GOP complains about Obama's visit to sick Grandma (Political, Duh!)

[3113]

Well, fair is fair. If he used the funds for personal use then he should be called on it, right?

Perhaps the most ill-timed press release of the 2008 campaign arrived shortly after 1:30 p.m. today, sent by the Republican National Committee. The release forwarded word that the California Republican Party filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, in part because of a visit Sen. Barack Obama made to his dying grandmother.

"Obama for America violated federal law by converting its campaign funds to Senator Obama's personal use," the release stated. "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."

At issue was whether the trip should have been paid for with campaign funds, based on the law that forbids candidates from using such funds to pay for personal travel. The Obama campaign said the trip had been vetted with lawyers beforehand and was allowable. The Republicans argued that, because Obama did not campaign during the quick journey to Hawaii, it should not have been a campaign expense.

But filing the complaint today now seems to have been ill-advised, if not legally, then certainly politically. Obama and his sister released a statement this afternoon announcing that their grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, died peacefully after a battle with cancer.

 

[epiphany65]

I wonder if these guys denied Halloween candy to kids whose parents supported Obama too...

 

[DeeZire]

Was this the same GOP that was complaining about Palin taking her kids with her for government business on Alaska's dime? Oh wait. I don't think the GOP ever got into that issue, did they?

 

[cloudy]

Ah, the smell of desperation that's wafting through the air...

 

[3113]

Ah, the smell of desperation that's wafting through the air...

With impeccable timing!

 

[Liar]

Well, fair is fair. If he used the funds for personal use then he should be called on it, right?

Well, he should.

But why publicly, as a smear move, just before the election? Even if she hadn't passed away, all it did was making the McCain campaigners look like a bunch of petty dipshits. Someone didn't think their cunning plan through.

 

[DesertPirate]

I'm more offended by his intention to bankrupt the coal industry

 

[Selena_Kitt]

I'm more offended by his intention to bankrupt the coal industry

I'm not. It's about time.

 

[Tricialen]

I'm more offended by his intention to bankrupt the coal industry

I'm more offended by everything he believes in!

 

[DesertPirate]

I'm more offended by everything he believes in!

He does seem to like everything that's wrong with our country