SealLion
27.10.08, 01:14
I get some news from wikileaks.org. News from there is news that is generally not made available to the general public b/c of a lot of censorship that seems to occur by organizations that desire to limit the amount and type of information that is normally released to the general public of any country.
If not the above, then news that is generally not heard of alot.
Anyways....Here's some interesting info, though. Check it out:
NEW YORK -- Sen. John McCain, straining to match Sen. Barack Obama's fundraising juggernaut, inadvertently reached out to an unlikely donor: Russia's U.N. ambassador Vitaly I. Churkin.
The Russian mission to the United Nations furnished a copy of a Sept. 29 campaign letter it received urging Churkin to contribute up to $5,000 to "stop the Obama Democrats from seizing control of the entire federal government. It is illegal for an American political candidate to accept campaign contributions from a foreign government. "It was just a mistake. We don't solicit folks who can't give," said McCain-Palin spokesman Brian Rogers. "
I guess they're getting desperate over there.
Here's the link:
McCain Solicits Russian U.N. Ambassador - Wikileaks (http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/McCain_Solicits_Russian_U.N._Ambassador)
Oh, and here's a copy of the letter that apparantly was sent:
If you want, you can also go to the link here:
John McCain fundraising appeal letter to Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, Sep 29 2008 - Wikileaks (http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/John_McCain_fundraising_appeal_letter_to_Russian_A mbassador_Vitaly_Churkin%2C_Sep_29_2008)
go to the "mccain-to-vitaly-churkin-2008.doc"
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If not the above, then news that is generally not heard of alot.
Anyways....Here's some interesting info, though. Check it out:
NEW YORK -- Sen. John McCain, straining to match Sen. Barack Obama's fundraising juggernaut, inadvertently reached out to an unlikely donor: Russia's U.N. ambassador Vitaly I. Churkin.
The Russian mission to the United Nations furnished a copy of a Sept. 29 campaign letter it received urging Churkin to contribute up to $5,000 to "stop the Obama Democrats from seizing control of the entire federal government. It is illegal for an American political candidate to accept campaign contributions from a foreign government. "It was just a mistake. We don't solicit folks who can't give," said McCain-Palin spokesman Brian Rogers. "
I guess they're getting desperate over there.
Here's the link:
McCain Solicits Russian U.N. Ambassador - Wikileaks (http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/McCain_Solicits_Russian_U.N._Ambassador)
Oh, and here's a copy of the letter that apparantly was sent:
If you want, you can also go to the link here:
John McCain fundraising appeal letter to Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, Sep 29 2008 - Wikileaks (http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/John_McCain_fundraising_appeal_letter_to_Russian_A mbassador_Vitaly_Churkin%2C_Sep_29_2008)
go to the "mccain-to-vitaly-churkin-2008.doc"
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