This is just so damn... evil, I don't know what to say.

[FVZA_Colonel]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/03/rnc-hits-obama-for-visit_n_140553.html

RNC Hits Obama For Visit To Sick Grandmother

Leaving no potential avenue of attack unexplored, the Republican National Committee has decided to bash Barack Obama over his October visit to see his ailing grandmother in Hawaii.

Of course the visit itself is not being criticized, but rather the way the campaign paid for the nominee's unscheduled detour. On Monday afternoon, the RNC blasted out a complaint from the California Republican Party charging that "Obama for America violated federal law by converting its campaign funds to Senator Obama's personal use" for the trip. That proposed issue for the FEC to investigate is one of five violations alleged by California Republicans in their complaint (which you can read in its entirety here).

"Senator Obama recently traveled to Hawaii to visit his sick grandmother. This was the right thing for any grandson to do -- at his own expense -- but it was not travel that his campaign may fund," said California Republican Chairman Ron Nehring in a statement Monday.

"In Senator Obama's own words, his travels took him 'off the trail for a day.' The trip featured no campaign events of any kind its 22-hour duration and his decision to travel was 'not driven by political concerns,' according to an Obama spokesperson. Since the trip's purpose was entirely and admittedly personal, the fact that he made campaign telephone calls and talked with staff aides while traveling does not convert this purely personal trip into a proper campaign expense. Therefore, the Obama Campaign violated the FEC's ban on 'personal use' of campaign funds when it paid over $100,000 for the Campaign's charter to fly to Hawaii without obtaining reimbursement from Senator Obama."
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And for good measure, the throw in crap about ACORN.

[Two Sheds]

1. They can't be serious...

only someone hellbent on electing McCain and destroying the GOP would say something like that publicly.
Then again...they've run that kind of campaign.

[FVZA_Colonel]

3. I'd say destroying McCain and the GOP.

If it gains traction that Republicans want to attack Obama for visiting his sick grandmother they are really screwed.

[screembloodymurder]

8. Oh, but they are.

Dead serious.

[progressivebydesign]

2. So, RNC, hows that 150k clothing investment, working out? And the clothes for her FAMILY? n/t

[jillan]

4. Whenever I see shit like this, it just proves one thing -

Republicans are full of fear and hatred.

Why are they like that?

I never hear anything nice come out of their big mouths.

[crossroads]

10. They are counterfeit christians!!

Full of bigotry and hate!
Wingnuts...

[TrogL]

14. That was the sermon on Sunday at my church

It turned LOTS of heads.

He basically said (took him half an hour) that Freepers go to church for social reasons, not for Christ. hence they have no understanding of Christianity whatsoever.

[crossroads]

16. Methinks he was spot on! I agree...

[Bubbha Jo]

5. This will go over well for them with older voters ; )

[On the Road]

12. That's Right --

Talk about alienating their base! No need for that Sarah Silverman talk. They have just shot themselves in the foot for the umpteenth time.

[Warren DeMontague]

6. $100K? Wow, that's almost as much as Sarah Palin's clothes cost. nt

[louis-t]

7. Think what they would have said if he DIDN'T visit her.

"He'd rather win the election than go see his dying grandmother."

[FVZA_Colonel]

11. They like to caution that by saying, "oh, it was good he went, but CAMPAIGN MONIES!!!"

Never mind that $150,000 spent on clothing for Palin and her family.

[El Supremo]

9. I thought he flew to Hawaii to destroy evidence of his Kenyan birth.

:sarcasm:

[DBoon]

13. sounds like places i used to work for

where taking time away from a precious project for a dying relative meant you were not committed enough to the project

I emphasize "used to" work for (hint: Big CPA firm)

[busybl]

15. you aren't supposed to buy clothes either