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Saturday, July 19, 2008
McCain raises more than $21 million in June
By JIM KUHNHENN
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised more than $21 million in June and spent nearly $26 million, the campaign reported Friday night.

According to filings with the Federal Election Commission, McCain spent more than $16 million on advertising during the month. That was five times more than he spent in May, when the Democratic presidential primary was still being contested by Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Obama clinched the Democratic nomination on June 3.

McCain also increased his spending on payroll in June by 9 percent to nearly three-quarters of a million dollars a month.

Overall, McCain's spending, more than twice what he spent in May, exceeded his fundraising in June by more than $4 million.

June was the best fundraising month of the Arizona senator's campaign, slightly exceeding his May fundraising. The increase was due to a better performance by a joint fundraising committee that McCain set up with the Republican National Committee.

Obama has not yet filed his June report with the Federal Election Commission. It is due at midnight Sunday.

But Obama reported Thursday that he raised $52 million in June, more than twice what McCain raised.

McCain also reported debts of more than $1.4 million. Continued...
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Reply # 1
Date: Jul 19, 2008 - 12:40 AM EST
Subject: It's wasted money, since
Obama's gonna be the next Commander in Chief! GOBAMA!
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Reply # 2
Date: Jul 19, 2008 - 3:37 PM EST
Ronnie has it half correct:


About that wasted money.

Obama won't benefit a dime. McCain's our next president.

As soon as his vice-presidential running mate's named the country will unite behind him; and Obama will be lucky just to get the African-American vote.

It's all the Democrats' fault; since they fielded two of the dumbest prospects for their ticket. The worse of the two ends up representing them in November. They shot themselves in the foot.

No black candidate has ever been elected president. When you have an undistinguished one as your man, with all the suspicious ideas; kiss his money and his talent good-by. Americans will fail to come to his rescue, because they're not that easy to buy.
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