questions

strategy08.wordpress.com — John McCain has been raising large sums of money from mysterious sources, including unregistered voters and a middle class family that donated over $60,000.

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  • veracityus, on 08/06/2008, -1/+8"I have a lot of Arab business partners. I do a lot of business in the Middle East. I've got a lot of friends," Sargeant said in a telephone interview yesterday. "I ask my friends to support candidates that I think are worthy of supporting. They usually come through for me."

    Harry Sargeant III, a former naval officer and the owner of an oil-trading company that recently inked defense contracts potentially worth more than $1 billion, is the archetype of a modern presidential money man. The law forbids high-level supporters from writing huge checks, but with help from friends in the Middle East and the former chief of the CIA's bin Laden unit -- who now serves as a consultant to his company -- Sargeant has raised more than $100,000 for three presidential candidates from a collection of ordinary people, several of whom professed little interest in the outcome of the election.

    He supports John McShame. Any questions?
  • uprt, on 08/06/2008, -1/+6 disgusting
  • eaeolian, on 08/06/2008, -0/+2It'll be really interesting to see what comes of this. I'm betting not as much as we'd like, given that I suspect a large number of Congresscritters use similar services to launder, er, bundle donations...
  • dig1x, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1McSame Campaign: "Hey, do you want a tax write-off?"
    Poor Non-Voter: "Sure, what do i have to do?"
    McSame Campaign: "Take this money we've stolen from corruption in the Iraq War/Foreign Oil Companies/Corporations/Whatever corrupt slimeballs I got the money from, and write it back to us in a cheque".
    Poor Non-Voter: "Uhm, sure, I'll get some of this back as a tax-write off right?"
    McSame Campaign: "Sure."
  • jasmus, on 08/07/2008, -1/+2This just in: "Explosive:" is the new "BREAKING!"
  • Irish953, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0This is one for the FEC and the FBI - since Sargeant III has admitted to Election fraud, he should be prosecuted and all his Defense contracts annulled. Pretty open and shut. McCain should feel pretty embarrassed - Oh! I forgot he is a Republican....
  • SethEllis, on 08/07/2008, -1/+1Oh hey I got an idea. Maybe if we use the word explosive people will take us seriously and think this story is a bigger deal than it really is!

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