Sunday, June 29, 2008

McCain in Louisville KY fundraiser

"Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, used a $2 million fundraiser in Louisville yesterday to criticize his Democratic opponent, saying that Sen. Barack Obama's "words may not be trusted."
More than 650 people paid between $1,000 and $12,300 to attend the event at the Kentucky International Convention Center, one of the most lucrative political fundraisers in Kentucky's history.
McCain said that Obama had not agreed to participate in a series of town-hall meetings that McCain has proposed, and has only recently said he would travel to Iraq. McCain also panned Obama's plan to withdraw troops from Iraq.
But he saved his harshest criticism for Obama's initial promise to limit his fundraising and take public financing for his campaign, and then last week announcing that he would opt out of the public financing system......" McCain raises $2million in Louisville, KY

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