McCain camp hits up Russian envoy for campaign contribution

[Robbien]

Source: Politico

On a day on which McCain campaign manager Rick Davis hinted that Obama was taking foreign money, the Russian Mission to the United Nations has released a standard-issue fundraising letter

As the Russian newswire RIA-Novosti tells it:

Russia's permanent mission to the UN has received a letter from U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain asking for financial support of his election campaign, the mission said in a statement on Monday.

"We have received a letter from Senator John McCain with a request for a financial donation to his presidential election campaign. In this respect we have to reiterate that neither Russia's permanent mission to the UN nor the Russian government or its officials finance political activities in foreign countries," the statement said.

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Enclosed was a request for a donation of up to $5,000 to McCain's election campaign to be returned with a check or permission to withdraw the money from the donor's credit card until October 24.




Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/McCain_camp...

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Of note is the North Dakota News Radio blog which has this item
http://www.kxmc.com/News/Nation/287681.asp

Interestingly enough, McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis has several ties to Russia. Last January, the Washington Post reported that Davis set up a meeting between McCain and a controversial Russian billionaire with some unsavory ties back in 2006:


A top political adviser in Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign helped arrange an introduction in 2006 between McCain and a Russian billionaire whose suspected links to anti-democratic and organized-crime figures are so controversial that the U.S. government revoked his visa.


Rick Davis, who is now McCain's campaign manager, helped set up the encounter between McCain and Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska in Switzerland during an international economic conference. At the time, Davis was working for a lobbying firm and seeking to do business with the billionaire.



Earlier this month, Ari Berman and Mark Ames wrote about Davis' ties in Russia for The Nation.

[TrogL]

1. Russkies!!!!! EVERYBODY PANIC!!!!

[TiredOldMan]

2. Foreign Money Out of Elections

I don't like seeing money from any other country coming in and possibely affecting our election. This is our country and the election is for our citizens. Foreign governments or companies should not be able to have more influence than a voter.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

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