Oops! McCain asks Russian envoy for money

[iceroadtrucker]

Oops! McCain asks Russian envoy for money

• Mon Oct 20, 7:49 pm ET

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – John McCain's presidential election campaign has solicited a financial contribution from an unlikely source -- Russia's U.N. envoy -- but a McCain spokesman said on Monday it was a mistake.
In the letter, McCain urged Russia's U.N. Ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, to contribute anywhere from $35 (20 pounds) to $5,000 (2,912 pounds) to help ensure McCain's victory over Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama, currently ahead in voter preference polls.
"If I have the honour of continuing to serve you, I make you this promise: We will always put America -- her strength, her ideals, her future -- before every other consideration," McCain assured Churkin.
Moscow's mission to the United Nations issued a terse statement on the Republican presidential candidate's letter, saying that the Russian government and its officials "do not finance political activity in foreign countries."
A spokesman for McCain, a long-time critic of Russia, had a simple explanation for the fundraising letter's arrival at the Russian mission in New York: "It was an error in the mailing list."
The letter was addressed to Churkin and sported a McCain signature near the bottom.
Earlier this month, both McCain and Obama harshly criticized Russia for invading Georgia two months ago, but neither was willing to say yes when asked if Russia under Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was the "evil empire".
It is illegal for U.S. presidential candidates to accept funds from foreign sources. The McCain campaign accused Obama earlier this month of not doing enough to screen for illegal contributors and asked U.S. election officials to investigate.
McCain has agreed to public financing for his campaign and therefore cannot accept funds from private donors.
(Reporting by Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Sandra Maler)

[Turtle]

Too funny.

Can you imagine the headlines if that letter had gone out to the Panamanian Ambassador, instead? <giggle>

[pjjjjj]

Heard something on the news yest about ILO says global financial crisis to increase unemployment by 20 million [Press releases]

and then I read this post.. and then I thought about things that were part of the course of my day in dealing with employees of other companies..

and I thought to myself..

Imagine how many people would be unemployed around the world, if it were not for employee incompetence..

If everyone could be counted on to just do their job, I wonder how many jobs that would alleviate?

Staggering thought

[layoutshooter]

I wonder why so little is being said about Obama accepting donations from places like China, Syria etc via email? Guess it's ok to accept funding from enemies if your a Marxist. Layoutshooter